John D. Mitchell, MD University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA

Dr. Mitchell is the Chief of General Thoracic Surgery within the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. His primary clinical responsibilities are at the University of Colorado Hospital and the Denver Veterans Administration Medical Center. Dr. Mitchell is a consultant for National Jewish Medical and Research Center, and as a result has extensive experience in the surgical treatment of lung infection. His research interests focus on lung cancer, surgical treatment of lung infection, and lung transplantation. His clinical interests include all thoracic oncology, surgery of the airway, surgery for infectious lung disease, esophageal surgery, adult lung transplantation and minimally invasive approaches to thoracic surgical procedures.