JohnAnthonyHowingtonMDFACS, FCCP, MBA

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  Economic Considerations of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery and Bronchoscopic Valves.
  Janani Vigneswaran, Seth B. Krantz, John Howington> ;Thoracic Surgery Clinics. 2021 May 1
• 2 citations
  Saudi lung cancer prevention and screening guidelines
  John A. Howington> ;Annals of Thoracic Medicine. 2018 Oct 1
• 35 citations
  Surgical quality of wedge resection affects overall survival in patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer.
  Gaurav S. Ajmani, Chi-Hsiung Wang, Ki Wan Kim, John A. Howington, Seth B. Krantz> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2018 Jul 1
• 16 citations
  Invasive Mediastinal Staging for Lung Cancer by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Participants
  Seth B. Krantz, John A. Howington, Douglas E. Wood, Ki Wan Kim, Andrzej S. Kosinski, Morgan L. Cox, Sunghee Kim, Michael S. Mulligan, Farhood Farjah> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2018 Oct 1
• 15 citations
  A Predictive 7-Gene Assay and Prognostic Protein Biomarkers for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
  Nancy Lan Guo, Afshin Dowlati, Rebecca Raese, Chunlin Dong, Guoan Chen, David G. Beer, Justine Shaffer, Salvi Singh, Ujala Bokhary, Lin Liu, John A. Howington, Thomas ...> ;Ebiomedicine. 2018 Jun 1
• 22 citations
  Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Shows No Survival Advantage to Chemotherapy Alone in Stage IIIA Patients
  Seth B. Krantz, Brian Mitzman, Waseem Lutfi, Kristine Kuchta, Chi-Hsiung Wang, John A. Howington, Ki Wan Kim> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2018 Apr 1
• 36 citations
  Improved Lymph Node Staging in Early-Stage Lung Cancer in the National Cancer Database.
  Seth B. Krantz, Waseem Lutfi, Kristine Kuchta, Chi-Hsiung Wang, Ki Wan Kim, John A. Howington> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2017 Dec 1
• 13 citations
  Predictors of pathologic upstaging in early esophageal adenocarcinoma: Results from the national cancer database.
  Craig S. Brown, Alex Kyrillos, Waseem Lutfi, Brittany Lapin, Ki Wan Kim, Seth B. Krantz, John A. Howington, Katherine Yao, Michael B. Ujiki> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2017 Jul 1
• 35 citations
  Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy Provides Equivalent Survival to Open Esophagectomy: An Analysis of the National Cancer Database.
  Brian Mitzman, Waseem Lutfi, Chi-Hsiung Wang, Seth B. Krantz, John A. Howington, Ki-Wan Kim> ;Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2017 Jun 1
• 20 citations
  The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Expert Consensus Statement: A Tool Kit to Assist Thoracic Surgeons Seeking Privileging to Use New Technology and Perform Advanced Proc...
  Shanda H. Blackmon, David T. Cooke, Richard I. Whyte, Daniel L. Miller, Farhood Farjah, Gaetano Rocco, Matthew G. Blum, Stephen R. Hazelrigg, John A. Howington, Donald...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2016 Mar 1
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  Reflux control is important in the management of Barrett's Esophagus: results from a retrospective 1,830 patient cohort.
  Craig S. Brown, Brittany Lapin, Chi Wang, Jay L. Goldstein, John G. Linn, Woody Denham, Stephen P. Haggerty, Mark S. Talamonti, John A. Howington, JoAnn Carbray, Micha...> ;Surgical Endoscopy. 2015 Feb 13
• 22 citations
  Quality Indicators for the Evaluation of Patients With Lung Cancer
  Peter J. Mazzone, Anil Vachani, Andrew C. Chang, Frank C. Detterbeck, David T. Cooke, John A. Howington, Amos E. Dodi, Douglas A. Arenberg> ;Chest. 2014 Sep 1
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  Predicting regression of Barrett's esophagus: results from a retrospective cohort of 1342 patients.
  Craig S. Brown, Brittany Lapin, Chi Wang, Jay L. Goldstein, John G. Linn, Woody Denham, Stephen P. Haggerty, Mark S. Talamonti, John A. Howington, JoAnn Carbray, Micha...> ;Surgical Endoscopy. 2014 May 2
• 150 citations
  Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy at 20 years: A consensus statement
  Tristan D. Yan, Christopher Cao, Thomas A. D'Amico, Todd L. Demmy, Jianxing He, Henrik Hansen, Scott J. Swanson, W. S. Walker, Gianluca Casali, Joel Dunning, Michael S...> ;European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 2014 Apr 1
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  Comparing robot-assisted thoracic surgical lobectomy with conventional video-assisted thoracic surgical lobectomy and wedge resection: results from a multihospital dat...
  Scott J. Swanson, Daniel L. Miller, Robert McKenna, John A. Howington, M. Blair Marshall, Andrew Yoo, Matthew Moore, Candace Gunnarsson, Bryan F. Meyers> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2014 Mar 1
• 16 citations
  Laparoscopic ischemic conditioning of the stomach prior to esophagectomy.
  Amy K. Yetasook, Dennis Leung, John A. Howington, Mark S. Talamonti, Jin-cheng Zhao, JoAnn Carbray, Michael B. Ujiki> ;Diseases of the Esophagus. 2013 Jul 1
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  Treatment of stage I and II non-small cell lung cancer: Diagnosis and management of lung cancer, 3rd ed: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical p...
  John A. Howington, Matthew G. Blum, Andrew C. Chang, Alex Balekian, Sudish C. Murthy> ;Chest. 2013 May 1
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  American College of Chest Physicians and Society of Thoracic Surgeons Consensus Statement for Evaluation and Management for High-Risk Patients With Stage I Non-small C...
  Jessica S. Donington, Mark K. Ferguson, Peter J. Mazzone, John R. Handy, Matthew J. Schuchert, Hiran C. Fernando, Billy W. Loo, Michael Lanuti, Alberto de Hoyos, Frank...> ;Chest. 2012 Dec 1
• 15 citations
  Surgeons' Volume-Outcome Relationship for Lobectomies and Wedge Resections for Cancer Using Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Techniques
  Guy David, Candace Gunnarsson, Matt Moore, John A. Howington, Daniel L. Miller, Michael A. Maddaus, Robert McKenna, Bryan F. Meyers, Scott J. Swanson> ;Minimally Invasive Surgery. 2012 Nov 4
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  Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy Is Less Costly and Morbid Than Open Lobectomy: A Retrospective Multiinstitutional Database Analysis
  Scott J. Swanson, Bryan F. Meyers, Candace Gunnarsson, Matthew Moore, John A. Howington, Michael A. Maddaus, Robert McKenna, Daniel L. Miller> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2012 Apr 1
• 23 citations
  In-hospital clinical and economic consequences of pulmonary wedge resections for cancer using video-assisted thoracoscopic techniques vs traditional open resections: A...
  John A. Howington, Candace Gunnarsson, Michael A. Maddaus, Robert McKenna, Bryan F. Meyers, Daniel L. Miller, Matthew Moore, John A. Rizzo, Scott J. Swanson> ;Chest. 2010 Oct 1
• 31 citations
  Can lung cancer screening by computed tomography be effective in areas with endemic histoplasmosis
  Sandra L. Starnes, Michael F. Reed, Cris A. Meyer, Ralph Shipley, Abdul-Rahman Jazieh, Elsira M. Pina, K.P. Redmond, Lynn C. Huffman, Prakash K. Pandalai, John A. Howi...> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2011 Mar 1
• Original articleGeneral thoracicInvited Commentary
  John A. Howington> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2010 Nov 1
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  Efficacy of Intrapleural Tissue-type Plasminogen Activator in the Treatment of Loculated Parapneumonic Effusions
  Darryl A. Zuckerman, Michael F. Reed, John A. Howington, Jonathan S. Moulton> ;Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 2009 Aug 1
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  Sustained CTL activation by murine pulmonary epithelial cells promotes the development of COPD-like disease
  Michael T. Borchers, Scott C. Wesselkamper, Víctor Curull, Alba Ramírez-Sarmiento, Albert Sánchez-Font, Judith Garcia-Aymerich, Carlos Coronell, Josep Lloreta, Alvar A...> ;The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2009 Mar 2
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Journal Articles

• Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Splanchnicectomy for Pain Control in Chronic Pancreatitis.  
  Huffman LC, Reed MF, Howington JA, Innovations 2006; 1: 171-174
• Treatment of non-small cell lung cancer stage I and stage II: ACCP evidence-basedclinical practice guidelines (2nd edition).  
  Scott WJ, Howington J, Feigenberg S, Movsas B, Pisters K; American College of Chest Physicians, Chest. 2007 Sep;132(3 Suppl):234S-242S
• Interventional Pulmonary Procedures-Guidelines from the American College of Chest Physicians.  
  Howington JA, Chest 2003May; 123:1693-1717
• RC Prognosis in Early Stages Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Patients.  
  Jazieh AR, Hussain M, Howington J., Spencer H, T., Cawich I, Grismer J, Husain M, Coke P, Smith A, Read, Lung Cancer
• Staging and Surgical Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.  
  Howington JA, Supplement to US Medicine, Vol. 36 No. 9 pp 8-11
• Spiral Computed Tomography for Early Lung Cancer Detection.  
  Howington, J, Oncologistics
• Bcl-2 expression in pulmonary neuroendocrine neoplasms: A tissue microarray study.  
  Chiselite D, Deal NM, Check IJ, Share SM, Pereira TC, Coon JS, Hensing TA, Orr RK, Lannert KW, Liptay MJ, Howington JA, Sturgis CD, Modern Pathology, Vol. 21, suppl. 1, Jan 2008, p.337A
• The first Saudi lung cancer guidelines.  
  Howington J, Ann Thorac Med. 2008 Oct;3(4):127
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Books/Book Chapters

• General Thoracic Surgery. 
  Chapter: Blunt and Penetrating Injuries of the Chest Wall, Pleura and Lungs 
  Guitron, J, Huffman, LC, Howington, JEditors: Shields TW, LoCicero, III J, Reed CE, Feins RH.Lippincott Williams and WilkinsEdition 7,
• General Thoracic Surgery. 
  Chapter: Diaphragmatic Injuries 
  Guitron, J, Howington, JEditors: Shields TW, LoCicero, III J, Reed CE, Feins RH.Lippincott Williams and WilkinsEdition 7,
• General Thoracic Surgery. 
  Chapter: Esophageal Trauma 
  Guitron, J, Howington, JEditors: Shields TW, LoCicero, III J, Reed CE, Feins RH.Lippincott Williams and WilkinsEdition 7,
• Current Therapy in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 
  Chapter: Thoracic Incisions 
  Howington, JEditors: Yang & Cameron.
• Mastery of Surgery. 
  Chapter: Pharyngoesophageal (Zenker’s) Diverticulum 
  Howington, JAEditors: Baker RJ, Fischer JE.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, PhiladelphiaEdition 4,
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Abstracts/Posters

• Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for acute thoracic trauma.
  Lewis JD, Howington JA, Starnes SL, Pritts TA, Reed MF, Ohio Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH
• Phase I Trial of Concurrent Paclitaxel (P), Carboplatin ©, and External Beam Chest Irradiation with Glutamine (G) in Patients with Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung...
  Younas A, Redmond K, Howington J, Kleykamp B, Jazieh AR, ASCO Proceedings
• Clinical and Economic Consequences Of Pulmonary Wedge Resections For Cancer Using Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Techniques VS Traditional Open Resection A Retrospective...
  John A. Howington, MD; Candace Gunnarsson, EdD; Michael A. Maddaus, MD; Robert J. McKenna, MD; Bryan F. Meyers, MD; Daniel Miller, MD; Matthew Moore, MHA; Scott Swanso..., American College of Chest Physicians World Congress, Vancouver, Canada
• Thoracoscopic Lobectomy: Introduction of a New Technique into a Thoracic Surgery Training Program.
  Reed, MF, Lucia MW, Starnes SL, Merrill WH, Howington JA, Western Thoracic Surgical Association 33rd Annual Meeting, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico
• Transplantation Center Exclusion Biases for Pleurodesed Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Patients.
  Lyons CB, Starnes SL, Howington JA, Almoosa KF, Young LR, McCormack FX, Reed MF, American Thoracic Society
• Robotic treatment of achalasia is a safer operation with higher post-operative quality of life indices compared to laparoscopy.
  Huffman LC, Pandalai PK, Boulton BJ, Reed MF, Howington JA, James L, Nussbaum MS, American College of Surgeons Ohio Chapter Fifty-First Annual Meeting, Columbus, Ohio
• Video-assisted thoracoscopic pneumonectomy for Swyer-James Syndrome.
  Mammen JMV, Howington JA, Bondoc A, Reed MF, Association of VA Surgeons Thirtieth Scientific Symposium, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Early Results from Lung Cancer Screening Using Spiral CT of High-Risk Individuals.
  Huffman LC, Pandalai PK, Reed MF, Neu JA, Pina EM, Redmond KP, Jazieh AR, Meyer C, Shipley RT, Howington JA, Cincinnati Surgical Society Annual Resident Research Competition and University of Cincinnati
• Management Preferences for Pleural Intervention Prior to Lung Transplantation in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
  Lyons CB, Starnes SL, Howington JA, Almoosa KF, Young LR, McCormack FX, Reed MF, Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Foundation Research Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Transplantation Center Exclusion Biases for Pleurodesed Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Patients.
  Lyons CB, Starnes SL, Howington JA, Almoosa KF, Young LR, McCormack FX, Reed MF, Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Foundation Research Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Inhibition of retinoblastoma tumor suppressor activity by RNA interference in lung cancer lines deregulates growth.
  Reed MF, Zagorski WA, Howington JA, Knudsen ES, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association 52nd Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL
• Early Results from Lung Cancer Screening Using Spiral CT of High-Risk Individuals.
  Huffman LC, Pandalai PK, Reed MF, Neu JA, Pina EM, Redmond KP, Jazieh AR, Meyer C, Shipley RT, Howington JA, American College of Chest Physicians World Congress, Montreal, Canada
• Total lung lavage for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: Twenty-one procedures in four patients.
  Nelson LA, Istaphanous G, Bowshier B, Lawrence, JP, Lyons JM, Howington, JA, American College of Chest Physicians, Cardiac and General Thoracic Surgery Update Course, Scottsdale, Arizona
• A review of our experience with video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathectomy for pain control in chronic pancreatitis.
  LC Huffman, MF Reed, JA Howington, International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery 8th Annual Scientific Meeting, New York, NY
• A prospective randomized trial of underwater seal for spontaneous and iatrogenic pneumothorax.
  Lyons JM, Reed MF, Neu JA, Luchette FA, Howington JA, American College of Chest Physicians, World Congress, Seattle, Washington
• Recurrent Epiphrenic Esophageal Diverticuli After Surgical Treatment.
  Long JD, Kiev J, Chauhan SS, Howington JA, American College of Gastroenterology 69th Annual Scientific Meeting
• Characteristics and motivations of participants in a lung cancer screening study.
  Y. Zafar, B. Kleykamp, M. Foraida, J. Neu, R. Buncher, R. Shipley, A.R. Jazieh, J. Howington, American Society of Clinical Oncologists Annual Meeting
• Measuring the Outcome that Matters: Survival after Resection for Lung Cancer in One VA Medical Center.
  Reed MF, Molloy M, Dalton EL, Howington JA, Association of VA Surgeons Meeting, Richmond, Virginia
• Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for tumors of the lower brachial plexus.
  Morgan CJ, Maher PC, Hemida S, Keller JT, Howington JA, Kuntz C, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado
• The use of Dietary Supplements in Patients with Lung Cancer.
  N Soda, M Ghouse, I Minhas, G Sethuraman, J Howington, AR Jazieh, the American Society of Clinical Oncology
• Denovo Lung Cancer in Renal Transplant Patients.
  BS Kelly, JF Buell, TM Beebe, J Trofe, MR First, RR Alloway, J Howington, and ES Woodle, American Society of Transplant Surgeons Meeting
• Diaphragmatic Hernia: Congenital or Traumatic?
  King W, Riegler S, Howington J, Ohio Chapter American College of Physicians Meeting
• A phase II study evaluating the role of neoadjuvant sequential chemotherapy with gemcitabine and paclitaxel and concurrent cis-platin (CDDP) and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) ...
  Firdaus I, Roychowdhury D, Jazieh A, Redmond K, Howington J, Sussman J, Somoygi L, Bekal P, Rose P, and Lowy AM, the American Society for Clinical Oncology, Orlando
• Longitudinal survival following surgical treatment of bronchogenic carcinoma: the Cincinnati VAMC Experience.
  Howington JA, Grogan JK, Molloy M, Muhleman AF, VA National Oncology Symposium, Washington, DC
• Prognostic Factors in 383 Patients with Surgically Resected Stage I-II Non- small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC).
  A.R. Jazieh, J. Howington, M. Hussain, H. Spencer, I. Cawich, J. Grismer, M. Husain, P. Coke, A. Smith, R.C, the Third VA National Cancer Symposium
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Lectures

• Lung Volume Reduction Surgery. 
  Ohio Thoracic Society Meeting
• Altitude Physiology: Recent Experiences on Aconcagua. 
  Department of Surgery Research Conference
• Is Screening for Lung Cancer Helpful? 
  2nd Annual Cancer and the Primary Care Physician symposium
• A Potpourri of Thoracic Problems: Incisions, Closures, Tubes and Pain. 
  Southern Thoracic Surgical Association 50th Annual Meeting
• Surgical Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. 
  Lexington, KY
• Battling the Number 1 Cancer Killer. 
  UC Mini-Medical College
• Expert Panel: Management of Empyema. 
  American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Congress
• Screening for Lung Cancer. 
  Second Annual Tri-state Lung Cancer Symposium
• Spiral CT for Lung Cancer Screening. 
  Cincinnati Wellness Center
• Controversies in Thoracic Trauma Management. 
  Ohio Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. Dayton, OH
• Empyema: Which Therapy When? 
  American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Congress
• Staging and Surgical Treatment of Non-small cell lung cancer. 
  Veterans Affairs national broadcast lung cancer symposium
• What’s new in Thoracic Surgery. 
  The Cincinnati Surgical Society meeting
• Lung Cancer Disease Update. 
  KARN Medical Center radio show Little Rock, AR
• Lung Cancer: Staging and Treatment. 
  North Arkansas Medical Center, Harrison AR
• Surgical Treatment of Lung Disease. 
  Union County Cancer Symposium El Dorado, AR
• Advances in Lung Cancer: Improving Tolerance of Treatment and Quality of Life. 
  Advances in Oncology Nursing Practice, Little Rock, AR
• Cost Of Laparoscopic Ischemic Conditioning And Gastric Conduit Morbidity As Compared To A Single Operation. 
  American College of Surgeons’ 2012 Clinical Congress
• Management of Malignant Pleural Effusion. 
  1st International Thoracic Oncology Conference, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• VATS Sympathectomy for Chronic Epigastric Pain. 
  1st International Thoracic Oncology Conference, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Approaches to a Tissue Diagnosis in Lung Cancer. 
  1st International Thoracic Oncology Conference, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Role of Surgery in Lung Cancer. 
  1st International Thoracic Oncology Conference, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Counterpoint: Thoracoscopic Lobectomy, The Minimally Invasive Benchmark. 
  Southern Thoracic Surgical Association 55th Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas
• Mediastinal Stage of Lung Cancer; a Peek Inside: Mediastinoscopy, Videomediastinoscopy, and Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery. 
  American College of Chest Physicians Annual Meeting, Chest 2007
• Pleural Disease: Complications of Thoracoscopy for Pleural Disease. 
  American College of Chest Physicians Annual Meeting, Chest 2007, Chicago, IL
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Other

• Operative Risks: Physician Concerns versus Patient Concerns. 
  Howington J, ACCP Website
  https://accp.chestnet.org/memresources/downloads/networks/howington.pdf
• Battling the Number 1 Cancer Killer. 
  Howington J, NetWellness website
  http://www.netwellness.org/
  UC Mini-Medical College
• VATS Lobectomy-A Live Internet Broadcast. 
  Howington JA
• Surgical Pearls for the Anterior Exposure of Vertebral Fractures. 
  Barone G, Webb J, Eidt J, Pait T, Howington J, 51st Southwestern Surgical Association Website
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