Podcast: Bringing Awareness to Esophageal Cancer

Keith Mortman

Dr. Keith Mortman brings awareness to a lesser known and talked about disease, esophageal cancer.

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Featured Speaker:

Keith Mortman, MD, FACS, FCCP is board-certified in cardiothoracic surgery. He is the Director of Thoracic Surgery and an Associate Professor of Surgery with The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

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