SamerKanaanMDFACS, FCCP

Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Cardiovascular Surgery

Robotic Thoracic Surgeon

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Office
4234 Riverwalk Pkwy
Ste 120
Riverside, CA 92505
Phone+1 951-781-3672

Fax+1 951-781-0365

I am a board certified specialist in Thoracic surgery. My expertise is Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Oncology. I do the vast majority of my cases with VATS or Robotically. My passion is Lung and Esophageal Cancers.

Brigham and Women's Hospital/Children's HospitalFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2007 - 2008
University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Fellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2004 - 2007
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1997 - 2004
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 1997
Northwestern UniversityBA, Physics, Honors Program Medical Education, 1990 - 1993

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Marquis Who’s Who in America Award 2010, 2012, 2013
America’s Top Surgeons Award Consumers Research Council of America, 2010, 2011, 2012
Excellence in Patient Satisfaction Award Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, 2011, 2012
Values in Action Service Award St. Joseph Health System, 2012
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts Enterprise EHR, Allscripts, 2012
Values in Action Excellence Award St. Joseph Health System, 2010
Service Excellence Award Queen of the Valley Medical Center Avatar Survey, 2009
Individual National Research Service Award 2001
Finalist Best Teaching Resident Department of Surgery, 1998, 2000
Obstetrics and Gynecology Beatrice Tucker Award Finalist 1996
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society 1996
Vice President Phi Beta Kappa, 1993
Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society 1991
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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PubMed

14 citations
Intratracheal adenovirus-mediated gene transfer is optimal in experimental lung transplantation.
Samer A. Kanaan, Benjamin D. Kozower, Takashi Suda, Niccolò Daddi, Tsutomu Tagawa
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2002-12-01
46 citations
Risk factors for conversion of laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy
Samer A. Kanaan, Kenric M. Murayama, Louis T. Merriam, Lillian G. Dawes, Jay B. Prystowsky
The Journal of Surgical Research. 2002-07-01
17 citations
Clinical and radiographic signs lead to early detection of lobar torsion and subsequent successful intervention.
Samer Kanaan, William D. Boswell, Jeffrey A. Hagen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2006-09-01

Journal Articles

Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Resection for Treatment of Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia in a 2-year-old Child.
S Kanaan, K Shamsuddin, M Silka, W Wells, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Potential for Gene Therapy in Lung Transplantation.
BD Kozower, SA Kanaan, SD Cassivi, GA Patterson, Current Opinions of Organ Transplantation
Adenovirus Encoding Soluble TNF alpha Receptor Ig Co-transfection Prolongs Gene Expression in Rat Lung.
T Suda, T Tagawa, SA Kanaan, BD Kozower, N Daddi, T Mohanakumar, GA Patterson, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Books/Book Chapters

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine.
Chapter: Diaphramatic Pacing
S Kanaan, C DuckoEdition 17,
Medical Management of the Thoracic Surgery Patient.
Page 432 - 438S Kanaan, MT Jaklitsch. Pleural MassesEditors: MI Lewis, RJ McKenna.Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia
Pediatric Surgery.
Chapter: Patent Ductus Arteriosus
S Kanaan, DA BambiniEditors: RM Arensman, DA Bambini, PS Almond.Landes Bioscience, Georgetown
Gene Therapy in Lung Disease.
Chapter: Gene Therapy for Lung Transplantation
SA Kanaan, BD Kozower, SD Cassivi, GA PattersonEditors: SM Albeda.Marcel Dekker, New York
General Thoracic Surgery.
Chapter: Acute and Chronic Mediastinal Infections
SA Kanaan, MJ LiptayEditors: TW Shields.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia
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Abstracts/Posters

Gangrenous Cholecystitis: Analysis of Risk Factors and Experience with Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
LT Merriam, SA Kanaan, LG Dawes, P Angelos, JB Prystowsky, RV Rege, and RJ Joehl, Central Surgical Association, Fifty-sixth Annual Meeting
Vascular Immunotargeting to Lung Graft Endothelium.
BD Kozower, TD Sweitzer, SA Kanaan, T Tagawa, SM Albeda, VR Muzykantov, GA Patterson, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Twenty-second Annual Meeting
Catalase Immunotargeting Reduces Lung Transplant Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.
BD Kozower, TD Sweitzer, SA Kanaan, T Tagawa, SM Albeda, VR Muzykantov, GA Patterson, American College of Surgeons, Eighty-eight Clinical Congress
Huge Right Atrial Myxoma.
AD Vaca, S Kanaan, IN Nuño, J Szenohradszki, and PD Lumb, 43rd Annual Western Anesthesia Residents Conference
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Lectures

Lung Cancer and CT screening.
CME Grand Rounds, Northbay Medical Center
Thoracic Nursing Lecture.
Thoracic Nursing Lecture
Lung Cancer and CT screening.
CME Grand Rounds, Petaluma Valley Hospital
Lung Cancer and More.
Meet The Doctors Lecture Series, The Meadows
Thoracic Nursing Lecture.
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
Management of Postraumatic Retained Hemothorax.
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
The Importance of Documentation: The Medical and Legal Issues.
CME Grand Rounds, Queen of the Valley Medical Center
Health Hearts and Healthy Lungs.
California School Administrators Health and Wellness Institute
To Drink or Not to Drink.
California School Administrators Health and Wellness Institute
Queen of the Valley Goes Tobacco Free.
Queen of the Valley Medical Center
Healthy Hearts, Healthy Lungs: How to Live Longer and Better.
Napa Fresh Aire Festival Lecture
Esophageal Cancer.
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Stage IIIA Lung Cancer.
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Evanston Hospital
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