At Siemens Healthineers, we’re committed to supporting the full lung cancer care continuum, from identifying at-risk patients to enabling confident, image-guided intervention. Through meaningful innovation in diagnostic and intraprocedural imaging, we help interventional pulmonologists expand access, improve precision, and strengthen procedural outcomes.
Beyond Biopsy
Imaging-Enabled Advances Across the Lung Cancer Care Pathway
Lunch Symposium | Friday, August 15 | 12:45–1:30 PM | Breakout 3
Clinical and workflow insights from the front lines of image-supported screening, staging, and therapeutic intervention.
Imaging plays a critical role across the lung cancer care continuum, from identifying at-risk patients to enabling confident, image-guided intervention. In this session, speakers will share real-world perspectives on how innovative imaging is being integrated into lung cancer screening programs, bronchoscopic staging, and therapeutic bronchoscopy workflows.
Learn how one program is using a mobile low-dose CT solution to expand access to screening and drive earlier detection. Then, explore how mobile cone-beam CT (CBCT) is enhancing bronchoscopic workflows, from biopsy to therapeutic intervention.
Whether you're focused on expanding access, optimizing staging, or advancing image-guided therapy, this session offers practical takeaways, and a broader view of what imaging can help make possible in interventional pulmonology.
Featuring:
Essam Mekhaiel, MD, FRCPC
Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL
Dr. Essam Mekhaiel is Director of Interventional Pulmonology at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Illinois. He specializes in minimally invasive procedures for diagnosing and managing lung cancer, airway disorders, and pleural diseases. His clinical focus combines advanced imaging with therapeut bronchoscopy to improve outcomes and expand access to cutting-edge pulmonary care.Â
Eugene Shostak, MD
NY Presbyterian/Well Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
Dr. Eugene Shostak is Director of Interventional Pulmonology at Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City, where he also serves as Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Cardiothoracic Surgery. He focuses on advanced diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for thoracic malignancies, central airway disease, and pleural pathology, with an emphasis on image-guided interventions and multidisciplinary cancer care.Â
