Derek P. Nathan - Housestaff Profile

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Department of Surgery
4 Maloney
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Administrative Telephone: 215-662-6156

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derek.nathan@uphs.upenn.edu

Derek Nathan is now in his fifth and final year of clinical training. After his third year of clinical training, Derek spent two years in the laboratory of Dr. Benjamin Jackson of the Department of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, where he investigated the role of wall stress in thoracic aortic pathology, and studied clinical outcomes of cardiovascular disease. Derek plans on pursuing a career in academic vascular surgery, and will pursue his vascular surgery training at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.


Appointments
2006 – 2012	Assistant Instructor in Surgery

2012 - present	Instructor in Surgery


Education/Training
2002 - 2006	University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1997 - 2001	BA in History - Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Memberships/Societies


Research
6/2009 – 6/2011	Harrison Department of Surgical Research University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
	Description: Mentored by Dr. Benjamin Jackson to investigate the role of wall stress in thoracic aortic pathology and the use of several imaging techniques, including ECG-gated CTA and PET/CT, to improve decision-making in vascular disease.

9/2005 – 12/2005	Divison of Thoracic Surgery University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
	Description: Mentored by Dr. Joseph Shrager, a thoracic Surgeon at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, on a clinical research project.

6/2003 – 8/2003	Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
	Description: Investigating the treatment and outcomes of distal femur fractures in children. Funded by a grant from the NIH.

7/2001 – 7/2002	Northwestern University
	Description: Worked as a research coordinator for one year at the Northwestern University Lakeside VA Hospital under the direction of Dr. Charles Bennett. Coordinated a study evaluating shared decision-making in VA prostate cancer patients, and helped enroll patients in a study investigating the relationship between health literacy and colon cancer screening in lower socioeconomic status veterans.

Publications

Xu C, Jassar AS, Nathan DP, Eperjesi TJ, Brinster CJ, Levack MM, Vergnat M, Gorman RC, Gorman JH 3rd, Jackson BM. Augmented mitral valve leaflet area decreases leaflet stress: a finite element simulation. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012; 93:1141-5.
Ullery BW, Nathan DP, Jackson BM, Wang GJ, Fairman RM, Woo EY. Qualitative impact of the endovascular era on vascular surgeons' comfort level and enjoyment with open and endovascular AAA repairs. Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 2012; 46:150-6.
Nathan DP, Woo EY, Fairman RM, Wang GJ, Pochettino A, Desai ND, Bavaria JE, Jackson BM. Stent grafting for aneurysmal degeneration of chronic descending thoracic aortic dissections. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2012; 55:963-7.
Nathan DP, Lai E, Boonn W, Wang GJ, Desai N, Woo EY, Fairman RM, Jackson BM. Natural History of Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer Disease. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2012; 55:10-5.
Nathan DP, Xu C, Pouch A, Chandran KB, Gorman JH, Fairman RM, Gorman RC, Jackson BM. Increased Wall Stress of Saccular versus Fusiform Aneurysms of the Descending Thoracic Aorta. Annals of Vascular Surgery 2011; 25:1129-37.
Nathan DP, Brinster CJ, Jackson BM, Wang GJ, Carpenter JC, Fairman RM, Woo EY. Predictors of Decreased Short and Long-term Survival Following Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in a Large Contemporary Series. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2011; 54:1237-43.
Nathan DP, Xu C, Plappert T, Desjardins B, Gorman JH, Bavaria JE, Gorman RC, Chandran KB, Jackson BM. Increased Ascending Aortic Wall Stress in Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valves. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011; 92:1384-9.
Jackson BM, Nathan DP (co-first author), Doctor L, Wang GJ, Woo EY, Fairman RM. Low Rehospitalization Rate for Vascular Surgery Patients. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2011; 54:767-72.
Shang E, Nathan DP, Carpenter JC, Fairman RM, Jackson BM. Delayed Complications of Inferior Vena Cava Filters: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 2011; 45:290-4.
Nathan DP, Xu C, Gorman JH, Fairman RM, Bavaria JE, Gorman RC, Chandran KB, Jackson BM. Pathogenesis of Acute Aortic Dissection: A Finite Element Stress Analysis. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011; 91:458-63.
Nathan DP, Brinster CJ, Woo EY, Carpenter JP, Fairman RM, Jackson BM. Predictors of Early and Late Mortality Following Open Extent IV Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in a Large Contemporary Single-center Experience. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2011; 53:299-306.
Nathan DP, Wang GJ, Woo EY, et al. Open and Endovascular Repair of Hepatic Artery Aneurysm: Two Case Reports and Review of the Literature. Vascular 2011; 19:42-6.
Nathan DP, Taylor NE, Low DW, et al. Thoracoscopic Total Parietal Pleurectomy for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008; 85:1825-7.
Shrager JB, Nathan D, Brinster CJ, et al. Outcomes after 151 Extended Transcervical Thymectomies for Myasthenia Gravis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2006; 82:1863-9.
Knight SJ, Nathan DP, Siston AK, et al. Pilot Study of a Utilities-based Treatment Decision Intervention for Prostate Cancer Patients. Clinical Prostate Cancer 2002; 1:105-114.
Bennet CL, Price DK, Kim S, Liu D, Jovanovic BD, Nathan D, Johnson ME, Montgomery JS, Cude K, Brockbank JC, Sartor O, Figg WD. Racial Variation in CAG Repeat Lengths within the Androgen Receptor Gene among Prostate Cancer Patients of Lower Socioeconomic Status. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2002; 20:3599-3604.
Adams JR, Nathan DP, Bennet CL. Pharmacoeconomics of Therapy for ITP: Steroids, IVIG, anti-D, and Splenectomy. Blood Review 2002; 16:65-67.