Dr. Matthew Galen Hartwig M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
2100 Erwin Rd Durham NC, 27705Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Matthew Hartwig is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Durham, NC. Dr. Hartwig specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Hartwig typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- 2010
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Multiseptate gallbladder.
- Surgical site infections following bariatric surgery in community hospitals: a weighty concern?
- Thoracoscopic lobectomy: the gold standard for early-stage lung cancer?
- In the face of chronic aspiration, prolonged ischemic time exacerbates obliterative bronchiolitis in rat pulmonary allografts.
- The trade-off of using positive-smoking donor lungs.
- Significance of and risk factors for the development of central airway stenosis after lung transplantation.
- Use of lung allografts from brain-dead donors after cardiopulmonary arrest and resuscitation.
- A comparative analysis of bronchial stricture after lung transplantation in recipients with and without early acute rejection.
- Antibody desensitization therapy in highly sensitized lung transplant candidates.
- Cromolyn ameliorates acute and chronic injury in a rat lung transplant model.
- Assessment of different threshold preoperative glomerular filtration rates as markers of outcomes in lung transplantation.
- The Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKDEPI) equation best characterizes kidney function in patients being considered for lung transplantation.
- Bridge to lung transplantation and rescue post-transplant: the expanding role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
- Induction chemoradiation therapy prior to esophagectomy is associated with superior long-term survival for esophageal cancer.
- Single-lung transplantation in the United States: what happens to the other lung?
Fellowships
- Duke University, Surgery, Thoracic, NC, USA 2011
- Thoracic Surgery, Research Fellow, Duke University Medical Center 2003
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Nearest Hospitals
DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALl
PO BOX 3814 DUMC ERWIN RD DURHAM NC 27710DUKE REGIONAL HOSPITALl
3643 N ROXBORO ROAD DURHAM NC 27704