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Office
300 Pasteur Dr
Stanford University Hospital And Clinics
Stanford, CA 94305Phone+1 650-721-2086- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Joseph Shrager is a thoracic surgeon in Stanford, CA and is affiliated with Stanford Healthcare and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and has been in practice 29 years. He specializes in adult general thoracic surgery and and has extensive experience in surgical and multimodality treatment of lung cancer, thymoma, myasthenia gravis , emphysema, sympathectomy, esophageal cancer. He has more than 200 publications.
Education & Training
- Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1995 - 1997
- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Surgery, 1988 - 1995
- Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1988
- Amherst CollegeB.A., Summa Cum Laude, 1980 - 1984
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2008 - 2025
- PA State Medical License 1990 - 2008
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2007-2014
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2006-2013
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2013
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Clinical Trials
- 4D-CT-based Ventilation Imaging for Adaptive Functional Guidance in Radiotherapy Start of enrollment: 2009 Dec 01
- Safety and Effectiveness of a New Pleural Catheter for Symptomatic, Recurrent, MPEs Versus Approved Pleural Catheter Start of enrollment: 2016 May 01
- Lung Volume Reduction for Severe Emphysema by Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy Start of enrollment: 2013 Feb 11
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Interstitial macrophages are a focus of viral takeover and inflammation in COVID-19 initiation in human lung.Trope, W., Timothy Ting-Hsuan Wu, Kyle J Travaglini, Arjun Rustagi, Duo Xu, Yue Zhang, Leonid Andronov, SoRi Jang, Astrid Gillich, Roozbeh Dehghannasiri, Giovanny J Ma...> ;The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2024 Jun 3
- Complications of Outpatient Chest Tube Management for Prolonged Air Leaks After Pulmonary Surgery.Ryan J Randle, Prasha Bhandari, Hao He, Mark F Berry, Leah M Backhus, Natalie S Lui, Douglas Z Liou, Joseph B Shrager> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2024 Mar 27
- Lepidic-Type Lung Adenocarcinomas: Is It Safe to Observe for Growth Before Treating?Lye-Yeng Wong, Irmina A Elliott, Douglas Z Liou, Leah M Backhus, Natalie S Lui, Joseph B Shrager, Mark F Berry> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2024 Mar 13
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Journal Articles
- Predictive Radiogenomics Modeling of EGFR Mutation Status in Lung CancerDaniel L Rubin, Gerald J Berry, Joseph B Shrager, Ann N Leung, H Henry Guo, Sandy Napel, Chuong D Hoang, Nature
- MicroRNA-1 induces growth arrest and apoptosis in malignant mesotheliomaXu Y, Zheng M, Merritt RE, Shrager JB, Wakelee H, Kratzke RA, Hoang CD, Chest, 7/14/2013
- Diaphragm Muscle Atrophy in Mouse Following Long-Term Mechanical VentilationTang HB , Lee M, Khuong AA, Wright E, Shrager JB, Muscle and Nerve., 1/1/2013
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Press Mentions
- Brompton Grand Rounds: Minimally Invasive Surgery-Thymic TumorsJuly 25th, 2022
- Surgical Management of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer with Brain OligometastasesMay 17th, 2022
- Congress Must Lower the Medicare Age to Save the Lives of Older AmericansJuly 29th, 2021
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Professional Memberships
- American Surgical AssociationMember
- American Association for Thoracic SurgeryMember
- Society for Clinical SurgeryMember
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Hospital Affiliations
- VA Palo Alto Heath CarePalo Alto, California
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