Yolonda L. Colson

Professor
Thoracic Oncology 
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
United States of America

Physician Oncology
Biography

  Dr. Colson is the Associate Administrative Chief and an attending cardiothoracic surgeon within the Division of Thoracic Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Director of the Women’s Lung Cancer Program, and Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. Her academic training includes a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an MD from Mayo Medical School, and a PhD from University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Colson's surgical residency was at University of Pittsburgh before training in cardiothoracic surgery at Brigham and Womens Hospital.

Research Intrest

  Women's lung cancer, Thoracic surgical oncology, Minimally invasive surgery, Immunologic diseases of the chest

List of Publications
Liu R, Colby AH, Gilmore D, Schulz M, Zeng J et al (2016) Nanoparticle tumor localization, disruption of autophagosomal trafficking, and prolonged drug delivery improve survival in peritoneal mesothelioma. Biomaterials 102 :175-86.
Digesu CS, Wiesel O, Vaporciyan AA, Colson YL (2016) Management of Sarcoma Metastases to the Lung. Surg Oncol Clin N Am 4 :721-33.
Hachey KJ, Digesu CS, Armstrong KW, Gilmore DM, Khullar OV et al (2017) A novel technique for tumor localization and targeted lymphatic mapping in early-stage lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 3 :1110-1118.