Douglas Glenton Lowell, MD

Specialty Area:
Thoracic & General Surgery

Special Interests:
Thoracic Oncology
Surgical Valley Fever Management

Education

Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Doctor of Medicine (1982)

University of Arizona
B.S. with Distinction in Biology
Honors: Member & Chairman, Honors Program
Phi Beta Phi Honorary Society

Internship & Residency

Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Internship: General Surgery (1982-1983)
Residency: General Surgery (1983-1987)

Board Certification

American Board of Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Fellowship

Brompton & National Heart and Chest Hospital
Senior Registrar
London, UK (1991)

Children National Medical Center
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Fellow
Washington, D.C. (1990)

Indiana University Medical Center
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow
Indianapolis, IN (1988 -1990)

Warren-Whitman-Richarson Research Fellow
Harvard Medical School, Brompton Hospital
London, UK (1987 -1988)

Professional Experience

Southwestern Surgery Associates
Tucson, AZ (present)

Thoracic Section Head
Tucson Medical Center
Tucson, AZ (2003-present)

Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates, P.C.
Partner
Tucson, AZ (2001-2004)

Division Chair for Thoracic Surgery
Carondolet St. Joseph's Hospital
Tucson, AZ (1999-present)

Tucson Cardiothoracic Surgeons, P.C.
Partner
Tucson, AZ (1997-2000)

Douglas G. Lowell, M.D., P.C.
Solo Practitioner
Tucson, AZ (1992-1997)

Associates in Cardiothoracic Surgery, P.C.
Associate
Tucson, AZ (1991-1992)

Brompton Hospital
Senior Registrar, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
London, England (1991)

Indiana University Medical Center
Assistant in Surgery, Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Indiana (1988-1990)

Charing, Cross & Westminister Medical School
Honorary Research Fellow
London, England (1987-1988)

Rush Medical College, Department of General Surgery
Instructor (1984-1987)
Assistant in Surgery (1983-1984)
Chicago, Illinois

Hospital Affiliations

St. Joseph's Hospital
Tucson Medical Center
Tucson Heart Hospital

Special Achievements

Physician of the Year
Pima County Medical Society (1996)

Award: Best abstract by a resident or basic science trainee.
Presented by Central Chapter Society of Nuclear Medicine (1995): Lowell, D.G., and Turner, D.A., et al, "The Detectability of Atrial and Ventricular Septal Defects with Electrocardiographically Synchronized Magnetic Resonance Imaging," Journal of Nuclear Medicine 26:672 (1985)

Selected Publications

Horner, R.L., Mohiaddin, R.H., Lowell, D.G., Shea, S.A., Burman, E.D., Longmore, D.B., "Site and Sized of Fat Deposits Around the Pharynx in the Obese Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Weight Matched Controls," European Journal Respiratory Disease (1989)

Horner, R.L., Shea, S.A., McIvor, J., Lowell, D.G., Longmore, D.B., Guz, A., "Pharyngeal Imaging in Obstructive Sleep Apnea," 9th European Congress of Sleep Research Jerusalem (1988)

Horner, R.L., Shea, S.A., McIvor, J., Lowell, D.G., Longmore, D.B., Guz, A., "Is Fat Deposition Around the Pharynx a Feature of Obstructive Sleep Apnea?" Abstract, 9th European Congress of Sleep Research Jerusalem (1988)

Mohiaddin, R.H., Underwood, S.R., Bogren, H.G., Firmin, D.N., Klipstein, R.H., Lowell, D.G., Rees, R.S.O., Longmore, D.B., "Pulmonay Artery Blood Flow Patterns Studied by Magnetic Resonance," Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Boston. ( March, 1988)

Mohiaddin, R.H., Underwood, SR, Bogren, H.G., Firmin, D.N., Klipstein, R.H., Lowell, D.G., Rees, R.S.O., Longmore, D.B., "Magnetic Management of Aortic Compliance in Health and Disease," British Nuclear Medicine Society, London, (April, 1988)

Mohiaddin, R.H., Underwood, SR, Bogren, H.G., Firmin, D.N., Klipstein, R.H., Lowell, D.G., Rees, R.S.O., Longmore, D.B., "Aortic Flow Patterns in Health and Disease Studied by Magnetic Resonance Velocity Mapping," Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 6 (suppl 1); 110 (1988)

Mohiaddin, R.H., Underwood, SR, Bogren, H.G., Firmin, D.N., Klipstein, R.H., Lowell, D.G., Rees, R.S.O., Longmore, D.B., "Magnetic Resonance Measurement of Aortic Compliance in Health and Disease," Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 6 (suppl 1); 110 (1988)

Underwood, SR, Prigent, F.M., Rees, R.S.O., Mohiaddin, R.H., Boren, H.G., Firmin, N.N., Klipstein, R.H., Lowell, D.G., Longmore, D.B., "Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cardiac Sarcoidosis," Magnetic Resonance Imaging (suppl 1); 99 (1988)

Lowell, D.G. and Turner, D.A., et al., "The Detectability of Atrial and Ventricular Septal Defects with Electrocardiographically Synchronized Magnetic Resonance Imaging," Circulation (January, 1986).

Lowell, D.G. and Turner, D.A., et al., "The Detectability of Atrial and Ventricular Septal Defects with Electrocardiographically Synchronized Magnetic Resonance Imagine," Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 26:6 672 (1985).

Lowell, D.G. and Guzzetta, P.H., "Lumbar Hernia in Associations with Posterior Meningomyelocele," Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 132:4 (1985).