Biography
Kukreja is the associate director of UCSF's lung transplant research division of cardiothoracic surgery.
Kukreja earned a medical degree at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She completed residencies in general surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and in cardiothoracic surgery at UCSF. She completed fellowships in general surgery and thoracic surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and also completed extensive training in designing clinical trials, studies that evaluate potential treatments' safety and efficacy. She has a master's degree in public health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Kukreja has received many professional honors, including the Pharmacia/Upjohn Trauma Research Competition Award, John A. Mannick Research Award and an excellence in teaching award from Harvard Medical School.
Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
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University of California | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training | 2018 | |
University of California Los Angeles | M.D. | School of Medicine | 1994 |
University of California, San Francisco | Postdoctoral Studies | Graduate Division |
Board Certifications
American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Clinical Expertise
Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma (BAC)
Carcinoid Tumors
Chest Wall Tumors
Esophageal Cancer
Esophagectomy
Lung Metastases
Lung Transplantation
Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
Malignant Mesothelioma
Mediastinal Masses
Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Sarcomas
Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Tracheal Tumors
Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)
Clinical Trials
- 10°C Vs 4°C Lung Preservation RCT (NCT05898776)Related Conditions: Lung Transplant, Transplants, Organ Preservation| Start Date: | End Date:
Program Affiliations
Thoracic Oncology Program, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Lung Transplantation, UCSF Heart and Lung Transplantation Program
San Francisco Veterans Administration Hospital
Contra Costa Regional Medical Center
In the News
Research Interests
- Novel therapies for lung cancer
- Clinical trials for new surgical modalities
Publications
- Donor heart and lung procurement: A consensus statement.| | PubMed
- Improvements in frailty contribute to substantial improvements in quality of life after lung transplantation in patients with cystic fibrosis.| | PubMed
- Improved survival after lung transplantation for adults requiring preoperative invasive mechanical ventilation: A national cohort study.| | PubMed
- Mitochondrial DNA Stimulates TLR9-Dependent Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation in Primary Graft Dysfunction.| | PubMed
- Tacrolimus trough monitoring guided by mass spectrometry without accounting for assay differences is associated with acute kidney injury in lung transplant recipients.| | PubMed
- Dectin-1 genetic deficiency predicts chronic lung allograft dysfunction and death.| | PubMed
- Adipose tissue quantification and primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation: The Lung Transplant Body Composition study.| | PubMed
- Portable normothermic ex-vivo lung perfusion, ventilation, and functional assessment with the Organ Care System on donor lung use for transplantation from extended-criteria donors (EXPAND): a single-arm, pivotal trial.| | PubMed
- A nonlinear relationship between visceral adipose tissue and frailty in adult lung transplant candidates.| | PubMed
- Management and clinical outcomes after lung transplantation in patients with pre-transplant Mycobacterium abscessus infection: A single center experience.| | PubMed