Alvin Rucker | Scholars@Duke

Alvin Rucker
House Staff

Program Start Year: 2020
Francis Chan Laboratory, joint IMM PhD/Surgery MD

Current Appointments & Affiliations

House Staff, Immunology, Basic Science Departments
House Staff, Surgery, Section of Surgical Disciplines

Contact Information

alvin.rucker@duke.edu +1 919 684 8111

Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Rucker, A Justin, Vignesh Raman, Oliver K. Jawitz, Kristen E. Rhodin, Betty C. Tong, David H. Harpole, and Thomas A. D’Amico. “Impact of Time to Endoscopic Resection on Outcomes for Stage I Esophageal Adenocarcinoma.” Ann Thorac Surg 113, no. 3 (March 2022): 942–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.04.001.
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  - Xu, Xiaoling, Wenming Shen, Ding Wang, Na Li, Zhiyu Huang, Jiamin Sheng, A Justin Rucker, Weimin Mao, Haimiao Xu, and Guoping Cheng. “Clinical features and prognosis of resectable pulmonary primary invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma.” Translational Lung Cancer Research 11, no. 3 (March 2022): 420–31. https://doi.org/10.21037/tlcr-22-190.
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  - Rucker, A Justin, Vignesh Raman, Oliver K. Jawitz, Soraya L. Voigt, David H. Harpole, Thomas A. D’Amico, and Betty C. Tong. “The Impact of Adjuvant Therapy on Survival After Esophagectomy for Node-negative Esophageal Adenocarcinoma.” Ann Surg 275, no. 2 (February 1, 2022): 348–55. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000003886.
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  - Rucker, A Justin, Michael M. Baden, Megan Llewellyn, and Theodore N. Pappas. “The Assassination of Medgar Evers.” Ann Thorac Surg 113, no. 1 (January 2022): 366–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.06.075.
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  - Rucker, A Justin, Joseph R. Nellis, Jacob A. Klapper, and Matthew G. Hartwig. “Lung retransplantation in the modern era.” J Thorac Dis 13, no. 11 (November 2021): 6587–93. https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd-2021-25.
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  - Rucker, A Justin, Vignesh Raman, Oliver K. Jawitz, Soraya L. Voigt, Betty C. Tong, Thomas A. D’Amico, and David H. Harpole. “Effect of Lymph Node Assessment on Outcomes in Surgery for Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer.” Ann Thorac Surg 110, no. 6 (December 2020): 1854–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.04.117.
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  - Rhodin, Kristen E., A Justin Rucker, Neal E. Ready, Thomas A. D’Amico, and Scott J. Antonia. “The immunotherapeutic landscape in non-small cell lung cancer and its surgical horizons.” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 159, no. 4 (April 2020): 1616–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.08.138.
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  - Egwim, Chidiebube C., Alvin J. Rucker, Deng C. Madut, Goderfroy S. Chery, Lonnie T. Sullivan, Larry R. Jackson, Wayne B. Batchelor, and Kevin L. Thomas. “Research Participation of a Professional Organization in Clinical Trials: The Association of Black cardiologists Clinical Trial Investigator Identification Project.” J Natl Med Assoc 111, no. 2 (April 2019): 122–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnma.2018.07.004.
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  - Rucker, A Justin, Kevin L. Anderson, Michael S. Mulvihill, Babatunde A. Yerokun, Andrew S. Barbas, and Matthew G. Hartwig. “Simultaneous Versus Sequential Heart-liver Transplantation: Ideal Strategies for Organ Allocation.” Transplant Direct 5, no. 1 (January 2019): e415. https://doi.org/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000854.
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  - Rucker, Alvin J., Ashley Murray, Zaneta Gaul, Madeline Y. Sutton, and Patrick A. Wilson. “The role of patient-provider sexual health communication in understanding the uptake of HIV prevention services among Black men who have sex with men.” Culture, Health & Sexuality 20, no. 7 (July 2018): 761–71. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2017.1375156.
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  - Rucker, A Justin, Nathan P. Rudemiller, and Steven D. Crowley. “Salt, Hypertension, and Immunity.” Annu Rev Physiol 80 (February 10, 2018): 283–307. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-physiol-021317-121134.
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  - Osho, Asishana A., Anthony W. Castleberry, Babatunde A. Yerokun, Michael S. Mulvihill, Justin Rucker, Laurie D. Snyder, Robert D. Davis, and Matthew G. Hartwig. “Clinical predictors and outcome implications of early readmission in lung transplant recipients.” J Heart Lung Transplant 36, no. 5 (May 2017): 546–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2016.11.001.
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  - Justin Rucker, A., and Steven D. Crowley. “The role of macrophages in hypertension and its complications.” Pflugers Arch 469, no. 3–4 (April 2017): 419–30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00424-017-1950-x.
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  - Valera, Pamela, Lauren Bachman, and A Justin Rucker. “A Qualitative Study of Smoking Behaviors among Newly Released Justice-Involved Men and Women in New York City.” Health & Social Work 41, no. 2 (May 2016): 121–28. https://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/hlw014.
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  - Hightow-Weidman, Lisa B., Kathryn E. Muessig, Emily C. Pike, Sara LeGrand, Nina Baltierra, Alvin Justin Rucker, and Patrick Wilson. “HealthMpowerment.org: Building Community Through a Mobile-Optimized, Online Health Promotion Intervention.” Health Education & Behavior : The Official Publication of the Society for Public Health Education 42, no. 4 (August 2015): 493–99. https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198114562043.
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  - Valera, Pamela, Matthew Anderson, Stephanie H. Cook, Judith Wylie-Rosett, Justin Rucker, and Andrea E. Reid. “The Smoking Behaviors and Cancer-Related Disparities Among Urban Middle Aged and Older Men Involved in the Criminal Justice System.” Journal of Cancer Education 30, no. 1 (March 2015): 86–93. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-014-0668-0.
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Selected Publications

Academic Articles