PhilipALindenMD

Thoracic Surgery • Cleveland, OH

Adult General Thoracic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Surgical Oncology

Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

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Office
UH Cleveland Medical Center
11100 Euclid Ave Department of Surgery-Cardiac
Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone+1 216-844-0065

Fax+1 216-844-7597
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Summary

Dr. Philip Linden is a thoracic surgeon in Cleveland, OH and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and has been in practice 25 years. He specializes in cardiovascular surgery and is experienced in adult general thoracic surgery, thoracic surgical oncology, and minimally invasive thoracic surgery.

Education & Training

Brigham and Women's Hospital/Children's HospitalFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1999 - 2001
Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1992 - 1999
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1992

Certifications & Licensure

OH State Medical License 2007 - 2024
FL State Medical License 2017 - 2019
MA State Medical License 1993 - 2010
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Top MD Consumers Checkbook

Clinical Trials

Cerebral Oximetry in Single Lung Ventilation Thoracic Surgery Start of enrollment: 2013 Jun 01
Terminated
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Is Minimally Invasive Resection of Large Thymoma Appropriate?
Grigory A Manyak, Christine E Alvarado, Kunaal S Sarnaik, Jilian Sinopoli, Leonidas Tapias, Aria Bassiri, Philip A Linden, Christopher W Towe> ;The American Surgeon. 2024 Apr 8
Frailty is associated with 90-day mortality in urgent thoracic surgery conditions.
Kloos, J., Ho, V., Bassiri, A., Sinopoli, J., Vargas, L., Linden, P., Towe, C.> ;JTCVS Open. 2024 Feb 1
Early Repair of Rib Fractures Is Associated with Superior Length of Stay and Total Hospital Cost: A Propensity Matched Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample.
Bachman, K., Towe, C., Ho, V., Pieracci, F., Worrell, S., Moorman, M., Linden, P., Badrinathan, A.> ;Medicina. 2024 Jan 14
National enrollment of lung cancer clinical trials is disproportionate based on race and health care access.
Tapias-Vargas, L., Kwak, M., Bassiri, A., Jiang, B., Sinopoli, J., Linden, P., Towe, C.> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023 Dec 18
Risk Factors for Chronic Atrial Fibrillation Following Lung Lobectomy.
Halloran, S., Martin, S., Jiang, B., Bassiri, A., Sinopoli, J., Vargas, L., Linden, P., Towe, C.> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2024 Mar 1
Motor Vehicle Protective Device Usage Associated with Decreased Rate of Flail Chest: A Retrospective Database Analysis.
Aria Bassiri, Avanti Badrinathan, Sami Kishawi, Jillian Sinopoli, Philip A Linden, Vanessa P Ho, Christopher W Towe> ;Medicina. 2023 Nov 20
Uncovering Health-Care Disparities Through Patient Decisions in Lung Cancer Surgery.
Aria Bassiri, Avanti Badrinathan, Christine E Alvarado, Christina Boutros, Boxiang Jiang, Minyoung Kwak, Jillian Sinopoli, Leonidas Tapias Vargas, Philip A Linden, Chr...> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2024 Jan 1
Lymph Node Yield in Lung Cancer Resection is Associated With Demographic and Institutional Factors.
Kunaal S Sarnaik, Aria Bassiri, Lauren M Poston, Allison Gasnick, Jillian N Sinopoli, Leonidas Tapias Vargas, Philip A Linden, Christopher W Towe> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2024 Jan 1
1 citations
Computational risk model for predicting 2-year malignancy of pulmonary nodules using demographic and radiographic characteristics.
Kunaal S Sarnaik, Philip A Linden, Allison Gasnick, Aria Bassiri, Grigory A Manyak, Craig M Jarrett, Jillian N Sinopoli, Leonidas Tapias Vargas, Christopher W Towe> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023 Sep 17
2 citations
Evaluating the Optimal Time Between Diagnosis and Surgical Intervention for Early-Stage Lung Cancer.
Aria Bassiri, Avanti Badrinathan, Christine E Alvarado, Minyoung Kwak, Jillian Sinopoli, Leonidas Tapias Vargas, Philip A Linden, Christopher W Towe> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2023 Dec 1
1 citations
Lung Cancer in Young Patients is Associated With More Advanced Disease but Better Overall Survival.
Aria Bassiri, Avanti Badrinathan, Christine E Alvarado, Jillian Sinopoli, Leonidas Tapias, Philip Linden, Christopher W Towe, Gianna Dingillo> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2023 Dec 1
Is Sarcomatoid Lung Cancer Associated With Inferior Overall Survival? A National Cancer Database Analysis.
Lauren M Poston, Aria Bassiri, Boxiang Jiang, Christina Boutros, Jillian Sinopoli, Leonidas Tapias Vargas, Philip A Linden, Christopher W Towe> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2023 Nov 1
Who Are You "KITTING"? The Use of Kits to Collect Lymph Nodes During Lung Cancer Surgery.
Afshin Dowlati, Christopher W Towe, Philip A Linden> ;Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2023 Jul 1
Disparities and access to thoracic surgeons among esophagectomy patients in the United States.
Christine E Alvarado, Stephanie G Worrell, Anuja L Sarode, Aria Bassiri, Boxiang Jiang, Philip A Linden, Christopher W Towe> ;Diseases of the Esophagus. 2023 Oct 27
2 citations
Contemporary outcomes of surgical resection for chest wall chondrosarcoma.
Christine E Alvarado, Jonathan D Rice, Philip A Linden, Anuja L Sarode, Sean J Halloran, Jillian Sinopoli, Christopher W Towe> ;JTCVS Open. 2023 Mar 1
Disparities in Access to Thoracic Surgeons among Patients Receiving Lung Lobectomy in the United States.
Sean J Halloran, Christine E Alvarado, Anuja L Sarode, Boxiang Jiang, Jillian Sinopoli, Philip A Linden, Christopher W Towe> ;Current Oncology. 2023 Feb 27
1 citations
Contemporary outcomes of esophageal and gastroesophageal junction neuroendocrine tumors.
Lauren M Poston, Shreya Gupta, Christine E Alvarado, Jillian Sinopoli, Leonidas T Vargas, Philip A Linden, Christopher W Towe> ;Diseases of the Esophagus. 2023 Jul 27
Surgical subspecialization is associated with higher rate of rib fracture stabilization: a retrospective database analysis.
Avanti Badrinathan, Anuja L Sarode, Christine E Alvarado, Jillian Sinopoli, Jonathan D Rice, Philip A Linden, Matthew L Moorman, Christopher W Towe> ;Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 2023 Jan 1
2 citations
Comparing Thoracoscopic and Robotic Lobectomy Using a Nationally Representative Database.
Christine E Alvarado, Stephanie G Worrell, Anuja L Sarode, Boxiang Jiang, Sean J Halloran, Luis M Argote-Greene, Philip A Linden, Christopher W Towe> ;The American Surgeon. 2023 Dec 1
1 citations
Modeling the COVID Pandemic: Do Delays in Surgery Justify Using Stereotactic Radiation to Treat Low-Risk Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?
Lifen Cao, Philip A Linden, Tithi Biswas, Stephanie G Worrell, Jillian N Sinopoli, Megan E Miller, Robert Shenk, Alberto J Montero, Christopher W Towe> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2023 Mar 1
2 citations
Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion is Associated With Increased Utilization of Minimally Invasive Lung Resection for Early Stage Lung Cancer.
Christine E Alvarado, Jonathan D Rice, Jillian Sinopoli, Avanti Badrinathan, Philip A Linden, Christopher W Towe, Gianna Dingillo> ;The American Surgeon. 2023 Dec 1
Morbidity After Esophagectomy Is Higher for Benign Than Malignant Disease.
Stephanie G Worrell, Shreya Gupta, Christine E Alvarado, Anuja Sarode, Xun Luo, Christopher W Towe, Philip A Linden> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Feb 1
Commentary: A disparity anywhere is a disparity everywhere.
Philip A Linden> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2022 Sep 1
1 citations
Impact of Diabetes on Pathologic Response to Multimodality Therapy for Esophageal Cancer.
Stephanie G Worrell, Christine E Alvarado, Dylan Thibault, Christopher W Towe, John D Mitchell, Andrew Vekstein, Andrzej S Kosinski, Matthew G Hartwig, Philip A Linden> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2024 Jan 1
1 citations
Surgical Repair vs Stent for Esophageal Perforation: A Multi-institutional Database Analysis.
Kelsey E Gray, Anuja Sarode, Boxiang Jiang, Christine E Alvarado, Jillian Sinopoli, Phillip A Linden, Stephanie G Worrell, Vanessa P Ho, Luis M Argote-Greene, Christop...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Jun 1
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