Shahriyour Andaz, MD

Lung Cancer

Shahriyour Andaz, MD, Director, Thoracic Oncology, South Nassau Communities Hospital joins Dr. DeSilva to discuss Lung Cancer and the use of CT scanning for Lung Cancer.

Dr. Shahriyour Andaz is Director of Thoracic Oncology at South Nassau Communities Hospital. He is board certified in both thoracic and general surgery, and specializes in complex chest cancer procedures and minimally invasive thorascopic surgery. Dr. Andaz has extensive training with elite thoracic surgeons at some of the world's leading medical institutions. Before joining UCLA Medical Center’s Thoracic Surgery Department in 2003, Dr. Andaz was an attending cardiothoracic surgeon from 2001-03 at Brookdale, Coney Island and Lutheran Hospitals and Maimonides Medical Center, where he was a Cardiothoracic Fellow from 1998-2001. Dr Andaz moved to the U.S. after serving as the rotating surgical registrar in general and vascular surgery for Basingstroke District Hospital, University College Hospital and Mount Vernon Hospital in the United Kingdom from 1988-93. Dr. Andaz is active in research, lecturing and publishing papers on thoracic oncology. While at UCLA, he completed three research projects. He also held a research post in cardiovascular surgery for the Department of Physiology and Surgery at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital from 1995-96. He has presented at prestigious national and international conferences including the Royal Society of Medicine, Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, European Congress of Surgery, and the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Derrick DeSilva

2009-07-02