Profile:
Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Education and Training
BA, University of Pennsylvania, 2000
MD, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2004
General Surgery Residency, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2004-2012
Research Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2007-2009
MBA, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, 2009-2010
Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2012-2014
Fellowship, Minimally Invasive Thoracic and Foregut Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2014-2015
Journal Reviewing and Editorial Boards
Annals of Thoracic Surgery (Reviewer)
Diseases of the Esophagus (Reviewer)
Thoracic Cancer (Reviewer)
Research Interests
Modulating autophagy to increase susceptibility of esophageal cancer to chemotherapy and radiation
Tumor immunology and tumor microenvironment of esophageal cancer
Esophageal cancer care disparity
Rare cancers of the thorax