Joe B. Putnam
Institutional Affiliation
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Specialty
Background
- University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (AB Honors Chemistry 1975)
- University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (MD 1979)
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital General Surgery Residency - Baltimore, MD (1979-1981)
- National Cancer Institute - Surgery Branch, National Institutes of Health - Bethesda, MD (1981-1984)
- University of Rochester General Surgery Residency - Rochester, NY (1984-1986)
- University of Michigan Thoracic Surgery Residency - Ann Arbor, MI (1986-1988)
- Univ Texas MD Anderson Cancer Ctr - Dept Thor and Cardiovasc Surg Faculty (1988-2004)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Dept Thoracic Surgery Faculty (2004 - present)
Interests
- Surgery for early and advanced lung cancer
- Esophageal carcinoma and benign esophageal diseases
- Management of pulmonary metastases
- Multimodality management for lung cancer, and esophageal cancer
- Primary (and secondary) thoracic sarcomas
- Clinical outcome measures in thoracic surgery
- Malignant pleural effusions
- Isolated lung perfusion / Regional drug delivery systems
- Pleural diseases
Last Modified: 29-Oct-2008
