My Locations
Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center
Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
Siteman Cancer Center at Memorial Hospital Shiloh
Expertise & Training
Clinical Expertise
Lung and esophageal cancers and Barrett’s esophagus
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Surgery and Chief, Thoracic Surgery, WashU Medicine
Board Certification
- 2008: American Board of Surgery
- 2010: American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Training
- 1998 - 2001: Resident, Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
- 2002 - 2007: Resident, General Surgery, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE
- 2007 - 2009: Fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Education
- 1998: MBBS, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, India
- 2014: MSCI, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Research & Selected Publications
Research Interest
Evaluation of positron emission tomography in predicting survival after esophagectomy in patients undergoing surgery for esophageal cancer; Determination of risk factors predictive of occult mediastinal lymph node involvement in patients with early non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): and evaluation of hand-held spirometry as an alternative to laboratory based volume-displacement spirometry in a low-risk population undergoing lung resection. Lobar distribution as a predictor of outcome in early stage lung cancer.
Research Publications