Dr. Christopher Digesu is a thoracic surgeon at Boston Medical Center and is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. His clinical interests focus on robotic and minimally invasive thoracic surgery including thoracic oncology and benign foregut surgery. His research interests focusing on improving disparities in the care of thoracic oncology patients and with advancing diversity within in the field of cardiothoracic surgery. He is currently the faculty chair for the Advancing Cultural Competency & Equity in Surgical Specialties (ACCESS) group at Boston Medical Center.
Selected publications from PubMed
Long-term outcomes after near-infrared sentinel lymph node mapping in non-small cell lung cancer.
Digesu CS, Hachey KJ, Gilmore DM, Khullar OV, Tsukada H, Whang B, Chirieac LR, Padera RF, Jaklitsch MT, Colson YL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Mar;155(3):1280-1291 doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.09.150.
A novel technique for tumor localization and targeted lymphatic mapping in early-stage lung cancer.
Hachey KJ, Digesu CS, Armstrong KW, Gilmore DM, Khullar OV, Whang B, Tsukada H, Colson YL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Sep;154(3):1110-1118 doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.12.058.
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