Clinical Focus

• Cancer> Thoracic Oncology
• VATS Lung Surgery
• Mesothelioma
• Pectus Excavatum
• Transcervical Thymectomy

Administrative Appointments

• Co-Director, Stanford Cancer Center Tissue Bank (2008 - present)
• Member, Stanford Cancer Center (2008 - present)

Honors and Awards

• Traveling Fellowship, American Association for Thoracic Surgery (2007-2008)
• Cecil J. Watson Research Award, Minnesota Medical Foundation and Minneapolis Society of Internal Medicine (2004)
• Finalist, 6th Annual C. Walton Lillehei Resident Forum Competition, American Association for Thoracic Surgery (2003)
• The Henry Buchwald Award, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota (2005)
• Dr. David Gaviser – Mount Sinai Hospital Surgical Research Award, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota (2005)

Professional Education

Current Research Interests

He has a keen interest in cancer biology. He is intent on continuing his genomics research in lung cancer by establishing a thoracic oncology laboratory, with a focus on translational research aimed at identifying molecular mechanisms of metastasis.

Clinical Trials

• 4D-CT-based Ventilation Imaging for Adaptive Functional Guidance in Radiotherapy Recruiting
• CyberKnife Radiosurgical Treatment of Inoperable Early Stage Non-Small Cell Cancer Recruiting
• Molecular Analysis of Thoracic Malignancies Recruiting
• Pulmonary Interstitial Lymphography in Early Stage Lung Cancer Recruiting
• Surgery With or Without Internal Radiation Therapy Compared With Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With High-Risk Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Recruiting

Publications

• Benign emptying of the postpneumonectomy space. Merritt RE, Reznik SI, DaSilva MC, Sugarbaker DJ, Whyte RI, Donahue DM, Hoang CD, Smythe WR, Shrager JB. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011; 92 (3): 1076-81; discussion 1081-2
• Intrinsic apoptosis in mechanically ventilated human diaphragm: linkage to a novel Fos/FoxO1/Stat3-Bim axis. Tang H, Lee M, Budak MT, Pietras N, Hittinger S, Vu M, Khuong A, Hoang CD, Hussain SN, Levine S, Shrager JB. FASEB J. 2011; 25 (9): 2921-36
• Morbidity and mortality after esophagectomy following neoadjuvant chemoradiation. Merritt RE, Whyte RI, D'Arcy NT, Hoang CD, Shrager JB. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011; 92 (6): 2034-40
• Results from a single institution phase II trial of concurrent docetaxel/carboplatin/radiotherapy followed by surgical resection and consolidation docetaxel/carboplatin in stage III non-small-cell lung cancer. Das M, Donington JS, Murphy J, Kozak M, Eclov N, Whyte RI, Hoang CD, Zhou L, Le QT, Loo BW, Wakelee H. Clin Lung Cancer. 2011; 12 (5): 280-5
• Tumor volume as a potential imaging-based risk-stratification factor in trimodality therapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Kozak MM, Murphy JD, Schipper ML, Donington JS, Zhou L, Whyte RI, Shrager JB, Hoang CD, Bazan J, Maxim PG, Graves EE, Diehn M, Hara WY, Quon A, Le QT, Wakelee HA, Loo BW. J Thorac Oncol. 2011; 6 (5): 920-6