Scholars@Duke
Kunal Patel

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor of Surgery · 2023 - Present Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Surgery

Recent News Items

Published February 22, 2024
NY Post
Cystic fibrosis patient, 26, receives 3rd set of lungs after begging doc to take her case: ‘I was always told that two was it’
Published November 17, 2023
Paragonix Announces World’s First-In-Human Use of BAROguard™ Donor Lung Preservation System by Leading Academic Medical Center

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Recent Scholarly Works

Offline Contextual Bandits for Lung Donor–Recipient Matching: A Retrospective Feasibility Study

Preprint · September 23, 2026 A bstractBackgroundLung donor–recipient matching requires ba ... Full text Cite

A dedicated modular system for open-chest stabilization in thoracic transplantation.

Journal article J Heart Lung Transplant · September 2026 Delayed chest closure is frequently required following heart and lung transplantation due to graft edema, bleeding, size mismatch, or hemodynamic instability, yet current open-chest management strategies rely largely on improvised spacers with recognized m ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nearly twice as many lungs: Is the intervention the donor care unit or the care?

Journal article The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation · September 2026 Full text Cite
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Recent Grants

The Post-Lung Transplant Impact of Alveolar Macrophage Senescence in Aged Donor Lungs

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2025 - 2030

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Education

Medical University of South Carolina · 2019 Ph.D.
University of Virginia, School of Medicine · 2013 M.D.
James Madison University · 2008 B.S.