Stephanie H. Chang
· MDNew York University · Transplant
Active 2010–2026
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About
Stephanie H. Chang, MD, is an associate professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the surgical director of the Lung Transplantation Program at NYU Langone Health. She is recognized as a pioneer in robotic surgery, having led the nation’s first fully robotic lung transplant and the world’s first robotic double lung transplant. Dr. Chang has completed extensive surgical procedures, including 350 lung transplants and over 500 robotic surgeries, and is known for her expertise in minimally invasive robotic thoracic surgery, which helps decrease pain and allows for quicker recovery. Her clinical work at Perlmutter Cancer Center involves caring for patients with lung cancer, esophageal cancer, and other thoracic conditions. She specializes in complex airway surgeries and surgeries requiring heart–lung machine or ECMO support, often performing procedures on the sickest patients, including those rejected by other institutions. Dr. Chang’s research focuses on identifying early-stage lung cancer patients at risk of recurrence, improving lung transplant outcomes, organ preservation methods, and expanding the organ donor pool. She is recognized in TIME Health 100 in 2025 for her renowned expertise and contributions to thoracic surgery.
Research topics
- Intensive care medicine
- Emergency medicine
- Medicine
- Anesthesia
- Internal medicine
Selected publications
Novel Percutaneous Tracheostomy for Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 2020-04-24 · 168 citations
articleOpen accessSafety and Efficacy of Bronchoscopy in Critically Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019
CHEST Journal · 2020-10-08 · 39 citations
articleOpen access1st authorCorrespondingLung allograft dysbiosis associates with immune response and primary graft dysfunction
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation · 2024-11-17 · 5 citations
articleOpen accessInitial experience with fully robotic bilateral lung transplantation
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2025-04-17 · 4 citations
article1st authorCorrespondingJournal of Clinical Investigation · 2025-06-24 · 4 citations
articleOpen accessBecause the lung is a mucosal barrier organ with a unique immunologic environment, mechanisms of immunoregulation in lung cancer may differ from those of other malignancies. Consistent with this notion, we found that CD8+ T cells played a paradoxical role in facilitating, rather than ameliorating, the growth of multiple lung adenocarcinoma models. These included spontaneous, carcinogen-induced, and transplantable tumor cell line models. Specifically, we found that CD8+ T cells promoted homing of…
Frequent coauthors
- 35 shared
Travis C. Geraci
NYU Langone Health
- 35 shared
Luis F. Angel
New York University
- 24 shared
Zachary N. Kon
Northwell Health
- 22 shared
Tyler Lewis
New York University
- 22 shared
Robert J. Cerfolio
NYU Langone Health
- 21 shared
D. Rudym
New York University
- 21 shared
Melissa Lesko
NYU Langone Health
- 20 shared
Deane E. Smith
New York University
Education
- 2017
Residency, General Surgery
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
- 2010
MD
Duke Medicine
- 2006
Bachelor or Science, Biology
Brown University
Awards & honors
- TIME Health 100 in 2025
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