The Division of Thoracic Surgery within the Department of Surgery at the University of Cincinnati is dedicated to the treatment of benign and malignant disease of the lung, esophagus, chest wall, and mediastinum. A special focus of the division is the treatment of lung and esophageal cancer.
Lung cancer is the number one cancer-killer in men and women in America today.
A multi-specialty approach to lung and esophageal cancer is taken by the division at the Barrett Cancer Center. Dr. John Howington is Board-certified in General and Thoracic Surgery. He was the founder and director of the Lung Cancer Clinic at the Arkansas Cancer Research Center prior to becoming director of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Cincinnati.