Department of Surgery

e-mail: Joseph B. Zwischenberger, M.D.
Tel:(859) 323-6013
Fax:(859) 323-1045

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Joseph B. Zwischenberger, M.D.
Johnston-Wright Professor of Surgery
Chairman, Department of Surgery
Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School
University of Kentucky

Residency
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Fellowships
Cardiac Division, NIH
Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Michigan
Critical Care, University of Michigan

Research and Practice Interests
- Oxygenation and CO2 Removal during Acute Respiratory Failure
- Severe Respiratory Failure Unresponsive to Conventional Medical Management
- Multiple Modality Treatment of Resectable Esophageal Cancer
- Physiology of Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB)
- Perfusion-Induced Systemic Hyperthermia for Advanced Lung Cancer