Welcome to the Mesothelioma Help Ask-A-Nurse interview session. We re privileged to be talking to a doctor and 2 nurses with mesothelioma experience.
Lisa Hyde-Barrett who has been a thoracic surgery nurse for nearly 25 years and has had the privilege of caring for countless mesothelioma patients over the years, offers key medical information to the readers.
Ellie Erickson has been working in the surgical intensive care unit at Brigham and Woman s Hospital since 1985. Before then she worked in the cardiothoracic ICU and the ICU float pool. She earned her diploma in nursing from the Mount Auburn Hospital School of Nursing in 1978 and earned her BSN from Worcester State College in 1982.
Dr. DaSilva [inaudible 00:01:05] at Layola University Medical Center and Professor of Surgery at the Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago. He is the co-director of the Lung Cancer Program and the Director of the International Mid-Western Mesothelioma Program, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center.
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