Research in the Department of Surgery
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Laboratory Research Interests of the Faculty
| Reid Adams | Signal transduction of selectins and molecular oncology |
| David R. Jones |
Apoptotic cell-signaling pathways in lung and esophageal cancer, Lung transplantation. Pathophysiology and cellular mechanisms of lung cancer |
| Irving L. Kron | Physiology of lung transplantation, spinal cord and renal protection, endothelial physiology, organ preservation |
| Gene McGahren | Pulmonary vascular physiology |
| Timothy L. Pruett |
Immunologic response to infectious diseases, bacterial virulence traits, viral hepatitis, transplantation |
| Robert Sawyer | Surgical infectious diseases, immune responses to fungal infections and transplantation |
| Bruce D. Schirmer | GI hormones, intestinal motility, laparoscopy |
| Craig L. Slingluff, Jr. | Tumor immunology, melanoma and tumor biology |
| Regulation of coronary blood flow, protection of ischemic myocardium, lung transplantation, spinal cord ischemia | |
| Jeff Young | Shock and resuscitation, acute lung injury following trauma, immunologic alterations in trauma |
Clinical Research Interests of the Faculty
| John B. Hanks | Endocrine surgery, pancreatic transplantation |
| David R. Jones | Lung and esophageal cancer, GERD, benign esophageal diseases, Minimally-invasive thoracic surgery, Lung transplantation. |
| Drs.Foley and Friel | Outcomes in colorectal surgery |
| Dr. Reid Adams | Benign and malignant hepatobiliary diseases |
| Drs.Kron and Tribble | Cardiothoracic transplantation, vascular surgery |
| Eugene McGahren | Pediatric neoplasms, ECMO |
| Bradley Rodgers | Pediatric neoplasms, thoracoscopy |
| Drs. Sawyer and Pruett | Transplantation, infectious disease, viral hepatitis |
| Bruce D. Schirmer | GI motility, morbid obesity, laparoscopy |
| Craig L. Slingluff, Jr. | Melanoma vaccines, immunotherapy of cancer, sentinel node biopsy for melanoma |
| Jeff Young | Trauma systems, trauma critical care |