Edward Cantu - Faculty Biosketch

Edward Cantu III, MD, MSCE

Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Attending Surgeon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Director of Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion , Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Director of Lung Transplant Research, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Director ILD Service Line, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Department: Surgery

Contact information

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Surgery
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery
One Convention Avenue, Pavilion 2 City
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283

Office: 215-615-6582
Fax: 215-349-5798

Email:
edward.cantu@uphs.upenn.edu

Education:
BA
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1994.
MD
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 2000.
MS (Clinical Epidemiology )
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2015.

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Post-Graduate Training
Summer Research Fellow, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 1995-1995.
Research Fellow, American Heart Association/ Columbia University, New York, NY, 1996-1997.
Intern in General and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 2000-2001.
Junior Assistant Resident in General and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 2001-2002.
Research Fellow in Thoracic Transplantation, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 2002-2004.
NIH NRSA Fellow, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 2002-2004.
Senior Assistant Resident in General and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 2004-2006.
Chief Resident in General and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 2006-2007.
Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 2007-2010.

Certifications
Advanced Trauma and Life Support Instructor, American College of Surgeons (through 2008), 2004.
American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 2010.

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Selected Publications

Roussel A, Sage E, Falcoz PE, Thomas PA, Castier Y, Fadel E, Le Pimpec-Barthes F, Tronc F, Jougon J, Lacoste P, Claustre J, Brouchet L, Dorent R, Cantu E, Harhay M, Porcher R, Mordant P.: Survival outcomes following urgent lung transplantation in France and the USA. Thorax May 2024.

Zhao G, Gentile ME, Xue L, Cosgriff CV, Weiner AI, Adams-Tzivelekidis S, Wong J, Li X, Kass-Gergi S, Holcomb NP, Basal MC, Stewart KM, Planer JD, Cantu E, Christie JD, Crespo MM, Mitchell MJ, Meyer NJ, Vaughan AE.: Vascular endothelial-derived SPARCL1 exacerbates viral pneumonia through pro-inflammatory macrophage activation. Nat Commun 15: 4235, May 2024.

Cantu E.: ABO-Compatible Lung Transplant: Should We Pay More Attention? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 209: 906-907, Apr 2024.

Gouchoe DA, Sanchez PG, D'Cunha J, Bermudez CA, Daneshmand MA, Davis RD, Hartwig MG, Wozniak TC, Kon ZN, Griffith BP, Lynch WR, Machuca TN, Weyant MJ, Jessen ME, Mulligan MS, D'Ovidio F, Camp PC, Cantu E, Whitson BA; NOVEL and NOVEL Extension Trial Investigators.: Ex vivo lung perfusion in donation after circulatory death: A post hoc analysis of the Normothermic Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion as an Assessment of Extended/Marginal Donors Lungs trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Mar 2024.

Usman AA, Spelde AE, Lutfi W, Gutsche JT, Vernick WJ, Toubat O, Olia SE, Cantu E, Courtwright A, Crespo MM, Diamond J, Biscotti M, Bermudez CA.: Percutaneous Venopulmonary Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as Bridge to Lung Transplantation. ASAIO J Mar 2024.

Wang JY, Michki NS, Sitaraman S, Banaschewski BJ, Lin SM, Katzen JB, Basil MC, Cantu E, Zepp JA, Frank DB, Young LR.: Dysregulated alveolar epithelial cell progenitor function and identity in Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome pulmonary fibrosis. bioRxiv Mar 2024.

Jones DL, Morley MP, Li X, Ying Y, Cardenas-Diaz FL, Li S, Zhou S, Schaefer SE, Chembazhi UV, Nottingham A, Lin S, Cantu E, Diamond JM, Basil MC, Vaughan AE, Morrisey EE.: An injury-induced tissue niche shaped by mesenchymal plasticity coordinates the regenerative and disease response in the lung. bioRxiv Feb 2024.

Abo KM, Merritt C, Basil MC, Lin SM, Cantu E, Morley MP, Bawa P, Gallagher M, Byers DE, Morrisey EE, Wilson AA.: Pulmonary Cellular Toxicity in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. Chest Feb 2024.

Cantu E, Diamond J, Ganjoo N, Nottigham A, Ramon CV, McCurry M, Friskey J, Jin D, Anderson MR, Lisowski J, Le Mahajan A, Localio AR, Gallop R, Hsu J, Christie J, Schaubel DE.: Scoring donor lungs for graft failure risk: The Lung Donor Risk Index (LDRI). Am J Transplant Jan 2024.

Hunt ML, Crespo MM, Richards TJ, Bermudez F, Courtwright A, Usman A, Spelde AE, Diamond J, Patel N, Cantu E, Christie J, Clausen E, Cevasco M, Ahya V, Bermudez CA.: Lung Transplant Outcomes After Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Requiring Extracorporeal Life Support-Lessons from the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Jan 2024.