April 19, 2007
Cardiothoracic surgery welcomes Dr. Larry Kaiser April 20
Dr. Larry Kaiser, the John Reah Barton Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, will be the 16th Annual Visiting Scholar in Cardiothoracic Surgery on April 20.
In addition to participating in teaching rounds and research presentations, Kaiser will give a lecture, A Surgeon’s Assault on the Thymus Gland, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., K-069 Health Sciences Center. A reception will follow the lecture.
Kaiser, who is also surgeon-in-chief of the UPHS, earned his medical degree from Tulane University and completed his residency in surgery at the University of California at Los Angeles. He completed his education in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at the University of Toronto, where he served as senior resident in thoracic surgery. He joined the faculty on the Thoracic Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center following completion of his residency. In 1988, Kaiser was recruited to Washington University School of Medicine to join his mentor, Dr. Joel Cooper, where he ultimately rose to the rank of associate professor with tenure in 1990. Kaiser came to Penn in 1991 as associate professor of surgery, chief of general thoracic surgery, founder and director of the Lung Transplantation Program, and director of the Center for Lung Cancer and Related Disorders.
In collaboration with Dr. Steven Albelda of the Department of medicine, Kaiser also co-directs the Thoracic Oncology Research Laboratory. His areas of interest include lung cancer, malignant mesothelioma, and mediastinal tumors. He serves as principal investigator of Penn’s grant for the National Emphysema Treatment Trial that evaluates lung volume reduction surgery for patients suffering from end-stage emphysema. Kaiser is one of the pioneers in the technique of video thoracoscopy, for which he designed and patented a set of instruments.
For more information, contact Georgia Barroso at 206-543-3093 or georgie@u.washington.edu.
