This special series on “Advances in Interventional Pulmonary” is edited by Dr. Fayez Kheir.

Fayez Kheir MD, MSc
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Dr Kheir is currently an assistant professor of medicine with expertise in interventional pulmonary at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. He completed his pulmonary, critical care training as well as master in the clinical research and medical education scholar program at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. He then completed interventional pulmonary fellowship at the Harvard program. Dr Kheir’s research focuses on developing and testing minimally invasive procedures in interventional pulmonary focusing on patient-relevant outcomes. He has been involved in multiple clinical guidelines, designed multiple medical trials, invited reviewer for multiple medical journals, and led as well as co-authored over 130 manuscripts.

Series outline:

1. Biomarkers for Lung Nodules: Are we there yet?
2. Robotic Bronchoscopy for Lung Nodules: Narrative Review
3. Diagnostic Yield Definition in Navigational Bronchoscopy
4. Digital Tomosynthesis for Navigational Bronchoscopy
5. Cone Beam Computed Tomography for Navigational Bronchoscopy
6. Malignant Central Airway Obstruction: Management Updates
7. Bronchoscopic Ablation for Early Lung Cancer
8. Updates in Management of Malignant Pleural Effusion

Disclosure:
The series “Advances in Interventional Pulmonary” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Fayez Kheir is serving as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.