Michael P. Collins, M.D.

Current Titles:
Chief, General Thoracic Surgery, LDS Hospital
Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine
Adjunct Professor of Nursing, Brigham Young University School of Nursing

Clinical Interests:
Thoracic surgical oncology
Surgical treatment of thoracic malignancies including cancer of the lung, esophagus and chest wall
General thoracic surgery
Adult cardiac surgery

Research Interests:
Thoracic surgical oncology

Society Memberships:
American Medical Association
Utah Medical Association and Salt Lake County Medical Society
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
American Heart Association
American College of Surgeons
American College of Surgeons Oncology Group
Salt Lake Surgical Society
Alpha Omega Alpha

Pertinent Publications:
Collins, M.P., Palmer, G.C., Baca, G., et al: Stimulation of cyclic-AMP in the isolated, perfused rat lung. Res Corn Chem Path Pharm, 6 : 805-812, 1973.

Collins, M.P., Shuck, J.M., Wachtel, T.L., et al: Early decortication after thoracic trauma. Arch Surg. 113 : 440-445, 1978.

Collins, M.P. : The appearance of asterixis in patients with COPD. Master Thesis.

Collins, M.P., Robinson, G.C. : Ruptured pulmonary artery due to blunt chest trauma. Ann Thor Surg., 47 : 612-13, 1989

Muskett, A.D., Burton, N.A., Karwande, S.V., Collins, M.P. : One hundred consecutive cases of thoracotomy for empyema: a recent perspective. Am J Surg., Dec., 1988.

Ghio, A.J., Ellikott, C.G., Crapo, R.O., Collins, M.P. Tocino, I : Migratory infiltrate in a patient with hemoptysis and chest pain. Chest 96 : 195-96, 1989.