Richard J. Battafarano, M.D., Ph.D.
- Contact Address
- University of Maryland Medical Center
22 S. Greene Street
Baltimore, MD, 21201 - Professional Affiliations
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- University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center
Position held: Chief
Program: Division of Thoracic Surgery
- University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center
- Expertise
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- Lung Cancer Surgery
- Esophageal Cancer Surgery
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Mediastinal Tumors
- Mesothelioma
- Metastatic Cancer to the Lung
- Surgery for Other Tumors of the Chest
- Education
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- Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia
- Residencies
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- University of Minnesota, General Surgery
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Fellowships
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- Unviersity of Minnesota, Surgical Infectious Diseases
- Appointments
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- Associate Professor of Surgery University of Maryland Medical Center
- Website
- Biography/CV (will open new window)
- Biography
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Dr. Richard Battafarano comes to the University of Maryland in 2007 from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where he was assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
He received his medical degree from the Hahnemann University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. He completed a general surgery residency at the University of Minnesota, a cardiothoracic surgery residency at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and a surgical infectious diseases fellowship at the University of Minnesota, where he also earned a Ph.D., in biomedical sciences.
He is the chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery and an associate professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is also a member of the Thoracic Oncology Program at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center.
Dr. Battafarano's areas of special interest include lung cancer surgery, esophageal cancer surgery, Barrett's esophagus, mediastinal tumors, metastatic cancer to the lung and surgery for other tumors of the chest.
