Alexander Sasha Krupnick MD

Thoracic Surgery•Baltimore, MD

Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cardiovascular Surgery

Professor, Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine

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29 South Green St.Suite 504Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone+1 410-328-6366
Fax+1 410-328-0693

Education & Training

Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Thoracic Surgery - Independent, 2005 - 2007
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Surgery, 1996 - 2004
University of Michigan Medical SchoolClass of 1996

Certifications & Licensure

MD State Medical License 2020 - 2026
VA State Medical License 2016 - 2020
MO State Medical License 2004 - 2017
PA State Medical License 1997 - 2004
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts Enterprise EHR, Allscripts, 2012
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Mechanisms of Immunosurveillance for Lung Cancer Start of enrollment: 2012 Sep 01
Completed

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Unique Immune Polarization of the Lung Allograft: Implications for Organ-specific Immunoregulation and Tolerance Induction.
Erica Leyder, Mojtaba Taheri, Michael Neschis, Anirban Banerjee, Elizabeth A Jacobsen
Transplantation. 2025-09-17
Lung adenocarcinoma-derived IFN-γ promotes growth by modulating CD8+ T cell production of CCR5 chemokines.
Christina Kratzmeier, Mojtaba Taheri, Zhongcheng Mei, Isabelle Lim, May A Khalil
The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2025-09-02
Tolerogenic lung allograft microenvironment suppresses pathogenic tissue remodeling following respiratory virus infection in mice.
Ítalo de Araújo Castro, Yuriko Terada, Yuhei Yokoyama, Amit I Bery, Wenjun Li
American Journal of Transplantation. 2025-08-26

Journal Articles

Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Fragments Stimulate Innate Immune Responses That Prevent Lung Transplant Tolerance
Daniel Kreisel, Yizhan Guo, Alexander S Krupnick, American journal of transplantation
Modulation of NKG2D, NKp46, and Ly49C/I Facilitates Natural Killer Cell-Mediated Control of Lung Cancer
Edward B Stelow, Alexander Sasha Krupnick, Yizhan Guo, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Pulmonary Malakoplakia Secondary to Rhodococcus Equi Infection Mimicking a Lung Neoplasm in a Lung Transplant Recipient
Ian C Nickel, Erik A Dill, Alexander S Krupnick, Max M Weder, Dustin M Walters, American journal of transplantation

Press Mentions

Valo Health Announces the Acquisition of Courier TherapeuticsJuly 27th, 2021
Two Men Who Battled COVID-19 Grateful for the University of Maryland Medicine Lung Transplant ProgramMay 25th, 2021
University of Virginia Leads Fibrosis InitiativeJune 20th, 2019
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Grant Support

Targeting a Defined Surgical Stress-Induced Inflammatory Pathway to Improve Peri-Operative OutcomesUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE2023–2026
Targeting a Defined Surgical Stress-Induced Inflammatory Pathway to Improve Peri-Operative OutcomesUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE2023–2026
The Role of Eosinophils in the Lung AllograftUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE2019–2025
Mechanisms of Immunosurveillance for Lung Cancer-the Role of CD8+ T Cells in Tumor Tolerance InductionBALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER2014–2025
The Role Of Non-Hematopoietic Cells In Tumor Tolerance InductionNational Cancer Institute2008–2011
Tissue Engineering For Diaphragmatic ReconstructionNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1999–2001

Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons - ACS
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