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Edward Cantu III, MD, MSCE

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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
3400 Spruce Street
6 Silverstein
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Office: 215-615-6582
Fax: 215-349-5798
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.
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

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.

Diamond JM, Cantu E, Calfee CS, Anderson MR, Clausen ES, Shashaty MGS, Courtwright AM, Kalman L, Oyster M, Crespo MM, Bermudez CA, Benvenuto L, Palmer SM, Snyder LD, Hartwig MG, Todd JL, Wille K, Hage C, McDyer JF, Merlo CA, Shah PD, Orens JB, Dhillon GS, Weinacker AB, Lama VN, Patel MG, Singer JP, Hsu J, Localio AR, Christie JD.: The Impact of Donor Smoking on Primary Graft Dysfunction and Mortality after Lung Transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 209: 91-100, Jan 2024.

Shiraishi K, Morley MP, Jones DL, Zhao G, Weiner AI, Basil MC, Cantu E, Ferguson LT, Oyster M, Babu A, Ying Y, Zhou S, Li S, Vaughan AE, Morrisey EE.: Airway epithelial cell identity and plasticity are constrained by Sox2 during lung homeostasis, tissue regeneration, and in human disease. NPJ Regen Med 9: 2, 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.

Powell RM, Moravec JC, Jones GT, Bhat B, Lin SM, Planer JD, Krymskaya VP, Cantu E, Pattison S, Morison IM, Gray B, Eccles MR, Macaulay EC.: DNA Methylation Profiling of Heterogeneous Sporadic LAM and Matched Lung Tissue. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2024.

Rahman MS, Billah MM, Rangel V, Cantu E.: Elevated temperature triggers increase in global DNA methylation, 5-methylcytosine expression levels, apoptosis and NOx levels in the gonads of Atlantic sea urchin. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2024.

Balasubramanian S, Richert ME, Kong H, Fu S, Jang MK, Andargie TE, Keller MB, Alnababteh M, Park W, Apalara Z, Sun J, Redekar N, Orens J, Aryal S, Bush EL, Cantu E, Diamond J, Shah P, Yu K, Nathan SD, Agbor-Enoh S.: Cell-Free DNA Maps Tissue Injury and Correlates with Disease Severity in Lung Transplant Candidates. Am J Respir Crit Care Med Dec 2023.

Diamond JM, Anderson MR, Cantu E, Clausen ES, Shashaty MGS, Kalman L, Oyster M, Crespo MM, Bermudez CA, Benvenuto L, Palmer SM, Snyder LD, Hartwig MG, Wille K, Hage C, McDyer JF, Merlo CA, Shah PD, Orens JB, Dhillon GS, Lama VN, Patel MG, Singer JP, Hachem RR, Michelson AP, Hsu J, Russell Localio A, Christie JD.: Development and validation of primary graft dysfunction predictive algorithm for lung transplant candidates. J Heart Lung Transplant Dec 2023.

Hunt ML, Cantu E.: Primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation. Curr Opin Organ Transplant 28: 180-186, Jun 2023.

Miano TA, Feng R, Griffiths S, Kalman L, Oyster M, Cantu E, Yang W, Diamond JM, Christie JD, Scheetz MH, Shashaty MGS.: Development and validation of a population pharmacokinetic model to guide perioperative tacrolimus dosing after lung transplantation. medRxiv Jun 2023.

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