Dr. Pechet completed college and medical school at Harvard University, and trained in general surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, and is board certified in general surgery. He trained in Thoracic Surgery at Washington University in St. Louis, and is a board certified thoracic surgeon. He is Vice Chief of Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center-Presbyterian, and practices all aspects of general thoracic surgery. His clinical interests include all areas of thoracic oncology, including advanced lung and esophageal cancers, as well as end-stage lung disease. He has a special interest in minimally invasive surgical techniques, and is experienced in the surgical treatment of esophageal reflux, benign esophageal diseases and hyperhidrosis. He frequently performs minimally invasive lung cancer operations such as VATS lobectomies, and is interested in adapting advanced video technologies to the operating room. He also is experienced in tracheal surgery and interventional bronchoscopy, including palliative care. He has a major interest in clinical research, focusing on improving outcomes following surgery. He is active in the PMC Thoracic Research Laboratory and in development of a lung cancer vaccine. He is a fellow of numerous national surgical societies.

• 1999-present American Association for Thoracic Surgery General Thoracic Biology Club
• 1999-present American College of Surgeons
• 2001-present International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
• 2003-present American College of Chest Physicians
• 2003-present General Thoracic Surgical Club
• 2003-present Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
• 2003-present Society of Thoracic Surgeons

• 1991-present Massachusetts Medical Society
• 2001-present Pennsylvania Medical Society
• 2001-present Philadelphia County Medical Society

• 2009-present American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, Cancer Liaison Physician

• Lung transplantation
• Acute lung injury following lung transplantation
• Vascular biology of lung cancer
• Esophageal motility disorders
• Pathogenesis of spontaneous pneumothoraces

1. Weiser MR, Pechet TT, Williams JP, Ma M, Frenette PS, Moore FD, Kobzik L, Hines RO, Wagner DD, Carroll MC, Hechtman HB. Experimental murine acid aspiration injury is mediated by neutrophils and the alternative complement pathway. Journal of Applied Physiology 83(4):1090-1095, 1997.
2. Williams JP, Weiser MR, Pechet TT, Kobzik L, Moore FD Jr, Hechtman HB. Alpha 1-acid glycoprotein reduces local and remote injuries after intestinal ischemia in the rat. American Journal of Physiology 273(5 Pt 1):G1031-1035, Nov. 1997.
3. Williams JP, Pechet TT, Weiser MR, Reid R, Kobzik L, Moore FD Jr, Carroll MC, Hechtman HB. Intestinal reperfusion injury is mediated by IgM and complement. Journal of Applied Physiology 86(3):938-942, Mar. 1999.
4. Pechet TV, de le Morena M, Mendeloff EN, Sweet SC, Shapiro SD, Huddleston CB. Lung transplantation in children following treatment for malignancy. Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation 22(2):154-160, Feb. 2003.
5. Pechet TT, Meyers BF, Guthrie TJ, Battafarano RJ, Trulock EP, Cooper JD, Patterson GA. Lung transplantation for lymphangioleiomyomatosis. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 23(3):301-308, Mar. 2004.
6. Pechet TTV, Carr SR, Collins JE, Cohn HE, Farber JL. Arterial invasion predicts early mortality in Stage I non-small cell lung cancer. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 78(5):1748-1753, Nov. 2004.
7. Allen M, Darling G, Pechet T, Mitchell J, Herndon J, Landreneau R, Inculet R, Jones D, Meyers B, Harpole D, Putnam J, Rusch V and the ACOSOG Z0030 Study Group. Morbidity and mortality of major pulmonary resections in patients with early-stage lung cancer: Initial results of the randomized, prospective ACOSOG Z0030 trial. Ann Thor Surg 81(3):1013-1020, Mar. 2006.
8. Almeida FA, Yahid B, Pechet TTV, Costantini PJ, Farber JF. Lung injury after airbag deployment: Airbag lung. Injury 37(5):181-183, May 2006.
9. Leshnower BG, Morris RJ, Pechet TTV. Management of a mediastinal pheochromo-cytoma causing tracheomalacia. Ann Thor Surg 84(6):2088-2090, Dec 2007.

1. Cowan S, Pechet TT. Pleurectomy-decortication for malignant mesothelioma. [Review] Thoracic Surgery Clinics 14(4):517-521, Nov. 2004

1. Cantor JP, Pechet TV, Berd D, Tessonneaud A, Salvat S, Mitra M, Schea H, Rao AS, Lakshman TV, Collins JE, Kuchar J, Culligan M, Shrager J, Friedberg JS. Generation of an autologous, Hapten-modified non-small cell lung cancer vaccine. American Association of Cancer Research Molecular Pathogenesis of Lung Cancer: Opportunities for Translation to the Clinic 2005. Anaheim, CA, Feb. 2005.
2. Cantor JP, Pechet TV, Berd D, Tessonneaud A, Salvat S, Mitra M, Schea H, Rao AS, Lakshman TV, Collins JE, Kuchar J, Culligan M, Shrager J, Friedberg JS. Generation of an autologous, Hapten-modified non-small cell lung cancer vaccine. American Association of Cancer Research 2005, Anaheim, CA, Apr. 2005.
3. Hogan P, Kyser S, Culligan M, Kuhns K, Vanzandbergen C, Friedberg J, Pechet T. Unit based data collection and analysis in the thoracic surgical patient. STS Data, Sept 2006.
4. Pechet TV. Unit-based nursing surveillance reveals decreased reintubation and mortality rates in post operative thoracic surgery patients. American College of Nurse Practitioners, 2007.

1. Sundt TM ed; Pechet TTV presenting author: Clinical-pathological conference in thoracic surgery: Proximal pulmonary artery obstruction secondary to Takayasu arteritis. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 121:163-175, 2001.
2. Pechet TT, Bogar L, Grunwald Z. Anesthetic considerations for thoracic trauma. In Lake CL, Armstead VE: Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. London: Westminster Press, 2002, 6(2):95-103.
3. Pechet TT, Patterson GA. Lung transplantation: Surgical options and approaches. In Yang SC, Camerion DE (eds): Current Therapy in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. New York: Mosby, 2004, 254-259.
4. Carr S, Pechet TTV. Solitary pulmonary nodule. Sect. IV, Chap. 14 in Souba WW (ed. chair): ACS Surgery: Principles & Practice. Chicago, IL: WebMD.com, published on-line Apr. 2006.
5. Pechet TTV. Solitary pulmonary nodule. ACS Surgery: Principles & Practice. 2010 (in press).

1. Pechet TV. Minimally invasive thoracic surgery. Comcast Newsmakers Headline News, June 26, 2006.
2. Pechet TV. Lung cancer and the Penn Lung Center. NBC 40 Health Update, Nov. 2006.
3. Pechet TV. Lung cancer. NBC 40 Health Update, Dec. 2006.
4. Pechet TV. Thoracic surgery advances. Comcast Newsmakers Headline News, Jan. 2007.
5. Pechet TV. The environment and thoracic health. Comcast Newsmakers Headline News, Apr. 2007.
6. Pechet TV. The role of community institutions in health care. Comcast Newsmakers Headline News, Apr. 2007.
7. Pechet TV. Treating Lung Cancer Part II. Health Today TV, NJ, Apr. 2010.