John Pura | Scholars@Duke

John Pura
Student

Courses

Probability and Measure Theory
Theory of Linear Models
Statistical Inference
Advanced Inferential Techniques
Categorical Data Analysis
Generalized Linear Models
Longitudinal Data Analysis
Survival Analysis
Causal Inference
Bayesian and Modern Statistics
Epidemiological Methods and Study Design
Health Policy and Management
Statistical Computing

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Student, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Basic Science Departments

Contact Information

john.pura@duke.edu

Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Conference Papers
  - Mowery, Y, Vergalasova, I, Pura, J, Peterson, B, Yoo, D, Das, S, and Brizel, D. "Changes in Tumor Volumes and 18F-FDG PET Characteristics During Radiation Therapy for HPV+ and HPV- Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC)." September 2014. Full Text
  - Harris, M, Irish, W, Pura, J, Barbas, A, Englum, B, Sanoff, S, Ellis, M, Vikraman, D, Ravindra, K, Kuchibhatla, M, Sudan, D, and Patel, U. "Comparative Effectiveness of Triple Immunosuppressive Therapy Versus Steroid Avoidance or Early Withdrawal Among Kidney Transplant Recipients Over Age 65." July 15, 2014. Link to Item
  - Harris, M, Irish, W, Pura, J, Barbas, A, Englum, B, Sanoff, S, Ellis, M, Vikraman, D, Ravindra, K, Kuchibhatla, M, Sudan, D, and Patel, U. "Comparative Effectiveness of Triple Immunosuppressive Therapy Versus Steroid Avoidance or Early Withdrawal Among Kidney Transplant Recipients Over Age 65." June 2014. Link to Item
  - Cole, J, Heath, T, Turner, D, and Pura, J. "879." December 2013. Full Text
  - Pura, JA, Hamilton, AM, Vargish, GA, Butman, JA, and Linguraru, MG. "Automated segmentation of ventricles from serial brain mri for the quantification of volumetric changes associated with communicating hydrocephalus in patients with brain tumor." May 16, 2011. Full Text
  - Linguraru, MG, Pura, JA, Chowdhury, AS, and Summers, RM. "Multi-organ segmentation from multi-phase abdominal CT via 4D graphs using enhancement, shape and location optimization." November 22, 2010. Full Text
  - Linguraru, MG, Sandberg, JK, Li, Z, Pura, JA, and Summers, RM. "Atlas-based automated segmentation of spleen and liver using adaptive enhancement estimation." December 1, 2009. Full Text
- Journal Articles
  - Englum, BR, Pura, J, Reed, SD, Roman, SA, Sosa, JA, and Scheri, RP. "A Bedside Risk Calculator to Preoperatively Distinguish Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma from Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma." World journal of surgery 39, no. 12 (December 2015): 2928-2934. Full Text
  - Daneshmand, MA, Krishnamoorthy, A, Samsky, MD, Felker, GM, Pura, JA, Lokhnygina, Y, Hernandez, AF, Rosenberg, PB, Blue, LJ, Schroder, JN, Rogers, JG, Milano, CA, and Patel, CB. "Comparison of 2-Year Outcomes of Extended Criteria Cardiac Transplantation Versus Destination Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy Using Continuous Flow." The American journal of cardiology 116, no. 4 (August 2015): 573-579. Full Text
  - Wieslander, B, Nijveldt, R, Klem, I, Lokhnygina, Y, Pura, J, Wagner, GS, Ugander, M, and Atwater, BD. "Evaluation of Selvester QRS score for use in presence of conduction abnormalities in a broad population." American heart journal 170, no. 2 (August 2015): 346-352. Full Text
  - Adam, MA, Pura, J, Goffredo, P, Dinan, MA, Reed, SD, Scheri, RP, Hyslop, T, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Presence and Number of Lymph Node Metastases Are Associated With Compromised Survival for Patients Younger Than Age 45 Years With Papillary Thyroid Cancer." Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 33, no. 21 (July 2015): 2370-2375. Full Text
  - Goffredo, P, Sawka, AM, Pura, J, Adam, MA, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Malignant struma ovarii: a population-level analysis of a large series of 68 patients." Thyroid : Official Journal of the American Thyroid Association 25, no. 2 (February 2015): 211-215. Full Text
  - Adam, MA, Pura, J, Goffredo, P, Dinan, MA, Hyslop, T, Reed, SD, Scheri, RP, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Impact of extent of surgery on survival for papillary thyroid cancer patients younger than 45 years." The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 100, no. 1 (January 2015): 115-121. Full Text
  - Ahmad, T, Wang, T, O'Brien, EC, Samsky, MD, Pura, JA, Lokhnygina, Y, Rogers, JG, Hernandez, AF, Craig, D, Bowles, DE, Milano, CA, Shah, SH, Januzzi, JL, Felker, GM, and Patel, CB. "Effects of left ventricular assist device support on biomarkers of cardiovascular stress, fibrosis, fluid homeostasis, inflammation, and renal injury." Jacc. Heart Failure 3, no. 1 (January 2015): 30-39. Full Text
  - Adam, MA, Speicher, P, Pura, J, Dinan, MA, Reed, SD, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Robotic thyroidectomy for cancer in the US: patterns of use and short-term outcomes." Annals of surgical oncology 21, no. 12 (November 2014): 3859-3864. Full Text
  - Adam, MA, Pura, J, Gu, L, Dinan, MA, Tyler, DS, Reed, SD, Scheri, R, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Extent of surgery for papillary thyroid cancer is not associated with survival: an analysis of 61,775 patients." Annals of Surgery 260, no. 4 (October 2014): 601-605. Full Text
  - Gratian, L, Pura, J, Dinan, M, Reed, S, Scheri, R, Roman, S, and Sosa, JA. "Treatment patterns and outcomes for patients with adrenocortical carcinoma associated with hospital case volume in the United States." Annals of surgical oncology 21, no. 11 (October 2014): 3509-3514. Full Text
  - Gratian, L, Pura, J, Dinan, M, Roman, S, Reed, S, and Sosa, JA. "Impact of extent of surgery on survival in patients with small nonfunctional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors in the United States." Annals of Surgical Oncology 21, no. 11 (October 2014): 3515-3521. Full Text
  - Abdelgadir Adam, M, Speicher, P, Pura, J, Dinan, MA, Reed, SD, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Robotic Thyroidectomy for Cancer in the US: Patterns of Use and Short-Term Outcomes." Annals of Surgical Oncology 21, no. 12 (January 1, 2014): 3859-3864. Full Text
  - Dorth, JA, Pura, JA, Palta, M, Willett, CG, Uronis, HE, D'Amico, TA, and Czito, BG. "Patterns of recurrence after trimodality therapy for esophageal cancer." Cancer 120, no. 14 (January 1, 2014): 2099-2105. Full Text
  - Gratian, L, Pura, J, Dinan, M, Roman, S, Reed, S, and Sosa, JAN. "Impact of extent of surgery on survival in patients with small nonfunctional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors in the United States." Annals of surgical oncology 21, no. 11 (2014): 3515-3521. Full Text
  - Koontz, BF, Quaranta, BP, Pura, JA, Lee, WR, Vujaskovic, Z, Gerber, L, Haake, M, Anscher, MS, Robertson, CN, Polascik, TJ, and Moul, JW. "Phase 1 trial of neoadjuvant radiation therapy before prostatectomy for high-risk prostate cancer." International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 87, no. 1 (September 2013): 88-93. Full Text
  - Linguraru, MG, Pura, JA, Pamulapati, V, and Summers, RM. "Statistical 4D graphs for multi-organ abdominal segmentation from multiphase CT." Medical image analysis 16, no. 4 (May 2012): 904-914. Full Text
  - Linguraru, MG, Pura, JA, Van Uitert, RL, Mukherjee, N, Summers, RM, Minniti, C, Gladwin, MT, Kato, G, Machado, RF, and Wood, BJ. "Segmentation and quantification of pulmonary artery for noninvasive CT assessment of sickle cell secondary pulmonary hypertension." Medical physics 37, no. 4 (April 2010): 1522-1532. Full Text
  - Linguraru, MG, Pura, JA, Chowdhury, AS, and Summers, RM. "Multi-organ segmentation from multi-phase abdominal CT via 4D graphs using enhancement, shape and location optimization." Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention : MICCAI .. International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention 13, no. Pt 3 (January 2010): 89-96.
  - Linguraru, MG, Sandberg, JK, Li, Z, Pura, JA, and Summers, RM. "Atlas-based automated segmentation of spleen and liver using adaptive enhancement estimation." Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention : MICCAI .. International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention 12, no. Pt 2 (January 2009): 1001-1008.

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Selected Publications

Conference Papers

Journal Articles