Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery/Associate Professor of Surgery and Oncology/Surgical Director, Lung Transplantation Program/Director, Thoracic Oncology Program/Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
Phone: (410) 614-3891
Research Interests:
- Development of molecular markers for early diagnosis of lung cancer
- Development of molecular markers for early diagnosis of recurrent lung cancer following surgical resection
- Detection of teleomerase activity as a guide for the presence of lung cancer
- Molecular biology of mesothelioma
Clinical Interests:
- Lung Cancer
- Surgery
- Early diagnosis and detection
- Neoadjuvant therapy (preoperative chemo and radiation therapy)
- Lung Diseases: fibrosis, emphysema
- Esophageal Cancer
- Surgery
- Early diagnosis and detection
- Neoadjuvant therapy (preoperative chemo and radiation therapy)
- Mesothelioma
- Diagnosis and surgical treatment
- Neoadjuvant therapy and protocols
- Mediastinal masses; diagnosis and surgical treatment
- CT scanning for early diagnosis of tobacco related diseases
- Lung transplantation – Adult and Pediatric programs
- Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery(VATS)/Thoracoscopy
Diagnosis and treatment of lung, mediastinal and pleural diseases - Lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema
Credentials:
- B.A. Chemistry, Duke University
- M.D. Medicine, Medical College of Virginia
- General Surgery Residency- Univ. Texas Health Science Center in Houston
- Cardiothoracic Fellowship- Medical College of Virginia
- Thoracic Oncology Surgery Fellowship- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Board Certifications:
- American Board of Surgery, 1994
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 1995
- Faculty of the American College of Surgeons (F.A.C.S.)
- Faculty of the College of Chest Physicians (F.C.C.S.)
