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Dr. Erkmen specializes in robotic techniques to deliver the highest quality of care thoracic surgery patients. She is a devoted educator and the founding Program Director of the ACGME-Accredited Thoracic Surgery Fellowship at Temple.
Dr. Cherie P. Erkmen is a Professor of Thoracic Surgery at Temple University Health Systems and Temple’s Center for Asian Health. She specializes in robotic techniques to deliver the highest quality of care thoracic surgery patients. She is a devoted educator and the founding Program Director of the ACGME-Accredited Thoracic Surgery Fellowship at Temple. She is also the Program Director for Temple’s Lung Cancer Screening Program that screens people at high risk and expedites treatment for lung cancer. Her research focuses on bringing technology of screening and multidisciplinary care to underserved populations. She is part of a Temple’s NIH-funded U54 grant exploring cancer disparities, and she is the P.I. of an American Cancer Society—Pfizer grant to disseminate a novel single-visit lung cancer screening model.
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LUNGevity Foundation
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LUNGevity Foundation is the nation's leading lung cancer organization focused on improving outcomes for people with lung cancer through research, policy initiatives, education, support, and engagement for patients, survivors, and caregivers. LUNGevity seeks to make an immediate impact on quality of life and survivorship for everyone touched by the disease—while promoting health equity by addressing disparities throughout the care continuum. LUNGevity works tirelessly to advance research into early detection and more effective treatments, provide information and educational tools to empower patients and their caregivers, promote impactful public policy initiatives, and amplify the patient voice through research and engagement. The organization provides an active community for patients and survivors—and those who help them live longer and better lives.