Dr. Donington is a Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Section of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Chicago. She obtained her bachelor degree from the University of Michigan and her medical degree from Rush University. She completed surgical training at Georgetown University, cardiothoracic training at the Mayo Clinic, and a surgical oncology fellowship in the Surgical Branch of the NCI. She was on faculty at Stanford and NYU prior to accepting her current position in 2018. Her clinical interest is in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer. She has unique expertise in the use multimodality therapy for locally advanced lung cancer, clinical trials in lung cancer, and treatment options for medically high risk patients with lung cancer. She is a past president of the New York Society for Thoracic Surgery and the Women in Thoracic Surgery. She is the surgical chair for the thoracic section of NRG Oncology.
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Next-generation sequencing: Emerging biomarkers in thyroid and NSCLCs
ctDNA and bladder cancer: Current understanding and beyond
ROS1 fusion-positive NSCLC
NSCLC driver mutations: Discussing the importance of RET, ALK and ROS1 alterations in NSCLC
Early-stage NSCLC management: Surgery, targeted treatment and immunotherapy
ALK fusion-positive NSCLC: International approaches to management
RET fusion-positive NSCLC: Informing on the use of pralsetinib for patients with RET fusion-positive, advanced NSCLC
COVID-19 & cancer
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