A CU Medicine provider.
Locations
720.848.9264Qualifications and experience
- Specialties
- Thoracic and Cardiac, Surgery, Surgery - Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cancers - Cancer Surgery, Cancers - Lung Cancer, Cancers - Thoracic (Tracheal, Esophageal), Lungs and Breathing - Cystic Fibrosis, Lungs and Breathing - Interstitial Lung Disease, Lungs and Breathing - Lung Disease, Lungs and Breathing - Granulomatous Lung Disease, Surgery - Adult General Thoracic Surgery, Surgery - Lung Transplant Surgery, Surgery - Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Cancers - Sarcoma, Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT), Digestive System - Surgical Endoscopy, Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) - Dysphagia (Trouble Swallowing), Endocrine System (Hormones) - Pancreatitis, Failed Prior Surgery, Injuries and Wounds, Injuries and Wounds - Wounds, Lungs and Breathing - Pulmonary Hypertension, Surgery - Infectious Lung Disease, Lungs and Breathing - Pulmonary Disorders, Cancers, Digestive System, Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT), Endocrine System (Hormones), Lungs and Breathing, Critical Care
- Gender
- Male
- Languages spoken
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English
- Education
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Internship
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Program (2003)
Fellowship
University of Washington Program (2012)
Medical School
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (2002)
Residency
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Program (2010)
Undergraduate
Brown University (RI) (1997)
Graduate
Johns Hopkins University (2008)
- Clinical interest for patients
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My clinical interests are in general thoracic surgery including benign and malignant diseases of the lung (eg: lung cancer managed with surgery - segmentectomy, lobectomy, pneumonectomy, mediastinoscopy and bronchoscopy, pulmonary fibrosis diagnosed with VATS lung biopsy), esophagus (eg: reflux managed with laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication, stricture or achalasia managed with laparoscopic Heller myotomy, esophageal cancer managed with esophagectomy or minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE)) and mediastinum (eg: thymoma, thymic cancer, thymic cysts, myasthenia gravis, pericardial cysts managed with VATS thymectomy), chest wall tumors (eg: chondrosarcoma, chondroma, metastasis to the rib cage or sternum), deformities (eg: pectus excavatum, pectus carinatum, Poland syndrome, rib fractures) and chest wall reconstruction, surgery for end-stage lung disease (COPD) and lung transplantation, benign and malignant airway and tracheal disease (eg: tracheal tumors, tracheal strictures, tracheomalacia), surgery for hyperhydrosis and minimally invasive thoracic procedures (VATS), such as VATS lobectomy, VATS lung biopsy, VATS segmentectomy, VATS thymectomy, VATS splanchnicectomy for chronic pancreatitis, VATS sympathectomy for hyperhydrosis (uncontrolled sweating) and minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE).
- Research interest for patients
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My research interests include surgical clinical outcomes in thoracic oncology and lung transplantation, nutrition and metabolism, and identifying processes of care which lead to improved outcomes for surgical patients in order to improve patient care and shape health care policy.
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