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Department of Surgery »  Faculty »  Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery »  Jasleen Kukreja, M.D., M.P.H.

Jasleen Kukreja, M.D., M.P.H.

Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Program & Surgical Director, UCSF Lung Transplant Program
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
Co-Director, CODA

Contact Information

(415) 885-3882 Appointments (415) 353-7151 Clinic Fax

Education

  • UCLA School of Medicine, M.D.
  • Harvard School of Public Health, M.P.H.
  • Guru Nanak Dev University, M.S., Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
  • University of California, Irvine, B.S. Biology

Residencies

  • UCLA, Intern, General Surgery
  • Brigham & Women's Hospital, Resident, General Surgery
  • Brigham & Women's Hospital, Chief Resident, General Surgery
  • UCSF, Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • UCSF, Chief Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Fellowships

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Postdoctoral Research Fellow - General Surgery, 1996-1998
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Clinical Fellow -Thoracic Surgery, 2002-30
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital, CALGB Clinical Research Fellow, Thoracic Surgery, 2003-04

Postdoctoral Training

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
  • American Board of Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Program Affiliations

  • Contra Costa Regional Medical Center
  • Lung Transplantation, UCSF Heart and Lung Transplantation Program
  • San Francisco Veterans Administration Hospital
  • Thoracic Oncology Program, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Clinical Expertise

Research Interests

  • Clinical trials for new surgical modalities
  • Novel therapies for lung cancer

Biography

Dr. Jasleen Kukreja is an Associate Professor of Surgery, and Program and Surgical Director of the UCSF Lung Transplant Program. She is a thoracic surgeon who treats patients with tumors of the chest including lung cancer, esophageal cancer, mediastinal tumors, mesothelioma and performs the fully array of thoracic procedures including lung transplantation for patients with lung diseases.


Dr. Kukreja trained at Brigham and Women's Hospital under Dr. David Sugarbaker, and at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, completing fellowships in both thoracic surgery and thoracic oncology. As a CALGB (Cancer and Leukemia Group B) clinical research fellow, Dr. Kukreja received extensive training in the design of clinical trials.


Dr. Kukreja served as Chief Cardiothoracic Resident at UCSF under Dr. David Jablons, Chief of General Thoracic Surgery. She also studied the techniques of minimally invasive thoracic surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center under Dr. Robert McKenna, Jr., Surgical Director of the Center for Chest Diseases.


Dr. Kukreja has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and lectures on surgery for lung cancer, esophageal cancer and mesothelioma. She is also the recipient of numerous professional honors including the Pharmacia/Upjohn Trauma Research Competition Award, the John A. Mannick Research Award, and Excellence in Teaching Award at the Harvard Medical School.

Selected Publications

  1. Kukreja J, Jaklitsch MT. Section IV: selective use of neoadjuvant therapy. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 15: 187-96, Apr/2003.
  2. Colwell AS, Kukreja J, Breuing KH, Lester S, Orgill DP. Occult breast carcinoma in reduction mammaplasty specimens: 14-year experience. Plast Reconstr Surg. 113: 1984-8, Jun/2004.
  3. Rocha FG, Shen KR, Jasleen J, Tavakkolizadeh A, Zinner MJ, Whang EE, Ashley SW. Glucagon-like peptide-2: divergent signaling pathways. J Surg Res. 121: 5-12, Sep/2004.
  4. Kukreja J, Jaklitsch MT, Wiener DC, Sugarbaker DJ, Burgers S, Baas P. Malignant pleural mesothelioma: overview of the North American and European experience. Thorac Surg Clin. 14: 435-45, Nov/2004.
  5. Kukreja J, Jablons DM. Diffuse Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: The Role of Pleurectomy. Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach. 1st Ed 442-50, 12/15/2006.
  6. Kukreja J, Jablons DM. Diffuse Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: The Role of Pleurectomy. Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach. 1st Ed 442-50, 12/15/2006.
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In the News

  • Rock Climber Exceeds Expectations After Double-Lung Transplant at UCSF

    UCSF News - Nov 08, 2012

    "Jimenez went to UCSF's Lung Transplant Program, one of the top programs in the country, according to the latest Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. UCSF is among three out of 70 programs for "higher than expected" outcomes based on complex risk factors.

    The success of the program is multifactorial and a multidisciplinary effort that starts with excellent anesthetic management, meticulous surgical technique and perioperative surgical care, and long-term close surveillance," said Jasleen Kukreja, MD, MPH, program and surgical director of the UCSF Lung Transplant Program."

    Read full story at UCSF News

  • Being Small Has Its Advantages, Especially With Minimally Invasive Lung Surgery

    San Francisco Chronicle - Feb 11, 2007

    Dr. Jasleen Kukreja "is not the first surgeon to perform a minimally invasive lobectomy at UCSF, but she may be a pioneer in the two-finger clamp technique, because her predecessors are men who have a tougher time squeezing in both fingers. Last summer, she became the first doctor to be hired by UCSF to focus primarily on this discipline."

    Full Story in San Francisco Chronicle
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