Yaron Gesthalter, MD

Education
Fellowship in Interventional Pulmonary Medicine, 2017 - , BIDMC/MGH Harvard School of Medicine
Research Fellowship, 2016 - , Boston University School of Medicine - Division of Computational Biomedicine
Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care, 2015 - , Boston University School of Medicine - Dept of Pulmonary & Critical Care
Residency, 2011 - , Yale School of Medicine - Dept of Internal Medicine
MD, 2008 - , Tel-Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine
B.Sc, 2003 - , Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Honors and Awards
  • PRIDE Experience Award - Q3, University of California San Francisco, 2024
  • Michael Stulbarg Outstanding Teacher Award, University of California San Francisco, 2023
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, University of California San Francisco - Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, 2019
  • Thoracic Oncology Assembly Abstract Scholarship, American Thoracic Society, 2016
Websites
Publications

  1. Chrissian AA, De Cardenas J, DuComb E, Gesthalter YB, Khosa J, Krumm IR, Channick CL. American Association of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology Essential Knowledge in Interventional Pulmonology Series: Selected Topics in Airway Stenting. Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2026. PMID: 41550004


  2. Krumm IR, Gesthalter YB. Perspectives on Periplacement Management of Tunneled Pleural Catheters: A National Survey of Interventional Pulmonologists. Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2025. PMID: 41216673


  3. Miller RJ, Chrissian AA, Kheir F, Shafiq M, Chua AT, Navani N, Almeida FA, Alraiyes AH, Bain PA, Bellinger CR, Chao CH, Cheng GZ, Cloyes R, Diaz-Mendoza J, DiBardino DM, Folch E, Frye LK, Gesthalter YB, Gildea TR, Goyal A, Heskett KM, Holden VK, Liberman M, Manley C, Meena NK, Oberg CL, Pannu JK, Pickering EM, Senitko M, Shepard JO, Vandemoortele T, Mehta AC, Yasufuku K. American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (AABIP) Evidence-Based Guidelines on Bronchoscopic Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer. Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2025. PMID: 41024606


  4. Ivanick N, Mahoney W, Pachimatla AG, Yendamuri S, Gesthalter Y. A retrospective comparison of silicone and hybrid metal tracheobronchial Y stents. Journal of thoracic disease 2025. PMID: 40809224


  6. Krumm IR, Gesthalter YB. Expanding applications of 3D-Printed stents to non-stenotic airways. Respiratory medicine case reports 2025. PMID: 40276119


  7. Gesthalter YB, Maheshwari J. Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction with Endobronchial Valves for Emphysema. ATS Scholar 2025. PMID: 40106760


  8. Krumm IR, Malcolm K, Vella M, Oates A, Hays S, Kukreja J, Gesthalter YB. Characterizing Risk Factors Associated With Recurrent Pleural Effusions in the Lung Transplant Recipients. Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2024. PMID: 39601051


  9. Agrawal A, Chaddha U, Shojaee S, Nadolski G, Liberman M, Lee YCG, Rahman N, Reisenauer JS, Ferguson MK, DeCamp MM, Gillaspie EA, Bedawi EO, Currie B, Feller-Kopman DJ, Desai A, Yasufuku K, Bishay V, Gesthalter Y, Grosu H, Chick JFB, Lentz R, Kolli KP, Kaufman A, Mehta RM, Desai K, Davis H, Ghori UK, Maldonado F. Multidisciplinary Management of Adult Patients with Chylothorax: A Consensus Statement. The European respiratory journal 2024. PMID: 39326915


  10. Thompson JA, Schneider BJ, Brahmer J, Zaid MA, Achufusi A, Armand P, Berkenstock MK, Bermas B, Braaten T, Budde LE, Chokshi S, Crees ZD, Davies M, Deng C, Gesthalter Y, Jain M, Jain P, Jallouk A, Kaffenberger BH, Khalil M, Lechner MG, Li T, Marr A, McGettigan S, McPherson J, Medina T, Mohindra NA, Olszanski AJ, Oluwole O, Patel SP, Prosek J, Reddy S, Reid P, Ryan J, Ryder M, Salman H, Santomasso B, Shofer S, Sosman JA, Wang Y, Zaha VG, Zucker S, Lyons M, Awotiwon A, Hang L. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Management of Immunotherapy-Related Toxicities, Version 2.2024. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN 2024. PMID: 39536465


  11. A. Prosper, D.T. Cooke, A. Ghasemiesfe, E.K. Tong, H. Leisy, J. Seibles, L. Rios, M. Chen, T. Yarbrough, M. Vella, B. Antonelli, Y. Gesthalter, H. Keshava, G. Sadigh, D.R. Strong, G. Cheng, J. Hudson, N. Patel, B.A. Glenn, D.M. Hamilton, R. Bastani, W. Hsu, Y. Lin, H.I. Tupper, D. Moghanaki, J.W. Goldman, A.L. Cummings. EP.04A.09 The Impetus, Formation and Initial Strategic Aims of the UCLCC Screening and Prevention Task Force. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2024. PMID:


  13. Krumm IR, Drapeau S, Kim B, Gesthalter YB, Santhosh L. Explor-A-Thora: A Novel Three-Dimensionally Printed Pleural Simulator. ATS Scholar 2024. PMID: 39371230


  14. Gonzalez AV, Silvestri GA, Korevaar DA, Gesthalter Y, Almeida ND, Chen A, Gilbert CR, Illei PB, Navani N, Pasquinelli MM, Pastis NJ, Sears CR, Shojaee S, Solomon SB, Steinfort DP, Maldonado F, Rivera MP, Yarmus LB. Assessment of Advanced Diagnostic Bronchoscopy Outcomes for Peripheral Lung Lesions: A Delphi Consensus Definition of Diagnostic Yield and Recommendations for Patient-centered Study Designs. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2024. PMID: 38394646


  15. Melzer AC, Reese ZA, Mascarhenas L, Clancy CB, Deepak J, Gogineni H, Gesthalter Y, Hart JL. Education for Tobacco Use Disorder Treatment: Current State, Evidence, and Unmet Needs. ATS Scholar 2023. PMID: 38196686


  16. Gesthalter YB, Channick CL. Interventional Pulmonology: Extending the Breadth of Thoracic Care. Annual review of medicine 2023. PMID: 37827195


  17. BRYAN KIM, ILANA R KRUMM, YARON GESTHALTER. COMPLEX PLEURAL SPACES: THE RISKS OF REPEATED THORACENTESIS. CHEST Journal 2023. PMID:


  18. Trindade AJ, Lentz RJ, Gannon WD, Rickman OB, Shojaee S, Vandervest K, Schwartz G, Li GW, Kumar A, Garcha PS, Seeley EJ, Gesthalter YB, Mueller S, Egan JP, DeMaio AJ, Yarmus LB, Josan ES, Pannu JK, Wayne MT, DeCardenas JL, Bacchetta MD, Maldonado F, Interventional Pulmonary Outcomes Group. Safety and utility of indwelling pleural catheters in lung transplant recipients. Clinical transplantation 2023. PMID: 37354125


  19. Lee AG, Maley J, Hibbert K, Akgün KM, Hauschildt KE, Law A, Kaminski N, Hayes M, Gesthalter Y, Bosslet GT, Santhosh L, Witkin A, Hills-Dunlap K, Çoruh B, Gershengorn HB, Hardin CC. Medical Societies Must Choose Professional Meeting Locations Responsibly in a Post-Roe World. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2023. PMID: 36812378


  21. Malcolm KB, Seeley EJ, Gesthalter YB. Impact of a Dedicated Pleural Clinic on Indwelling Pleural Catheter Related Outcomes: A Retrospective Single Center Experience. Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2022. PMID: 36192832


  22. Krumm IR, Gesthalter YB. Use of tunneled pleural catheters in chronic empyema: Two case reports and brief review of the literature. Respiratory medicine case reports 2022. PMID: 36246015


  23. Ali B. Abbasi, Andre Alcon, Alap Patel, Yaron Gesthalter, William Hoffman, Johannes Kratz. Tracheal Reconstruction Using Endotracheal Stent and Pectoralis Major Muscle Flap. 2022. PMID:


  24. Abbasi AB, Alcon A, Patel A, Gesthalter Y, Hoffman W, Kratz J. Tracheal Reconstruction Using Endotracheal Stent and Pectoralis Major Muscle Flap. Annals of thoracic surgery short reports 2022. PMID: 39790512


  25. Bawaadam HS, Russell M, Gesthalter YB. Acquired Benign Tracheoesophageal Fistula: Novel Use of a Nasal Septal Occluder. Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2022. PMID: 35730784


  26. Akulian J, Bedawi EO, Abbas H, Argento C, Arnold DT, Balwan A, Batra H, Uribe Becerra JP, Belanger A, Berger K, Burks AC, Chang J, Chrissian AA, DiBardino DM, Fuentes XF, Gesthalter YB, Gilbert CR, Glisinski K, Godfrey M, Gorden JA, Grosu H, Gupta M, Kheir F, Ma KC, Majid A, Maldonado F, Maskell NA, Mehta H, Mercer J, Mullon J, Nelson D, Nguyen E, Pickering EM, Puchalski J, Reddy C, Revelo AE, Roller L, Sachdeva A, Sanchez T, Sathyanarayan P, Semaan R, Senitko M, Shojaee S, Story R, Thiboutot J, Wahidi M, Wilshire CL, Yu D, Zouk A, Rahman NM, Yarmus L, Interventional Pulmonary Outcomes Group (IPOG). Bleeding risk with combination intrapleural fibrinolytic and enzyme therapy in pleural infection - an international, multicenter, retrospective cohort study. Chest 2022. PMID: 35716828


  27. Bawaadam HS, Boberg M, Gesthalter YB. Ambulatory Management of a Recurrent Pneumothorax With an Indwelling Tunneled Pleural Catheter. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35318990


  28. Sharp A, Mudda G, Braehler MR, Gesthalter YB. Erector Spinae Plane Block: A Novel Anesthetic Approach for Pleuroscopy. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35318987


  29. J. Maheshwari, A. Perez, N. Kolaitis, D. Calabrese, A. Venado Estrada, J. Golden, R.J. Shah, L. Leard, M. Kleinhenz, K. Jones, A. Urisman, J. Kukreja, B. Trinh, Y. Gesthalter, J. Singer, S. Hays. Immunosuppression-Induced Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Following Bilateral Lung Transplantation. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2022. PMID:


  30. Thompson JA, Schneider BJ, Brahmer J, Achufusi A, Armand P, Berkenstock MK, Bhatia S, Budde LE, Chokshi S, Davies M, Elshoury A, Gesthalter Y, Hegde A, Jain M, Kaffenberger BH, Lechner MG, Li T, Marr A, McGettigan S, McPherson J, Medina T, Mohindra NA, Olszanski AJ, Oluwole O, Patel SP, Patil P, Reddy S, Ryder M, Santomasso B, Shofer S, Sosman JA, Wang Y, Zaha VG, Lyons M, Dwyer M, Hang L. Management of Immunotherapy-Related Toxicities, Version 1.2022, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35390769


  31. Gesthalter Y, Smyth R, Sullivan D. Treatment of Advanced-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35230219


  32. Gesthalter Y, Smyth R, Sullivan D. Treatment of Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35166649


  33. Gesthalter Y, Smyth R. Treatment of Small Cell Lung Cancer. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35029526


  34. Hamilton BCS, Gesthalter YB. Keep it Clean: Novel Use of Sterile Disposable Flexible Bronchoscopes for Pleuroscopy. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 34935673


  35. Gesthalter YB, Seeley EJ. Lung Cancer Screening. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34851229


  36. Ivanick NM, Shrestha P, Podolsky MJ, Walavalkar V, Lucas CH, Gesthalter YB, Seeley EJ. A retrospective observational study of benign anthracotic lymphadenitis and its association with PET avid lymph nodes in patients undergoing cancer evaluation. Journal of thoracic disease 2021. PMID: 34422351


  37. Gesthalter Y, Kathuria H, Moazed F, Tobacco Action Committee of the American Thoracic Society. Smoking Cessation and Cancer. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2021. PMID: 34014803


  38. J.T. Teraoka, K.H. Nguyen, D. Hart, S. Peace, L. Leard, G. Iyer, D. Gordon, B. Zuckerman, J. Pascual, J. Ponzo, A. Perez, N. Budanova, Y. Gesthalter, B. Trinh, J. Kukreja, S. Hays, A. Venado. Decreasing 30-day Readmissions for Pleural Effusions after Lung Transplant. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2021. PMID:


  39. Miller CRJ, Chrissian AA, Lee YCG, Rahman NM, Wahidi MM, Tremblay A, Hsia DW, Almeida FA, Shojaee S, Mudambi L, Belanger AR, Bedi H, Gesthalter YB, Gaynor M, MacKenney KL, Lewis SZ, Casal RF, Ireland B. Key Highlights from the AABIP Evidence-Informed Guidelines and Expert Panel Report for the Management of Indwelling Pleural Catheters. Chest 2020. PMID: 33152319


  40. Miller CRJ, Chrissian AA, Lee YCG, Rahman NM, Wahidi MM, Tremblay A, Hsia DW, Almeida FA, Shojaee S. AABIP Evidence-Informed Guidelines and Expert Panel Report for the Management of Indwelling Pleural Catheters. Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2020. PMID: 32804745


  41. Maynard A, McCoach CE, Rotow JK, Harris L, Haderk F, Kerr DL, Yu EA, Schenk EL, Tan W, Zee A, Tan M, Gui P, Lea T, Wu W, Urisman A, Jones K, Sit R, Kolli PK, Seeley E, Gesthalter Y, Le DD, Yamauchi KA, Naeger DM, Bandyopadhyay S, Shah K, Cech L, Thomas NJ, Gupta A, Gonzalez M, Do H, Tan L, Bacaltos B, Gomez-Sjoberg R, Gubens M, Jahan T, Kratz JR, Jablons D, Neff N, Doebele RC, Weissman J, Blakely CM, Darmanis S, Bivona TG. Therapy-Induced Evolution of Human Lung Cancer Revealed by Single-Cell RNA Sequencing. Cell 2020. PMID: 32822576


  42. Xingyi Shi, Jiarui Zhang, Steven Callori, Joshua Campbell, Denise Fine, Yaron Gesthalter, Gang Liu, Xiaohui Xiao, Avrum Spira, Marc Lenburg, Jennifer Beane. Abstract 3377: NSCLC subtype-associated molecular and cellular alterations in the normal-appearing bronchial epithelium. Cancer research 2020. PMID:


  43. Gesthalter YB, Seeley EJ. Flexible Bronchoscopic Deployment of a Silicone Bronchial Stent. Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2020. PMID: 31856015


  44. Duclos GE, Teixeira VH, Autissier P, Gesthalter YB, Reinders-Luinge MA, Terrano R, Dumas YM, Liu G, Mazzilli SA, Brandsma CA, van den Berge M, Janes SM, Timens W, Lenburg ME, Spira A, Campbell JD, Beane J. Characterizing smoking-induced transcriptional heterogeneity in the human bronchial epithelium at single-cell resolution. Science advances 2019. PMID: 31844660


  45. Kheir F, Akulian J, Gesthalter YB. Indwelling Tunneled Pleural Catheters. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2019. PMID: 31774312


  46. David AP, Xu MJ, Rosbe KW, Meyer AK, Gesthalter YB, Chan DK. Cryoprobe retrieval of an airway foreign body: A case report and literature review. International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology 2019. PMID: 31271971


  47. Rivera E, Gesthalter Y, VanderLaan P, Parikh MS. Pulmonary Sclerosing Pneumocytoma. Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2018. PMID: 30247298


  48. de Lima A, Holden V, Gesthalter Y, Kent MS, Parikh M, Majid A, Chee A. Treatment of persistent bronchopleural fistula with a manually modified endobronchial stent: a case-report and brief literature review. Journal of thoracic disease 2018. PMID: 30505507


  49. Perez C, Kheir F, Barry M, Gesthalther Y, Majid A. Bronchoscopic Management of Endobronchial Tumor in Patient With Hemoptysis and Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2018. PMID: 29944595


  50. Billatos E, Faiz A, Gesthalter Y, LeClerc A, Alekseyev YO, Xiao X, Liu G, Ten Hacken NHT, Heijink IH, Timens W, Brandsma CA, Postma DS, van den Berge M, Spira A, Lenburg ME. Impact of acute exposure to cigarette smoke on airway gene expression. Physiological genomics 2018. PMID: 29932825


  51. Rivera E, Gesthalter Y, Vardelaan P, Chee A, Majid A. Sarcoidosis With Pleural Effusion as the Presenting Symptom. Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2018. PMID: 29346252


  52. Gesthalter YB, Koppelman E, Bolton R, Slatore CG, Yoon SH, Cain HC, Tanner NT, Au DH, Clark JA, Wiener RS. Evaluations of Implementation at Early-Adopting Lung Cancer Screening Programs: Lessons Learned. Chest 2017. PMID: 28223153


  53. Lam S, Mandrekar SJ, Gesthalter Y, Allen Ziegler KL, Seisler DK, Midthun DE, Mao JT, Aubry MC, McWilliams A, Sin DD, Shaipanich T, Liu G, Johnson E, Bild A, Lenburg ME, Ionescu DN, Mayo J, Yi JE, Tazelaar H, Harmsen WS, Smith J, Spira AE, Beane J, Limburg PJ, Szabo E. A Randomized Phase IIb Trial of myo-Inositol in Smokers with Bronchial Dysplasia. Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2016. PMID: 27658890


  54. Gesthalter YB, Wiener RS, Kathuria H. A Call to Formalize Training in Tobacco Dependence Treatment for Pulmonologists. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2016. PMID: 27058182


  55. Gesthalter YB, Vick J, Steiling K, Spira A. Translating the transcriptome into tools for the early detection and prevention of lung cancer. Thorax 2015. PMID: 25628310


  56. Kathuria H, Gesthalter Y, Spira A, Brody JS, Steiling K. Updates and controversies in the rapidly evolving field of lung cancer screening, early detection, and chemoprevention. Cancers 2014. PMID: 24840047