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Joe Putnam, Jr.
Joe B. Putnam, Jr., M.D.
Room 3A178
Background
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (AB Honors Chemistry 1975)
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (MD 1979)
The Johns Hopkins Hospital General Surgery Residency - Baltimore, MD (1979-1981)
National Cancer Institute - Surgery Branch, National Institutes of Health - Bethesda, MD (1981-1984)
University of Rochester General Surgery Residency - Rochester, NY (1984-1986)
University of Michigan Thoracic Surgery Residency - Ann Arbor, MI (1986-1988)
Univ Texas MD Anderson Cancer Ctr - Dept Thor and Cardiovasc Surg - Houston, TX (1988-2004)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Dept Thoracic Surgery - Nashville, TN (2004 - 2015)
Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center - Jacksonville, FL (2015 - present)
Other Interests
Lung cancer - surgery and multidisciplinary care
Esophageal cancer - surgery and multidisciplinary care
Thoracic sarcomas
Pleural effusion and pleural diseases
Clinical outcome measures
Malignant pleural effusions
Benign esophageal diseases
Pulmonary metastases
Printer-friendlyPractice Areas
- Thoracic
- Minimally Invasive
- VATS
- Thoracic
- Chest wall
- Diaphragm
- Lung
- Esophagus
- Mediastinum
- Pleura
- Trachea and bronchi
- Reconstruction
- Benign disease
- Cancer
- Infection
- Professional Affairs