Ciaran Mcnamee
Distinguished in Lung Adenocarcinoma

Dr. Ciaran Mcnamee

Thoracic Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Lung Center
15 Francis Street, 2nd Floor, 
Boston, MA 
Offers Telehealth

Distinguished in Lung Adenocarcinoma
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Lung Center
15 Francis Street, 2nd Floor, 
Boston, MA 
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Overview

Dr. Ciaran McNamee is a thoracic surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center. He is chief of thoracic surgery at Kent Hospital and is an instructor in surgery at Harvard Medical School. Dr. McNamee received his medical degree from McGill University in Canada and completed a surgery residency at University of Alberta Hospital as well as cardiothoracic surgery residencies at Broadgreen Hospital and Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. He completed a clinical fellowship in thoracic surgery at the University of Manitoba and a research fellowship in thoracic surgery at the University of Alberta. Board certified in surgery and thoracic surgery, Dr. McNamee holds a Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS). Dr. McNamee's clinical interests include lung cancer, lung cancer screening and esophageal cancer. His research focuses on mutational changes in lung cancer, regional outcome analysis and telemedicine. Dr. McNamee has been listed as one of America’s Top Doctors by Castle Connolly.

Dr. Mcnamee is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lung Adenocarcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Lung Cancer, Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Lung Adenocarcinoma, Gastrostomy, and Advanced Bronchoscopy.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 11 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
McGill Univeristy, 1977 - 1981
Residency
University of Alberta Hospital, 1983 - 1988
Specialties
Thoracic Surgery
Licenses
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) in MA
Board Certifications
Surgery, General
Hospital Affiliations
Massachusetts General Hospital
Kent County Memorial Hospital
Brigham And Women's Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male
Awards
Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors 2024
Boston Magazine Top Doctor
2022
Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors
2022

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Locations

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Lung Center
15 Francis Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02115
Call: 617-732-6824
Other Locations
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology
450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
Call: 617-732-6824
Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center (Foxborough)
20 Patriot Place, Foxborough, MA 02035
Call: 617-732-6824

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Mcnamee has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Empyema
Esophageal Cancer
Lung Cancer
Pleural Effusion

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


11 Total Publications

Author Correction: Neoadjuvant atezolizumab for resectable non-small cell lung cancer: an open-label, single-arm phase II trial.
Author Correction: Neoadjuvant atezolizumab for resectable non-small cell lung cancer: an open-label, single-arm phase II trial.
Journal: Nature medicine
Published: October 10, 2023
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