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Jasleen Kukreja, M.D., MPH

Jasleen Kukreja, M.D., MPH

  • Professor of Surgery
  • Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Doris F. and Donald G. Fisher Distinguished Professor
  • Director, Lung Transplantation
  • Director, Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion
  • Director, Advanced Lung Disease ECMO Support

Contact Information

Academic Office
500 Parnassus Ave., MUW 405, Box, 0118
San Francscisco, CA 94143
Tel: 415-514-0262
Email: [email protected]
Assistant: TBD
Lung Transplant Program
400 Parnassus Ave., 5/F, Suite 501, Box 0115
San Francisco, CA 94143
Tel: 415-353-4145
Fax: 415-353-4166
Thoracic Surgery & Oncology Clinic
1600 Divisadero St., 4th Floor, Box 1674
San Francisco, CA 94115
Clinic: 415-885-3882
Fax: 415-353-7151
 

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  • UCLA School of Medicine, M.D.
  • Harvard School of Public Health, M.P.H.
  • Guru Nanak Dev University,  M.S., Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
  • University of California, Irvine, B.S. Biology
  • UCLA, Intern, General Surgery
  • Brigham & Women's Hospital, Resident, General Surgery
  • Brigham & Women's Hospital, Chief Resident, General Surgery
  • UCSF, Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • UCSF, Chief Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Postdoctoral Research Fellow - General Surgery, 1996-1998
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Clinical Fellow -Thoracic Surgery, 2002-30
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital, CALGB Clinical Research Fellow, Thoracic Surgery, 2003-04
  • American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
  • American Board of Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
  • Thoracic Oncology Program, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Lung Transplantation, UCSF Heart and Lung Transplantation Program
  • San Francisco Veterans Administration Hospital
  • Contra Costa Regional Medical Center
  • Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma (BAC)
  • Carcinoid Tumors
  • Chest Wall Tumors
  • Esophageal Cancer
  • Esophagectomy
  • Lung Metastases
  • Lung Transplantation
  • Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
  • Malignant Mesothelioma
  • Mediastinal Masses
  • Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
  • Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Sarcomas
  • Small-Cell Lung Cancer
  • Tracheal Tumors
  • Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)
  • Clinical trials for new surgical modalities
  • Novel therapies for lung cancer

Jasleen Kukreja, M.D., MPH is professor of surgery in the Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery at UCSF and Doris F. and Donald G. Fisher Distinguished Professor in Pulmonary Therapies and Science Kukreja is program and surgical director of the UCSF Medical Center Lung Transplant Program and director of the adult respiratory mechanical circulatory support (ECMO) program.

Kukreja earned a medical degree at the UCLA School of Medicine and completed residencies in general surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and in cardiothoracic surgery at UCSF. She completed fellowships in general surgery and thoracic surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and completed extensive training in the design of clinical trials. She also earned a master's degree in public health at the Harvard School of Public Health. Kukreja has received numerous professional honors including the Pharmacia/Upjohn Trauma Research Competition Award, John A. Mannick Research Award and Excellence in Teaching Award at Harvard Medical School. 

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  1. Aguilar OA, Qualls AE, Gonzalez-Hinojosa MDR, Obeidalla S, Kerchberger VE, Tsao T, Singer JP, Looney MR, Raymond W, Hays SR, Golden JA, Kukreja J, Shaver CM, Ware LB, Christie J, Diamond JM, Lanier LL, Greenland JR, Calabrese DR, LTOG Investigators. MICB Genomic Variant is Associated with NKG2D-mediated Acute Lung Injury and Death. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 Oct 25. View in PubMed
  2. Prather AA, Gao Y, Betancourt L, Kordahl RC, Sriram A, Huang CY, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Calabrese DR, Venado A, Greenland JR, Singer JP. Disturbed sleep is associated with worse patient-reported outcomes and chronic lung allograft dysfunction after lung transplantation. medRxiv. 2023 Oct 13. View in PubMed
  3. Bromberger B, Brzezinski M, Kukreja J. Outcomes of Lung Transplantation for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Glass Half Full or Still Half Empty? Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 Oct 08. View in PubMed
  4. Santos J, Wang P, Shemesh A, Liu F, Tsao T, Aguilar OA, Cleary SJ, Singer JP, Gao Y, Hays SR, Golden J, Leard LE, Kleinhenz ME, Kolaitis NA, Shah RJ, Venado A, Kukreja J, Weigt SS, Belperio JA, Lanier LL, Looney MR, Greenland JR, Calabrese DR. CCR5 drives NK cell-associated airway damage in pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury. JCI Insight. 2023 Oct 03. View in PubMed
  5. Greenland JR, Guo R, Lee S, Tran L, Kapse B, Kukreja J, Hays SR, Golden JA, Calabrese DR, Singer JP, Wolters PJ. Short airway telomeres are associated with primary graft dysfunction and chronic lung allograft dysfunction. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2023 Aug 28. View in PubMed
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