
Patricia A Thistlethwaite MD
Cardiovascular Surgery
Professor of Surgery, UCSD
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200 W Arbor DrSan Diego, CA 92103
Phone+1 619-543-7777
Fax+1 619-543-2652
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Education & Training
UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Thoracic Surgery - Independent, 1994 - 1997
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1989 - 1994
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1989
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1997 - 2027
PA State Medical License 1994 - 1998
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2007-2014
- Top Doctors:San Diego Area Castle Connolly, 2013
- Top Doctors:Southern California Castle Connolly, 2012
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Optimal Approach to Performing and Reporting Computed Tomography Angiography for Suspected Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Clinical Consensus Statement of the ESC Working ...Frederikus A Klok, Stefano Barco, Laurent Bertoletti, Sanjeev Bhalla, Suzanne Dubois
Radiology. 2025-06-01 - Store-operated Caentry is involved in endothelium-to-mesenchymal transition in lung vascular endothelial cells.Aleksandra Babicheva, Ibrahim Elmadbouh, Shanshan Song, Michael A Thompson, Ryan Powers
American Journal of Physiology. Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 2025-06-01 - Multidisciplinary tumor boards in pediatric surgical oncology: a systematic review of approaches in low- and middle-income countries.Cristian Puerta, Charbel Chidiac, Casandra E Besse, Arturo Klipstein, Lawrence Brown
Pediatric Surgery International. 2025-05-30
Press Mentions
Preventing Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension – an Incurable DiseaseMay 18th, 2022
Prevention of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension-Incurable DiseaseMay 18th, 2022
Targeting Molecular Pathway That Causes Pulmonary Arterial HypertensionMay 6th, 2022
Grant Support
- NOTCH3 ECD as a Serum Biomarker for Pulmonary Arterial HypertensionUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO2024–2028
- NOTCH3 ECD as a Serum Biomarker for Pulmonary Arterial HypertensionUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO2024–2028
- Molecular Mechanisms Of Pulmonary HypertensionNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2002–2011
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