Robert E. Merritt
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Cardiothoracic Surgery - Thoracic Surgery
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Cardiothoracic Surgery 300 Pasteur Dr CVRB MC 5407 Stanford, CA 94305-5407 Tel Work (650) 721-6400 Fax (650) 724-6259
- Academic Offices
Personal Information EmailAdministrative Contact Monique Chang Administrative Associate Email Tel Work 650-721-6400Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Snapshot
Clinical Focus
- Cancer> Thoracic Oncology
- Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery
- Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive
- VATS Lobectomy
Honors and Awards
- Cardiothoracic Resident Traveling Fellowship, AATS (2007)
- Administrative Chief Resident-Surgery, New York-Presbyterian Hospital (2005)
- Outstanding Resident Award, New York-Presbyterian Hospital (2004)
- Resident Teaching Award, Cornell University Medical College (1999)
Professional Education
| Fellowship: | Massachusetts General Hospital, MA (2008) |
| Residency: | New York Presbyterian Medical Center, NY (2005) |
| Medical Education: | Cornell University Medical College, NY (1998) |
| Board Certification: | Thoracic Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surg (2009) |
| Board Certification: | Surgery, American Board of Surgery (2006) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Scientific Focus
Clinical Trials
- 4D-CT-based Ventilation Imaging for Adaptive Functional Guidance in Radiotherapy Recruiting
- GSK1572932A Antigen-Specific Cancer Immunotherapeutic as adjuvant therapy for NSCLC Recruiting
- International Randomized Study to Compare CyberKnife Stereotactic Radiotherapy With Surgical Resection In Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (STARS) Recruiting
Publications
- Key questions for perioperative chemotherapy in resectable lung cancer: not pre vs post, but who and what? Oncology (Williston Park). 2009; (6): 527, 532
- Long-term results of sleeve lobectomy in the management of non-small cell lung carcinoma and low-grade neoplasms. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009; (5): 1574-81; discussion 1581-2
- Staged closure of tracheogastrocutaneous fistula after esophagectomy for infiltrative granular cell tumor. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007; (3): 805-7
- Effect of inhibition of multiple steps of angiogenesis in syngeneic murine pleural mesothelioma. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004; (3): 1042-51; discussion 1042-51
- Augmenting major histocompatibility complex class I expression by murine tumors in vivo enhances antitumor immunity induced by an active immunotherapy strategy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2004; (2): 355-64
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