Keynote: Variation in Chest Tube Management in Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery

Shanda Blackmon

Speaker

Shanda H. Blackmon, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., is a minimally invasive thoracic surgeon. She completed Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency at Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, Texas. She was awarded the Clinical Instructorship in thoracic surgical oncology at MDACC, until she was recruited to lead the Division of Thoracic Surgery at Houston Methodist, where she served as Chief  of Thoracic Surgery for eight years, serving as the Director of the Thoracic Tumor Board and Director of the Lung Cancer Screening Program. She has led esophageal support groups for 17 years. She was recruited to Mayo Clinic- Rochester. She holds several patents for novel technology, developed the UDD App, which is a virtual patient management platform for foregut surgery patients, developed a specialized team for complex esophageal reconstruction, is a Surgery Champion for 3D anatomic modeling and was the Medical Director of Mayo Clinic Consumer Platforms as well as Medical Director for User Experience within CDH. She is Board-certified by ABS & ABTS, currently has the rank of Professor, and has now moved back to Houston to lead the Baylor College of Medicine Lung Institute. She serves(d) on the following boards or councils: TSF, STS, WTS, ATS, and STSA.  Dr. Blackmon has published over 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts, given over 500 oral presentations, is internationally recognized, has published more than 100 instructional videos(@ShandaBlackmon for Twitter & https://www.youtube.com/c/ShandaBlackmon/videos). She is a former Deputy Editor for The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. She is the Past-President of Women in Thoracic Surgery, former Secretary/Treasurer of TSF, current Secretary/Treasurer of STSA, and was Council Chair & on Board of Directors for STS. She is the author of "The Support Group" which is from Mayo Clinic Press.