Randall Paul Scheri | Scholars@Duke

Randall Paul Scheri
Associate Professor of Surgery

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Surgery 2017
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers 2007

Contact Information

241 Hanes House, Durham, NC 27710
Box 2945 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
r.scheri@duke.edu (919) 668-1767

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- M.D., University of Virginia 1996
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor of Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Surgery 2015 - 2016
- Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Surgery 2007 - 2015
Research
Selected Grants
- Lymphadenectomy & Complete Lymph Node Dissection vs Lymphadenecty awarded by John Wayne Cancer Institute 2014 - 2019
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Kazaure, HS, Thomas, S, Scheri, RP, Stang, MT, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "The devil is in the details: Assessing treatment and outcomes of 6,795 patients undergoing remedial parathyroidectomy in the Collaborative Endocrine Surgery Quality Improvement Program." Surgery 165, no. 1 (January 2019): 242-249. Full Text
  - Haddad, RI, Nasr, C, Bischoff, L, Busaidy, NL, Byrd, D, Callender, G, Dickson, P, Duh, Q-Y, Ehya, H, Goldner, W, Haymart, M, Hoh, C, Hunt, JP, Iagaru, A, Kandeel, F, Kopp, P, Lamonica, DM, McIver, B, Raeburn, CD, Ridge, JA, Ringel, MD, Scheri, RP, Shah, JP, Sippel, R, Smallridge, RC, Sturgeon, C, Wang, TN, Wirth, LJ, Wong, RJ, Johnson-Chilla, A, Hoffmann, KG, and Gurski, LA. "NCCN Guidelines Insights: Thyroid Carcinoma, Version 2.2018." Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : Jnccn 16, no. 12 (December 2018): 1429-1440. Full Text
  - Scheri, RP, Anderson, KL, Thomas, SM, Stang, MT, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Reply: Each procedure matters: threshold for surgeon volume to minimize complications and decrease cost associated with adrenalectomy." Surgery 163, no. 6 (June 2018): 1325-1329. (Letter) Full Text
  - Scheri, RP, Anderson, KL, Thomas, SM, Stang, MT, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Reply: Each procedure matters: threshold for surgeon volume to minimize complications and decrease cost associated with adrenalectomy." Surgery 163, no. 6 (June 2018): 1325-1326. Link to Item
  - Anderson, KL, Adam, MA, Thomas, SM, Youngwirth, L, Stang, MT, Scheri, RP, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Impact of Micro- and Macroscopically Positive Surgical Margins on Survival after Resection of Adrenocortical Carcinoma." Annals of Surgical Oncology 25, no. 5 (May 2018): 1425-1431. Full Text
  - Adam, MA, Thomas, S, Youngwirth, L, Hyslop, T, Reed, SD, Scheri, RP, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Reply to: "Surgeon Volume Threshold for Total Thyroidectomy"." Annals of Surgery 267, no. 4 (April 2018): e78-e79. Full Text
  - Koh, J, Hogue, JA, Roman, SA, Scheri, RP, Fradin, H, Corcoran, DL, and Sosa, JA. "Transcriptional profiling reveals distinct classes of parathyroid tumors in PHPT." Endocrine Related Cancer 25, no. 4 (April 2018): 407-420. Full Text
  - Youngwirth, LM, Adam, MA, Thomas, SM, Roman, SA, Sosa, JA, and Scheri, RP. "Pediatric thyroid cancer patients referred to high-volume facilities have improved short-term outcomes." Surgery 163, no. 2 (February 2018): 361-366. Full Text
  - Anderson, KL, Thomas, SM, Adam, MA, Pontius, LN, Stang, MT, Scheri, RP, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Each procedure matters: threshold for surgeon volume to minimize complications and decrease cost associated with adrenalectomy." Surgery 163, no. 1 (January 2018): 157-164. Full Text
  - Anderson, K, Ruel, E, Adam, MA, Thomas, S, Youngwirth, L, Stang, MT, Scheri, RP, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Subtotal vs. total parathyroidectomy with autotransplantation for patients with renal hyperparathyroidism have similar outcomes." American Journal of Surgery 214, no. 5 (November 2017): 914-919. Full Text
  - Pontius, LN, Oyekunle, TO, Thomas, SM, Stang, MT, Scheri, RP, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Projecting Survival in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Comparison of the Seventh and Eighth Editions of the American Joint Commission on Cancer/Union for International Cancer Control Staging Systems in Two Contemporary National Patient Cohorts." Thyroid : Official Journal of the American Thyroid Association 27, no. 11 (November 2017): 1408-1416. Full Text
  - Hoffman, K, Lorenzo, A, Butt, CM, Hammel, SC, Henderson, BB, Roman, SA, Scheri, RP, Stapleton, HM, and Sosa, JA. "Exposure to flame retardant chemicals and occurrence and severity of papillary thyroid cancer: A case-control study." Environment International 107 (October 2017): 235-242. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Beasley, GM, Hu, Y, Youngwirth, L, Scheri, RP, Salama, AK, Rossfeld, K, Gardezi, S, Agnese, DM, Howard, JH, Tyler, DS, Slingluff, CL, and Terando, AM. "Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Recurrent Melanoma: A Multicenter Study." Annals of Surgical Oncology 24, no. 9 (September 2017): 2728-2733. Full Text
  - Weber, TJ, Koh, J, Thomas, SM, Hogue, JA, Scheri, RP, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Impaired calcium sensing distinguishes primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) patients with low bone mineral density." Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental 74 (September 2017): 22-31. Full Text
  - Faries, MB, Thompson, JF, Cochran, AJ, Andtbacka, RH, Mozzillo, N, Zager, JS, Jahkola, T, Bowles, TL, Testori, A, Beitsch, PD, Hoekstra, HJ, Moncrieff, M, Ingvar, C, Wouters, MWJM, Sabel, MS, Levine, EA, Agnese, D, Henderson, M, Dummer, R, Rossi, CR, Neves, RI, Trocha, SD, Wright, F, Byrd, DR, Matter, M, Hsueh, E, MacKenzie-Ross, A, Johnson, DB, Terheyden, P, Berger, AC, Huston, TL, Wayne, JD, Smithers, BM, Neuman, HB, Schneebaum, S, Gershenwald, JE, Ariyan, CE, Desai, DC, Jacobs, L, McMasters, KM, Gesierich, A, Hersey, P, Bines, SD, Kane, JM, Barth, RJ, McKinnon, G, Farma, JM, Schultz, E, Vidal-Sicart, S, Hoefer, RA, Lewis, JM, Scheri, R, Kelley, MC, Nieweg, OE, Noyes, RD, Hoon, DSB, Wang, H-J, Elashoff, DA, and Elashoff, RM. "Completion Dissection or Observation for Sentinel-Node Metastasis in Melanoma." The New England Journal of Medicine 376, no. 23 (June 2017): 2211-2222. Full Text
  - Shah, SA, Adam, MA, Thomas, SM, Scheri, RP, Stang, MT, Sosa, JA, and Roman, SA. "Racial Disparities in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Have We Bridged the Gap?." Thyroid : Official Journal of the American Thyroid Association 27, no. 6 (June 2017): 762-772. Full Text
  - Youngwirth, LM, Adam, MA, Scheri, RP, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Extrathyroidal Extension Is Associated with Compromised Survival in Patients with Thyroid Cancer." Thyroid : Official Journal of the American Thyroid Association 27, no. 5 (May 2017): 626-631. Full Text
  - Adam, MA, Thomas, S, Youngwirth, L, Hyslop, T, Reed, SD, Scheri, RP, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Is There a Minimum Number of Thyroidectomies a Surgeon Should Perform to Optimize Patient Outcomes?." Annals of Surgery 265, no. 2 (February 2017): 402-407. Full Text
  - Giattino, CM, Gardner, JE, Sbahi, FM, Roberts, KC, Cooter, M, Moretti, E, Browndyke, JN, Mathew, JP, Woldorff, MG, Berger, M, and MADCO-PC Investigators, . "Intraoperative Frontal Alpha-Band Power Correlates with Preoperative Neurocognitive Function in Older Adults." Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 11 (January 2017): 24-null. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Adam, MA, Thomas, S, Hyslop, T, Scheri, RP, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Exploring the Relationship Between Patient Age and Cancer-Specific Survival in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Rethinking Current Staging Systems." Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 34, no. 36 (December 2016): 4415-4420. Full Text
  - Anderson, KL, Youngwirth, LM, Scheri, RP, Stang, MT, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "T1a Versus T1b Differentiated Thyroid Cancers: Do We Need to Make the Distinction?." Thyroid : Official Journal of the American Thyroid Association 26, no. 8 (August 2016): 1046-1052. Full Text
  - Jillard, CL, Youngwirth, L, Scheri, RP, Roman, S, and Sosa, JA. "Radioactive Iodine Treatment Is Associated with Improved Survival for Patients with Hürthle Cell Carcinoma." Thyroid : Official Journal of the American Thyroid Association 26, no. 7 (July 2016): 959-964. Full Text
  - Pontius, LN, Youngwirth, LM, Thomas, SM, Scheri, RP, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Lymphovascular invasion is associated with survival for papillary thyroid cancer." Endocrine Related Cancer 23, no. 7 (July 2016): 555-562. Full Text
  - Adam, MA, Thomas, S, Youngwirth, L, Hyslop, T, Reed, SD, Scheri, RP, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Is There a Minimum Number of Thyroidectomies a Surgeon Should Perform to Optimize Patient Outcomes?." Annals of Surgery (March 8, 2016).
  - Youngwirth, LM, Adam, MA, Scheri, RP, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Patients Treated at Low-Volume Centers have Higher Rates of Incomplete Resection and Compromised Outcomes: Analysis of 31,129 Patients with Papillary Thyroid Cancer." Annals of surgical oncology 23, no. 2 (February 2016): 403-409. Full Text
  - Adam, MA, Goffredo, P, Youngwirth, L, Scheri, RP, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Same thyroid cancer, different national practice guidelines: When discordant American Thyroid Association and National Comprehensive Cancer Network surgery recommendations are associated with compromised patient outcome." Surgery 159, no. 1 (January 2016): 41-50. Full Text
  - Goffredo, P, Jillard, C, Thomas, S, Scheri, RP, Sosa, JA, and Roman, S. "Minimally invasive follicular carcinoma: predictors of vascular invasion and impact on patterns of care." Endocrine 51, no. 1 (January 2016): 123-130. Full Text
  - 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
  - Haddad, RI, Lydiatt, WM, Ball, DW, Busaidy, NL, Byrd, D, Callender, G, Dickson, P, Duh, Q-Y, Ehya, H, Haymart, M, Hoh, C, Hunt, JP, Iagaru, A, Kandeel, F, Kopp, P, Lamonica, DM, McCaffrey, JC, Moley, JF, Parks, L, Raeburn, CD, Ridge, JA, Ringel, MD, Scheri, RP, Shah, JP, Smallridge, RC, Sturgeon, C, Wang, TN, Wirth, LJ, Hoffmann, KG, and Hughes, M. "Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma, Version 2.2015." Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : Jnccn 13, no. 9 (September 2015): 1140-1150. Full Text
  - Adam, MA, Choudhury, K, Dinan, MA, Reed, SD, Scheri, RP, Blazer, DG, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Minimally Invasive Versus Open Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Cancer: Practice Patterns and Short-term Outcomes Among 7061 Patients." Annals of surgery 262, no. 2 (August 2015): 372-377. Full Text
  - Goffredo, P, Adam, MA, Thomas, SM, Scheri, RP, Sosa, JA, and Roman, SA. "Patterns of Use and Short-Term Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Surgery for Malignant Pheochromocytoma: A Population-Level Study." World Journal of Surgery 39, no. 8 (August 2015): 1966-1973. 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
  - Wang, H, Heck, K, Pruitt, SK, Wong, TZ, Scheri, RP, Georgiade, GS, Ichite, I, and Hwang, ES. "Impact of delayed lymphoscintigraphy for sentinel lymphnode biopsy for breast cancer." Journal of surgical oncology 111, no. 8 (June 2015): 931-934. 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
  - Jillard, CL, Scheri, RP, and Sosa, JA. "What Is the Optimal Treatment of Papillary Thyroid Cancer?." Advances in Surgery 49 (January 2015): 79-93. (Review) Full Text
  - Tuttle, RM, Haddad, RI, Ball, DW, Byrd, D, Dickson, P, Duh, Q-Y, Ehya, H, Haymart, M, Hoh, C, Hunt, JP, Iagaru, A, Kandeel, F, Kopp, P, Lamonica, DM, Lydiatt, WM, McCaffrey, J, Moley, JF, Parks, L, Raeburn, CD, Ridge, JA, Ringel, MD, Scheri, RP, Shah, JP, Sherman, SI, Sturgeon, C, Waguespack, SG, Wang, TN, Wirth, LJ, Hoffmann, KG, and Hughes, M. "Thyroid carcinoma, version 2.2014." Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : Jnccn 12, no. 12 (December 2014): 1671-1680. 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, LF, Hyland, KA, and Scheri, RP. "Hyperparathyroid crisis due to asymmetric parathyroid hyperplasia with a massive ectopic parathyroid gland." Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists 20, no. 10 (October 2014): e180-e182. Full Text
  - Elfenbein, DM, Scarborough, JE, Speicher, PJ, and Scheri, RP. "Comparison of laparoscopic versus open adrenalectomy: results from American College of Surgeons-National Surgery Quality Improvement Project." J Surg Res 184, no. 1 (September 2013): 216-220. Full Text Link to Item
  - Elfenbein, DM, Scheri, RP, Roman, S, and Sosa, JA. "Detection and management of cervical lymph nodes in papillary thyroid cancer." Expert Review of Endocrinology & Metabolism 8, no. 4 (July 2013): 365-378. Full Text
  - Lyman, GH, Baker, J, Geradts, J, Horton, J, Kimmick, G, Peppercorn, J, Pruitt, S, Scheri, RP, and Hwang, ES. "Multidisciplinary care of patients with early-stage breast cancer." Surg Oncol Clin N Am 22, no. 2 (April 2013): 299-317. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Salama, AKS, de Rosa, N, Scheri, RP, Pruitt, SK, Herndon, JE, Marcello, J, Tyler, DS, and Abernethy, AP. "Hazard-rate analysis and patterns of recurrence in early stage melanoma: moving towards a rationally designed surveillance strategy." PLoS One 8, no. 3 (2013): e57665-. Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
  - Salama, AKS, Rosa, ND, Scheri, RP, Herndon, JE, Tyler, DS, Marcello, J, Pruitt, SK, and Abernethy, AP. "The effect of metastatic site and decade of diagnosis on the individual burden of metastatic melanoma: contemporary estimates of average years of life lost." Cancer Invest 30, no. 9 (November 2012): 637-641. Full Text Link to Item
  - Untch, BR, Adam, MA, Danko, ME, Barfield, ME, Dixit, D, Scheri, RP, and Olson, JA. "Tumor proximity to the recurrent laryngeal nerve in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism undergoing parathyroidectomy." Ann Surg Oncol 19, no. 12 (November 2012): 3823-3826. Full Text Link to Item
  - Untch, BR, Adam, MA, Scheri, RP, Bennett, KM, Dixit, D, Webb, C, Leight, GS, and Olson, JA. "Surgeon-performed ultrasound is superior to 99Tc-sestamibi scanning to localize parathyroid adenomas in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: results in 516 patients over 10 years." Journal of the American College of Surgeons 212, no. 4 (April 2011): 522-529. Full Text
  - Bukhman, R, Scheri, RP, Selim, MA, and Baker, JA. "Sonography in the identification of calciphylaxis of the breast." J Ultrasound Med 29, no. 1 (January 2010): 129-133. Link to Item
  - Wright, BE, Scheri, RP, Ye, X, Faries, MB, Turner, RR, Essner, R, and Morton, DL. "Importance of sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with thin melanoma." Arch Surg 143, no. 9 (September 2008): 892-899. Full Text Link to Item
  - Foley, PJ, Scheri, RP, Smolock, CJ, Pippin, J, Green, DW, and Drebin, JA. "Targeted suppression of beta-catenin blocks intestinal adenoma formation in APC Min mice." J Gastrointest Surg 12, no. 8 (August 2008): 1452-1458. Full Text Link to Item
  - Scheri, RP, Herndon, JE, Marcello, J, Wheeler, J, Tyler, DS, and Abernethy, AP. "Mortality burden of melanoma: Metastatic site-specific and temporal trends." J Clin Oncol 26, no. 15_suppl (May 20, 2008): 9076-. Link to Item
  - Scheri, RP, Essner, R, Turner, RR, Ye, X, and Morton, DL. "Isolated tumor cells in the sentinel node affect long-term prognosis of patients with melanoma." Ann Surg Oncol 14, no. 10 (October 2007): 2861-2866. Full Text Link to Item
  - Torisu-Itakura, H, Lee, JH, Scheri, RP, Huynh, Y, Ye, X, Essner, R, and Morton, DL. "Molecular characterization of inflammatory genes in sentinel and nonsentinel nodes in melanoma." Clin Cancer Res 13, no. 11 (June 1, 2007): 3125-3132. Full Text Link to Item
  - Chen, SL, Iddings, DM, Scheri, RP, and Bilchik, AJ. "Lymphatic mapping and sentinel node analysis: current concepts and applications." Ca: a Cancer Journal for Clinicians 56, no. 5 (September 2006): 292-309. (Review) Full Text
  - Scheri, RP, and Essner, R. "Lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymphadenectomy in primary cutaneous melanoma." Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 6, no. 7 (July 2006): 1105-1110. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Kavanagh, MA, Essner, R, Chen, SL, Wanek, LA, Scheri, RP, and Morton, DL. "Prognostic significance of children with cutaneous melanoma: Implications for treatment." Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 24, no. 18_suppl (June 2006): 8021-.
  - Scheri, RP, Kavanagh, M, Wanek, L, Essner, R, and Morton, D. "Lessons learned from two decades of sentinel node biopsies for melanoma." Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 24, no. 18_suppl (June 2006): 8055-.
  - Essner, R, Scheri, R, Kavanagh, M, Torisu-Itakura, H, Wanek, LA, and Morton, DL. "Surgical management of the groin lymph nodes in melanoma in the era of sentinel lymph node dissection." Archives of Surgery 141, no. 9 (2006): 877-882. Full Text
  - Moustakidis, P, Cupps, BP, Pomerantz, BJ, Scheri, RP, Maniar, HS, Kates, AM, Gropler, RJ, Pasque, MK, and Sundt, TM. "Noninvasive, quantitative assessment of left ventricular function in ischemic cardiomyopathy." J Surg Res 116, no. 2 (February 2004): 187-196. Full Text Link to Item
  - Cupps, BP, Moustakidis, P, Pomerantz, BJ, Vedala, G, Scheri, RP, Kouchoukos, NT, Davila-Roman, VG, and Pasque, MK. "Severe aortic insufficiency and normal systolic function: determining regional left ventricular wall stress by finite-element analysis." Ann Thorac Surg 76, no. 3 (September 2003): 668-675. Link to Item
  - Langenburg, SE, Buchanan, SA, Blackbourne, LH, Scheri, RP, Sinclair, KN, Martinez, J, Spotnitz, WD, Tribble, CG, and Kron, IL. "Predicting survival after coronary revascularization for ischemic cardiomyopathy." Ann Thorac Surg 60, no. 5 (November 1995): 1193-1196. Full Text Link to Item
- Book Sections
  - Scheri, R, Roman, S, and Sosa, JA. "Biopsy, lobectomy, total thyroidectomy, and lymph node dissection for thyroid cancer." In Fischer's Mastery of Surgery, Seventh Edition, 516-530. January 1, 2018.
  - Scheri, RP, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Surgical management of sporadic medullary thyroid cancer (extent of thyroid resection and the role of central and lateral neck dissection)." In Medullary Thyroid Cancer, 115-126. July 20, 2016. Full Text
  - Scheri, RP, and Sosa, JA. "Critical appraisal." In Minimally Invasive Therapies for Endocrine Neck Diseases, 261-272. January 1, 2016. Full Text
  - Scheri, RP, Sosa, JA, and Roman, SA. "Advances in thyroid and parathyroid care." In Technological Advances in Surgery, Trauma and Critical Care, 209-219. January 1, 2015. Full Text
  - Olson, JA, and Scheri, RP. "Adrenal gland." In Greenfield's Surgery: Scientific Principles and Practice: Fifth Edition, 1325-1345. September 11, 2012.
- Other Articles
  - Elfenbein, DM, Weber, TJ, and Scheri, RP. "Tumor-induced osteomalacia masking primary hyperparathyroidism." Surgery 152, no. 6 (December 2012): 1256-1258. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kollitz, KM, Tcheung, WJ, Scheri, RP, Selim, MA, and Nelson, KC. "An acrochordon-like melanoma metastasis." Arch Dermatol 148, no. 1 (January 2012): 136-137. (Letter) Full Text Link to Item
  - Morton, DL, Scheri, RP, and Balch, CM. "Can completion lymph node dissection be avoided for a positive sentinel node in melanoma?." Ann Surg Oncol 14, no. 9 (September 2007): 2437-2439. Full Text Link to Item
  - Scheri, R, and Giuliano, AE. "A prospective evaluation of positron emission tomography scanning, sentinel lymph node biopsy, and standard axillary dissection for axillary staging in patients with early stage breast cancer." Breast Diseases 16, no. 3 (January 1, 2005): 263-null. Full Text
- Conference Papers
  - Ji, KSY, Oyekunle, TO, Scheri, RP, Stang, MT, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "(In)Adequacy of Lymph Node Yield for Papillary Thyroid Cancer in the US: An Analysis of 52,820 Patients." : Elsevier BV, October 2018. Full Text
  - Zambeli-Ljepovic, A, Wang, F, Hyslop, T, Roman, SA, Sosa, JA, and Scheri, RP. "Total Thyroidectomy and Radioactive Iodine for Elderly Patients with Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer Confers No Survival Benefit over Lobectomy Alone." Owen Wangensteen Scientific Forum / Annual Clinical Congress of the American-College-of-Surgeons (ACS). Boston, MA. October 21, 2018 - October 25, 2018.: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, October 1, 2018. Full Text Link to Item
  - Pontius, LN, Oyekunle, T, Thomas, SM, Stang, MT, Scheri, RP, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Projecting Survival in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Comparison of the 7th and 8th Editions of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC)/Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) Staging Systems in A Contemporary National Patient Cohort." October 2017. Full Text
  - Beasley, G, Hu, Y, Youngwirth, L, Scheri, RP, Salama, A, Rossfeld, K, Gardezi, SK, Agnese, D, Howard, JH, Tyler, D, Slingluff, CL, and Terando, A. "Multicenter Study of the Prognostic Value of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in the Management of Recurrent Melanoma." 70th Annual Cancer Symposium of the Society-of-Surgical-Oncology (SSO). Seattle, WA. March 15, 2017 - March 18, 2017.: SPRINGER, February 1, 2017. Link to Item
  - Pontius, L, Thomas, SM, Scheri, RP, Roman, S, and Sosa, J. "Factors Associated with Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Stage III Melanoma: A National Study of 15361 Patients." 70th Annual Cancer Symposium of the Society-of-Surgical-Oncology (SSO). Seattle, WA. March 15, 2017 - March 18, 2017.: SPRINGER, February 1, 2017. Link to Item
  - Pontius, LN, Youngwirth, LM, Thomas, SM, Scheri, RP, Roman, SA, and Sosa, JA. "Vanishing Thyroid Tumors: What Are They, and What Do They Mean for Patients?." October 2016. Full Text
  - De Rosa, N, II, HJE, Marcello, J, Tyler, DS, Scheri, RP, Pruitt, SK, Wheeler, JL, and Abernethy, AP. "Patterns of Recurrence in Melanoma and the Impact on Survival." February 2010. Link to Item
  - Scheri, RP, II, HJE, Marcello, J, Wheeler, J, Tyler, DS, and Abernethy, AP. "Mortality burden of melanoma: Metastatic site-specific and temporal trends." May 20, 2008. Full Text Link to Item
  - Scheri, RP, Wanek, L, Essner, R, and Morton, D. "Improved long-term survival in patients with intermediate thickness primary melanoma managed by sentinel node biopsy." : AMER SOC CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, June 20, 2007. Link to Item
  - Scheri, RP, Essner, R, Turner, RR, Ye, X, Wanek, L, and Morton, DL. "Do isolated tumor cells in the sentinel node in melanoma affect long-term prognosis?." February 2007. Link to Item
  - Kavanagh, MA, Essner, R, Chen, SL, Wanek, LA, Scheri, RP, and Morton, DL. "Prognostic significance of children with cutaneous melanoma: Implications for treatment." June 20, 2006. Link to Item
  - Scheri, RP, Kavanagh, M, Wanek, L, Essner, R, and Morton, D. "Lessons learned from two decades of sentinel node biopsies for melanoma." June 20, 2006. Link to Item
  - Vedala, G, Moustakidis, P, Scheri, RP, Cupps, BP, Gropler, RJ, Nickerson, NJ, Kouchoukos, NT, Pasque, MK, and Davila-Roman, VG. "Decreased contractile reserve in severe aortic insufficiency using MRI-derived stress and strain relationships." February 2001. Link to Item
  - Scheri, RP, Moustakidis, P, Cupps, BP, Kates, AM, Gropler, RJ, Pasque, MK, and Sundt, TM. "Noninvasive, quantitative identification of left ventricular dysfunction in ischemic cardiomyopathy." October 31, 2000. Link to Item
  - Moustakidis, P, Scheri, RP, Vedala, G, Cupps, BP, Kates, AM, Sundt, TM, Gropler, RJ, Davila-Roman, VG, and Pasque, MK. "Noninvasive, quantitative detection of left ventricular wall dysfunctional areas in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy using magnetic resonance imaging with tissue tagging and finite element modeling." February 2000. Link to Item
  - Moustakidis, P, Pyo, R, Scheri, RP, Moulton, MJ, Cupps, BP, Sundt, TM, Guccione, JM, and Pasque, MK. "Stress distribution analysis of an experimental model of left ventricular aneurysm using magnetic resonance imaging and finite element modeling." November 2, 1999. Link to Item
  - Moustakidis, P, Scheri, RP, Cupps, BP, Vedala, G, Moulton, MJ, Sundt, TM, Kouchoukos, NT, Davila-Roman, VG, and Pasque, MK. "An inverse material identification algorithm for determining in vivo myocardial material properties in patients with aortic insufficiency." November 2, 1999. Link to Item
Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
- SURGERY 232C: Introduction to Endocrine Surgery 2019
- SURGERY 406C: Endocrine Surgery 2019

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