KeithSommersMD

Thoracic Surgery • Tampa, FL

Cardiovascular Surgery

Physician

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Office
5 Tampa General Cir
Tampa, FL 33606
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Education & Training

UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1993 - 1996
UPMC Medical Education (Pittsburgh)Residency, Surgery, 1986 - 1992
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 1986

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 1996 - 2025
PA State Medical License 1988 - 2002
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Reply to Dickhoff et al. from authors of 'Induction chemoradiotherapy versus chemotherapy alone for superior sulcus lung cancer'.
Lary A. Robinson, Tawee Tanvetyanon, Deanna Grubbs, Scott J. Antonia, Ben C. Creelan, Jacques P. Fontaine, Eric M. Toloza, Robert J. Keenan, Thomas J. Dilling, C.W. St...> ;Lung Cancer. 2018 Aug 29
9 citations
Induction chemoradiotherapy versus chemotherapy alone for superior sulcus lung cancer.
Lary A. Robinson, Tawee Tanvetyanon, Deanna Grubbs, Scott J. Antonia, Ben C. Creelan, Jacques P. Fontaine, Eric M. Toloza, Robert J. Keenan, Thomas J. Dilling, C.W. St...> ;Lung Cancer. 2018 Aug 1
31 citations
Relationship between tumor size and survival among patients with resection of multiple synchronous lung cancers.
Tawee Tanvetyanon, Lary A. Robinson, K. Eric Sommers, Eric B. Haura, Jongphil Kim, Soner Altiok, Gerold Bepler> ;Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2010 Jul 1
58 citations
Standardized exercise oximetry predicts postpneumonectomy outcome
Mathew Ninan, K. Eric Sommers, Rodney J. Landreneau, Robert J. Weyant, John Tobias, James D. Luketich, Peter F. Ferson, Robert J. Keenan> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1997 Aug 1
16 citations
Successful Management of Secondary Aortoesophageal Fistula
James D. Luketich, K. Eric Sommers, Bartley P. Griffith, Arthur J. Boujoukos, Rodney J. Landreneau, Peter F. Ferson, Robert J. Keenan> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1996 Dec 1
45 citations
Early lung allograft function in twin recipients from the same donor: risk factor analysis.
K. Eric Sommers, Bartley P. Griffith, Robert L. Hardesty, Robert J. Keenan> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1996 Aug 1
14 citations
Bronchoesophagopleural fistula after photodynamic therapy for malignant mesothelioma
James D. Luketich, Jill Westkaemper, K. Eric Sommers, Peter F. Ferson, Robert J. Keenan, Rodney J. Landreneau> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1996 Jul 1
22 citations
Evaluation of highly buffered low-calcium solution for long-term preservation of the heart. Comparison with University of Wisconsin solution.
Akihiko Ohkado, Hung Cao-Danh, K. Eric Sommers, Pedro J. del Nido> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 1994 Oct 1
8 citations
The role of magnesium in postischemic cardiac dysfunction.
K. Eric Sommers, A. Hkado, Elena Simplaceanu, Alan P. Koretsky, Chien Ho, P. Del Nido, G. Whitman, Sommers, V. J. Di Sesa, R. J. Mentzer> ;Surgery. 1992 Aug 1
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