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Matthew Skovgard, MD

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Title(s)Assistant Professor, Surgery
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address500 Parnassus Avenue, #W405
San Francisco CA 94117
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0003-2704-3804 Additional info
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    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NYCardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship07/2025Cardiothoracic Surgery
    New York Presbyterian | Cornell University, New York, NYGeneral Surgery Residency06/2023Surgery
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NYPost-Doctorate Research Fellowship06/2021Tumor Immunology
    Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LAMD (Doctor of Medicine)05/2016Medicine
    University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OHMS (Master of Science)08/2011Physiology
    Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GABachelor of Science06/2010Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Biotechnology Focus
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    American Association for Thoracic Surgery2024  - 2025AATS Clinical Trials Methods Fellowship Course
    American Association for Thoracic Surgery2024  - 2025AATS Foundation Graham Thoracic Surgical Robotics Fellowship
    American Association for Thoracic Surgery2022Finalist - Walton C Lillehei Forum
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center2019  - 2021NIH T32 Surgical Oncology Research Training Grant
    New York Presbyterian | Cornell2018ICU Resident of the Year
    Tulane University School of Medicine2016Tulane 34 Award
    GHHS (Gold Humanism Honor Society)2016Gold Humanism Honor Society
    Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society2016Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Society

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    1. Lobectomy improves disease-free survival over sublobar resection for high-risk stage IA non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 Aug 29. Caso R, Zhou N, Skovgard M, Toumbacaris N, Tan KS, Adusumilli PS, Bains MS, Bott MJ, Downey RJ, Huang J, Isbell JM, Molena D, Park BJ, Rocco G, Rusch VW, Sihag S, Jones DR, Gray KD. PMID: 40886909.
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    2. Nerve Injuries During Thoracic Surgery. Thorac Surg Clin. 2025 Aug; 35(3):355-364. Caso R, Skovgard M, Isbell J. PMID: 40619183.
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    3. Mediastinum. Dec 2024. DOI: 10.21037.med-24-ab061. Long-Term Outcomes and Characteristics of Unresectable or Inoperable Thymic Malignancies. 2024. Bush D, Skovgard MS, Raoof S, Sideris A, Xingzhe L, Oufkir H, Curry M, Tan KS, Araujo-Filho J, Robinson E, Jones D, Ginsberg M, Rimner A, Riely G, Huang J.
    4. Commission on Cancer Standards for Lymph Node Sampling and Oncologic Outcomes After Lung Resection. Ann Thorac Surg. 2025 Feb; 119(2):308-315. Resio BJ, Tan KS, Skovgard M, Dycoco J, Adusumilli PS, Bains MS, Bott MJ, Downey RJ, Gray KD, Huang J, Molena D, Park BJ, Rusch VW, Sihag S, Rocco G, Jones DR, Isbell JM. PMID: 39299477; PMCID: PMC12453556.
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    5. Esophageal Cancer - Clinical Scenarios in Surgery. Wolters Kluwer. ISBN: 9781975213343. 2024. Skovgard MS, Sihag S.
    6. Tumor-Targeted Nonablative Radiation Promotes Solid Tumor CAR T-cell Therapy Efficacy. Cancer Immunol Res. 2023 10 04; 11(10):1314-1331. Quach HT, Skovgard MS, Villena-Vargas J, Bellis RY, Chintala NK, Amador-Molina A, Bai Y, Banerjee S, Saini J, Xiong Y, Vista WR, Byun AJ, De Biasi A, Zeltsman M, Mayor M, Morello A, Mittal V, Gomez DR, Rimner A, Jones DR, Adusumilli PS. PMID: 37540803; PMCID: PMC10592183.
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    7. Imaging CAR T-cell kinetics in solid tumors: Translational implications. Mol Ther Oncolytics. 2021 Sep 24; 22:355-367. Skovgard MS, Hocine HR, Saini JK, Moroz M, Bellis RY, Banerjee S, Morello A, Ponomarev V, Villena-Vargas J, Adusumilli PS. PMID: 34553024; PMCID: PMC8426175.
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    8. Is Routine Chest Radiography Necessary After Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Fine Needle Aspiration? Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 08; 112(2):467-472. Ferguson BD, Jones GD, Skovgard M, Molena D, Huang J, Bott MJ, Sihag S, Park BJ, Adusumilli PS, Downey RJ, Isbell JM, Rusch VW, Bains MS, Jones DR, Rocco G. PMID: 33096072; PMCID: PMC8129953.
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    9. "Two-Birds-One-Stone" Approach for Treating an Infant with Chiari I Malformation and Hydrocephalus: Is Cerebrospinal Fluid Diversion as Sole Treatment Enough? World Neurosurg. 2020 05; 137:174-177. Mathkour M, Keen JR, Huang B, Werner C, Scullen T, Garces J, Skovgard M, Iwanaga J, Tubbs RS, Dumont A, Biro E, Bui CJ. PMID: 32028005.
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    10. Iatrogenic Breast Infarct Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery With Harvesting of Left Internal Mammary Artery. Int J Surg Pathol. 2018 Jun; 26(4):330-331. Sweeney J, Skovgard M, Hoda S. PMID: 29022414.
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    11. Erb’s Palsy and Brachial Plexus Injury. Wiley-Blackwell eLS. Mar 2016. DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0025818. 2016. Garces J, Mathkour M, Skovgard MS, Kaufmann A, Sulaiman AR.
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