Jarrod Predina, MD, MTR
Thoracic Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Thoracic Surgery Perelman
Make an appointmentCall 800-789-7366
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

209 reviews

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November 2025
excellent doctor
October 2025
doctor is very thorough. explains everything that i could understand
October 2025
he is very professional and well respected with fantastic credentials.
October 2025
no doubt at all

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Predina is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Rice D, Singhal S, Niemeyer E, Sarkaria I, Martin LW, Ebright MI, Louie BE, Lee T, Predina JD Intraoperative molecular imaging with pafolacianine in resection of occult pulmonary malignancy in the ELUCIDATE trial , Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 120(2): 2025,294-301

Wang W, Scholes D, Roy M, Singhal S, Kucharczuk J, Jarrar D, Predina J, Pechet T, Sun L, Singh AP, Cohen RB, Langer CJ, Aggarwal C, Marmarelis ME EMBER-Lung: Electronic medical record boosting molecular testing in early stage NSCLC , Journal of Clinical Oncology, 43(16 Suppl): 2025

Krupp K, Leung G, Simon C, Kucharczuk J, Predina J, Hashimoto DA Per oral transthoracic rendezvous for endoscopic closure of persistent gastropleural fistula that failed surgical management , VideoGIE, 10(5 Suppl): 2025,S5

Kimura K, Aicher A, Niemeyer E, Areesawangkit P, Tilsed C, Fong KP, Papp TE, Albelda SM, Parhiz H, Predina JD In situ tumor vaccination using lipid nanoparticles to deliver interferon-β mRNA cargo , Vaccines (Basel), 13(2): 2025,178

Kennedy GT, Azari FS, Chang A, Bou-Samra P, Desphande C, Predina J, Delikatny EJ, Olson M, Rice DC, Singhal S A phase 2 multicenter clinical trial of intraoperative molecular imaging of lung cancer with a pH-activatable nanoprobe , Molecular Imaging & Biology, 26(4): 2024,585-592

Thompson JC, Li S, Jose JS, Predina J, Gupta A, Eruslanov E, Singhal S, Albelda SM, Mangalmurti NS Red blood cells function as reservoirs of tumor DNA , American Journal of Physiology Cell & Molecular Physiology, 326(5): 2024,L646-L650

Toubat O, Han JJ, Predina JD, Goldberg LR, Ibrahim ME Heart transplantation for Uhl anomaly in an adult , JACC Case Reports, 29(10): 2024,102322

Bou-Samra P, Chang A, Guo E, Azari F, Kennedy G, Din A, Pechet T, Jarrar D, Kucharczuk J, Predina J, Delikatny J, Low PS, Singhal S Histology and lung nodule fluorescence in intraoperative molecular imaging with pafolacianine , Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports, 2(3): 2024,432-437

Onwugbufor MT, Soni ML, Predina JD, Knoll S, Hung YP, Mathisen DJ, Colson YL, Gaissert HA Lobectomy for suspected lung cancer without prior diagnosis , Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 116(4): 2023,694-701

Kennedy GT, Azari FS, Chang A, Nadeem B, Bernstein E, Segil A, Din A, Desphande C, Okusanya O, Keating J, Predina J, Newton A, Kucharczuk JC, Singhal S Single-institution experience of 500 pulmonary resections guided by intraoperative molecular imaging , Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, 165(6): 2023,1928-1938.e1