Assistant Professor, Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine

Thoracic Surgery

Farhood Farjah works in the field of Thoracic Surgery. He attended Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine. Farhood Farjah, MD is a published doctor and has 35 publications published. The lastest was: 'Hiatal Herniation After Transhiatal Esophagectomy: an Underreported Complication.' Farhood Farjah accepts all Medicare patients.

Publications

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• Hiatal Herniation After Transhiatal Esophagectomy: an Underreported Complication.
• Gaps in Guideline-Concordant Use of Diagnostic Tests Among Lung Cancer Patients.
• Imaging surveillance and survival for surgically resected non-small-cell lung Cancer.
• Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and the Risk for Anastomotic Failure: A Report From Washington State's Surgical Care and Outcomes Assessment Program (SCOAP).
• Failure to rescue and pulmonary resection for lung cancer.
• Impact of primary caregivers on long-term outcomes after Lung transplantation.
• Predictors of Imaging Surveillance for Surgically Treated Early-Stage Lung Cancer.
• Ninety-Day Costs of Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Versus Open Lobectomy for Lung Cancer.
• Lung Resection Outcomes and Costs in Washington State: A Case for Regional Quality Improvement.
• Comparative Effectiveness of Skin Antiseptic Agents in Reducing Surgical Site Infections: A Report from the Washington State Surgical Care and Outcomes Assessment Prog...
• A prediction model for pathologic n2 Disease in lung cancer patients with a negative mediastinum by positron emission tomography.
• Utilization of cardiothoracic surgeons for operative penetrating thoracic trauma and its impact on clinical outcomes.
• A general framework for estimating volume-outcome associations from longitudinal data.
• Reduction in Airway Complications After Lung Transplantation With Novel Anastomotic Technique.
• Variation in esophagectomy outcomes in hospitals meeting Leapfrog volume outcome standards.
• Trends in the utilization and impact of radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma.
• Health care utilization among surgically treated Medicare beneficiaries with lung Cancer.
• Surgeon specialty is associated with better outcomes: the facts speak for themselves.
• Training, certification and practice of cardiac and thoracic surgeons in Europe: a comparison of the members of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery an...
• Global differences in the training, practice, and interrelationship of cardiac and thoracic surgeons.
• Safety and efficacy of video-assisted versus conventional lung resection for lung Cancer.
• Surgeon specialty and long-term survival after pulmonary resection for lung Cancer.
• Adverse events after radiofrequency ablation of unresectable liver Tumors: a single-center experience.
• Multi-modality mediastinal staging for lung Cancer among medicare beneficiaries.
• Racial disparities among patients with lung Cancer who were recommended operative therapy.
• Trends in the operative management and outcomes of T4 lung Cancer.
• Temporal trends in the management of potentially resectable lung Cancer.
• When not being superior may not be good enough.
• Hematocrit level and postsurgical outcome: powers of observation.
• Management of Pleural space infections: a population-based analysis.
• Putative ClC-2 chloride channel mediates inward rectification in Drosophila retinal photoreceptors.
• GastroPericardial fistula and Candida kruzei pericarditis following laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication (gastroPericardial fistula).
• Medical and surgical care of our four assassinated presidents.
• The medical and surgical care of our four assassinated presidents.

Schools

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• Or Hlth Sci Univ Sch Of Med

Procedures Preformed

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• Aortic Repair, Open or Repair of Arterial Aneurysm, Open
• Chest CT (incl. Heart and Lungs)
• Decortication and Pleurectomy
• Excision of Tracheal Tumor or Stenosis
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Conditions Treated

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• Aortic Aneurysm
• Aortic Valve Disease
• Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
• Cardiomyopathy
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Doctors Specialties

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• Cardiac Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
• New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell Campus
• University of Washington
• Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine

Hospital

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• UW Medicine/Northwest Hospital & Medical Center

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1316056377
Last Name Of The Provider	FARJAH
First Name Of The Provider	FARHOOD
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