Dr. Daniela Molena

Gastroesophageal Surgery

MD, Director, Esophageal Surgery Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA

United States of America

Biography

Dr. Daniela Molena is a thoracic surgeon in New York, NY @ Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Monmouth NJ. She received her medical degree from University of Padua College of Medicine and has been in practice 23 years. She also speaks multiple languages, including Italian. She specializes in adult general thoracic surgery, minimally invasive thoracic surgery, thoracic surgical oncology, and is experienced in esophageal cancer, complex gastrointestinal reconstruction, gastroesophageal reflux, hiatal hernia, esophageal diverticula, esophageal perforation, and diaphragmatic hernia.

Publications

Selected publications from PubMed

A Prospective Assessment of Near-Infrared Image-Guided Sentinel Lymph Node Identification in Esophageal and Esophagogastric Junction Cancer.

Molena D, Nobel T, Sewell M, Manikandan A, Tan KS, Bott MJ, Gray KD, Gerdes H, Shah P, Nishimura M, Tang L, Park BJ, Sihag S, Jones DR

Cancers (Basel). 2026 Aug 7;18(16) doi: 10.3390/cancers18162534.

Patient Engagement With an Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes Tool Evaluating Hospital Discharge Readiness After Cancer Surgery.

Cracchiolo JR, Matulewicz RS, Farrow NE, Cohen MA, Hannon M, Molena D, Wei I, Carlsson S, Atkinson T, Assel M, Vickers A, Gardner GJ, Schrag D, Ostroff J

JCO Oncol Pract. 2026 Jul 1;:OP2600005 doi: 10.1200/OP-26-00005.

Cryobiopsy vs Forceps for Bronchoscopic Lung Biopsy: The FROSTBITE-2 Randomized Clinical Trial.

Thiboutot J, Kapp CM, Illei P, Shofer S, Gilbert CR, DiBardino D, DeMaio A, Sethi S, Wahidi MM, Benn BS, Gillespie C, Salmon C, Angel L, Sachdeva A, Holden VK, Paez R, Duke JD, Lentz RJ, Vachani A, Pastis N, Molena D, Tackett S, Jones MR, Rahman NM, Silvestri G, Maldonado F, Yarmus L, Interventional Pulmonary Outcomes Group

JAMA. 2026 Jun 16;335(23):2038-2045 doi: 10.1001/jama.2026.7908.

"My Better Half": Partner Experiences of Women Cardiothoracic Surgeons.

Papageorge MV, Cangut B, Rajah T, Sakowitz S, Boyd R, Lin N, Stanley M, Blackmon S, Molena D, Watkins AA, Worrell SG, Antonoff MB

Ann Thorac Surg Short Rep. 2026 Jun;4(2):721-726 doi: 10.1016/j.atssr.2025.09.032.

Featured in

1h 28min

Evolving Surgical Approaches for Challenging Thoracic Tumors

Since the late 20th century, Chinese medicine has developed rapidly in comparison to the rest of the world, being China one of the countries which have made more significant advances in medical research and treatments. Aiming to provide a comprehensive, in-depth look at how Chinese medicine is practiced and examine its impact on global health, we are proud to introduce Meet the Masters, as part of the Healing in China series, which brings together the best Chinese KOLs and top surgeons from other regions of the world to guide you through their surgeries and transfer years of knowledge. In this event, AIS Channel specially invites top thoracic surgery experts from China and the United States to share academic insights on evolving surgical approaches for challenging thoracic tumors. This event features operation videos, case sharing, and interactive discussions to enhance surgical skills and improve global standards in this field.

With Johnson & Johnson MedTech

Published

Aug 2023

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