DavidTomCookeMDAssociate Professor

PubMed

• Intersection of Race and Gender in the Cardiothoracic Workforce: Study of Representation and Salary.
  Anastasiia K Tompkins, David T Cooke, Leah Backhus, J Michael DiMaio, Sara J Pereira
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2024-11-08
• Highlighting Racial and Ethnic Pay Disparities in Cardiothoracic Surgery.
  Derek Afflu, Anastasiia K Tompkins, David T Cooke, Walter Merrill, Cherie P Erkmen
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2024-11-05
• The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Expert Consensus on the Multidisciplinary Management and Resectability of Locally Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.
  Samuel S Kim, David T Cooke, Biniam Kidane, Luis F Tapias, John F Lazar
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2024-10-17

Journal Articles

• Cyclosporine treatment of high dose and long duration reduced the severity of graft coronary artery disease in rodent cardiac allografts.  
  Lijkwan MA, Cooke DT, Martens JM, Kown HM, Murata S, Peterson SH, Hoyt EG, Robbins RC, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
• Distance alone does not define the value of the posterior mediastinal route for esophageal reconstruction.  
  Cooke DT, Calhoun RF, Annals of Thoracic Surgery
• The Road to Innovation: Emerging Technologies in Surgery.  
  Chandra V, Cooke DT, Mery CM, Shafi BM, Tavakkolizadeh A, Varghese TK. Mery CM, Cooke DT. eds., Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons
• Teaching surgery to medical students: Perspectives from our mentees.  
  Fuller L, Lin G, Matsui JY, Sobotka SA, Cooke DT, Bulletin of theAmerican College of Surgeons
• The virtual surgeon: Using medical simulation to train the modern surgical resident.  
  Cooke DT, Jamshidi R, Guitron J, Karamichalis J, Bulletin of thAmerican College of Surgeons
• Red tape 101: Coding and Credentialing: Getting past the red tape to maximize your practice.  
  Cooke DT, Smedra J, Broghammer JA, Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons
• Health care policy and the future of surgery.  
  Cooke DT, Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons
• The modern history of U.S. health care reform: A primer for practicing surgeons, residents and associate fellows.  
  Mery CM, Lipert A, Cooke DT, Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons
• Billing, coding and credentialing in the thoracic surgery practice  
  Cooke DT, Gelfand GA, Broghammer JA, Thoracic Surgery Clinics
• Additional pulmonary nodules in the patient with lung cancer: Controversies and challenges.  
  Kim AW, Cooke DT, Clinics in Chest Medicine
• The role of atypical T cells and NK cells in inhibiting primary engraftment of xenogeneic donor rat bone marrow cells.  
  Cooke DT, Nikolic B, Sykes M, Transplantation Proceedings
• Both gamma delta T cells and NK cells inhibit the engraftment of xenogeneic rat bone marrow cells and the induction of xenograft tolerance in mice.  
  Nikolic B*, Cooke DT*, Zhao G, Sykes M, Journal of Immunology
• Comparison of coronary thermodilution and Doppler velocity for assessing coronary flow reserve.  
  Fearon WF, Farouque HM, Balsam LB, Caffarelli AD, Cooke DT, Robbins RC, Fitzgerald PJ, Yeung AC, Yock PG, Circulation
• Microvascular resistance is not influenced by epicardial coronary artery stenosis severity. Experimental validation.  
  Fearon WF, Aarnoudse W, Pihls NHJ, De Bruyne B, Balsam LB, Cooke DT, Robbins RC, Fitzgerald PJ, Yeung AC, Yock PG, Circulation
• The road to clinical xenotransplantation: A worthwhile journey. Analysis and Commentary.  
  Cooke DT, Caffarelli AD, Robbins RC, Transplantation
• A survival comparison of mucin-producing adenocarcinoma of the esophagus to conventional adenocarcinoma after esophagectomy.  
  Zheng DJ, Cooke DT, The American Surgeon
• Overexpression of human Bcl-2 in syngeneic rat donor lungs preserves post-transplant lung function and reduces intragraft caspase activity and interleukin-1? product...  
  Cooke DT, Hoyt EG, Robbins RC, Transplantation
• Cyclosporine A mitigates graft coronary artery disease in murine cardiac allografts: description and validation of novel fully allogeneic model.  
  Tanaka M, Mokhtari GK, Balsam LB, Zwierzchoniewska M, Cooke DT, Kofidis T, Robbins RC, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
• Early inhibition of caspase-3 activity lessens the development of graft coronary artery disease.  
  Balsam LB, Mokhtari GK, Jones S, Hoyt G, Kofidis T, Tanaka M, Cooke DT, Robbins RC, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
• Adenoviral human BCL-2 transgene expression attenuates early donor cell death after cardiomyoblast transplantation into ischemic rat hearts.  
  Kutschka I, Kofidis T, Chen IY, von Degenfeld G, Zwierzchoniewska M, Hoyt G, Arai T, Lebl DR, Hendry SL, Sheikh AY, Cooke DT, Connolly A, Blau HM, Gambhir SS, Robbin..., Circulation
• Primary repair of esophageal perforation.  
  Cooke DT, Lau CL, Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
• Successful treatment of pulmonary Zygomycosis in two transplant recipients with liposomal amphoteric B and partial surgical resection followed by Posaconazole.  
  Cooke DT, Pagani FD, Kaul DR, Cooke KR, Lau CL, Riddell J IV, Mycoses
• Analysis of cervical esophagogastric anastomotic leaks after transhiatal esophagectomy: Risk factors, presentation, detection.  
  Cooke DT, Lin GC, Lau CL, Zhang L, Si MS, Lee J, Chang AC, Pickens A, Orringer MB, Annals of Thoracic Surgery
• Synchronous pulmonary renal cell carcinoma metastases and primary non-small cell lung cancer.  
  Cooke DT, Zheng DJ, Peterson KA, Calhoun RF, Journal of Thoracic Oncology
• Update on cardiothoracic surgery resident job opportunities.  
  Cooke DT, Kerendi F, Mettler BA, Boffa DJ, Mehall JR, Merrill WH, Higgins RSD, Annals of Thoracic Surgery
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Books/Book Chapters

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  Chapter: Contributors 
  Bains M, Cooke DT, Flores R, Gerdes H, Ilson D, Park B, Karpeh M, Harvey-Taylor JEditors: Frazzitta B.AuthorHouse
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  Chikwe J, Cooke DTPlanned publication
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  Chapter: Pickens A Carcinoma of the Esophagus 
  Page 503 - 510Cooke DT, Pickens AEditors: Lewis MI, McKenna RJ, Falk JA, Chaux GE.Saunders, Elsevier
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  Chapter: Chest Trauma 3: Blunt and Penetrating Injuries to the Heart and Mediastinum 
  Page 328 - 341Cooke DT, MacGillivray TEditors: Sheridan R.Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins
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Abstracts/Posters

• MHC-I expression on donor allogeneic embryonic stem cells transplanted for myocardial repair correlates with indices of differentiation.
  Kofidis T, de Bruin JL, Swijnenburg RJ, Lebl DR, Cooke DT, Tanaka M, Robbins RC, The International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation 24th Annual Meeting and SS, San Francisco, California
• Adenoviral overexpression of human Bcl-2 in chronic rat heart allografts suppresses host direct pathway allo-recognition in a non-donor alloantigen specific fashion.
  Cooke DT, Lebl D, Hoyt EG, Fedoseyeva E, Robbins RC, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Gene transfer of human BCL2 into embryonic stem cells enhances cell survival following transplantation into ischemic mouse myocardium.
  Lebl DR, Cooke DT, Kofidis T, Swijnenburg RJ, Tanaka M, Kutschka I, Robbins RC, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Adenoviral overexpression of human Bcl-2 in chronic rat heart allografts suppresses host direct pathway allo-recognition in a non-donor alloantigen specific fashion.
  Cooke DT, Lebl D, Hoyt EG, Fedoseyeva E, Robbins RC, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 12th Annual Cardiovascular Minority Research Supplement, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Minimal microvascular resistance is not influenced by epicardial stenosis severity: animal validation.
  Fearon WF, Aarnoudse A, De Bruyne B, Cooke DT, Balsam LB Yeung AC, Yock PG, Pijls NHJ, European Society of Cardiology Congress, Munich, Germany.
• Overexpression of human copper/zinc-superoxide dismutase (SOD1) suppresses ischemia reperfusion injury and subsequent development of graft coronary artery disease in...
  Tanaka M, Gunawan F, Terry RD, Mokhtari GK, Hoyt EG, Cooke DT, Caffarelli AD, Kofidis T, Robbins RC, The 5th American Transplant Congress, Boston, Massachusetts
• Prolonged cold ischemia in rat cardiac allografts promotes ischemia reperfusion injury and the development of graft coronary artery disease in a linear fashion. Pos...
  Tanaka M, Gunawan F, Terry RD, Mokhtari GK, Hoyt EG, Cooke DT, Caffarelli AD, Kofidis T, Robbins RC, The 5th American Transplant Congres, Boston, Massachusett
• Caspase-3 and -8 blockade reduces ischemia/reperfusion directed apoptosis and inflammatory chemokine and cytokine production in donor rat lung allografts.
  Cooke DT, Lebl D, Hoyt EG, Fedoseyeva E, Robbins R, The 5th American Transplant Congres, Boston, Massachusetts
• Overexpression of human Bcl-2 by adenoviral gene transfer in donor coronary artery smooth muscle cells reduces graft apoptosis and leads to an early TH2 cytokine pro...
  Cooke DT, Pearl JI, Tanaka M, Hoyt EG, Robbins RC, The 5th American Transplant Congress, Boston, Massachusetts
• Gene transfer of human Bcl-2 in donor rat lung allografts limits ischemia/reperfusion mediated inflammatory response and apoptosis and improves post-transplant lung ...
  Cooke DT, Pearl JI, Tanaka M, Cole J, Hoyt EG, Robbins RC, The 5th American Transplant Congress, Boston, Massachusetts
• Embryonic stem cell transplantation elicits a primarily Th-1 host T-cell response.
  Kofidis T, de Bruin JL, Zwierchoniewska M, Swijnenburg RJ, Cooke DT, Lebl DR, Tanaka M, Fedoseyeva E, Robbins RC, The International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation 24th Annual Meeting and SS..., San Francisco, California
• Adenoviral human BCL-2 attenuates early cell death following cardiomyoblast transplantation into ischemic rat hearts.
  Kutschka I, Chen IY, Kofidis T, Zwierzchoniewska M, Takayasu A, Von Degenfeld G, Sheikh AY, Hendry SL, Lebl DR, Cooke DT, Gambhir SS, Robbins RC, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Dallas, Texas
• Adenoviral overexpression of human Bcl-2 in donor rodent lung allografts reduces ischemia/reperfusion injury and improves post-transplant lung function. Poster pre...
  Cooke DT, Pearl JI, Tanaka M, Cole J, Hoyt EG, Robbins R, The International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation 24th Annual Meeting and SS, San Francisco, California
• Adenoviral overexpression of human Bcl-2 in rodent lung allografts improves post-transplant lung function by reducing ischemia/reperfusion injury.
  Cooke DT, Pearl J, Tanaka M, Cole J, Hoyt EG, Robbins R, Oral presentation. 65th Annual Meeting of the Society of University Surgeons, St. Louis, Missouri
• Overexpression of human copper, zinc-superoxide dismutase (SOD1) suppresses ischemia reperfusion injury and attenuates graft coronary artery disease. Poster present...
  Tanaka M, Mokhtari GK, Terry RD, Balsam LB, Kofidis T, Cooke DT, de Bruin JL, Fedoseyeva EV, Robbins RC, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida
• Overexpression of human Bcl-2 attenuates graft coronary artery disease by suppressing ischemia reperfusion injury and immune response during acute rejection. Oral pr...
  Tanaka M, Mokhtari GK, Terry RD, Nakae S, Balsam LB, Kofidis T, Cooke DT, de Bruin JL, Fedoseyeva EV, Robbins RC, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida
• Combined treatment with Epsilon Protein Kinase C activator and Delta Protein Kinase C inhibitor ameliorates ischemia reperfusion injury D.T. Cooke, M.D. C.V. 18 a...
  Tanaka M, Mokhatri GM, Terry RD, Balsam LB, Kofidis T, Cooke DT, Inagaki K, Mochly-Rosen D, Robbins RC, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida
• Targeted adenoviral overexpression of human Bcl-2 in donor coronary artery smooth muscle cells leads to an early Th2 cytokine profile in rodent cardiac allografts..
  Cooke DT, Pearl JI, Tanaka M, Balsam LB, Cole J, Hoyt EG, Robbins RC, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 11th Annual Cardiovascular Minority Research ..., Orlando, Florida
• Early inhibition of caspase-3 activity lessens the development of graft coronary artery disease. Poster Presentation.
  Balsam LB, Mokhtari GK, Jones S, Hoyt G, Kofidis T, Tanaka M, Cooke DT, Robbins RC, The 4th American Transplant Congress, Washington, DC
• Xenogenic Bone Marrow Transplantation and Tolerance: Overcoming the Immunologic and Non-Immunologic Barriers.
  Sykes M, Chen A, Ohdan H, Theodore P, Cooke D, Nikolic B, Yang Yong- Guang, Keystone Symposia-Molecular and Cellular Biology of Transplantation, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
• The role of atypical T cells and NK cells in inhibiting primary engraftment of xenogeneic donor rat bone marrow cells.
  Cooke DT, Nikolic B, Sykes M, The Transplantation Society XVII World Congress, Montreal, Canada
• A single center prospective study on the outcome of a novel virtual bronchoscopic navigation system, Lung Point, in diagnosis of pulmonary lesions and/or mediastinal...
  Ismail H, Herth F, Cooke DT, Yoneda K, CHEST 2010, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Who utilizes thorascopic techniques for non resective non-cardiac thoracic surgery in US academic centers?
  Khashwji H, Wisner DH, Cooke DT, UC Davis Medical Student Research and Poster Forum, Sacramento, CA
• Development and implementation of a novel pre medical surgical internship and mentorship program.
  Afshar J, Cooke DT, Baker AC, Gauvin JM, Danielson DS, Wong MS, Galante JM, Shahlaie K, Santos JJ, Driggers LH, Nakagawa K, Hsieh T, Constantz EJ, Brownfield CP, Wisne..., Pacific Coast Surgical Association 83rd Annual Meeting, Napa Valley, CA
• Size of primary tumor matters in the clinical outcome of N2 positive stage IIIA primary lung cancer after lobectomy.
  Maximus S, Nguyen DV, Mu Y, Calhoun RF, Cooke DT, 14th World Conference on Lung Cance, Amsterdam Rai, The Netherlands
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Lectures

• The Role of Surgery in the Treatment of Esophageal Cancer. 
  Tahoe Forest Hospital, Truckee, CA. (2008)
• Current Treatment of Esophageal Cancer: A Surgical Prospective. 
  University of California, Davis Medical School, Sacramento, CA
• Motility Disorders of the Esophagus. 
  San Joaquin General Hospital, French Camp, CA
• Cardiothoracic Surgery: Everything you wanted to know, but were afraid to ask. 
  American River Community College, Sacramento, CA
• Common Thoracic Pathologies. 
  Department of Medicine Hospitalists Group Group.,, Sacramento, CA
• Cardiothoracic Surgery: Everything you wanted to know, but were afraid to ask. 
  U.C. Davis School of Medicine, Surgery Interest Group, Sacramento, CA.
• Esophageal Surgery and Complex Airway Surgery. 
  U.C. Davis Primary Care Network. UC Davis Medical Group -Folsom, Folsom, CA
• Current Concepts in the Management of Emphysema: Surgical and Endoscopic Therapies. 
  University of California, Davis Medical School, Sacramento, CA
• Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery Sublobar Resection of Intralobar Pulmonary Sequestration after Preoperative Embolization of Systemic Blood Supply. 
  San Francisco, CA
• Esophageal Injury. 
  University of California, Davis Medical School, Sacramento, CA
• Esophageal Cance. 
  11th Annual UCSF/UC Davis Thoracic Oncology Conference, San Francisco, CA
• Current Concepts in the Management of Emphysema: Surgical and Endoscopic Therapies. 
  University of California, Davis Medical School, Sacramento, CA
• Choosing Surgery, Dispelling Myths and Picking Mentors. 
  University of California, Davis Medical Schoo, Sacramento, CAl
• Primary Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Current Concepts. 
  San Joaquin General Hospital, French Camp, CA
• Approaches to Esophageal Reconstruction. 
  University of California, Davis Medical School, Sacramento, CA
• The Role of Surgery in the Treatment of Esophageal Cancer. 
  Sonora Regional Medical Center, French Camp, CA.
• Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Esophageal Cancer, and Other Surgical Considerations. 
  San Joaquin General Hospital, French Camp, CA
• Esophageal Disease and Surgical Considerations. 
  Sacramento, CA.
• Approaches to Esophageal Reconstruction. 
  University of California, Davis Medical School, Sacramento, CA
• Esophageal Cancer and Other Surgical Considerations. 
  Davis, CA
• Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Esophageal Cancer and Other Surgical Considerations. 
• Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Esophageal Cancer and Other Surgical Considerations. 
  Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Sacramento, CA
• Minorities in the Harvard Community. 
  Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
• Current Surgical Treatment of Barrett’s Metaplasia and Esophageal Cancer. 
  CME Presentation. Mercy Merced Medical Center,, Merced, CA
• Choosing Surgery, Dispelling Myths and Picking Mentors. 
  American College of Surgeons 97th Annual Clinical Congress, San Francisco, CA
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Other

• Lung Cancer Surgery Demystified. Where’s the Funding for Lung Cancer. 
  Cooke DT
  http://www.wtflungcancer.com/lung-cancer-surgery-demystified-guest-post-by-dr-david-tom-cooke
• Cervical Esophageal Perforation. CTSNet Image Gallery. 
  Cooke DT
  http://www.gallery.ctsnet.org/
• Sternoclavicular Joint Obstruction of a Gastric Conduit Ten Years afTranshiatal Esophagectomy and Sub-Sternal Pull-up. CTSNet.org. 
  Chae A, Calhoun RF, Cooke DT
  http://www.ctsnet.org/sections/clinicalresources/clinicalcases/article-24.html