Jessica S. Donington, MD, MSCR, is an expert thoracic surgeon who treats the full spectrum of lung, esophageal and mediastinal conditions. Her focus is on the comprehensive and multidisciplinary care of benign and malignant chest diseases.
Dr. Donington specializes in lung cancer and treats people at all stages, providing a personalized approach to diagnosis and treatment using the latest technology and innovations, including minimally invasive and robotic surgery.
In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Donington is an avid researcher and respected leader in her field. Her research focus is in the discovery of novel biomarkers for early detection and treatment of lung cancer and clinical trials that incorporate surgery into multimodality care plans for locally advanced and metastatic lung cancer. Dr. Donington is a past president of Women in Thoracic Surgery and the New York Society for Thoracic Surgery and serves on the editorial boards for the Annals of Thoracic Surgery and the Journal of Thoracic Oncology.
Selected publications from PubMed
Executive Summary of the American Radium Society Appropriate Use Criteria for a Multidisciplinary Treatment Approach to the Management of Resectable Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma.
Anker CJ, Juloori A, Chamil Codipilly D, Lee P, Jethwa KR, Eva Selfridge J, Jin Z, Abood G, Akselrod D, Amini A, Attallah J, Donington J, Dozios E, Edelman MJ, Hallemeier CL, Iyengar P, Jabbour SK, Kennedy T, Ling DC, Miller ED, Newman NB, Park HS, Rimner A, Sharma N, Sio TT, Slotman BJ, Small W Jr, Tao R, Tchelebi L, Wolf A, Russo S, Simone CB 2nd
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2026 Aug 25 pii: S0360-3016(26)04222-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2026.08.038.
The Paradigm Shift in Clinical Stage II Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Management: A Comprehensive Review of Optimal Surgical and Systemic Approaches.
Wilson TW, Donington JS
Cancers (Basel). 2026 May 22;18(11) doi: 10.3390/cancers18111680.
The 2026 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) expert consensus document: Surgical management of primary chest wall malignancies.
Raymond DP, Abdelsattar ZM, Brown LM, Campbell SR, Guerra JJ, Mangla A, Meguid RA, Mesko NW, Moran SL, Rocco G, Shen KR, Towe CW, Tong BC, Walsh GL, Donington JS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2026 Oct;172(4):789-809.e2 doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.02.039.
What should lung cancer patients know before surgery? A Delphi consensus study.
Jang W, Ferguson MK, Antonoff M, Block M, DeCamp M Jr, Dexter E, Donington J, Edwards M, Erickson C, Greenfield DT, Grogan EL, Hagen J, Inra ML, Kaban J, Kneuertz PJ, Kwon S, Lam G, Mortman K, Naunheim K, Pettiford B, Raymond DP, Reisenauer JS, Ripley RT, Robinson L, Seder CW, Soukiasian H, Thanawala R, Valsangkar N, Veeramachaneni N, Wallen J, Watson T, Wiesel O, Madariaga MLL
JTCVS Open. 2026 Feb;29:101525 doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2025.10.037.
Understanding our thoracic surgery workforce: Who, what, and where we practice.
Daniel J, DeCamp M, Romano J, Tong B, Moulton M, Mitchell J, Backer C, Cleveland J, Cooke DT, Kella R, Coselli J, Donington J, Fuller S, Husain A, Malaisrie C, Starnes S, Stulak J, Wright C, Mack M, Nguyen TC
JTCVS Open. 2025 Dec;28:760-767 doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2025.08.016.
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