Alison Mungo, MD

Professional Titles

• Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Research Interests

Cell signaling pathways in lung and esophageal cancer Outcomes following thoracic surgery Outcomes following lung transplantation

Publications

• Stuart CM, Mott NM, Mungo AH, Asher ZP, Meguid RA, David EA. The Impact of a Surgical Career on the Relationship, Family, and Personal Well-being of Surgeons' Partners. J Surg Res. 2025 Apr;308:37-44. PubMed PMID: 40085999
• Stuart CM, Mott NM, Mungo AH, Meguid RA, Mitchell JD, Randhawa SK, Rove JY, David EA. Representation of women among cardiothoracic surgery editorial boards: Trends over the past 2 decades. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 Mar;169(3):691-698.e6. PubMed PMID: 38942139
• Stuart CM, Mott NM, Mungo AH, Meguid RA, Mitchell JD, Randhawa SK, Rove JY, David EA. Representation of women among cardiothoracic surgery editorial boards: Trends over the past 2 decades. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 Mar;169(3):691-698.e6. PubMed PMID: 38942139
• Stuart CM, Mott NM, Mungo AH, Asher ZP, Meguid RA, David EA. The Impact of a Surgical Career on the Relationship, Family, and Personal Well-being of Surgeons' Partners. J Surg Res. 2025 Apr;308:37-44. PubMed PMID: 40085999
• Dyas AR, Mungo B, Bronsert MR, Stuart CM, Mungo AH, Mitchell JD, Randhawa SK, David E, Stewart CL, McCarter MD, Meguid RA. National trends in technique use for esophagectomy: Does primary surgeon specialty matter?. Surgery. 2024 Feb;175(2):353-359. PubMed PMID: 38030524
• Cotton JL, Makinen J, Park SY, Halpern Mungo A, Aftab M, Hoffman JRH, Cain MT. Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection, Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, and Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Pregnancy. Innovations (Phila). 2024 Jul-Aug;19(4):446-448. PubMed PMID: 38828949
• Dyas AR, Mungo B, Bronsert MR, Stuart CM, Mungo AH, Mitchell JD, Randhawa SK, David E, Stewart CL, McCarter MD, Meguid RA. National trends in technique use for esophagectomy: Does primary surgeon specialty matter?. Surgery. 2024 Feb;175(2):353-359. PubMed PMID: 38030524
• Cotton JL, Makinen J, Park SY, Halpern Mungo A, Aftab M, Hoffman JRH, Cain MT. Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection, Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, and Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Pregnancy. Innovations (Phila). 2024 Jul-Aug;19(4):446-448. PubMed PMID: 38828949
• Mungo AH, David EA. Commentary: Another win for immunotherapy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Apr;165(4):1575-1576. PubMed PMID: 36184319
• Halpern Mungo A, Reece TB, Taylor LJ. Mentorship Matters. Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 Dec;116(6):1335-1336. PubMed PMID: 36787841
• Gergen AK, Halpern AL, Helmkamp L, Torphy RJ, White AM, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA, Scott CD, Gleisner AL, McCarter MD, Weyant MJ. Outcomes After Converted Minimally Invasive to Open Esophagectomy in Patients With Esophageal Cancer. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Nov;112(5):1593-1599. PubMed PMID: 33333084
• Halpern AL, Kohtz PD, White AM, Houk AK, Rehring JF, Hanson L, McCarter MD, Joshi M, Meng X, Fullerton DA, Weyant MJ. Secretory Phospholipase A2 IIa Mediates Expression of Growth Factor Receptors in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. Dig Dis Sci. 2021 Mar;66(3):784-795. PubMed PMID: 32277371
• Halpern AL, Fitz JG, Fujiwara Y, Yi J, Anderson AL, Zhu Y, Schulick RD, El Kasmi KC, Barnett CC Jr. Hepatic thermal injury promotes colorectal cancer engraftment in C57/black 6 mice. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2021 Jan 1;320(1):C142-C151. PubMed PMID: 33175574
• Torphy RJ, Friedman C, Halpern AL, Ahrendt SA, McCarter MD, Del Chiaro M, Schulick RD, Gleisner A. Implementation of Minimally Invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy at Low and High-Volume Centers. J Surg Res. 2021 Dec;268:720-728. PubMed PMID: 34487965
• Gergen AK, Kohtz PD, Halpern AL, White AM, Meng X, Fullerton DA, Weyant MJ. Statins Inhibit Toll-Like Receptor 4-Mediated Growth of Human Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Cells. J Surg Res. 2021 Apr;260:436-447. PubMed PMID: 33272595
• Samuels JM, Halpern AL, Carmichael H, Christian NT, Travis CEM, Jaiswal K, Nehler MR. This Surgical Life - An Exploration of Surgical Department Podcasting. J Surg Educ. 2020 Sep-Oct;77(5):1257-1265. PubMed PMID: 32217125
• Gergen AK, Kohtz PD, Halpern AL, Li A, Meng X, Reece TB, Fullerton DA, Weyant MJ. Activation of Toll-Like Receptor 2 Promotes Proliferation of Human Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells. Anticancer Res. 2020 Oct;40(10):5361-5369. PubMed PMID: 32988855
• Hirji SA, Halpern AL, Helmkamp LJ, Roberts SH, Houk AK, Osho A, Okoh AK, Meguid RA, Seese L, Weyant MJ, Rinewalt DE. Geographic and temporal patterns of growth in the utilization of donation after circulatory death donors for lung transplantation in the United States. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2020 Nov;39(11):1313-1315. PubMed PMID: 32921583
• Halpern AL, Boshier PR, White AM, Houk AK, Helmkamp L, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA, Low DE, Fullerton DA, Weyant MJ. A Comparison of Frailty Measures at Listing to Predict Outcomes After Lung Transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Jan;109(1):233-240. PubMed PMID: 31479636
• Torphy RJ, Stewart C, Sharma P, Halpern AL, Oase K, Herter W, Bartsch C, Friedman C, Del Chiaro M, Schulick RD, Gleisner A, McCarter MD, Ahrendt SA. Dextrose-Containing Carrier Solution for Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: Increased Intraoperative Hyperglycemia and Postoperative Complications. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Dec;27(13):4874-4882. PubMed PMID: 32306237
• Halpern AL, Friedman C, Torphy RJ, Al-Musawi MH, Mitchell JD, Scott CD, Meguid RA, McCarter MD, Weyant MJ, Gleisner AL. Conversion to open surgery during minimally invasive esophagectomy portends worse short-term outcomes: an analysis of the National Cancer Database. Surg Endosc. 2020 Aug;34(8):3470-3478. PubMed PMID: 31591657
• Jones EL, Halpern AL, Carmichael H, Wikiel KJ, Jones TS, Moore JT, Robinson TN, Barnett CC Jr. Hepatic Ablation Promotes Colon Cancer Metastases in an Immunocompetent Murine Model. Ann Surg. 2019 Oct;270(4):675-680. PubMed PMID: 31348044
• Halpern AL, McCarter MD. Palliative Management of Gastric and Esophageal Cancer. Surg Clin North Am. 2019 Jun;99(3):555-569. PubMed PMID: 31047042
• Halpern AL, Kohtz PD, Rove JY, Ao L, Meng X, Fullerton DA, Weyant MJ. Inhibition of secretory phospholipase A2 IIa attenuates prostaglandin E2-induced invasiveness in lung adenocarcinoma. Mol Cell Biochem. 2019 Jun;456(1-2):145-156. PubMed PMID: 30684134
• Kohtz PD, Halpern AL, Eldeiry MA, Hazel K, Kalatardi S, Ao L, Meng X, Reece TB, Fullerton DA, Weyant MJ. Toll-Like Receptor-4 Is a Mediator of Proliferation in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Jan;107(1):233-241. PubMed PMID: 30292843
• Halpern AL, Weyant MJ. Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Pneumonectomy for Complications of Congenital Pulmonary Venous Stenosis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Dec;108(6):e357-e359. PubMed PMID: 31158352
• Torphy RJ, Friedman C, Halpern A, Chapman BC, Ahrendt SS, McCarter MM, Edil BH, Schulick RD, Gleisner A. Comparing Short-term and Oncologic Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Versus Open Pancreaticoduodenectomy Across Low and High Volume Centers. Ann Surg. 2019 Dec;270(6):1147-1155. PubMed PMID: 29771723
• Halpern AL, Kohtz PD, Helmkamp L, Eldeiry M, Hodges MM, Scott CD, Mitchell JD, Aftab M, Pal JD, Cleveland JC, Reece TB, Meguid RA, Fullerton DA, Weyant MJ. Improved Mortality Associated With the Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Aug;108(2):350-357. PubMed PMID: 31009629
• Halpern AL, Burton CR, Steward LT. Ligation of common carotid artery after penetrating neck trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 Aug;87(2):505-507. PubMed PMID: 30939571
• Halpern AL, Torphy RJ, McCarter MD, Sciotto CG, Glode LM, Robinson WA. A familial germline mutation in KIT associated with achalasia, mastocytosis and gastrointestinal stromal tumors shows response to kinase inhibitors. Cancer Genet. 2019 Apr;233-234:1-6. PubMed PMID: 31109590
• Stewart CL, Gleisner A, Halpern A, Ibrahim-Zada I, Luna RA, Pearlman N, Gajdos C, Edil B, McCarter M. Implications of Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Perfusion-Related Hyperglycemia. Ann Surg Oncol. 2018 Mar;25(3):655-659. PubMed PMID: 29204776
• Halpern AL, Burlew CC. Computed Tomography in a Patient With Blunt Trauma. JAMA Surg. 2018 Aug 1;153(8):772-773. PubMed PMID: 29801105

Professional Memberships

• Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Candidate Member
• European Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Candidate Member
• Women in Thoracic Surgery, Candidate Member
• Western Thoracic Surgery Association, Candidate Member

Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

Hospital Affiliation

• University of Colorado Hospital
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center
• Saint Joseph Hospital
• UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Thoracic and Cardiac
• Surgery, Board Certification (2023)

Conditions & Treatments

• Surgery - Adult General Thoracic Surgery
• Surgery
• Surgery - Lung Transplant Surgery
• Surgery - Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
• Surgery - Robotic Surgery