James Isbell MD MSCI
Adult General Thoracic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Surgical Oncology
Associate Attending, Thoracic Surgery & Critical Care Medicine; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College
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530 East 74th StreetNew York, NY 10021
Overview of Dr. Isbell
Dr. James Isbell is a thoracic surgeon in New York, NY and is affiliated with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He received his medical degree from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and has been in practice 23 years. He is one of 40 doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center who specialize in Thoracic Surgery. He has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.
Education & Training
University of Virginia Medical CenterFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2012 - 2013- University of Virginia Medical CenterFellowship, Thoracic Surgery - Independent, 2010 - 2012
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2003 - 2010
Vanderbilt University School of MedicineMSCI, Clinical Investigation, 2006 - 2008
University of Texas Southwestern Medical SchoolClass of 2003
Certifications & Licensure
VA State Medical License 2010 - 2028
CT State Medical License 2024 - 2027
NJ State Medical License 2016 - 2027
NY State Medical License 2016 - 2027
TN State Medical License 2006 - 2011
American Board of Surgery Surgery- American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification Sunrise Ambulatory Care, Allscripts, 2013, 2015, 2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013, 2015, 2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification MyMSK, Memorial Sloan Kettering, 2013, 2015, 2017
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Adjuvant Nivolumab vs Observation in Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Jamie E Chaft, Zhuoxin Sun, Charles M Rudin, Onkar V Khullar, Charles B Simone 2nd
JAMA. 2026-06-01 - Utilization of invasive mediastinal nodal staging and prevalence of occult nodal disease in patients with synchronous primary lung cancers.Nanruoyi Zhou, Stella Tsui, Nicolas Toumbacaris, Kay See Tan, Joseph Dycoco
Lung Cancer. 2026-06-01 - Surgical outcomes using 3-dimensional image simulation for segmentectomy planning in patients with stage IA1-2 non-small cell lung cancer.Stella T Tsui, Kay See Tan, Junting Zheng, Katherine D Gray, Gaetano Rocco
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2026-05-01
Journal Articles
- Pathologic Features of Response to Neoadjuvant Anti-PD-1 in Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma: A Proposal for Quantitative Immune-Related Pathologic Response Crit...J M Isbell, N Rekhtman, J E Chaft, Annals of Oncology
Grant Support
- Using patient simulation to optimize hospital insulin infusions in cardiac surgery (Co-Investigator)National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering2014–2016
- Lung Cancer Biorepository Network (UVA PI; National PI-Dr. Moskaluk)Department of Defense2013–2016
- Pre-animal development of a NIRS device to monitor the mitochondrial redox and tissue oxygen state (Co-PI)Ivy Biomedical Innovation Fund2012–2014
- Ruth S. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (T32)NIDDK2006–2008
Committees
- Member, STS Workforce on Critical Care 2012 - Present
- Member, UVA Clinical Information Technology Oversight Committee 2015 - 2016
- Member, UVA Critical Care Subcommittee 2013 - 2016
- Member, University of Virginia Patient Care Committee 2012 - 2016
Research History
- Surgical Research FellowStudying surgical metabolism in the lab of Dr. Naji Abumrad, Professor and Chair of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center2006 - 2008
Professional Memberships
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