The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, Knoxville



The Department of Surgery

Sean A. Jordan, MD

Associate Professor
Division of Thoracic Surgery

Clinical Focus

Lung cancer, Benign lung and pleura disease, Mediastinal tumors, Esophageal cancer, Benign foregut disease

Research Focus

Surgical Outcomes in Lung and Esophageal Cancer

Education

Medical School
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2012

Residency
General Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, 2017

Fellowship
Thoracic Surgery, Temple University Hospital/Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2019
Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Buffalo, NY, 2020


Certification

American Board of Surgery


Professional Affiliations

American College of Surgeons
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
American College of Chest Physicians

Current Publications

Hertslet GD, Gee KN, Mazonas TW, Jordan SA, Griepentrog JE..
Traumatic bronchus avulsion managed with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, pneumonectomy, and rib fixation. Case Rep Surg. 2025 Dec 22;2025:1079046. doi: 10.1155/cris/1079046. eCollection 2025.

Current Presentations

Pandey M, Dasgupta M, Murdock PM, Boukovalas S, Dieter R, Jordan S. Partial sternectomy for chondrosarcoma with methylmethacrylate patch and bilateral pectoralis flaps. Presented at American Thoracic Society Conference 2026; May 15, 2026; Orlando, FL.

Gee K, Birkeland L, Johnson T, Hernandez A, Hewezi O, Stevens N, Roberson P, Grimsley L, McNally M, Freeman M, Glenn C, Probst C, Jordan S. From arteries to airways: The feasibility of lung cancer screening in a vascular surgery clinic population. Presented at Society of Thoracic Surgeons; 2026 Jan - 29; New Orleans, LA.

Gee K, Jordan S, Probst C, Glenn C, Blake K. Surgical management of giant thoracoabdominal hernia: A single center experience. Presented at Southeastern Surgical Congress; 2025 Feb - 15; New Orleans, LA.

Murdock P,Blake K, Probst C, Glenn C, Jordan S. Non-traumatic large transdiaphragmatic intercostal and flank hernia with gastric outlet obstruction: A case report. Presented at American Hernia Society 2024 Annual Meeting; 2024 Sept - 12; Chicago, IL.

Jordan SA. Neoadjuvant treatment of esophageal cancer. Presented at 11th Annual Big 4 Cancer Conference: Esophageal Cancer, Central Nervous System Cancers, Breast Cancer, and Managing Side Effects; 2023 September 29; Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

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