Dr. Richard J. Battafarano is the head of the division of thoracic surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center and an associate professor of surgery. He also helps out at the Greenebaum Cancer Center as a Thoracic Surgeon. His special interests lie in Lung Cancer Surgery, Esophageal Cancer Surgery, Barrett's Esophagus, Mediastinal Tumors, Mesothelioma, Metastatic Cancer to the Lung and Surgery for Other Tumors of the Chest. He has received board certification in thoracic as well as general surgery.
Dr. Richard got his MD from the Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia and thereafter took up a residency at the University of Minnesota in general surgery. Consequently, he took up another residency at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in thoracic surgery. Finally, he took up a fellowship at the Unviersity of Minnesota in Surgical Infectious Diseases.
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Mesothelioma (cancer of the mesothelium) is a disease in which cells of the mesothelium become abnormal and divide without control or order. They can invade and damage nearby tissues and organs. Cancer cells can also metastasize (spread) from their original site to other parts of the body. Most cases of mesothelioma begin in the pleura or peritoneum.
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