Donald E. Low, FACS, FRCS(C), FRCSI(Hon), FRCSE(Hon), FRCSED(Hon)

Donald Low, FACS, FRCS(C), FRCSI (Hon.), FRCSE (Hon), FRCSEd (Hon) is the Director of the Esophageal Center of Excellence at the Digestive Disease Institute, President of the Ryan Hill Research Foundation, and Chief of Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Oncology at Virginia Mason Medical Center.Dr. Low’s clinical interests include all aspects of general Thoracic Surgery but are focused on the treatment of Esophageal Cancer, Barrett’s esophagus, benign tumors of the esophagus, primary and revisional antireflux surgery, paraesophageal hernia and achalasia.Dr. Low is a Board Certified General Thoracic Surgeons, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada. He has received Honorary Fellowships from the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He is Associate Editor of the Diseases of the Esophagus journal and is responsible for the formation of the Esophageal Complications Consensus Group (ECCG) and the International Online Esodata database. RECENT PUBLICATIONSLow DE, Allum W,  De Manzoni G, Ferri L, Immanuel A, Kuppusamy M, Law S, Lindblad M, Maynard N, Neal J, Pramesh CS, Scott M, Smithers MB, Addor V, Ljungqvist O. Guidelines for Perioperative Car in Esophagectomy: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations. World J Surg 2018 Oct 1 [Epub ahead of print]Zaninotto G, Bennett C, Boeckxstaens G, et al. EDITOR’S CHOICE: The 2018 ISDE Achalasia Guidelines. Dis Esophagus 2018;31:1-29.Wirsching A, Zhang Q, McCormick SE, Hubka M, Low DE. Abnormal High-Resolution Manometry Findings and Outcomes after Paraesophageal Hernia Repair. J Am Coll Surg. 2018;227:181-188.e2.Low DE, Kuppusamy MK, Alderson D, Cecconello I, Chang AC, Darling G, Davies A, D’Journo XB, Gisbertz SS, Griffin SM, Hardwick R, Hoelscher A, Hofstetter W, Jobe B , Kitagawa Y, Law S, Mariette C, Maynard N. Morse CR, Nafteux P, Pera M, Pramesh CS, Puig S, Reynolds JV, Schroeder W, Smithers M, Wijnhoven BPL. Benchmarking Complications Associated with Esophagectomy. Ann Surg. 2017 Dec. 4.Schmidt HM, Roberts JM, Bodnar AM, Kunz S, Kirtland SH, Koehler RP, Hubka M, Low DE. Thoracic multidisciplinary tumor board routinely impacts therapeutic plans in patients with lung and esophageal cancer: a prospective cohort study. Ann Thorac Surg 2015;99:1719-1724.Low DE, Alderson D, Cecconello I, Chang AC, Darling GE, D’Journo XB, Griffin SM, Holscher AH, Hofstetter WL, Jobe BA, Kitagawa Y, Kucharczuk JC, Law SY, Lerut TE, Maynard N, Pera M, Peters JH, Pramesh CS, Reynolds JV, Smithers BM, van Lanschot JJ. International Consensus on Standardization of Data Collection for Complications Associated With Esophagectomy: Esophagectomy Complications Consensus Group (ECCG). Ann Surg 2015;262:286-294.Markar SR, Schmidt H, Kunz S, Bodnar A, Hubka M, Low DE. Evolution of standardized clinical pathways refining multidisciplinary care and process to improve outcomes of the surgical treatment of esophageal cancer. J Gastrointest Surg 2014;18:1238-1246.