Jasleen Kukreja, MD, MPH
Professor
Surgery
School of Medicine

jasleen.kukreja@ucsf.edu 415-353-4145

Dr. Jasleen Kukreja is a cardiothoracic surgeon and director of the Lung Transplant Program at UCSF Medical Center. She is also director of the adult respiratory mechanical circulatory support program. She performs lung transplant surgery and lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema, and treats patients with tumors of the chest, including lung cancer, esophageal cancer, mediastinal tumors and mesothelioma.

Kukreja is the associate director of UCSF's lung transplant research division of cardiothoracic surgery.

Kukreja earned a medical degree at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She completed residencies in general surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and in cardiothoracic surgery at UCSF. She completed fellowships in general surgery and thoracic surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and also completed extensive training in designing clinical trials, studies that evaluate potential treatments' safety and efficacy. She has a master's degree in public health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Kukreja has received many professional honors, including the Pharmacia/Upjohn Trauma Research Competition Award, John A. Mannick Research Award and an excellence in teaching award from Harvard Medical School.

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2018
  • M.D. School of Medicine University of California Los Angeles 1994
  • Postdoctoral Studies Graduate Division University of California, San Francisco

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Publications (129)

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Tissue and Organ ProcurementPrimary Graft DysfunctionSwimming PoolsExtracorporeal CirculationLung TransplantationOrgan PreservationIdiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisLung DiseasesExtracorporeal Membrane OxygenationCystic FibrosisConsensusTransplant RecipientsLungTissue DonorsFrailty