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Errol L. Bush

Errol L. Bush, MD

Thoracic Surgery

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Languages

  • English

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Gender

Male

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:

  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

About Errol L. Bush

Professional Titles

  • Surgical Director, Advanced Lung Disease and Lung Transplant Program
  • Director, Ex vivo Lung Perfusion Program (EVLP)

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Surgery

Background

Errol L. Bush, M.D., FACS, is a thoracic surgeon and surgical director of the Advanced Lung Disease and Lung Transplant Program for the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center. He also serves as director of the Ex vivo Lung Perfusion Program (EVLP). 

Dr. Bush specializes in the surgical treatment of chronic and end stage lung diseases, as well as benign (non-cancerous) and malignant (cancerous) diseases and lesions of the chest. He is skilled in minimally invasive operations such as video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), a type of thoracic surgery performed using a small video camera that is introduced into the patient's chest via a scope to treat lung and esophageal cancers. Dr. Bush also has experience with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a technique of providing both cardiac and respiratory support oxygen to patients whose heart and lungs can no longer serve their function.

His research interests include investigations of outcomes and health disparities related to lung cancer, lung transplant and ECMO patients. Dr. Bush is currently leading several open clinical trials. 

Centers and Institutes

Comprehensive Transplant Center

Videos

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

  • Aiming to Increase the Supply of Donor Lungs with Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion, Johns Hopkins Surgery (Summer 2016)

    Breathing Easier: The Journey from Transplant Patient to Johns Hopkins Nurse, Dome (Nov./Dec. 2020)

Research Interests

Improving clinical outcomes for advanced lung disease and lung transplant

PubMed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Bush%2C+Errol+%5Bauthor%5D

Selected Publications

  • Bigelow B, Toci G, Etchill E, Krishnan A, Merlo C, Bush EL. Nutritional Risk Index: A Predictive Metric for Mortality Following Lung Transplant. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Oct 12:S0003-4975(20)31653-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33058825

  • Hsu J, Krishnan A, Lee SA, Dodd-o JM, Kim BS, Illei P, Yarnoff K, Hamad AA, Rabb H, Bush EL. CD3+CD4-CD8- Double Negative αβ T cells Attenuate Lung Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Nov 2; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31864698

  • Hsu J, Krishnan A, Lin CT, Shah PD, Broderick SR, Higgins RSD, Merlo CA, Bush EL. Sarcopenia of the Psoas Muscles Is Associated With Poor Outcomes Following Lung Transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Apr; 107(4):1082-1088. PubMed PMID: 30447192

  • Krishnan A, Hsu J, Ha JS, Broderick SR, Shah PD, Higgins RS, Merlo CA, Bush EL. Elevated neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio is associated with poor long-term survival and graft failure after lung transplantation. Am J Surg. 2020 Apr 18:S0002-9610(20)30211-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32334799

  • Maredia H, Bowring MG, Massie AB, Bae S, Kernodle A, Oyetunji S, Merlo CA, Higgins RSD, Segev DL, Bush EL.  Better understanding the disparity associated with Black race in heart transplant outcomes: a national registry analysis. Circ Heart Fail. Accepted 30 Oct 2020.  Embargo 19 Jan 2021

Honors

  • Melinda F. and William H. Gates Foundation University Scholar, Duke University
  • Stanley J. Sarnoff Fellowship, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Cardiology
  • Minority Undergraduate Summer Research Program-Sensitivity of p53 lysine mutants to MDM2-mediated ubiquitination, Harvard School of Public Health
  • Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program-The role of glutathione in preventing hepatic dysfunction following hind-limb ischemia reperfusion injuries, Harvard School of Medicine

Memberships

  • Society of Thoracic Surgeons
  • International Society of Heart & Lung Transplant
  • Society of Black Academic Surgeons
  • American College of Surgeons (Fellow)
  • Western Thoracic Surgical Association

Locations

  1. Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
    • 601 North Caroline Street, Floor 8, Baltimore, MD 21287

    Expertise

    Education

    University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

    Residency, Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2013

    Duke University Hospital

    Residency, General Surgery, 2010

    Duke University School of Medicine

    Medical Education, MD, 2003

    Board Certifications

    Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

    American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 2014

    Surgery

    American Board of Surgery, 2010

    Insurance

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    • Aetna
    • CareFirst
    • Cigna
    • First Health
    • Geisinger Health Plan
    • HealthSmart/Accel
    • Humana
    • Johns Hopkins Health Plans
    • MultiPlan
    • Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
    • Point Comfort Underwriters
    • Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
    • UnitedHealthcare
    • Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)