Andrea Axtell, MD, MPH is a thoracic surgeon with a focused interest in the biology, screening, and management of patients with lung cancer, as well as complex airway reconstruction, and minimally invasive robotic thoracic surgery. She completed her undergraduate degree in Biology at Stanford University where she was also an NCAA Division I All American Swimmer. She completed medical school at the University of California San Francisco earning top honors and an induction into the Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Society. Andrea then completed her General Surgery Residency and Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. During a residency research fellowship, Andrea obtained her Masters in Public Health from the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and has developed an expertise in predictive analytics, risk development modeling, and large database outcomes research focused on improving the care of patients with cardiopulmonary disease. She is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery and Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health where she is the Surgical Director of the UW Carbone Cancer Center’s Thoracic Oncology Disease Oriented Team.