Edward Cantu - Faculty Biosketch

Edward Cantu III, MD, MSCE

Associate Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Active Surgeon, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Active Surgeon, Pennsylvania Hospital

Attending Surgeon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Director of Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion , The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Director of Lung Transplant Research, University of Pennsylvania

Director ILD Service Line, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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

Email:
edward.cantu@uphs.upenn.edu

Education:
BA
Harvard University, 1994.
MD
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2000.
MS (Clinical Epidemiology )
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania , 2015.

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Post-Graduate Training
Internship in General and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 2000-2001.
Junior Assistant Resident in General and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 2001-2002.
Research Fellow in Thoracic Transplantation, Duke University Medical Center, 2002-2004.
Senior Assistant Resident in General and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 2004-2006.
Chief Resident in General and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 2006-2007.
Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident, Duke University Medical Center, 2007-2010.

Certifications
Part I: American Board of Thoracic Surgery, Certificate #7742, 2010.
Part II: American Board of Thoracic Surgery, Certificate #7742, 2011.
American Board of Thoracic Surgery (MOC), 2019.

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Selected Publications

Harhay MO, Cherikh WS, Toll AE, Christie JD, Stehlik J, Chambers D, Hayes D Jr, Cantu E: Epidemiology, risk factors, and outcomes of lung retransplantation: An analysis of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Thoracic Transplant Registry. Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation July 5 2022 (Epub) Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2022.06.022.

Iyengar A, Schiazza A, Cantu E 3rd: Ex-vivo lung perfusion therapies: do they add value to organ donation? Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation 27(3): 204-210, June 1 2022.

Basil MC, Cardenas-Diaz FL, Kathiriya JJ, Morley MP, Carl J, Brumwell AN, Katzen J, Slovik KJ, Babu A, Zhou S, Kremp MM, McCauley KB, Li S, Planer JD, Hussain SS, Liu X, Windmueller R, Ying Y, Stewart KM, Oyster M, Christie JD, Diamond JM, Engelhardt JF, Cantu E, Rowe SM, Kotton DN, Chapman HA, Morrisey EE: Human distal airways contain a multipotent secretory cell that can regenerate alveoli. Nature 604(7904): 120-126, Apr. 2022 Notes: Epub Mar. 30, 2022.

Schnellinger E, Cantu E, Kimmel SE, Szymczak JE: A conceptual model for sources of selection bias in lung transplant allocation. Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation 41(4 Suppl): S195, Apr. 2022 Notes: Presented at the International Society of Heart & Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) 42d Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA, Apr. 2022.

Federico LE, Courtwright AM, Kamoun M, Molina MR, Diamond JM, Ahya VN, Christie JD, Clausen ES, Hadjiliadis D, Patel N, Salgado JC, Cevasco M, Cantu E, Crespo MM, Bermudez CA: Change in panel reactive antibodies in patients bridged to lung transplantation with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation 41(4 Suppl): S289-S290, Apr. 2022 Notes: Presented at the International Society of Heart & Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) 42d Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA, Apr. 2022.

Anjum F, Pishko A, Diamond JM, Ahya VN, Christie JD, Clausen E, Hadjiliadis D, Patel N, Salgado JC, Cevasco M, Cantu EE, Crespo MM, Bermudez CA, Courtwright AM: Antiphospholipid antibodies and outcomes following lung transplantation. Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation 41(4 Suppl): S292, Apr. 2022 Notes: Presented at the International Society of Heart & Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) 42d Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA, Apr. 2022.

Anderson MR, Hsu JY, Benvenuto L, Palmer S, Singer JP, Salgado J, Shashaty M, Diamond J, Cantu E, Localio A, Christie JD: Body mass index and cause-specific mortality after lung transplantation in the United States. Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation 41(4 Suppl): S50, Apr. 2022 Notes: Presented at the International Society of Heart & Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) 42d Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA, Apr. 2022.

Manrique K, Griffiths S, Miano T, Kalman L, Oyster M, Xie D, Clausen E, Shah P, Lama V, Dhillon G, Snyder L, Cantu E, Diamond J, Christie JD, Shashaty M: Circulating coagulation regulator levels after lung transplantation are associated with acute kidney injury. Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation 41(4 Suppl): S183, Apr. 2022 Notes: Presented at the International Society of Heart & Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) 42d Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA, Apr. 2022.

Griffiths S, Manrique K, Miano T, Kalman L, Oyster M, Xie D, Clausen E, Shah P, Lama V, Dhillon G, Snyder L, Cantu E, Diamond J, Christie JD, Shashaty M: Plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin to predict acute kidney injury after lung transplantation: A multicenter cohort study. Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation 41(4 Suppl): S183-S184, Apr. 2022 Notes: Presented at the International Society of Heart & Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) 42d Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA, Apr. 2022.

Diamond JM, Localio R, Michelson A, Cantu E, Clausen E, Kalman L, Oyster M, Criner R, Anderson M, Gallop R, Hachem R, Christie JD: Validation of a simple to use PGD prediction algorithm. Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation 41(4 Suppl): S145, Apr. 2022 Notes: Presented at the International Society of Heart & Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) 42d Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA, Apr. 2022.