Gerard Silvestri

Gerard Silvestri, M.D.


Professor
Medicine
Cancer Focus

Screening for lung cancer, identifying biomarkers to reclassify risk of developing cancer, and lung nodule evaluation and management

Research Interest

I am the Hillenbrand Professor of Thoracic Oncology and Vice Chair of Medicine for Faculty Development at the Medicine Medical University of South Carolina. I am a lung cancer pulmonologist with renowned expertise in the evaluation, management, and improvement of outcomes of patients with lung cancer. I conduct patient-oriented clinical research studies that encompass nearly every aspect of lung cancer care, including lung cancer screening, disparities in cancer care, shared decision-making, and the evaluation and management of pulmonary nodules. I have a graduate degree in the evaluative clinical sciences, and I apply the health services research techniques I learned to many aspects of lung cancer care.

Positions and Scientific Appointments

2013-Present: Hillenbrand Professor of Thoracic Oncology and Vice Chair of Medicine for Faculty Development 2006-2013: Professor of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 2001-2006: Associate Professor of Medicine with Tenure and Medical Director of Respiratory Care, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 1998-2001: Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of Respiratory Care, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SSC 1993-1998: Assistant Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of Respiratory Care, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SSC 1990-1993: Instructor in Clinical Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH

Education

MS
January 1995
Evaluative Clinical Sciences
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Residency
January 1993
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Internship
January 1990
Internal Medicine Residency
Hospital of St. Raphaels/Yale University
MD
January 1987
Medicine
St. Georges Unviersity, True Blue, Grenada
BS
January 1983
Biology
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ