Please join us in welcoming Fatima G. Wilder, MD, MS, as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.
Fatima G. Wilder, MD, MS
Associate Surgeon, Division of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Dr. Wilder graduated from Emory University with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and from Pace University with a Master of Science in Teaching. She completed the Ohio State University College of Medicine Medical Careers Pathway Post Baccalaureate Program (MEDPATH) and went on to complete her medical school training at OSU. Her general surgery residency began at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and was completed at UCSF-Fresno. She was a surgical oncology research fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and completed a cardiothoracic surgery clinical fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Dr. Wilder is certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a member of various societies, including the Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS), the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), the Association of Black Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons (ABCTS), and Women in Thoracic Surgery (WTS).
Dr. Wilder’s clinical and research interests include lung cancer, esophageal cancer, chest wall diseases, mediastinal diseases and airway tumors. Her research interests include health care disparities, investigating barriers to access to care and optimizing the use of lung cancer screening. She is additionally interested in better understanding the pathophysiology of lung cancer in younger patients, as well as early markers of metastatic lung cancer. She looks forward to working in a collaborative way to meet the needs of our patients while advancing the field of thoracic surgery.