Dr. Steven James Mentzer MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
75 Francis Street Brigham & Womens Hos Boston MA, 02115Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Mentzer received his MD in 1981 from the University of Minnesota. He completed his general surgery training at Brigham and Women's Hospital and his cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at the Univers ...
Education and Training
Univ of Mn Med Sch-Minneapolis, Minneapolis Mn 1981
University of Minnesota Medical School
University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine 1981
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Surgical Critical Care
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- 1989
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Health-related quality of life improves following pulmonary rehabilitation and lung volume reduction surgery.
- Model of functional restriction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, transplantation, and lung reduction surgery.
- Causes of allograft dysfunction after single lung transplantation for emphysema: extrinsic restriction versus intrinsic obstruction. Brigham and Women's Hospital Lung Transplantation Group.
- Treatment of patients with lung cancer and severe emphysema.
- Angiocentric recruitment of lymphocytes into the lung after the intrabronchial instillation of antigen.
- Dendritic cells in the pathophysiology of sarcoidal reactions.
- Generation of sheep X (sheep X mouse) heterohybridoma cell line expressing the beta-1 integrin membrane molecule.
- Stochastic regulation of cell migration from the efferent lymph to oxazolone-stimulated skin.
- Aldehyde fixation of thiol-reactive fluorescent cytoplasmic probes for tracking cell migration.
- Inspiratory lung impedance in COPD: effects of PEEP and immediate impact of lung volume reduction surgery.
- Cell adhesion molecule expression in the sheep thymus.
- Bronchoscopic volume reduction: a safe and effective alternative to surgical therapy for emphysema.
Awards
- 2011 Boston Super Doctors
Treatments
- Esophageal Cancer, Lung Transplant, Mediastinal Tumors
- Lung Cancer
Dr. Steven James Mentzer MD's Practice location
Practice At 75 Francis Street Brigham & Womens Hospital Division Of Thoracic Sur
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