Robert Taylor Ripley, M.D.

Robert Taylor Ripley, M.D., is a Professor of Surgery and Associate Chief of the David J. Sugarbaker Division of Thoracic Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, where he holds the Meyer-DeBakey Chair in Investigative Surgery. He earned his M.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and completed fellowships at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. His research focuses on pleural mesothelioma, oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer, and gene therapy overcoming immune checkpoint blockade resistance. He serves as Thoracic Editor for Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and collaborates internationally across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.