Joe B. Putnam, Jr., M.D.
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 – Houston, TX (1988-2004)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center – Dept Thoracic Surgery – Nashville, TN (2004 – 2015)
Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center – Jacksonville, FL (2015 – present)
OTHER INTERESTS
Lung cancer – surgery and multidisciplinary care
Esophageal cancer – surgery and multidisciplinary care
Thoracic sarcomas
Pleural effusion and pleural diseases
Clinical outcome measures
Malignant pleural effusions
Benign esophageal diseases
Pulmonary metastases
