Penn Medicine Provider
Thoracic Surgery
Edward Cantu, MD, MSCE
He/him
5.0
(35)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Harron Lung Center Perelman

About me

  • Associate Director, Lung Transplantation
  • Director, Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion
  • Director, Lung Transplant Research
  • Director, ILD Service Line
  • Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: Columbia University
  • Residency: Duke University Medical Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
5.0

35 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

November 2024
5.0
5.0
he was very patient w/our questions and gave detailed answers.
April 2024
5.0
5.0
courtesy
April 2024
5.0
5.0
knowledgeable, explained in detail from a-z
December 2023
5.0
5.0
liked the information so that i can make informed decisions

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Cantu is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Mellors PW, Nottingham AN, Casino Remondo B, Shestov M, Planer JD, Peterson AR, Ying Y, Zhou S, Christie JD, Diamond JM, Cantu E, Basil MC, Gill S. Shared roles of immune and stromal cells in the pathogenesis of human bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome , JCI Insight: 2025


Koons B, Mendez JD, Anderson MR, Cantu E, Hartwig M, Merlo C, Pandya K, Vail E, Singer JP, Christie JD. Clinical and System-Level Factors Driving Donor Lung Utilization Decisions: A Qualitative Study , Ann Am Thorac Soc: 2025


Cantu E, Isenberg D, Marquis A, Alcudia A, Yusuf S, Saleh A, Raevsky A, Li F, Harhay MO. A Pilot Study to Capture Provider Perspectives on Clinically Relevant Effects in Thoracic Transplant Trials , Am J Respir Crit Care Med: 2025


Banaschewski BJH, Michki SN, Sitaraman S, Pan R, Wang JY, Stewart D, Goldy MK, Lin SM, Cantu E, Katzen JB, Basil MC, Emtiazjoo AM, Todd JL, Gokey JJ, Kropski JA, Frank DB, Zepp JA, Young LR. Emergence of inflammatory fibroblasts with aging in Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome associated pulmonary fibrosis , Commun Biol, 8: 2025,284


Niethamer TK, Planer JD, Morley MP, Babu A, Zhao G, Basil MC, Cantu E, Frank DB, Diamond JM, Nottingham AN, Li S, Sharma A, Hallquist H, Levin LI, Zhou S, Vaughan AE, Morrisey EE. Longitudinal single-cell profiles of lung regeneration after viral infection reveal persistent injury-associated cell states , Cell Stem Cell, 32: 2025,302-321


Smood B, Vasquez CR, Olia SE, Han JJ, Iyengar A, Patrick WL, Helmers MR, Kelly JJ, Richards T, Usman A, Cantu E 3rd, Takeda K, Langer N, Cevasco M. Early Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Initiation May Improve Outcomes in Select Patients With Primary Pulmonary Hypertension: An Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry Analysis , ASAIO J: 2025


Kukreja J, Campo-Canaveral de la Cruz JL, Van Raemdonck D, Cantu E, Date H, D'Ovidio F, Hartwig M, Klapper JA, Kelly RF, Lindstedt S, Rosso L, Schaheen L, Smith M, Whitson B, Saddoughi SA, Cypel M. The 2024 American Association for Thoracic Surgery expert consensus document: Current standards in donor lung procurement and preservation , J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg: 2025


Wang JY, Michki SN, Sitaraman S, Banaschewski BJ, Jamal R, Gokey JJ, Lin SM, Katzen JB, Basil MC, Cantu E, Kropski JA, Zepp JA, Frank DB, Young LR. Dysregulated alveolar epithelial cell progenitor function and identity in Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome , JCI Insight, 10: 2024,e183483


Jones DL, Morley MP, Li X, Ying Y, Zhao G, Schaefer SE, Rodriguez LR, Cardenas-Diaz FL, Li S, Zhou S, Chembazhi UV, Kim M, Shen C, Nottingham A, Lin SM, Cantu E, Diamond JM, Basil MC, Vaughan AE, Morrisey EE. An injury-induced mesenchymal-epithelial cell niche coordinates regenerative responses in the lung , Science, 386: 2024,eado5561


Evans JF, Ledwell OA, Tang Y, Rue R, Mukhitov AR, Diesler R, Lin SM, Kanth SV, Basil MC, Cantu E, Henske EP, Krymskaya VP. The Bi-Steric Inhibitor RMC-5552 Reduces mTORC1 Signaling and Growth in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis , Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol: 2024


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