Thomas K. Varghese Jr., M.D.
Patient Services:Surgical Specialties Center at UWMC Academic Office:Phone: (206) 543-3093 E-mail: Fax: (206) 543-0325 Address: |
Assistant Professor
Faculty Appointment:
University of Washington, Assistant Professor, 2007 - present.
Education:
Fellowships:
Research Fellowship in Transplantation, Northwestern University, 2001-03.
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2005-07.
Residency: General Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1998 - 2005.
M.S.: Clinical Investigation, Northwestern University, Chicago, 2003.
M.B.B.S. / M.D. Degree: Government Medical College – Trivandrum, University of Kerala, India, 1996.
Board Certified: American Board of Surgery, 2006.
Clinical Interests:
General Thoracic Surgery:
- Benign and malignant diseases of the lung, esophagus, chest wall and mediastinum;
- Lung Transplantation.
Research Interests:
Surgical Education, Clinical Outcomes in Thoracic Surgery.
Selected Publications:
Varghese TK, Marshall B, Chang AC, Pickens A, Lau CL, Orringer MB.
Surgical treatment of epiphrenic diverticula: A 30-year experience. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, accepted, 2007.
Hummel M, Yan S, Li Z, Varghese TK, Abecassis MI. Transcriptional reactivation of murine cytomegalovirus i.e. gene expression by 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine and trichostatin A in latently infected cells despite lack of methylation of the major immediate-early promoter. J Gen Virol, 88; 1097-1102, 2007.
Varghese TK. Interleukin-6 regulation of direct lung ischemia-reperfusion injury. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 82(2):478-9, 2006.
Kim SJ, Varghese TK, Zhang Z, Zhao LC, Thomas G, Hummel M, Abecassis M. Renal ischemia / reperfusion injury activates the enhancer domain of the human cytomegalovirus major immediate early promoter. Am J Transplant, 5(7):1606-13, 2005.
Varghese TK, Sundaresan S. Endoscopic management of central airway and esophageal obstruction and fistulae. Clinical Pulmonary Medicine, 12:32-41, 2005.
reviewed 7/07