Address:
Department of Thoracic Surgery - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1301 Medical Center Dr, Nashville 37232
(615) 322-0064 (Phone), (615) 343-5993 (Fax)
Conditions:
Congestive Heart Failure, Heart Attack (Acute Myocardial Infarction)
Certifications:
General Surgery, 2003, Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, 2006
Awards:
Healthgrades Honor Roll, Best Doctors in America, 2009-2010, Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, 1995, 5-Star Award in Excellence in Healthcare/Vanderbilt Medical Group, 2007-2010, Americas Top Surgeons, 2010, Extended Pulmonary Resections in Thoracic Surgery, "Successful treatment of atrioesophageal fistula via cervical esophageal ligation and decompression." Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2011 June: 91(6): e85-86., "Inclusion of the herpes simplex thymidine kinase gene in a replicating, adenovirus does not augment anti-tumor efficacy. Gene Therapy, 2001 Jun; 8(12) 946-53., "Diagnostic characteristics of a serum biomarker in patients with positron emission tomography scans". Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 Jun; 89(6): 1724-8-9., "Existing general populations models inaccurately predict lung cancer risk in patients referred for surgical evaluation." Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 Jan: 91(1): 277-33., "Cardiovascular complications following lung surgery." Thorac Surg Clin 2006 Aug: 16 (3): 253-60., "Thoracic operations for focal pulmonary lesions are frequently not futile in patients with a benign pathologic diagnosis." Journal of Thoracic Oncology(submitted), 2011, "Cytoplasmic clusterin expression is associated with longer survival in patients with resected non-small cell lung cancer." Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Sep: 16(9): 1845-51., "Accuracy of FDG-PET to diagnose lung cancer in a region of endemic granulomatous disease." Annals of Thoracic Surgery (In Press), 2011., "Dual time point 18F-FDG PET imaging for differentiating malignant from inflammatory processes." Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2001 Sep; 42(9): 1412-7.
Hospitals:
Department of Thoracic Surgery - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1301 Medical Center Dr, Nashville 37232
Vanderbilt University Hospital
1211 Medical Center Dr, Nashville 37232
Williamson Medical Center
4321 Carothers Pkwy, Franklin 37067
Education:
Medical School
University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine
Graduated: 1995
Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania
Graduated: 1996
Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania/General Surgery
Graduated: 2002
Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania/Thoracic Surgery
Graduated: 2004
Research Fellow, Thoracic Oncology Lab, Univ. Of Pennsylvania
Graduated: 2000
Ursinus College
Graduated: 1991