About the Authors

Santosh K. Patnaik

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Sai Yendamuri

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Eric Kannisto

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

John C. Kucharczuk

Affiliation Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sunil Singhal

Affiliation Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Anil Vachani

avachani@mail.med.upenn.edu

Affiliation Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, University of Pennsylvania, Abramson Research Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

SY is currently an academic editor for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AV SY. Performed the experiments: EK SKP. Analyzed the data: SKP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AV JK SS. Wrote the paper: SKP SY AV.