Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhD

Thoracic Surgeon

Daniel Kreisel

Appointment Options

Whether you’re seeking a new patient appointment or exploring treatment options and looking for a second opinion, our Siteman care coordinators are ready to assist you.

My Locations

Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center

Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center

On WashU Medicine Campus
4500 Forest Park Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63108
Center for Advanced Medicine

Center for Advanced Medicine

On WashU Medicine Campus
4921 Parkview Place, Saint Louis, MO 63110

Expertise & Training

Clinical Expertise

  • Lung cancer

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Surgery, Pathology & Immunology, Surgical Director, Lung Transplant Program, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, WashU Medicine

Board Certification

  • 2024: American Board of Surgery, General Surgery

Training

  • 1995 - 2003: Intern, Resident and Chief Resident, General Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2003 - 2005: Fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
  • 2005 - 2006: Fellow, Thoracic Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Education

  • 1995: MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY
  • 2002: PhD, Immunology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Research & Selected Publications

Research Publications

Lymphatic disruption drives lung transplant fibrosis through interleukin-1-mediated hyaluronan accumulation
Authors:

Shepherd HM, Li W, Kopecky BJ, one or more additional authors omitted Kreisel D

Journal & Year:

Sci Transl Med | 2026

DNA-damaging chemotherapy reshapes cardiac-resident macrophage composition and function
Authors:

He R, Kadyrov FF, Koenig AL, one or more additional authors omitted Kreisel D, one or more additional authors omitted Lavine KJ

Journal & Year:

Sci Immunol | 2026

Multidimensional profiling of human T cells reveals high CD38 expression, marking recent thymic emigrants and age-related naive T cell remodeling
Authors:

Bohacova P, Terekhova M, Tsurinov P, one or more additional authors omitted Kreisel D, one or more additional authors omitted Artyomov MN

Journal & Year:

Immunity | 2024

Stress-induced eosinophil activation contributes to postoperative morbidity and mortality after lung resection
Authors:

Mei Z, Khalil MA, Guo Y, one or more additional authors omitted Kreisel D, one or more additional authors omitted Krupnick AS

Journal & Year:

Sci Transl Med | 2024

Diversity of group 1 innate lymphoid cells in human tissues
Authors:

Jaeger N, Antonova AU, Kreisel D, one or more additional authors omitted Colonna M

Journal & Year:

Nat Immunol | 2024

Interorgan communication networks in the kidney-lung axis
Authors:

Komaru Y, Bai YZ, Kreisel D, Herrlich A

Journal & Year:

Nat Rev Nephrol | 2024