{"id":2544,"date":"2013-09-17T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T19:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.sites.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/dr-long-joins-unc-as-a-thoracic-surgeon\/"},"modified":"2019-07-29T08:44:51","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T12:44:51","slug":"dr-long-joins-unc-as-a-thoracic-surgeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/dr-long-joins-unc-as-a-thoracic-surgeon\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoracic surgeon Jason Long, MD, MPH, joins UNC faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class='image-section'>\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/690\/2018\/05\/long-new-1.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"image2\"><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Jason M. Long, M.D., M.P.H.<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"Long\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/directory\/jason-m-long-md-mph\/\" class=\"internal-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"internal-link\">Jason Long, M.D.<\/span>, M.P.H<\/a>., a thoracic surgeon, joined the UNC Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery on August 1 as an assistant professor of surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Long earned a B.S. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an M.P.H. from Harvard University, and an M.D. from Wake Forest University. He completed a General Surgery residency at the University of Chicago and completed a Cardiothoracic Surgery residency at the University of Michigan in June.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Long\u2019s clinical interests include thoracic oncology (including cancer of the lung and esophagus), lung transplantation, ECMO, minimally invasive thoracic surgery including robotic surgery, and other lung and esophageal surgery.<\/p>\n<p>His research interests include ex-vivo lung perfusion, use of lungs from non-heart-beating donors for transplantation, and international health. He recently became a co-investigator on a<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ct\/news\/EganNIHgrant\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"EganNIHgrant\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> large NIH clinical trial grant<\/a> at UNC, \u201cMore and Better Lungs: Ex-Vivo Perfusion of Lungs from Non-Heart-Beating Donors\u201d (NHLBI grant 1 UM1 HL113115-01A1; Thomas Egan, principal investigator).<\/p>\n<p>To make an appointment with Dr. Long, call (919) 966-3381.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason M. Long, M.D., M.P.H. Jason Long, M.D., M.P.H., a thoracic surgeon, joined the UNC Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery on August 1 as an assistant professor of surgery. Dr. Long earned a B.S. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an M.P.H. from Harvard University, and an M.D. from Wake Forest University. 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