- Departments
- Thoracic Surgery
- Department of Surgery
Specialties
- Cancer Center
- Thoracic Cancers
- Transplant Center
- Lung Transplant
- Clinical Interests
- Lung cancer
- Esophageal cancer
- VATS / Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
- Mediastinal tumors (Thymoma, Schwannoma, Germ Cell Tumors)
- Diaphragmatic hernias, GERD, Barretts esophagus, Achalasia
- Surgical management of tracheal and bronchial disorders
- Lung transplant
- Medical Education
- MD, Tufts University School of Medicine
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Board Certifications
- Surgery, American Board of Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery), American Board of Thoracic Surgery
- Accepting New Patients
- Yes
- Insurances Accepted
- Aetna Health Inc.
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Publications
View my most recent publications at PubMed
BOOK CHAPTERS
1. Muniappan A and Mathisen D, "The Management of Acquired Esophageal Respiratory Tract Fistula," in Current Surgical Therapy, Tenth Edition, Edited by Cameron J, In press 2010
2. Muniappan A and Mathisen D, "Surgery of the Trachea and Bronchi in the Elderly" in Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Elderly, Edited by Katlic M, In press 2010
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