Brigham and Women's Hospital, Lung Center
15 Francis Street
2nd Floor
Boston, MA  02115
Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center (Foxborough)
20 Patriot Place
Foxborough, MA  02035
Brigham and Women's Thoracic Surgery Associates at Care New England
455 Toll Gate Road
1st Floor
Kent Hospital
Warwick, RI  02886
About Ciaran McNamee, MD
Gender
Male
Leadership Title
Chief, Thoracic Surgery, Kent Hospital
Specialties
Thoracic Surgery
Clinical Interests
benign esophageal disease and surgery
COPD
empyema
esophageal cancer
lung cancer
lung cancer screening
lung infection
lung nodules
medical education
minimally invasive surgery
pectus malformation
pleural effusion
pneumothorax
quality improvement
robotic surgery
thymoma and thymic cancer
Bio

Dr. Ciaran McNamee is a thoracic surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center. He is chief of thoracic surgery at Kent Hospital and is an instructor in surgery at Harvard Medical School. 

Dr. McNamee received his medical degree from McGill University in Canada and completed a surgery residency at University of Alberta Hospital as well as cardiothoracic surgery residencies at Broadgreen Hospital and Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. He completed a clinical fellowship in thoracic surgery at the University of Manitoba and a research fellowship in thoracic surgery at the University of Alberta. Board certified in surgery and thoracic surgery, Dr. McNamee holds a Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS). 

Dr. McNamee's clinical interests include lung cancer, lung cancer screening and esophageal cancer. His research focuses on mutational changes in lung cancer, regional outcome analysis and telemedicine. Dr. McNamee has been listed as one of America’s Top Doctors by Castle Connolly.

Education

Internship
Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, 1981 - 1982
Medical School
McGill Univeristy, 1977 - 1980
Board Certifications
Surgery, 1993

Awards

Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors
2024
Boston Magazine Top Doctor, 2022
Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors, 2022
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