Additional Title:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Location:
UMMC N4E35
Phone (Primary):
410-328-6366
Fax:
410-328-0693
1984-1988 A.B., English, Magna cum laude, Honors in Creative Writing, Brown University, Providence, RI
1989-1993 M.D., New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
1993-1994 Internship, General Surgery, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
1994-1998 Residency, General Surgery, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
1998-2000 Residency, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
2000-2001 Fellowship, General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Dr. Whitney Burrows received his medical degree from New York University Medical School. He completed his surgical residency at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Upon completion of his fellowship at Barnes Hospital-Washington University in St. Louis, Dr. Burrows spent a year at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, advancing his training in general thoracic surgery.
He holds the title of assistant professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. In addition, he is a member of the University of Maryland Division of Thoracic Surgery and the Thoracic Oncology Program at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Esophageal Cancer, Lung Cancer, Mediastinal Tumors, Esophageal Disease (Benign), Lung Nodules, Diaphragmatic Hernia/Paraesophageal Hernia, Reflux, Malignant Pleural effusions , Pneumothorax, Emphysema, Hyperhidrosis
1. DeYoung CM, Edelman MJ, Patel A, Krasna MJ, Line BR, Burrows W, Guo C, Suntharalingam M The ability of whole body FDG18 PET to predict pathological response to induction chemoradiotherapy in stage IIIA and IIIB non-small cell lung cancer. Results of a phase I/II subanalysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2004 Sept 60(1): S202: 122 doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.06.147
2. Edelman MJ, Paulus R, Suntharalingam M, Krasna M, Burrows W, Gore EM, Yom SS, Choy H. RTOG 0229: A Phase II Trial of Concurrent Chemotherapy and Full Dose Radiotherapy Followed by Surgical Resection and Consolidative Therapy for Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung. J Thor Oncol. 2011 Jun 6(6):S375-6
3. TM Sundtand WM Burrows: Complications in Aortic Surgery. InComplications in Cardiothoracic Surgery: Avoidance and Treatment, AG Little, Ed., 2004.
4. WM Burrows and MJ Krasna. Staging Techniques for Carcinoma of the Esophagus. In Sabiston & Spencer: Surgery of the Chest, 7th ed. FW Sellke, PJ del Nido, SJ Swanson, Eds. 2005.
5. JS Ha and WM Burrows: Principles of Thoracic Surgery. In National Medical Series, S Kavic, Ed, 2014.
1991 James Ewing Foundation Fellowship
1992-1993 American Cancer Society Scholarship
1993 Alpha Omega Alpha
1998 The Arthur H. Aufses, Sr. Outstanding Chief Resident, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2000 St. Louis Thoracic Society Annual Case Presentation Award
2016 The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
2004 NIH R21 Co-Principle Investigator iNOS, COX-2, and Arginase in murine models of reflux esophagitis, Barrett’s esophagus, and Barrett’s associated adenocarcinoma funding expired 2004)
2015 NIH RO1 Co-Investigator Non-invasive Biomarker Panels for Early Detection of Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma
1999-2004 ACOSOG Z0030: A randomized trial of mediastinal lymph node sampling versus complete lymphadenectomy during pulmonary resection in the patient with N0 N1 non-small cell lung cancer (closed)
1999-2004 ACOSOG Z0040: A prospective study of prognostic significance of occult micrometastases in the patient with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (closed)
2003-2005 Pleural/Peritoneal Lavage Cytology as an Adjuvant Staging Procedure for Esophageal Cancer (closed)
2014-Present Phase III Randomized Study of Lobectomy Versus Sublobar Resection in Patients With Peripheral Peripheral Stage IA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (CALGB – 140503Small)
Esophageal Cancer, Lung Cancer, Mediastinal Tumors, Esophageal Disease (Benign), Lung Nodules, Diaphragmatic Hernia/Paraesophageal Hernia, Reflux, Malignant Pleural effusions , Pneumothorax, Emphysema, Hyperhidrosis
1993-present Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Society
2001-2002 The Priestly Society
2009-present Society of Thoracic Surgeons
2016-present Gold Humanism Honor Society: The Arnold P. Gold Foundation