EdwardCantuIIIMDMSCE

Cardiovascular Surgery

Associate Professor of Surgery, Associate Surgical Director of Lung Transplantation, Director of Lung Transplant Research, Director of Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion, Director of ILD Service Line

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Office
3400 Spruce St
6 Silverstein
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 215-615-6582

Fax+1 215-614-1861

Education & Training

Duke University HospitalFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2007 - 2010
Duke University HospitalResidency, Surgery, 2000 - 2007
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 2000

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 2010 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 2018 - 2023
NC State Medical License 2000 - 2011
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013

Clinical Trials

Novel Lung Trial: Normothermic Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion (Evlp) As An Assessment Of Extended/Marginal Donor Lungs Start of enrollment: 2011 May 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

The 2024 American Association for Thoracic Surgery expert consensus document: Current standards in donor lung procurement and preservation.
Jasleen Kukreja, Jose Luis Campo-Canaveral de la Cruz, Dirk Van Raemdonck, Edward Cantu, Hiroshi Date
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2025-02-01
Longitudinal single-cell profiles of lung regeneration after viral infection reveal persistent injury-associated cell states.
Terren K Niethamer, Joseph D Planer, Michael P Morley, Apoorva Babu, Gan Zhao
Cell Stem Cell. 2025-01-13
Long-term air pollution exposure and the risk of primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation.
Tatsuki Koyama, Zhiguo Zhao, John R Balmes, Carolyn S Calfee, Michael A Matthay
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2025-01-01

Journal Articles

Bidirectional Transfer of Anelloviridae Lineages Between Graft and Host During Lung Transplantation
K M Olthoff, J D Christie, D J Lederer, R G Collman, J M Diamond, A Shaked, A R Haas, E Cantu, K Meyer, American journal of transplantation

Press Mentions

ISHLT Elects New Board MembersJanuary 7th, 2021
New-Found Stem Cell Helps Regenerate Lung Tissue After Acute InjuryMarch 1st, 2018
Scientists Isolate Human Lung Progenitor Cells That Repair Alveolar DamageMarch 1st, 2018