Traves D. Crabtree is Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Crabtree received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Illinois and his M.D. from Southern Illinois University. He completed his general surgical training at the University of Virginia Medical Center and, during that time, completed a two year research fellowship in surgical infectious diseases and immunology. He subsequently completed his cardiothoracic surgical training at Washington University School of Medicine before joining the faculty.
Dr. Crabtree's clinical practice is primarily at Barnes Hospital but he is also sees patients in his Christian Hospital Northeast office in North St. Louis and in his Anderson Hospital office in Illinois. His practice is focused on thoracic surgery. His particular areas of clinical interest include minimally invasive treatment of benign and malignant lung diseases in addition to management of benign and malignant diseases of the trachea, mediastinum, and esophagus. His primary research interest is related to improving clinical outcomes in lung cancer patients.
PUBLICATIONS:
- Veeramachaneni NK, Crabtree TD, Kreisel D, Zoole JB, Musick JF, Taylor NG, Krupnick AS, Gierada DS, Patterson GA, Meyers BF. A thoracic surgery clinic dedicated to indeterminate pulmonary nodules: too many scans and too little pathology? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009:137(1):30-5. PMID 19154897
- Crabtree TD, Delinger C, ElNapa I, Zoole J, Krupnick S, Dreisel D, Patterson A, Meyers B, Bradley J. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy vs. Surgical Resection for Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in High Risk Patients. JTVS (In Press).
- Crabtree TD. Endobronchial Ultrasound, Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Elsevier Inc. 2009.
- Stefano S, Crabtree T, Baker K, Guthrie T, Curci J, Damiano RJ, Barner HB. Radial Artery Harvesting for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting is Not Associated with Deterioration of Vascular Function of the Donor Limb at Late Follow-Up. Scientific Paper for discussion at ACS Meeting, October 2009,
