Assistant Professor, Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Thoracic Surgery

Avedis Meneshian works in the field of Thoracic Surgery. He studied medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is a top medical university. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has a rank of 3 in research and a 29 in primary care He received 2 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FACS)". Doctor Avedis Meneshian, MD is also a published physician. He has 15 paper published. The most recent paper is: Use of leukocyte depletion to decrease injury after lung preservation and rewarming ischemia: an experimental model. He accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.

Publications

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• Novel applications of an injectable radiopaque hydrogel tissue marker for management of thoracic malignancies.
• Signal transduction by reactive oxygen species: alternative paradigms for signaling specificity.
• The physiology of endothelial xanthine oxidase: from urate catabolism to reperfusion injury to inflammatory signal transduction.
• Rapid upregulation of endothelial P-selectin expression via reactive oxygen species generation.
• Retroperitoneal gunshot wound hernia: an unusual cause of early postoperative small bowel obstruction after laparotomy for trauma.
• Femtosecond laser treatment enhances DNA transfection efficiency in vivo.
• Pulmonary Resection for Isolated Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Metastasis: an Analysis of Outcomes and Survival.
• Image of the month. Pulmonary artery pseudoAneurysm.
• Induction therapy for thymic malignancies.
• Human immunodeficiency virus infection as a prognostic factor in surgical patients with non-small cell lung Cancer.
• Prospects of RNA interference therapy for Cancer.
• L-arginine administration during reperfusion improves Pulmonary function.
• Use of leukocyte depletion to decrease injury after Lung preservation and rewarming ischemia: an experimental model.
• Endothelial cells potentiate phagocytic killing by macrophages via platelet-activating factor release.

Schools

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• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Procedures Preformed

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• Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
• Cardiac Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
• Chest CT (incl. Heart and Lungs)
• Decortication and Pleurectomy
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Conditions Treated

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

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• Cardiac Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Select
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Choice Advantage
• Blue Choice Network POS
• Blue Preferred PPO
• CareFirst Maryland POS
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Commercial Insurance Company
• Southern Health PPO
• Coventry Health Care of Delaware PPO
• Emblem Health
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• Geisinger Health Plan
• Golden Rule
• Group Health Cooperative
• Choice Care PPO
• Kaiser Permanente
• Medicaid
• Medicare MCR
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Tricare
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare

Awards

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• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• Johns Hopkins University
• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1669522751
NPPES Provider LastName		MENESHIAN
NPPES Provider FirstName		AVEDIS
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		214017992
NPPES Provider State		MD
Specialty Description		Thoracic Surgery
Total Claim Count		24.0
Distinct Opioid Count		0.0
Opioid Claim Count		0.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.0

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1669522751
Last Name Of The Provider	MENESHIAN
First Name Of The Provider	AVEDIS
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