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Matthew Hartwig

Professor of Surgery
Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Box 3863 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
DUMC 3863, Durham, NC 27710

Overview


Dr. Hartwig is a thoracic surgeon with a clinical focus in lung transplantation and robotic assisted minimally invasive thoracic surgery for the treatment of diseases of the chest.  He serves as the Surgical Director of the Duke Lung Transplant Program and the Esophageal Center at Duke.  Additionally, he directs the Surgical Office of Clinical Research, which manages the clinical research portfolio for the Department of Surgery.  He also leads a successful program of clinical, basic and translational research in thoracic surgery and lung transplantation. He currently directs the Duke Ex Vivo Organ Laboratory (DEVOL), is the Chief of Lung Transplant Research, and is a faculty member at the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI).

Dr. Hartwig has over 150 peer reviewed publications, received numerous awards, chaired many sessions at national and international meetings, serves regularly on NIH study sections, and is on the editorial board of many prominent journals. He has also personally mentored over pre-and post-doctoral trainees, many of whom are now engaged in their own successful research careers.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Surgery · 2022 - Present Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Surgery
Professor of Biomedical Engineering · 2024 - Present Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering

In the News


Published February 1, 2016
Poorer black patients have lower survival from esophageal cancer
Published January 27, 2016
Survival Period for Esophageal Cancer Is Tied to Race and Income

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Recent Publications


Initial Evaluation of the Safety and Performance of Single-Port Robotic-Assisted Thymectomy Through a Subxiphoid Incision.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · May 2025 BACKGROUND: Sternotomy is the traditional approach for thymectomy. However, over the last 2 decades, minimally invasive surgical approaches (multiport thoracoscopic and robotic-assisted surgery) have proven feasible, offering similar survival, lower morbid ... Full text Link to item Cite

Use of a novel donor lung scoring system as a tool for increasing lung recovery for transplantation.

Conference J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · April 2025 BACKGROUND: There is a critical shortage of donor lungs for transplantation. We previously developed a parsimonious, highly discriminatory 9-variable Lung Donor (LUNDON) acceptability score. Here we assessed the utility of this score as a tool for improvin ... Full text Link to item Cite

Predictors of donation after circulatory death lung utilization and allograft survival.

Journal Article J Heart Lung Transplant · April 2025 BACKGROUND: Understanding donor factors associated with successful lung transplantation (LTx) following donation after circulatory death (DCD) is important in optimizing donor management. In this study, we examined critical care and ventilatory factors ass ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


US National OCS Lung Thoracic Organ Perfusion (TOP) Registry

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by TransMedics · 2024 - 2034

Lung Transplant Clinical Trial Network (LT-CTN)

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2028

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Education, Training & Certifications


Duke University · 2001 M.D.