Dr Rob Headrick is an author, speaker, inventor and Thoracic Surgeon specializing in Lung cancer.He is the current Chief of Thoracic Surgery at CHI Memorial in Chattanooga. He also serves as an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. Dr Headrick began his education at Vanderbilt University where he obtained a degree in Biomedical Engineering. His medical education and General Surgery residency were completed within the University of Tennessee system prior to traveling to the Mayo Clinic for a fellowship in Thoracic Surgery. He was awarded the Health Policy and Leadership scholarship at Brandeis University by the STS/ACS and completed an MBA at the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee. He has been recognized for his contributions to modernizing the operating room, developing innovative products to reduce pulmonary air leaks and led the way in developing a mobile CT platform for lung cancer screening. The Southern Thoracic Surgical association awarded him with the Physician Inspiration Award and the STS has recognized his advocacy efforts in Washington for lung cancer research and support.