Gerard Anthony Silvestri, MD, MS

Gerard Anthony Silvestri, MD, MS is an Oncologist in Charleston, SC. He serves as a professor of medicine and a lung cancer pulmonologist at the Medical University of SC. His practice focuses on the evaluation, management, and improvement of outcomes for patients with lung cancer. He completed his undergraduate education at Fairleigh Dickinson University, his medical degree at St. Georges University, and his residency in internal medicine at the Hospital of St. Raphaels and Yale University School of Medicine. He received fellowship training and an advanced degree in health services research from Dartmouth.

Dr. Silvestri established the first multidisciplinary lung cancer clinic in SC. He currently evaluates between five and seven new lung cancer cases per week. His clinical research is patient-oriented and covers nearly every aspect of lung cancer care. He has experience in evaluating new technologies for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer. He was part of the first group to publish the utility of endoscopic ultrasound with fine needle aspiration of mediastinal lymph nodes for staging lung cancer patients. He has served as a section editor and author of the American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based guidelines on the diagnosis and management of lung cancer. He has over 200 peer-reviewed journal publications, abstracts, book chapters, and invited commentaries in the clinical care and research of lung cancer. He has lectured as a master clinician in lung cancer for the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Thoracic Society.

The office is located at 86 Jonathan Lucas Street in Charleston. It is about a tenth of a mile from Calhoun Street, Baruch Auditorium, the Jonathan Lucas House Marker, MUSC Health Medical Center, Lucas Park, and the Governor Thomas Bennett House Marker.

Gerard Anthony Silvestri, MD, MS holds a rating of 5.00 based on 6 reviews. His expertise in lung cancer pulmonology and his role at the MUSC Hollings Cancer Center define his practice in Charleston.

Services:

• Advanced lung disease management
• Brain & Spine Cancer Care
• Bronchoscopy procedures
• Connective tissue diseases treatment
• Diabetes Management
• Endocrinology
• Head & Neck Cancer Treatment
• Lung transplant consultation