Sandra L Starnes, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery College of Medicine University of Cincinnati

Answers questions in the following forums:

• Esophageal Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Lung diseases

NetWellness Articles associated with this Author:

	Article Name	Forum
	Rare Cancer Linked to Advanced Acid Reflux Disease	Esophageal Cancer
	What is Lung Cancer?	Lung Cancer
	Chronically Sweaty Hands? Surgery May Help	Skin Care and Diseases

Education:

• 1991- BS, University of Illinois - Champaign-Urbana
• 1995- MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine

Post Graduate Training:

• 1995- 2002- General Surgery Residency, St. Joseph Mercy Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
• 1998- 2000- Research Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle
• 2002- 2005- Thoracic Surgery Residency, Indiana University

Licensure or Certification:

• American Board of Surgery- April 2, 2003

Affiliations:

• American Medical Association
• Candidate Group, American College of Surgeons
• American College of Chest Physicians
• Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society
• Ohio State Medical Association
• Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati
• American Association of University Professors

Partial List of Publications:

• Starnes S, Duncan B, Fraga C, Desai S, Jones T, Mathur S, Rosenthal G, Lupinetti F. Rat Model of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations after right superior cavopulmonary anastomosis. American Journal of Physiology, Volume 283, 2002.
• Starnes S, Duncan B, Kneebone J, Rosenthal G, Patterson K, Fraga C, Killian K, Mathur S, Lupinetti F. Angiogenic Proteins in the Lungs of Children After Cavopulmonary Anastomosis. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Volume 122, 2001.
• Starnes S, Duncan B, Kneebone J, Fraga C, States S, Rosenthal G, Lupinetti F. Pulmonary Microvessel Density is a Marker of Angiogenesis in Children after Cavopulmonary Anastomosis. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Volume 120, 2000.