Clinical Interests
- Lung cancer
- Esophageal cancer
- Novel intraoperative imaging techniques and the meaningful application in treating lung cancer
- Decisional sciences surrounding lung cancer screening
Research Interests
- Novel intraoperative imaging techniques
- Intraoperative imaging and the meaningful application in treating lung cancer
- Lung cancer screening
Languages
- Spanish
- English
Education
- MD, UCLA Medical School, Los Angeles, CA
Training
- Fellowship, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
- Fellowship, Surgery (Research), Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
- Residency, General Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Board Certifications
- American Board of Surgery - Surgery
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery - Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Memberships
- American College of Surgeons
- American Association of Chest Physicians
- National Cancer Institute
- Society of Thoracic Surgery
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
Awards and Honors
- Highest Distinction, University of California at Berkeley
- Ciba Award for Merit in Biology and Histology
- Regent's Scholarship, UCLA Medical School
- Alameda Medical Association Scholarship, UCLA Medical School
- McGraw-Hill Award for Exemplary Scholarship, UCLA Medical School
- Josiah E. Brown Prize for Outstanding Research, UCLA Medical School
- Aesculapian Award for Leadership, UCLA Medical School
- UCLA Medal for Most Outstanding Graduate Student
- Ethicon Laparoscopy/Endoscopy Training Prize, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- John A. Mannick Research Award, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Women in Thoracic Surgery Scholarship Award
- Most Outstanding Basic Science Presentation, Society of Surgical Oncology
- American College of Chest Physicians Scholarship Award
- Traveling Fellowship to Chiba, Japan
- Dartmouth Institute $25,000 Prize for Clinical Program Development: Building the Multidisciplinary Esophageal Cancer Program
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center Award for Excellence
- Excellence in Teaching, Harvard Medical School
- Osteen Award, Harvard Medical School for Exemplary Dedication to Teaching
- Top Doctors, Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery, Philadelphia magazine, 2018-2024
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