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

Shanda Blackmon

Speaker

Shanda H. Blackmon, M.D., M.P.H., FACS is a minimally invasive thoracic surgeon and is the current Olga Keith Weiss Endowed Chair in Surgery, Executive Director of the Baylor College of Medicine Lung Institute, and is a tenured Professor at Baylor College of Medicine. She completed Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency at Baylor College of Medicine in 2005 and 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. 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 complex esophageal reconstruction program, 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 Mayo's Center for Digital Health. She is Board-certified by ABS & ABTS. She serves(d) on the following boards or councils: WTS, STSA, CTSnet, TSF, STS, & ATS.  She leads innovation programs for AATS. Dr. Blackmon has published over 200 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, President-elect for STSA (2026-2027) and was Council Chair & Board of Directors for STS. She is the author of "The Support Group" by Mayo Clinic Press. She is married to Matt Blackmon and has three children Jake (20), Sam (20), and Grace (12).