Eric T Sumner DO

Critical Care Medicine, Interventional Pulmonology

Clinical Assistant Professor

300 Pasteur DrivePalo Alto, CA 94305
Phone+1 650-272-7971

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Education & Training

Stanford UniversityFellowship, Interventional Pulmonology, 2023 - 2024
Kaiser Permanente Northern California (Oakland)Fellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2020 - 2023
Kaiser Permanente Northern California (Oakland)Internship, Internal Medicine, 2017 - 2020
Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 2017

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State License 2018 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Cone Beam CT Imaging-Guided Bronchoscopy vs CT Imaging-Guided Transthoracic Needle Biopsy for Peripheral Pulmonary Lesion Diagnosis.
Pranjal Patel, David E Ost, Brian Shaller, Jiwoon Chang, Aishwarya Yenepalli
Chest. 2026-08-01
State of the art: peripheral diagnostic bronchoscopy.
Eric T Sumner, Jiwoon Chang, Pranjal R Patel, Harmeet Bedi, Brian D Shaller
Journal of Thoracic Disease. 2024-08-31
8 citations
Trends in Smoking-Specific Lung Cancer Incidence Rates Within a US Integrated Health System, 2007-2018.
Lori C Sakoda, Amy Alabaster, Eric T Sumner, Nancy P Gordon, Charles P Quesenberry Jr
Chest. 2023-09-01