Douglas Wood, FACS, FRSC, MD
The Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery
Dr. Wood is The Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery for the University of Washington. He is a world-renowned surgeon in thoracic oncology, specializing in the areas of lung and esophageal cancer. He is also a national and international leader in the management of complex airway disease and in the surgical management of end-stage lung disease. He focuses his practice in these areas where he has led the UW thoracic group to be the leading referral center for patients from all over the Pacific Northwest.
Dr. Wood received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University and trained in general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He then was recruited to Seattle to lead a new section of general thoracic surgery at the UW.
The thoracic surgery group at UW has grown to be the largest and most comprehensive practice in the Western United States, with patients traveling from all over the Pacific Northwest and beyond for the expertise in cancer surgery and end-stage lung disease offered by Dr. Wood and his team. Dr. Wood leads the multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Program where patients can get comprehensive evaluation and care from a dedicated team of pulmonary physicians, thoracic surgeons, medical oncologists and radiation oncologists. Patients with end-stage lung disease have options of lung volume reduction surgery, clinical trials of endobronchial valve therapy, pulmonary thromboendarterectomy or lung transplantation - the only lung transplant program in the Pacific Northwest, led by world expert, Dr. Michael Mulligan.
Dr. Wood has had a major role in guidelines development, leadership, and policy development in surgery and thoracic oncology. He is the chair of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Lung Cancer Screening Panel, the vice-chair of the NCCN Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Panel, past director of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, and past chair of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Thoracic Surgery Residency Review Committee. Dr. Wood has served as president of multiple surgical organizations, including the Seattle Surgical Society, the Western Thoracic Surgical Association, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Thoracic Surgery Foundation, and the Cardiothoracic Surgery Network (CTSNet). He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, holds an honorary Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, honorary memberships in the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland and La Sociedad Mexicana de Cirujanos Torácicos Generales. Dr. Wood has served as the International Councilor for both the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons and has been a visiting professor at over 50 institutions worldwide.
