Dr. Erin A. Gillaspie is an Associate Professor with Tenure and Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Creighton University Medical Center.
She completed her training in thoracic surgery at the Mayo Clinic and began her career in thoracic surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center where she served as the Director of Thoracic Robotics and Clerkship director of the medical student surgery rotations. She then transitioned to her current role as the Chief of Thoracic Surgery for Creighton University Medical Center. She is active in many thoracic surgical and oncologic societies holding leadership positions within the STS, GTSC and ECOG-CRIN. She has authored over 70 scientific papers and book chapters. Her primary research interests include pulmonary surgery, robotics, and peri adjuvant drug trials.
Selected publications from PubMed
Intraoperative Complications During Esophagectomy.
Gillaspie EA
Thorac Surg Clin. 2025 Aug;35(3):339-344 doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2025.04.006.
Human-Centered Design and Iterative Refinement of Tools and Methods to Implement a Surveillance and Risk Prediction System for Clinical Deterioration in Ambulatory Cancer Care.
France DJ, Nath P, Slagle J, Anders S, Salwei M, Vogus T, Slater H, Reale C, Novak L, Parker-Danley LA, Kohutek Z, Agarwal R, Harris J, Yudiskas B, Conwill R, Smith T, Rhodes E, Schremp E, Gillaspie EA, Wright A, Freundlich RE, Myles R, Faiman J, Mahadevan S, Weinger M
ACI open. 2025 Jan;9(1):e18-e28 doi: 10.1055/a-2437-9977.
Multidisciplinary management of adult patients with chylothorax: a consensus statement.
Agrawal A, Chaddha U, Shojaee S, Nadolski G, Liberman M, Lee YCG, Rahman N, Reisenauer JS, Ferguson MK, DeCamp MM, Gillaspie EA, Bedawi EO, Currie B, Feller-Kopman DJ, Desai A, Yasufuku K, Bishay V, Gesthalter Y, Grosu H, Chick JFB, Lentz R, Kolli KP, Kaufman A, Mehta RM, Desai K, Davis H, Ghori UK, Maldonado F
Eur Respir J. 2024 Nov;64(5) pii: 2400470. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00470-2024.
Pneumomediastinum.
Grewal J, Gillaspie EA
Thorac Surg Clin. 2024 Nov;34(4):309-319 doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2024.06.001.
Management of Traumatic Diaphragmatic Injuries.
Gillaspie D, Gillaspie EA
Thorac Surg Clin. 2024 May;34(2):171-178 doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2024.01.008.
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