Erin Alexis Gillaspie MD, MPH, FACS

Dr. Erin Gillaspie joins our surgical faculty in the Department of Thoracic Surgery after completing a fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Her clinical areas of interest include surgical management and treatment of lung cancer, metastatic pulmonary nodules, mediastinal tumors, esophageal cancer, esophageal dysmotility, and paraesophageal hernias.

Dr. Gillaspie is board certified in General and Thoracic Surgery and is a Candidate Member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, General Thoracic Surgery Club, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, and International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. She is also a member of the Organization of Resident Representatives for the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Dr. Gillaspie received her undergraduate degree, a B.S. Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Florida in Gainesville and her medical degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami. She completed a residency at the Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, NY, and her fellowship in thoracic surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. During her training, she won the O.T. Clagett Travel Fellowship, the STS Advocacy Scholarship, and the AATS Graham Foundation Intuitive Surgical Robotics Fellowship. In May 2018 she completed a Master’s of Public Health at Vanderbilt University.