Thoracic Surgery
M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O.; F.R.C.S.I. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Division of Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, USA
Dr. Rice was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. He received his medical degree (M.B., B.Ch.) at the School of Medicine, Trinity College, the University of Dublin in 1991 and then completed his internship at St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland in 1992. He left Ireland in 1992 to obtain his general surgery residency training at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN in 1999. During this time Dr. Rice took 18 months to complete a research fellowship in tumor immunology, examining ways of stimulating T-cells of the immune system to better fight cancer. Dr. Rice went on to continue training in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the Baylor College of Medicine and at The UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center from 1999 – 2001. Dr. Rice joined the faculty of the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in 2001 where he is currently a Professor in Surgery.
Selected publications from PubMed
Imaging predictors of pleural response in stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.
Zhou N, Vlahos I, Hooda Z, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Rajaram R, Rice DC, Sepesi B, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Mitchell KG, Antonoff MB
JTCVS Open. 2026 Apr;30:101605 doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2026.101605.
Local Consolidative Surgery for Oligometastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Bone Metastasis.
Hooda Z, Ries S, Eisenberg M, Werner R, Hofstetter W, Mehran R, Rajaram R, Rice D, Swisher S, Vaporciyan A, Walsh G, Opitz I, Mitchell KG, Antonoff MB
Ann Thorac Surg Short Rep. 2026 Mar;4(1):196-200 doi: 10.1016/j.atssr.2025.09.022.
Training left-handed cardiothoracic surgeons in a right-handed world: Perspectives, experiences, and educational opportunities.
Hooda Z, Ries S, Fabian T, Freeman K, Hofstetter W, Hudson J, Mehran R, Rajaram R, Rice D, Swisher S, Vaporciyan A, Walsh G, Mitchell KG, Zaku B, Antonoff MB
JTCVS Open. 2026 Feb;29:101539 doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2025.11.023.
High-Dose Chemotherapy for Multiply or Poor-Risk Relapsed Germ Cell Tumors.
Nieto Y, Ward JF, Hofstetter W, Rice D, Karam JA, Pisters L, Vauthey JN, Shah A, Lin JK, Johns AC, Araujo J, Tu SM, Wang J, Li J, Abudayyeh A, Thall PF, Bassett R, Barnett M, Gulbis A, Shigle TL, Ramdial J, Popat U, Qazilbash M, Jones RB, Andersson BS, Shpall EJ, Sheikh I, Pagliaro L, Campbell MT
Clin Cancer Res. 2026 Jan 16;32(2):300-311 doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-25-1917.
Adherence to multimodal analgesia and pulmonary complications after lung surgery.
Zapata-Pena DA, Zorrilla-Vaca A, Mena G, Rice D
Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2026 Jan;45(1):101688 doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101688.
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