Doctor's Bio
Board Certifications
American Board of Surgery
Affiliations
Morehouse
Education & Training
- Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Residency: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Fellowships
University of Miami/Ryder Trauma Center
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
OPEN 24 HOURS
Visiting hours are from 8 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. daily
Publications
- Kasugamycin Inhibits Melanoma Lung Metastasis and CHI3L1-Driven M2-Like Tumor-Associated Macrophage Differentiation.
Sadanaga T, Jeong HS, Cortez R, Lee JH, Kamle S, Ma B, Shin SJ, Elias JA, Lee CG
ImmunoTargets and therapy. 2026;
PMID: 41878017 - Kasugamycin inhibits melanoma lung metastasis and regulates CHI3L1-driven M2-like tumor-associated macrophage differentiation.
Sadanaga T, Jeong HS, Cortez R, Lee JH, Kamle S, Ma B, Shin SJ, Elias JA, Lee CG
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2025;
PMID: 40501604 - Retraction: Chitinase 1 regulates pulmonary fibrosis by modulating TGF-β/SMAD7 pathway via TGFBRAP1 and FOXO3.
Lee CM, He CH, Park JW, Lee JH, Kamle S, Ma B, Akosman B, Cortez R, Chen E, Zhou Y, Herzog EL, Ryu C, Peng X, Rosas IO, Poli S, Bostwick CF, Choi AM, Elias JA, Lee CG
Life science alliance. 2024;
PMID: 39209538 - Persistence in a large network of sparsely interacting neurons.
Altamirano M, Cortez R, Jonckheere M, Leskelä L
Journal of mathematical biology. 2022;86(1):16.
PMID: 36534174 - An Assessment of Fine Surgical KnotTying.
Cortez R, Lynch K, Charpentier K, Cioffi W, Harrington D, Beard R
Journal of surgical education. 2019;76(3):808-813.
PMID: 30824231 - Barbed sutures and wound complications in plastic surgery: an analysis of outcomes.
Cortez R, Lazcano E, Miller T, Hein RE, Constantine RS, Anigian K, Davis KE, Kenkel JM
Aesthetic surgery journal. 2015;35(2):178-88.
PMID: 25717118 - The impact of perioperative hypothermia on plastic surgery outcomes: a multivariate logistic regression of 1062 cases.
Constantine RS, Kenkel M, Hein RE, Cortez R, Anigian K, Davis KE, Kenkel JM
Aesthetic surgery journal. 2015;35(1):81-8.
PMID: 25568237 - Effectiveness of prophylactic antibiotics in outpatient plastic surgery.
Anigian KT, Miller T, Constantine RS, Farkas J, Cortez R, Hein R, Lysikowski JR, Davis KE, Reed G, Kenkel JM
Aesthetic surgery journal. 2014;34(8):1252-8.
PMID: 25121784
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