Samer A. Kanaan, MD, FACS, FCCP

Samer Kanaan, MD A Professional Corporation

• September 2016 – present

American College Surgeons, Commission on Cancer Site Reviewer

• March 2021 – present

Riverside Community Hospital

• Attending Staff:
    January 2021 – present

  Medical Director Surgery, Riverside Community Hospital
    December 2021 – present

  Sarah Cannon Thoracic Lead Physician, Riverside Community Hospital
    Member National Thoracic Tumor Board HCA
    Member National Thoracic Surgery Leadership Committee HCA
    March 2021 – present

  Chair Cancer Committee
   January 2022 – present
  
  Designated Surgeon Member
    March 2021 – present

  
  

  Robotic Steering Committee
    March 2021 – present

  CME Committee Member
    Coordinator Critical Care / Pulmonary Review
    October 2021 – present

University of California, Riverside, School of Medicine

• Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
    January 2021– present
  
  Graduate Medical Education Faculty Department of Surgery
    November 2021– present

Saddleback Memorial Hospital

• Attending Staff:
    September 2016 – present
  
  Robotic Surgery Committee Member
    September 2016 – present
  
  Cancer Committee Member
    March 2017 – present
  
  Surgery Peer Review Committee Member
    January 2022 – present

Orange Coast Memorial Hospital

• Attending Staff:
    September 2016 – present
  
  Thoracic Committee Member
    January 2017 – present
  
  Cancer Committee Member
    January 2017 – present

Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center

• Attending Staff:
    September 2021 - present
  

Corona Regional Medical Center

• Attending Staff:
    October 2022 - present
  

Mission Medical Center

• Attending Staff:
    September 2016 – April 2024
  
  

  Medical Director Lung Cancer of Leonard Cancer Institute
    May 1, 2019 – October 25, 2022

  Medical Director Thoracic Surgery, Mission Hospital
    June 1, 2019 – December 2020

  Chair Cancer Committeestrong>
    January 2018 – October 25, 2022

  Principal Investigator:
    October 2020 – April 2024
    Razor Genomics - A Randomized Prospective Trial of Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients with Completely Resected State I or IIA Non-Squamous Cell Lung Cancer Identified as High or Intermediate Risk by a 14-Gene Prognostic Assay

  Principal Investigator:
    January 2021
    American College Surgeons – Return to Cancer Screening: Clinical Study of a PDSA Quality Improvement Project: Lung Cancer

  Principal Investigator:
    November 2020
    Lung Cancer Tissue Spectral Characteristics

  Cancer Liaison Officer
    January 2017 – January 2018

  St Joseph Providence Lung Cancer Workgroup Member
    June 2017 – January 2022

  Mission Hospital Cancer Institute Advisory Board Member
    May 2017 – January 2022

  Robotic Performance Excellence Committee Co Chair
  Robotic Steering Committee Co Chair
    August 2017 – October 25, 2022

  Lung Cancer Screening Program Committee Member
    June 2017 – October 25, 2022

  Cancer Committee Member
    September 2016 – October 25, 2022

St Jude Medical Center

• Attending Staff:
    March 2018 – March 2023
  

St Joseph Medical Center Orange

• Attending Staff:
    January 2017 – June 2022
  

Hoag Newport/Irvine Medical Center

• Attending Staff:
    September 2016 – February 2023
  

Borgess Cardiothoracic Surgery

• Employee
    September 2014 – September 2016
  
  Robotic Surgery Steering Committee
    January 2015 – September 2016
  
  Advanced Robotic Lobectomy Training and Courses
    November 2014/ January 2015 – Atlanta Georgia / New York, New York

Western Michigan University, Homer Stryker School of Medicine

• Assistant Professor of Surgery
    July 2014– September 2016
  

Queen of the Valley Medical Associates

• Employee
    July 2010 – August 2014

Napa Valley Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery

• Employee
    July 2008 – June 2010

Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital

• Director of Thoracic Surgery:
    August 2009 – July 2010
  
  Attending Staff:
    July 2008 – August 2014
  
  Credentials Committee Member
    May 2013 – August 2014

Northbay Healthcare

• Attending Staff:
    July 2008 – August 2014

Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa

• Attending Staff:
    November 2010 – August 2014

St. Helena Hospital

• Attending Staff:
    Februray 2012 – August 2014

Petaluma Valley Hospital

• Attending Staff:
    November 2011 – August 2014

Marin General Hospital

• Attending Staff:
    May 2013 - August 2014

Queen of the Valley Medical Center

• Chairman Department of Surgery
    January 2011 – December 2011

  Vice Chairman Department of Surgery:
    January 2010 – December 2010

  Attending Staff:
    July 2008 – August 2014

  Cancer Committee Chair
    January 2014 – August 2014

  Cancer Committee Member
    July 2008 – August 2014

  Credentials Committee Member
    January 2012 – December 2013

  Critical Care Committee Member
    July 2008 – December 2011

  Chair of Surgical Peer Review Committee
    January 2009 – December 2011

  Surgical Peer Review Committee Member
    July 2008 – December 2013

  Professional Standards Committee Member
    January 2009 – December 2009, January 2013 – December 2013

  Medical Executive Committee Member
    January 2009 – December 2011, January 2013 – December 2013

  Medical Staff Quality Council Committee Member
    January 2012 – May 2013

  Performance Improvement Committee Member
    January 2012 – May 2013

  Tobacco Free Committee Member
    September 2009 – March 2010

  Education Committee Member
    September 2010 – December 2012

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

• Associate Surgeon:

  Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Fellow:

    Division Thoracic Surgery
    Chairman – Dr. David Sugarbaker
    Program Director – Dr. Raphael Bueno
    July 2007 – June 2008

Education

• Clinical Training

  University Southern California
  Fellowship - Cardiothoracic Surgery
  Chairman - Dr. Vaughn Starnes
  July 2004 - June 2007

  Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
  Residency - General Surgery
  Chairman - Dr. Richard Bell
  PGY 6-7 July 2002 - June 2004
  PGY 1-3 June 1997 - June 2000

  Research

  Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
  Research Fellow, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery
  Principal Investigator - Dr. G. Alexander Patterson
  PGY 4-5 July 2000 - June 2002

  Medical School

  Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois
  M.D. August 1993 - June 1997

  Undergraduate

  Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
  B.A. Physics, Honors Program Medical Education
  September 1990 - June 1993

Honors/ Awards

• International Association of Healthcare Professionals
  Leading Physician of the World &
  Top Cardiothoracic and Minimally Invasive Surgeon in California 2014

  Jackson and Coker Cum Laude “Doctor of the Year” Finalist, 2013

  US NEWS and WORLD Report
  TOP DOCTORS in AMERICA Award 2012, Thoracic Surgery

  America's Top Surgeons Award in Thoracic Surgery 2017
  By Consumers Research Council of America

  America's Top Surgeons Award in Thoracic Surgery 2016
  By Consumers Research Council of America

  America's Top Surgeons Award in Thoracic Surgery 2015
  By Consumers Research Council of America

  America’s Top Surgeons Award in Thoracic Surgery 2014
  By Consumers Research Council of America

  America’s Top Surgeons Award in Thoracic Surgery 2013
  By Consumers Research Council of America

  America’s Top Surgeons Award in Thoracic Surgery 2012
  By Consumers Research Council of America

  America’s Top Surgeons Award in Thoracic Surgery 2011
  By Consumers Research Council of America

  America’s Top Surgeons Award in Thoracic Surgery 2010
  By Consumers Research Council of America

  Marquis Who's Who in America Award for 2017

  Marquis Who’s Who Top Professional Series 2017

  Marquis Who’s Who Millennium Magazine 2017

  Marquis Who's Who in America Award for 2016

  Marquis Who's Who in America Award for 2015

  Marquis Who's Who in America Award for 2014

  Marquis Who’s Who in America Award for 2013

  Marquis Who’s Who in America Award for 2012

  Marquis Who’s Who in America Award for 2010

  Service Excellence Award 2009, Queen of the Valley Medical Center Avatar Survey

  Excellence in Patient Satisfaction Award 2012, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
  (Ranked 100^th percentile in patient satisfaction score throughout the country, Avatar Survey)

  Excellence in Patient Satisfaction Award 2011, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
  (Ranked 94^th percentile in patient satisfaction score throughout the country, Avatar Survey)

  Values in Action Excellence Award, St. Joseph Health System 2010

  Values in Action Service Award, St. Joseph Health System 2012

  *Individual National Research Service Award 2001
  

  National Institutes of Health, NHLBI, # F32 HL68401-01
  "TGF ß1 Gene Transfer Reduces Acute Allograft Rejection"

  Nominated, Susan Pearlman Award 2004
  (Awarded to one graduating resident among all specialties at NMH who best exemplifies academic excellence, special leadership skills, and compassion for patients)

  Finalist Best Teaching Resident Department of Surgery 1998, 2000

  Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society 1996

  Obstetrics and Gynecology Beatrice Tucker Award Finalist 1996

  Phi Beta Kappa, Vice President 1993

  Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society 1991

Professional Organizations

• General Thoracic Surgery Club 2012 - present

  Medical Board of California Expert Reviewer, Thoracic Surgery 2013 – present

  Tobacco Advisory Board, Napa County 2013 – 2015

  American Medical Association 1993 – present

  American College of Surgeons, Fellow 2012 - present

  American College of Surgeons, Associate Fellow 2008 – 2012

  American College of Surgeons, Member Northern California Chapter 2008 - 2014

  American College of Surgeons, Candidate Group 1999 – 2008

  Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Candidate Member 2006 – 2009

  Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Member 2009 – present

  Bay Area Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Member 2011 - 2014

  Napa County Medical Association 2008 – 2015

  Board Member at Large 2009 – 2014

  Treasurer 2012 – 2013

  President Elect 2013-2014

  California Medical Association 2004 – present

  Young Physician Section Delegate to CMA House 2009 – 2015

  American College of Chest Physicians Fellow 2017 – present

  American College of Chest Physicians, Member 2008 – 2017

  American College of Chest Physicians, Affiliate Member 2005 – 2008

  California Thoracic Society Member 2005 – present

  Orange County Medical Society 2016 - present

Certification

• California Medical License # A87174 – May 2004 – present

  California Fluoroscopy License – June 2012 - present
  Federal DEA Number: BK8849614

  American Board of Surgery Certification – February 2005

  American Board of Surgery Re-Certification – December 2014

  American Board of Thoracic Surgery Certification – June 2008

  American Board of Thoracic Surgery Re-Certification – December 2017

Research Studies

• 1. Principle Investigator: October 2020 Mission Hospital
     Razor Genomics - A Randomized Prospective Trial of Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients with Completely Resected State I or IIA Non-Squamous Cell Lung Cancer Identified as High or Intermediate Risk by a 14-Gene Prognostic Assay
  
  
  2. Principle Investigator: January 2021 Mission Hospital
     American College Surgeons – Return to Cancer Screening: Clinical Study of a PDSA Quality Improvement Project: Lung Cancer
  
  
  3. Principle Investigator: November 2020 Mission Hospital
     Lung Cancer Tissue Spectral Characteristics

Research Advisory Boards

• 1. Participant in Molecular Testing in NSCLC Advisory Board, Chicago, July 2013.

Manuscripts/ Case Reports

• S Kanaan. 2011 Cancer Program Annual Report: Focus on Lung Cancer 2000-2010. Queen of the Valley Medical Center, 2012.

  S Kanaan. 2011 Cancer Program Annual Report: Focus on Lung Cancer 2000-2010. Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, 2012.

  S Kanaan, C Baker, and V Starnes. Resection of Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysms in a Takayasu’s Arteritis Patient. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 85:1795-1796, 2008.

  S Kanaan and T DeMeester. Fibrovascular Polyp of the Esophagus Causing Impaired Oxygenation. Diseases of the Esophagus, 20:453-454, 2007.

  S Kanaan and I Nuno. Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Asthma in Adolescent. Internet Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Volume 8, Number 2, 2007.

  S Kanaan, W Boswell, and J Hagen. Clinical and Radiographic Signs to Early Detection of Lobar Torsion and Subsequent Successful Intervention. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 132: 720-721, 2006.

  S Kanaan, K Shamsuddin, M Silka, W Wells. Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Resection for Treatment of Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia in a 2-year-old Child. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 130:948-949, 2005.

  SA Kanaan, BD Kozower, T Suda, N Daddi, T Tagawa, T Mohanakumar, GA Patterson. Intratracheal Adenovirus Mediated Gene Transfer is the Optimal Delivery Route for use in Experimental Lung Transplantation. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 124:1130-1136, 2002.

  SA Kanaan, T Suda, BD Kozower, N Daddi, T Tagawa, T Mohanakumar, GA Patterson. Intratracheal Adenovirus Mediated Gene Transfer is the Optimal Delivery Route for use in Experimental Lung Transplantation. Surgical Forum, LII:122-123, 2001.

  SA Kanaan, KM Murayama, LT Merriam, LG Dawes, JB Prystowsky, RV Rege, RJ Joehl. Risk Factors for Conversion of Laparoscopic to Open Cholecystectomy. Journal of Surgical Research, 106:20-24, 2002.

  LT Merriam, SA Kanaan, LG Dawes, P Angelos, JB Prystowsky, RV Rege, and RJ Joehl. Gangrenous Cholecystitis: Analysis of Risk Factors and Experience with Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Surgery, 126:680-686, 1999.

  BD Kozower, SA Kanaan, SD Cassivi, GA Patterson. Potential for Gene Therapy in Lung Transplantation. Current Opinions of Organ Transplantation, 6:248-252, 2001.

  N Daddi, SA Kanaan, T Suda, F D’Ovidio, B Kozower, T Tagawa, K Grapperhaus, JH Ritter, T Mohanakumar, GA Patterson. Recipient Intramuscular Administration of Naked Plasmid TGFβ1 Attenuates Lung Graft Reperfusion Injury. Journal of Heart Lung Transplantation, 22:1323-1334, 2003.

  BD Kozower, SA Kanaan, T Tagawa, T Suda, K Grapperhaus, N Daddi, EC Crouch, CM Doerschuk, and GA Patterson. Intramuscular Gene Transfer of Interleukin-10 Reduces Neutrophil Recruitment and Ameliorates Lung Graft Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. American Journal of Transplantation, 2:837-842, 2002.

  T Tagawa, BD Kozower, SA Kanaan, N Daddi, M Muraoka, T Oka, JH Ritter, GA Patterson. Gene Transfer of Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Improves the Function of Lung Allografts. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 127:1558-1563, 2004.

  T Tagawa, BD Kozower, SA Kanaan, N Daddi, T Suda, GA Patterson. Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Gene Transfer Ameliorates Lung Graft Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 126:1147-1154, 2003.

  BD Kozower, TD Sweitzer, SA Kanaan, T. Tagawa, SM Albeda, VR Muzykantov, GA Patterson. Vascular Immunotargeting to lung graft endothelium. Journal of Heart Lung Transplantation, 21:58,2002

  BD Kozower, N Daddi, SA Kanaan, T Tagawa, T Suda, GA Patterson. Recipient intramuscular transfection of adenovirus interleukin-10 reduces lung graft ischemia-reperfusion injury. Surgical Forum, LII:120-122, 2001.

  T Suda, T Tagawa, SA Kanaan, BD Kozower, N Daddi, T Mohanakumar, GA Patterson. Adenovirus Encoding Soluble TNF alpha Receptor Ig Co-transfection Prolongs Gene Expression in Rat Lung. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 126:1155-1161, 2003.

  T Suda, N Daddi, Tagawa T, SA Kanaan, BD Kozower, JH Ritter, GA Patterson. Recipient Intramuscular Cotransfection of Transforming Growth Factor Beta1 and Interleukin 10 Ameliorates Acute Lung Graft Rejection. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 129:926-931, 2005.

  N Daddi, T Suda, F D’Ovidio, SA Kanaan, T Tagawa, K Grapperhaus, BD Kozower, JH Ritter, NS Yew, T Mohanakumar, GA Patterson. Recipient Intramuscular Cotransfection of Naked Plasmid TGFβ1 and IL-10 Ameliorates Lung Graft Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 124:259-269, 2002.

  T Tagawa, T Suda, N Daddi, BD Kozower, SA Kanaan, T Mohanakumar, GA Patterson. Low Dose Endobronchial Gene Transfer Ameliorates Lung Graft Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 123:795-802, 2002.

  E. Rodriguez-Diaz, S. Kaanan, C. Vanley, T. Qureshi, I. J. Bigio, J. Towards optical spectroscopy-guided lung biopsy: demonstration of tissue-type classification. Journal of Biophotonics, 2021, e202100132. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.202100132.

Abstracts

• SA Kanaan, KM Murayama, LT Merriam, LG Dawes, JB Prystowsky, RV Rege, and RJ Joehl. Risk Factors for Conversion of Laparoscopic to Open Cholecystectomy. Abstract, Association of VA Surgeons, Twenty-fifth Annual Surgical Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia, May 6, 2001.
  * Awarded with Best Clinical Presentation.

  SA Kanaan, T Suda, B Kozower, N Daddi, T Tagawa, T Mohanakumar, and GA Patterson. Intratracheal Adenovirus Mediated Gene Transfer is the optimal Delivery Route for use in Experimental Lung Transplantation. Abstract, American College of Surgeons, Eighty-seventh Clinical Congress, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 10, 2001.

  AD Vaca, S Kanaan, IN Nuño, J Szenohradszki, and PD Lumb. Huge
  Right Atrial Myxoma. Abstract, 43rd Annual Western Anesthesia
  Residents Conference, May 5, 2006.

  LT Merriam, SA Kanaan, LG Dawes, P Angelos, JB Prystowsky, RV Rege, and RJ Joehl. Gangrenous Cholecystitis: Analysis of Risk Factors and Experience with Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Abstract, Central Surgical Association, Fifty-sixth Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, March 5, 1999.

  BD Kozower, N Daddi, SA Kanaan, T Tagawa, T Suda, GA Patterson. Intramuscular gene transfer of interleukin-10 reduces lung transplant ischemia-reperfusion injury. Abstract, New England Surgical Society, Eighth Annual Research Presentation Day, Boston, Massachussets, May 18, 2001.

  BD Kozower, N Daddi, SA Kanaan, T Tagawa, T Suda, GA Patterson. Recipient intramuscular transfection of adenovirus interleukin-10 reduces lung graft ischemia-reperfusion injury. Abstract, American College of Surgeons, Eighty-seventh Clinical Congress, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 10, 2001.

  BD Kozower, TD Sweitzer, SA Kanaan, T Tagawa, SM Albeda, VR Muzykantov, GA Patterson. Vascular Immunotargeting to Lung Graft Endothelium. Abstract, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Twenty-second Annual Meeting, Washington DC, April 11, 2002.

  BD Kozower, TD Sweitzer, SA Kanaan, T Tagawa, SM Albeda, VR Muzykantov, GA Patterson. Catalase Immunotargeting Reduces Lung Transplant Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. Abstract, American College of Surgeons, Eighty-eight Clinical Congress, San Francisco, California, October 8, 2002.

  N Daddi, T Suda, F D’Ovidio, T Tagawa, B Kozower, SA Kanaan, NS Yew, K Grapperhaus, T Mohanakumar, and GA Patterson. Recipient Intramuscular Cotransfection of Naked Plasmid TGFβ1 and IL-10 Ameliorates Lung Graft Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. Abstract, American Association of Thoracic Surgery, Eighty-first Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, May 8, 2001.

Book Chapters

• S Kanaan, C Ducko. Diaphramatic Pacing. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17^th edition, Online, June 18, 2008.

  S Kanaan, MT Jaklitsch. Pleural Masses. In MI Lewis, RJ McKenna (Eds), Medical Management of the Thoracic Surgery Patient. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier, 2009, pp. 432-438.

  S Kanaan, DA Bambini. (2000), Patent Ductus Arteriosus. In RM Arensman, DA Bambini, PS Almond (Eds.), Pediatric Surgery. Georgetown, TX: Landes Bioscience, 2000, pp. 352-355.

  SA Kanaan, BD Kozower, SD Cassivi, GA Patterson. (2001), Gene Therapy for Lung Transplantation. In SM Albeda (Ed.), Gene Therapy in Lung Disease. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, September 2002, pp. 457-473.

  SA Kanaan, MJ Liptay. Acute and Chronic Mediastinal Infections. In TW Shields (Ed.), General Thoracic Surgery. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, October 2004.

Presentations

• • SA Kanaan. Sleep Apnea and Acid Reflux Treatment Community Webinar, Mission Hospital, August 2022. (Mission Viejo, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Acid Reflux Treatment Community Webinar, Mission Hospital, August 2021. (Mission Viejo, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Thoracic Nursing Lecture, Riverside Community Hospital, July 2021. (Riverside, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Thoracic Nursing Lecture, Riverside Community Hospital, June 2021. (Riverside, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Thoracic Nursing Lecture, Riverside Community Hospital, May 2021. (Riverside, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Thoracic Nursing Lecture, Riverside Community Hospital, April 2021. (Riverside, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Update. Medicine Department CME Grand Rounds, University California Riverside, Riverside Hospital, March 2021. (Riverside, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Hoag Better Breathers Lecture and Lung Cancer Update. Hoag Hospital, February 2021. (Newport Beach, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Robotic Surgery Talk Mission Hospital, OC Talk Radio Show, February 2021. (Irvine, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. New Ways to Approach Early Stage Lung Cancer, Lung Cancer Presentation, 2020 Virtual GO2 Foundation Centers of Excellence Summit, October 2020.

   

  • SA Kanaan. Cancer Talk Mission Hospital, OC Talk Radio Show, October 2020. (Irvine, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Thoracic Robotic Surgery and Lung Cancer Update. Webinar Grand Rounds, Mission Hospital, August 2020. (Mission Viejo, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Benefits of Thoracic Robotic Surgery. Community Webinar Event, Mission Hospital, June 2020. (Mission Viejo, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Thoracic Robotic Surgery and Lung Cancer Update. Leonard Cancer Institute Symposium, Mission Hospital, October 2019. (Mission Viejo, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. What it means to be a Thoracic Surgeon. Capistrano Unified School District Lecture, Dana Hills High School, September 2019. (Dana Hills, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Thoracic Nursing Lecture, Mission Medical Center, February 2019. (Mission Viejo, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Thymic Cancer Update. CME Grand Rounds, Mission Hospital, January 2019. (Mission Viejo, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. What it means to be a Thoracic Surgeon. Capistrano Unified School District Lecture, Dana Hills High School, September 2018. (Dana Hills, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Thoracic Nursing Lecture, Mission Medical Center, May 2018. (Mission Viejo, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Update. Monarch Provider Grand Rounds, March 2018. (Irvine, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Update. CME Grand Rounds, Orange Coast Medical Center, September 2017. (Fountain Valley, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. What it means to be a Thoracic Surgeon. Capistrano Unified School District Lecture, Dana Hills High School, September 2017. (Dana Hills, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Update. Community Lecture, City of Laguna, September 2017. (Laguna Niguel, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Update. CME Grand Rounds, Mission Hospital, September 2017. (Mission Viejo, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Update. CME Grand Rounds, Orange Coast Medical Center, September 2017. (Fountain Valley, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Thoracic Nursing Lecture, Mission Medical Center, August 2017. (Mission Viejo, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Update. Community Lecture, Orange Coast Medical Center, August 2017. (Fountain Valley, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Healthy Lungs. Lakeview Community Center, June 2017. (Mission Viejo, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. What’s New in Lung Cancer. Monarch Community Lecture, Norman Murray Community Center, May 2017. (Mission Viejo, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Update. CME Grand Rounds, Orange Coast Medical Center, September 2017. (Fountain Valley, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Update. CME Grand Rounds, Mission Medical Center, January 2017. (Mission Viejo, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Healthy Lungs. Saddleback Community Lecture, Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, October 2016. (Laguna Hills, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Thoracic Surgery Nursing Lecture. Mission Medical Center, April 2016. (Mission Viejo, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Update. CME Grand Rounds, Allegan Medical Center, May 2016. (Allegan, Michigan)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Update. CME Grand Rounds, Coldwater Medical Center, March 2016. (Coldwater, Michigan)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Update. CME Grand Rounds, South Haven Medical Center, December 2014. (South Haven, Michigan)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Update. CME Grand Rounds, Western Michigan University Medical School, July 2015. (Kalamazoo, Michigan)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Thoracic Surgery. General Surgery Resident Lecture Series, Western Michigan University Medical School, February 2015. (Kalamazoo, Michigan)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Cardiac Surgery. General Surgery Resident Lecture Series, Western Michigan University Medical School, April 2015. (Kalamazoo, Michigan)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Esophageal Cancer Update. CME Grand Rounds, Queen of the Valley Medical Center, September 2013. (Napa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer and CT screening. Napa Rotary Club, March 2013. (Napa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer and CT screening. CME Grand Rounds, Northbay Medical Center, November 2012. (Faifield, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Thoracic Nursing Lecture. Queen of the Valley Medical Center, September 2012. (Napa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer and CT screening. CME Grand Rounds, Petaluma Valley Hospital, September 2012. (Petaluma, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer and More. Meet The Doctors Lecture Series, The Meadows, June 2012. (Napa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Thoracic Nursing Lecture. Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, 4 West, June 2012. (Santa Rosa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Thoracic Nursing Lecture. Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, 3 East, June 2012. (Napa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer and More. Meet The Doctors Lecture Series, The Springs of Napa Valley, April 2012. (Napa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Management of Postraumatic Retained Hemothorax. Trauma Conference, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, March 2012. (Santa Rosa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer and CT screening. CME Grand Rounds, Queen of the Valley Medical Center, February 2012. (Napa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer and More. Meet The Doctors Lecture Series, The Meadows of Napa Valley, November 2011. (Napa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer and More. Meet The Doctors Lecture Series, Vista Sonoma Retirement Home, November 2011. (Santa Rosa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Update. CME Grand Rounds, Petaluma Valley Hospital, July 2011. (Petaluma, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Update. Alliance of Aging Guest Speaker, Aegis Living Center, November 2010. (Napa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. The Importance of Documentation: The Medical and Legal Issues. CME Grand Rounds, Queen of the Valley Medical Center, September 2010. (Napa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Smoking Cessation. CME Grand Rounds, Regional Medical Center of San Jose, August 2010. (San Jose, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Health Hearts and Healthy Lungs. Synergy Wellness Lecture for California School Administrators Health and Wellness Institute, Meritage Resort, July 2010. (Napa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. To Drink or Not to Drink. Synergy Wellness Lecture for California School Administrators Health and Wellness Institute, Meritage Resort, July 2010. (Napa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Update. CME Grand Rounds, Sonoma Valley Hospital, June 2010. (Sonoma, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Thoracic Surgery. CME for OR Nurses, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, March 2010. (Napa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Queen of the Valley Goes Tobacco Free. Nursing Lecture Series (5), Queen of the Valley Medical Center, February 17^th,19^th, and 22^nd (Napa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Surgical Management of Thoracic Diseases. Critical Care Potpourri, Napa Valley AACN Chapter, February 2010. (Napa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Thoracic Surgery. CME for OR Nurses, Queen of the Valley Medical Center, January 2010. (Napa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Queen of the Valley Goes Tobacco Free. CME Grand Rounds, Queen of the Valley Medical Center, January 2010. (Napa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Update. CME Grand Rounds, Healdsburg District Hospital, December 2009. (Healdsburg, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Healthy Hearts, Healthy Lungs: How to Live Longer and Better.  Napa Fresh Aire Festival Lecture, August 2009.  (Napa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Update. Pharmadura Lecture, July 2009.  (Santa Rosa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Update. Pharmadura Lecture, June 2009.  (Napa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Staging – NCCN guidelines review, Queen of the Valley Medical Center, June 2009. (Napa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Update. CME Grand Rounds, Queen of the Valley Medical Center, May 2009. (Napa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Update. CME Grand Rounds, Veterans Home California, April 2009. (Yountville, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Mediastinal Staging. Lung Tumor Board Conference, Northbay Healthcare, March 2009. (Fairfield, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Lung Cancer Update. CME Grand Rounds, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, March 2009. (Santa Rosa, California)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Division Thoracic Surgery Conference, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, April 2008. (Boston, Massachusetts)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Pulmonary Infections. Division Thoracic Surgery Conference, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, February 2008. (Boston, Massachusetts)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Carcinoid Tumors. Division Thoracic Surgery Conference, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, October 2007. (Boston, Massachusetts)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Stage IIIA Lung Cancer. Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Evanston Hospital, March 14, 2000.  (Evanston, Illinois)

   

  • SA Kanaan. Esophageal Cancer.  Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, March 23, 2004.

  (Chicago, Illinois)

   

  • SA Kanaan.   Trauma Case Presentation – Pneumonectomy, Chicago Metropolitan Trauma Society, April 14, 2004.

  (Chicago, Illinois)