JonVillenaMD

The Cornell method for safe and efficient subcostal entry for single port (SP) thoracic surgery @WCM_CTSurgery pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41660862/

Dr. Villena @JonVillenaMD to present for the National Cancer Institute @theNCI this Thursday at 12:00 PM regarding the role of tumor draining lymph nodes. Register here: events.cancer.gov/dcb/tdln/upcom… #LungCancer #CancerResearch @WeillCornell

Training the next generation of CT surgeons is fundamental. In collaboration @WCM_CTSurgery faculty, PD, and @IntuitiveSurg, we established the first fellowship training program in SP thoracic surgery—and are proud to have the first certified SP fellow in US @CodnerJesse

I would encourage all my colleagues confused by the 10 year follow up results from JCOG 0802 to watch this interview with Nasser Altorki @AltorkiNasser ctsnet.org/article/10-yea… Here is a brief clip that I think summarizes the bottom line nicely

Photo finish to our 100th Single Port Robotic thoracic surgery case @WCM_CTSurgery. First to 100 in the nation. Looking forward to presenting our results in chicago at @AATSHQ in May.@GavittWoodard @DoctorJSpicer @hari_keshava @ElliotServaisMD

@HadidiSamer @JAMA_current Do opinion pieces count as fluff in the cv?

Check our viewpoint published @JAMA_current #MedEd Abstract Factory—Research Culture Harming Medical Education The "abstract factory" is destroying medical education. Trainees and junior faculty compete with abstract counts instead of meaningful research. Result: inflated CVs, diluted conferences. We shouldn't celebrate this—you don't need publications to be a great doctor. ➡️jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… @utswcancer @rajshekharucms @HiraSMian @ManniMD1 @HemOncFellows @ASCOTECAG

10-Year JCOG0802 Results: Interview With @AltorkiNasser 📺 Watch now and join the conversation: 🔗 ctsnet.org/node/57283 #ThoracicSurgery #LungCancer #JCOG0802 #CTSNet @WCM_CTSurgery

@JackWestMD Highly suggested

@JackWestMD events.cancer.gov/dcb/tdln

Pts w/resectable NSCLC get more benefit w/neoadjuvant chemo/IO than post-op delivery of chemo & immunoTx. Q to thoracic surgeons & others focused on this setting: do you feel this is mostly bec neoadj is DELIVERED more reliably than post-op, bec it is given BEFORE LN dissection & disruption of lymphatics, or other factor(s)?

@hari_keshava @ElliotServaisMD @TomVargheseJr @jdimick1 @BrendonStilesMD @rbarbosa91 @JBMatthews @SAGES_Updates @LindaMThoracic @AcademicSurgery @SyedAAhmad5 @TheNotoriousHPB @DoctorJSpicer 1.Scholarly output 2.Teaching excellence 3.Research impact 4.National reputation 5.Institutional service

@JonVillenaMD @ElliotServaisMD @TomVargheseJr @jdimick1 @BrendonStilesMD @rbarbosa91 @JBMatthews @SAGES_Updates @LindaMThoracic @AcademicSurgery @SyedAAhmad5 @TheNotoriousHPB @DoctorJSpicer I guess that is very vague and not well defined...

Define “academic surgeon” in 10 words or less. @TomVargheseJr @jdimick1 @BrendonStilesMD @rbarbosa91 @JBMatthews @SAGES_Updates @LindaMThoracic @AcademicSurgery @SyedAAhmad5 @TheNotoriousHPB @DoctorJSpicer

@ElliotServaisMD @TomVargheseJr @jdimick1 @BrendonStilesMD @rbarbosa91 @JBMatthews @SAGES_Updates @LindaMThoracic @AcademicSurgery @SyedAAhmad5 @TheNotoriousHPB @DoctorJSpicer Wouldn’t the cleanest definition be the things that are required for academic promotion?

@TomVargheseJr @jdimick1 @BrendonStilesMD @rbarbosa91 @JBMatthews @SAGES_Updates @LindaMThoracic @AcademicSurgery @SyedAAhmad5 @TheNotoriousHPB @DoctorJSpicer Very good. Must one write? Some would say that writing about what we do is a requisite for an academic surgeon. “Surgeons who teach, heal, discover, and contribute to the scientific canon” 🤔

@WeillCornell @WCM_MeyerCancer @parkerici @JonVillenaMD Register here: weillcornell.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bQ…

@DrewMoghanaki @DoctorJSpicer @SBroderickMD

Serious question: are thoracic surgeons elated or regretful after resecting a lobe or multiple lobes out of patients with a pCR? I can image it might be bitter-sweet learning the surgery could’ve been omitted. @DoctorJSpicer @SBroderickMD

Was a great session on the tumor microenvironment @AATSHQ this morning! Important to dedicate time to translational topics that more and more are becoming part of thoracic surgery and quality lung cancer care. Thanks to the organizers for making this a priority! #ITSOS2025

@GavittWoodard @AATSHQ @BrendonStilesMD @DoctorJSpicer @ElliotServaisMD @jdoningtonmd @JonesDavid2013 @TomVargheseJr @IsaOpitz @BMBurtMD @LUNGevity Looking forward to it!

Very excited to present on “The Tumor Microenvironment for Surgeons” @AATSHQ #itsos2025 🔬🦠🧫🧬👩‍🔬 I promise to make this topic applicable and interesting to all surgeons from the highly clinical to the surgeon-scientists Check it out Sat September 27 10:10am

Congratulations to AATS Vice President Leonard Girardi of @WCM_CTSurgery for being recognized as the top #cardiothoracic surgeon in the U.S. by @Newsweek. Many AATS Members are also highlighted. See the full list below.

@ElliotServaisMD @DoctorJSpicer @WCM_CTSurgery @GavittWoodard @hari_keshava @BrendonStilesMD Pain is a tough metric, but what i think about is that lingering -post thoracotomy pain. ~1/5 patients? After vats or MP robot. I feel like it’s a bit unpredictable, and really affects some patients.

@DoctorJSpicer @JonVillenaMD @WCM_CTSurgery @GavittWoodard @hari_keshava @BrendonStilesMD Regarding pain - yes, needs to be studied, but I have no doubt any thoracic approach that is “outside the cage”, such as SP, will have demonstrably less pain.

The Single Port Robot has arrived @WCM_CTSurgery First 25 cases: 21 lung resections, 3 mediastinal masses, 1 diaphragm plication. Less pain. The future of thoracic surgery? @GavittWoodard @ElliotServaisMD @hari_keshava @DoctorJSpicer @BrendonStilesMD

@DoctorJSpicer @WCM_CTSurgery @GavittWoodard @ElliotServaisMD @hari_keshava @BrendonStilesMD Really great points! We are looking into pain, no hard data (yet).Like all new techniques it needs to be well studied.potentially tailored to the patient and the surgeon. Tbh I didn’t see any difference in pain between VATs and (now) plain old multiport robot. SP seems different

I have to congratulate these achievements because they help our specialty progress. But less pain is an assumption for now, right? I struggle with these investments. We sent 95% of patients home the same day with plain old VATS surgery, so it’s hard for me to imagine where the savings are made with these platforms, other than being cool technical advances. The next frontier for lung surgery efficiency, in my view, is an adjunct that seals air leaks with high efficacy so that we could reduce the need for chest tubes. That would be transformative for the patient experience. Our team can do 5 anatomical lung resections in a single OR that starts at 7:30AM and finishes at 15:30. I struggle to see how any of these robotic platforms can enable such fast turn around at such a low surgical instrument cost. I may just be short sighted, but things have to get a whole lot faster and a whole lot cheaper for them to be a value added given what is achievable with conventional techniques.

@BaeBielle @DGlaucomflecken Research is pretty vaguely described and “encouraged “

@JonVillenaMD @DGlaucomflecken Research is a requirement from ACGME for residency and fellowship, regardless of affiliation with an academic center

Once residency/fellowship applicants can safely acknowledge their lack of interest in conducting research without torching their job prospects, then we will have entered a new utopia with the perfect balance of physicians, scientists, and physician-scientists. It will be beautiful.