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4950 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809, USA
Dr. Emily E. Cassidy is a thoracic surgery specialist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She graduated from Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In New Orleans in 2007, having more than 10 years of diverse experience, especially in Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Cassidy currently serves on the hepatobiliary/ upper GI and lung multidisciplinary care teams (MDC) and the mesothelioma specialty team at Mary Bird Perkins – Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center
Fellowship: Northwestern University Hospitals (Cardiothoracic Surgery)
Residency: Morristown Memorial Hospital (General Surgery)
Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
American Board of Surgery
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There may be a recommendation for an operation called a pleurodesis or a pleural catheter insertion. A pleurodesis is when the fluid is all drained off of the lung in the operating room typically. And...
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Most lung cancers are asymptomatic, particularly at their earlier stages. However, depending on the location and how advanced the tumor is at the time of diagnosis, it can present with symptoms of chest pain, shortness...
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A thoracic surgeon is a surgeon that has typically undergone five years of general surgery residency followed by specialty training in cardiothoracic. That’s typically an additional two or three year fellowship in addition to the...
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There are several types of lung cancer, but to simplify things, we broadly group them into two groups, which is small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer, which is sort of everything else....
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One of the hurdles that we face when treating, discussing, dealing at all with lung cancer, is the innate stigma that exists with regard to lung cancer because of the strong correlation with cigarette smoking....
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When we do lung surgery, because there’s no empty space in the chest, all of the space is taken up by the lungs, the heart, the blood vessels, we have to deflate the lung on...
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Most recently, the United States Preventative Task Force has put out recommendations to broaden the indications for low dose CT screening for lung cancer. So they’ve widened the age range from 55 to 74 all...
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4950 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809, USA
(225) 767-0847