DouglasEWoodMDFACS, FRCSEd
Thoracic Surgery • Seattle, WAAdult General Thoracic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cardiovascular Surgery
The Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, University of Washington
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Office
1959 NE Pacific St, BB-487, Box 356410
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195Phone+1 206-685-3228
Summary
- Dr. Douglas Wood is a thoracic surgeon in Seattle, WA and affiliated with UW Medicine. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and has been in practice 30 years. He specializes in adult general thoracic surgery, with a focus on lung cancer, esophageal cancer, chest wall, mediastinum, airway pathology and bronchoscopic and surgical treatment of emphysema.
Education & Training
Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1989 - 1991- Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1983 - 1989
Royal North Shore Hospital, University of SydneyFellowship, Surgery, 1986 - 1987
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1983- Harvard UniversityAB, Biology, cum laude, 1975 - 1979
Certifications & Licensure
WA State Medical License 1991 - 2026
AK State Medical License 2023 - 2024- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Vice-Chair, National Lung Cancer Roundtable American Cancer Society
- Board of Regents American College of Surgeons
- John H Gibbon Jr Honorary Lecture American College of Surgeons, 2020
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Clinical Trials
- IBV Valve System for the Treatment of Prolonged Air Leak Under HDE H060002 - Post Approval Study Start of enrollment: 2010 Apr 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1355 citationsA randomized trial comparing lung-volume-reduction surgery with medical therapy for severe emphysema.Alfred P. Fishman, Fernando J. Martinez, Keith S. Naunheim, Steven Piantadosi, Robert A. Wise
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2003-05-22 - 70 citationsImaging of subsquamous Barrett's epithelium with ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography: a histologic correlation studyMichael J. Cobb, Joo Ha Hwang, Melissa P. Upton, Yuchuan Chen, Brant K. Oelschlager
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2010-02-01 - 339 citationsNCCN Guidelines ® Insights: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Version 4.2016 Featured Updates to the NCCN GuidelinesDavid S. Ettinger, Douglas E. Wood, Wallace Akerley, Lyudmila Bazhenova, Hossein Borghaei
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 2016-03-01
Press Mentions
Time for Change: Women Leading in Cardiothoracic Surgery, a Global PerspectiveNovember 16th, 2020
Wuhan Virus Watch: Nevada and Michigan Governors Reverse Decision Banning Chloroquine TreatmentsApril 2nd, 2020
With Surgeries Delayed, Patients Wait with Anxiety — Some in Pain — as Hospitals Make Way for Coronavirus CasesMarch 30th, 2020- Join now to see all
Professional Memberships
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- Fellow
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- Fellow
- Western Thoracic Surgical AssociationMember
- European Association of Cardio-Thoracic SurgeryMember
- European Society of Thoracic SurgeryMember
- Royal College of Surgeons of EdinburghFellow
- Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and IrelandMember
- General Thoracic Surgical ClubMember
- La Sociedad Mexicana de Cirujanos Torácicos GeneralesMember
- Society of Thoracic RadiologyMember
- Society of Surgical ChairsMember
- American Surgical AssociationMember
- Society of Clinical SurgeryMember
- Seattle Surgical SocietyMember
- Women in Thoracic SurgeryAssociate Member
- Thoracic Surgery Directors AssociationMember
- Harvard Varsity ClubMember
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