Shanda Blackmon, M.D., M.P.H.

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of OTL38 and Near Infrared Imaging (NIR) at identifying pulmonary nodules within the operating theater, and to assess the safety and tolerability of single intravenous doses of OTL38.

The Mayo Clinic Foregut Surgery Report Card Questionnaire has been created in order to have a consistent evaluation tool for patients undergoing foregut surgery in order to standardize and validate outcome measures.

The Mayo Clinic Upper Digestive Disease Survey has been created in order to have a consistent evaluation tools for patients undergoing esophageal reconstruction or treatment  or patients that are experiencing an upper digestive disease in order to standardize and validate outcome measures.  Data will be used to establish the validation of the questionnaires/survey.  Data will also lead to the establishment of “normal” or expected scores for patients undergoing each type of esophagectomy procedure and for upper digestive diseases.  Data will contribute to creating treatment algorithms for symptom management for upper digestive diseases and for post-operative complications and symptoms as well as contribute to pre-operative education.  

The purpose of this study is to establish a registry for the active surveillance of patients with multiple ground glass opacities (GGOs) in the lung identified on imaging.

In this study we will review medical records and questionnaire results of patients that underwent PerOral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) + Partial Fundoplication (PF) and POEM and Laparoscopic Modified Heller Myotomy + PF for achalasia and access treatment outcomes by reviewing complications such as: delayed bleeding, pneumoperitoneum, pneumothorax, mucosal flap perforation, pneumomediastinum, cervical emphysema and displacement of transparent cap.

The purpose of this study is to examine the utility of 3-D printing at a single institution.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Vacuum-assisted dressings for treating patients who have open chest wounds by comparing the time-to-closure of such wounds to traditional wound care management.

Patients that are either scheduled to undergo or have undergone an achalasia procedure at the Mayo Clinic Rochester are asked to participate. The purpose of this study is to gather information and determine if one of these procedures is superior to the other.

The purpose of this study is to determine if Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy improves survival over sublobar resaction in high risk operable stage I non-small cell lung cancer.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate if lung ablation improves clinical outcomes for patients deemed to be surgically high-risk.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the MicroCutter Stapler in a real world setting in thoracic surgery procedures.

Can neoadjuvant intrapleural cryotherapy be safely performed in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma and will it trigger substantial systemic and local pro-inflammatory changes, resulting in the induction of anti-tumor immunity?

This research program consists of a prospective, multi-institutional Phase 2 trial and an economic cost-effectiveness analysis for the use of ACE+7 in VATS lobectomy/segmentectomy compared to traditional techniques. It will be left up to the study credentialed surgeon investigator to decide the suitability of PA branches for sealing. This will be decided intra-operatively based on anatomy, vascular dissection and length as well as patient specific factors.

Post market prospective, non-randomized, single-arm, multicenter study, designed to demonstrate dose response of an ablation system using a percutaneous approach in patients with primary, metastatic, or recurrent primary lung tumors.