David P. Mason, MD, was recently named chief of thoracic surgery and lung transplantation for the Baylor Scott & White Health system. Dr. Mason is an international leader in the field of lung transplantation. Before joining Baylor Scott & White in 2014, he was on the surgical staff at Johns Hopkins University and the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. He leads the department of thoracic surgery at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas and the Center for Thoracic Surgery.
Dr. Mason has many research interests and is widely published in all areas of thoracic surgery. He is the author of numerous articles and book chapters. He is a member of multiple international societies and leadership committees, including the Joint Commission for Thoracic Surgery Education, the Thoracic Organ Committee of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, the Interventional Chest/Diagnostic Procedures Network Steering Committee of CHEST and the International Advisory Committee of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery.
Source: 2014 Baylor Annette C. And Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute Annual Report.
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