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Leah Backhus

Associate Program Director, Thoracic Track, CT Surgery Residency Training Program · Stanford Health Care

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History

Thoracic Track, CT Surgery Residency · Stanford Health Care
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Thoracic Surgery Clinical Research Program · Stanford Health Care
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VA Palo Alto Health Care System Section · Stanford Health Care
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Thoracic Surgery
University of California-Los Angeles
2007–2009
General Surgery
University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center
2000–2007
Keck Sch of Med of the Univ of Southern Calif
1996–2000

Research

KEAP1/NFE2L2 Mutations Predict Lung Cancer Radiation Resistance That Can Be Targeted by Glutaminase Inhibition
Cancer Discovery · 2020 · 137 citations
Thoracic Endometriosis Syndrome: A Review of Diagnosis and Management
Review · JSLS Journal of the Society of Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeons · 2019 · 130 citations
Global analysis of shared T cell specificities in human non-small cell lung cancer enables HLA inference and antigen discovery
Immunity · 2021 · 118 citations

Natalie Lui
75 papers
Joseph Shrager
73 papers
Mark Berry
71 papers
Douglas Liou
60 papers · 1 as a fellow
Irmina Elliott
33 papers · 24 as a fellow
Brandon Guenthart
24 papers · 9 as a resident
Thomas Varghese
17 papers
Heather Wakelee
16 papers
Lye-Yeng Wong
16 papers · 16 as a resident
Ann Leung
13 papers
Douglas Wood
13 papers
Joel Neal
13 papers

Grants

Imaging Surveillance After Lung Cancer Treatment
Department of Veterans Affairs · I01
Contact PI · Veterans Admin Palo Alto Health Care Sys
2018–2025
A Mechanistic Clinical Trial of JAK Inhibition to Prevent Ventilator-Induced Diaphragm Dysfunction
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
PI · $1.9M · Stanford University
2019–2023