Joseph (Jay) B. Zwischenberger, MD, FACS

  • Chair of the Department of Surgery; Surgeon-in-Chief of UK HealthCare
  • Associate Program Director Surgical Oncology Training Grant
  • Johnston-Wright Professor and Chairman of Surgery
  • Professor of Pediatrics, Biomedical Engineering, and Diagnostic Radiology
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About

Dr. Jay Zwischenberger plays the harmonica as part of music therapy.
Dr. Jay Zwischenberger plays the harmonica as part of music therapy.

Joseph Zwischenberger received his medical degree from the University of Kentucky, College of Medicine. He completed residencies in General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery. He completed a Critical Care/ECMO fellowship at the University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Mich. He also completed a Cardiac Surgery fellowship at the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Zwischenberger is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and Surgical Critical Care and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.

Faculty Rank

  • Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics

Training & Education

Degree

University of Kentucky, College of Medicine

Residency

University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor

Fellowship

Critical Care/ECMO, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor
Cardiac Surgery, National Institute of Health

Certifications and Special Training

American Board of Surgery
American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Research

Research Focus

Development of an artificial lung; development of hyperthermia as a therapy for lung cancer; development of the double lumen cannula for use in ambulatory extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and potential use in other therapies.

Programs

Translational Oncology

College & Department

Contact Information

800 Rose Street, MN264
Lexington, KY 40536-0298
United States

Phone
859-323-6013
Email
jzwis2@uky.edu

Publications

  1. Wang-Zwische double lumen cannula-toward a percutaneous and ambulatory paracorporeal artificial lung.
    Wang D, Zhou X, Liu X, Sidor B, Lynch J, Zwischenberger JB. ASAIO J. 2008 Nov-Dec;54(6):606-11. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e31818c69ab. PMID: 19033774
  2. Artificial lung basics: fundamental challenges, alternative designs and future innovations.
    Nolan H, Wang D, Zwischenberger JB. Organogenesis. 2011 Jan-Mar;7(1):23-7. Epub 2011 Jan 1. Review. PMID: 21289479
  3. Physiologic response to a simplified venovenous perfusion-induced systemic hyperthermia system.
    Ballard-Croft C, Wang D, Jones C, Sumpter LR, Zhou X, Thomas J, Topaz S, Zwischenberger JB. ASAIO J. 2012 Nov-Dec;58(6):601-6. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e318271badb. PMID: 23085942