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Postdoctoral Education
| Institution |
Level (Intern,
Resident, Fellow) |
Department |
Year |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School |
Chief Resident |
Thoracic Surgery |
2004-05 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Children's Hospital Boston/ Harvard Medical School |
Resident |
Cardiothoracic Surgery |
2004-06 |
| Duke University Medical Center |
Chief Resident |
General Surgery |
2003-04 |
| Duke University Medical Center |
Senior Assistant Resident |
General Surgery |
2001-03 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
Research Fellow |
Thoracic Service |
1999-01 |
| Georgetown University Medical Center |
Junior Assistant Resident |
General Surgery |
1998-99 |
| Georgetown University Medical Center |
Intern |
General Surgery |
1997-98 |
Research Interests
- Drug Discovery/ Targeted Therapy
- Gene Therapy/ Immunotherapy
- Nanotechnology
Clinical Interests
- Thoracic Oncology - Chest Wall Tumor, Esophageal Cancer, Lung Cancer, Mediastinal Tumor, Mesothelioma, and Sarcoma
- Thoracoscopic Surgery/ VATS Lobectomy
- Esophageal Surgery
Honors and Awards
- NIH/NCI K12 Career Development Award, UCLA Clinical Scientist Training in Cancer Gene Medicine
- NIH/NCI Lung Cancer SPORE Career Development Award
- Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation Grant
- STOP Cancer Research Grant
- NIH/NCI K23 Grant
- TSFRE Grant
Hospital Staff Appointments
- Attending Thoracic Surgeon, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
- Attending Thoracic Surgeon, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital
Academic/Teaching Appointments
- Surgical Director, Thoracic Oncology Program
- Member, Thoracic Oncology Program Area, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Member, UCLA Sarcoma Program
- Assistant Professor of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Memberships in Scholarly or Professional Societies
- American College of Surgeons
- American Society of Gene Therapy
- Christian Medical and Dental Society
- Sabiston Surgical Society
- Nano Science and Technology Institute
- Brigham Surgical Society
- Longmire Surgical Society
- International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
- Association of Academic Surgery
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