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Meet Dr. Kwon
Christopher C. Kwon, M.D.
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EDUCATION |
Fellowship
2002 - 2004 |
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale University
SOM, New Haven, CT |
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Resident
1997 - 2002 |
General Surgery
University Hospitals of Cleveland,
Case Western Reserve University SOM, Cleveland, OH |
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Medical
1993 - 1997 |
Degree: M.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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Research Assistant
1992 - 1993 |
Clinical Research Assistant
Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA |
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Undergraduate
1988 - 1992 |
Degree: B.S.
Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Tech, Cambridge, MA |
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PROFESSIONAL
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Staff Surgeon,
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix,
AZ 2004-present
St. Lukes Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix Memorial Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
Banner Estrella Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
Carl Hayden VA Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
2004 - Present
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CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE
General Surgery, Board Certified, 2003
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Board Certified, 2004
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AWARDS & HONORS
1994 Rudin Family Scholarship, Albert Einstein College of
Medicine
1996 Research Stipend, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1997 First Place, Basic Science Poster/Oral Presentation,
AMSA 47th Annual Convention, sponsored by the NIH/AAMC,
Orlando, FL
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MEMBERSHIP
American Medical Association, since 1993
American College of Surgeons, Candidate Group, since 1999
Society of Thoracic Surgeons, since 2006
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Welman Laboratory of
Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard
Medical School, Boston, MA, June 1991 - August 1991.
- Cytotoxicity of dexamethasone on cultured human Tenon's
capsule fibroblasts
- Efficiency of methylene blue and reactive black in laser
sclerostomy
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Entertainment
and Information Technologies Group, Media Laboratory,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA,
January 1990 - June 1992.
- Undergraduate thesis: a stream
processing decoder for vector encoded images
Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics,
Boston City Hospital, Boston University School of Medicine,
Boston, MA, June 1992 - June 1993.
- Physiologic and psychologic changes in children exposed to
cocaine in-utero
Department of Cell Biology and Immunology, Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, Bronx, NY,
June 1994 - August 1994.
- Binding Affinity and Mechanism of Action of Murine H2-Kb
Division of Vascular Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, June 1996 -
November 1996.
- Inhibition of Human Arterial Smooth Muscle Cell Growth
Using Antisense Oligonucleotides to c-myb in an in-vitro
Injury Model
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JOURNALS
1. Needlman R, Frank DA, Cabral H,
Mirochnick M, Kwon CC, Zuckerman B. Blood pressure in
children exposed prenatally to cocaine. Clin Pediatr
1998;37:659-664.
2. Kaplan DB, Kwon CC, Marin ML, Hollier LH.
Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms in
patients with congenital renal vascular anomalies. J Vasc
Surg 1999;30:407-16.
3. Kwon CC, Gill I, Fallon WF, Yowler C, Akhrass R,
Temis RT, Malangoni MA. Delayed operative intervention in
the management of traumatic descending thoracic aortic
rupture. Ann Thorac Surg 2002;74:S1888-S1891. (presented at
the Aortic Surgery Symposium VIII, New York, NY, May 2-3,
2002.)
B. BOOK CHAPTERS
1. Sanchez LA, Wain RA, Ohki T, Marin ML, Kwon CC,
Veith FJ. Endovascular graft treatment for peripheral
arterial occlusive disease. In Current Surgical Therapy
6th Ed. edited by Cameron JL. 1998, pp. 801-806.
C. ABSTRACTS
1. Kwon CC, Ohki T, Lyon RT, Wain RA, Veith FJ, Marin
ML. Inhibition of Human Arterial Smooth Muscle Cell
Migration Using c-myb Antisense Oligonucleotides in an
in-vitro Injury Model. The FASEB Journal 1997;11(3):A216,
abstract #1255.
D. EXHIBITS & PRESENTATIONS
1. Ohki T, Marin ML, Veith FJ, Yuan JG, Ohki M,
Soundararajan K, Sanchez LA, Wain RA, Marty B, Kwon CC,
Lyon RT. Increased Anastomotic Intimal Hyperplasia Following
Endovascular Grafting: Comparison Between Conventional and
Endoluminal Techniques. Association for Academic Surgery,
30th Annual Meeting (Poster Session) Chicago, Illinois,
November 13-16, 1996.
2. Kwon CC, Ohki T, Lyon R, Wain RA, Veith FJ, Marin
ML. Inhibition of Human Arterial Smooth Muscle Cell Growth
Using c-myb Antisense Oligonucleotides in an in-vitro Injury
Model. The Young Investigator Research Symposium (Oral
Presentation), Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York,
January 6, 1997.
3. Kwon CC, Ohki T, Lyon RT, Wain RA, Veith FJ, Marin
ML. Inhibition of Human Arterial Smooth Muscle Cell
Migration Using c-myb Antisense Oligonucleotides in an
in-vitro Injury Model. The AMSA 47th Annual Convention, NIH/AAMC
sponsored Oral Presentation, Orlando, Florida, March 20-23,
1997.
4. Kwon CC, Ohki T, Lyon RT, Wain RA, Veith FJ, Marin
ML. Inhibition of Human Arterial Smooth Muscle Cell
Migration Using c-myb Antisense Oligonucleotides in an
in-vitro Injury Model. The FASEB Experimental Biology ’97
Conference
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