Scholars@Duke

• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Elucidating the Genome of Large Cell Lung Neuroendocrine Cancer awarded by Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education 2019 - 2020
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Raman, Vignesh, Valeda Yong, Cherie P. Erkmen, and Betty C. Tong. “Social Disparities in Lung Cancer Risk and Screening.” Thorac Surg Clin 32, no. 1 (February 2022): 23–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.thorsurg.2021.09.011.
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    • Jawitz, Oliver K., and Vignesh Raman. “Commentary: One size fits all, maybe.” The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 162, no. 2 (August 2021): 430–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.03.114.
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    • Raman, Vignesh, and Oliver K. Jawitz. “Commentary: Size may matter after all.” The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 162, no. 1 (July 2021): 319–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.05.030.
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    • Pabon-Ramos, Waleska M., Vignesh Raman, Fides R. Schwartz, Betty C. Tong, and Lynne M. Koweek. “Magnetic Resonance Lymphangiography of the Central Lymphatic System: Technique and Clinical Applications.” J Magn Reson Imaging 53, no. 2 (February 2021): 374–80. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.27069.
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    • Choi, Ashley Y., Oliver K. Jawitz, Vignesh Raman, Michael S. Mulvihill, Samantha E. Halpern, Yaron D. Barac, Jacob A. Klapper, and Matthew G. Hartwig. “Predictors of nonuse of donation after circulatory death lung allografts.” The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 161, no. 2 (February 2021): 458-466.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.04.111.
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    • Raman, Vignesh, Oliver K. Jawitz, Soraya L. Voigt, Kristen E. Rhodin, Thomas A. D’Amico, David H. Harpole, Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, and Betty C. Tong. “The Effect of Tumor Size and Histologic Findings on Outcomes After Segmentectomy vs Lobectomy for Clinically Node-Negative Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.” Chest 159, no. 1 (January 2021): 390–400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2020.06.066.
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    • Raman, Vignesh, Oliver K. Jawitz, Thomas A. D’Amico, Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, and Betty C. Tong. “Response.” Chest 159, no. 1 (January 2021): 445–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2020.08.2044.
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    • Farrow, Norma E., Vignesh Raman, Taylor P. Williams, Kayla Y. Nguyen, Douglas S. Tyler, and Georgia M. Beasley. “Adjuvant Therapy is Effective for Melanoma Patients with a Positive Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Who Forego Completion Lymphadenectomy.” Annals of Surgical Oncology 27, no. 13 (December 2020): 5121–25. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-020-08478-7.
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    • Raman, Vignesh, Oliver K. Jawitz, Soraya L. Voigt, Kristen E. Rhodin, Anthony W. Kim, Betty C. Tong, Thomas A. D’Amico, and David H. Harpole. “Patterns of Care in Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Node-Positive Esophageal Adenocarcinoma.” Ann Thorac Surg 110, no. 6 (December 2020): 1832–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.05.069.
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    • Rhodin, Kristen E., Vignesh Raman, Oliver K. Jawitz, Betty C. Tong, David H. Harpole, and Thomas A. D’Amico. “The Effect of Timing of Adjuvant Therapy on Survival After Esophagectomy.” Ann Thorac Surg 110, no. 3 (September 2020): 1023–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.03.040.
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    • Jawitz, Oliver K., Marat Fudim, Vignesh Raman, Vanessa Blumer, Kadir Caliskan, Adam D. DeVore, Robert J. Mentz, et al. “Renal Outcomes in Patients Bridged to Heart Transplant With a Left Ventricular Assist Device.” Ann Thorac Surg 110, no. 2 (August 2020): 567–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.11.021.
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    • Jawitz, Oliver K., Marat Fudim, Vignesh Raman, Benjamin S. Bryner, Adam D. DeVore, Robert J. Mentz, Carmelo Milano, Chetan B. Patel, Jacob N. Schroder, and Joseph G. Rogers. “Reassessing Recipient Mortality Under the New Heart Allocation System: An Updated UNOS Registry Analysis.” Jacc Heart Fail 8, no. 7 (July 2020): 548–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2020.03.010.
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    • Jawitz, Oliver K., Vignesh Raman, Jatin Anand, Muath Bishawi, Soraya L. Voigt, Julie Doberne, Andrew M. Vekstein, E Hope Weissler, Joseph W. Turek, and G Chad Hughes. “Aortic valve repair with a newly approved geometric annuloplasty ring in patients undergoing proximal aortic repair: early results from a single-centre experience.” Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 57, no. 6 (June 1, 2020): 1137–44. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaa009.
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    • Yang, Chi-Fu Jeffrey, Adaora Nwosu, Nicholas R. Mayne, Yo-Yo Wang, Vignesh Raman, Robert Ryan Meyerhoff, Thomas A. D’Amico, and Mark F. Berry. “A Minimally Invasive Approach to Lobectomy After Induction Therapy Does Not Compromise Survival.” Ann Thorac Surg 109, no. 5 (May 2020): 1503–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.09.065.
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    • Jawitz, Oliver K., Vignesh Raman, Adam D. DeVore, Robert J. Mentz, Chetan B. Patel, Joseph Rogers, and Carmelo Milano. “Increasing the United States heart transplant donor pool with donation after circulatory death.” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 159, no. 5 (May 2020): e307–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.09.080.
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    • Raman, Vignesh, Oliver K. Jawitz, Chi-Fu J. Yang, Soraya L. Voigt, Anthony W. Kim, Betty C. Tong, Thomas A. D’Amico, and David H. Harpole. “The influence of adjuvant therapy on survival in patients with indeterminate margins following surgery for non-small cell lung cancer.” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 159, no. 5 (May 2020): 2030-2040.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.09.075.
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    • Raman, Vignesh, Oliver K. Jawitz, Soraya L. Voigt, Chi-Fu J. Yang, Thomas A. D’Amico, and David H. Harpole. “The Role of Adjuvant Therapy in Patients With Margin-Positive (R1) Esophagectomy: A National Analysis.” J Surg Res 249 (May 2020): 82–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2019.11.035.
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    • Raman, Vignesh, Oliver K. Jawitz, Soraya L. Voigt, Chi-Fu J. Yang, Hanghang Wang, David H. Harpole, and Thomas A. D’Amico. “Effect of time to surgery on outcomes in stage I esophageal adenocarcinoma.” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 159, no. 4 (April 2020): 1626-1635.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.09.123.
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    • Jawitz, Oliver K., Vignesh Raman, Yaron D. Barac, Jatin Anand, Chetan B. Patel, Robert J. Mentz, Adam D. DeVore, and Carmelo Milano. “Influence of donor brain death duration on outcomes following heart transplantation: A United Network for Organ Sharing Registry analysis.” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 159, no. 4 (April 2020): 1345-1353.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.04.060.
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    • Yang, Chi-Fu Jeffrey, Shivani A. Shah, Divya Ramakrishnan, Vignesh Raman, Kevin Diao, Hanghang Wang, Sarah J. Commander, Thomas A. D’Amico, and Mark F. Berry. “Impact of Positive Margins and Radiation After Tracheal Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Resection on Survival.” Ann Thorac Surg 109, no. 4 (April 2020): 1026–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.08.094.
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    • Jawitz, Oliver K., Vignesh Raman, and Carmelo Milano. “Reply from the authors: We do not know what we do not know-Mechanism of donor brain death and transplant recipient outcomes.” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 159, no. 3 (March 2020): e214–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.07.144.
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    • Raman, Vignesh, and Oliver K. Jawitz. “Commentary: Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, March 2020, S0022-5223(20)30593-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.03.015.
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    • Raman, Vignesh, Oliver K. Jawitz, Chi-Fu J. Yang, Soraya L. Voigt, Betty C. Tong, Thomas A. D’Amico, and David H. Harpole. “Outcomes for Surgery in Large Cell Lung Neuroendocrine Cancer.” J Thorac Oncol 14, no. 12 (December 2019): 2143–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtho.2019.09.005.
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    • Raman, Vignesh, Oliver K. Jawitz, Chi-Fu J. Yang, Soraya L. Voigt, Hanghang Wang, Thomas A. D’Amico, David H. Harpole, and Betty C. Tong. “Outcomes of surgery versus chemoradiotherapy in patients with clinical or pathologic stage N3 non-small cell lung cancer.” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 158, no. 6 (December 2019): 1680-1692.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.08.033.
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    • Raman, Vignesh, Oliver K. Jawitz, Soraya L. Voigt, Norma E. Farrow, Chi-Fu J. Yang, Thomas A. D’Amico, and David H. Harpole. “Surgery Is Associated With Survival Benefit in T4a Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: A National Analysis.” Ann Thorac Surg 108, no. 6 (December 2019): 1633–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.05.091.
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    • Jawitz, Oliver K., Vignesh Raman, Jacob Klapper, Matthew Hartwig, Chetan B. Patel, and Carmelo Milano. “Donor and recipient age matching in heart transplantation: analysis of the UNOS Registry.” Transpl Int 32, no. 11 (November 2019): 1194–1202. https://doi.org/10.1111/tri.13481.
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    • Jawitz, Oliver K., Vignesh Raman, Yaron Barac, Michael S. Mulvihill, Carrie Moore, Ashley Y. Choi, Matthew Hartwig, and Jacob Klapper. “Impact of Donor Brain Death Duration on Outcomes After Lung Transplantation.” Ann Thorac Surg 108, no. 5 (November 2019): 1519–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.05.026.
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    • Raman, Vignesh, Mohamed A. Adam, Megan C. Turner, Harvey G. Moore, Christopher R. Mantyh, and John Migaly. “Disparity of Colon Cancer Outcomes in Rural America: Making the Case to Travel the Extra Mile.” J Gastrointest Surg 23, no. 11 (November 2019): 2285–93. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-019-04270-5.
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    • Raman, Vignesh, Oliver K. Jawitz, Chi-Fu J. Yang, Betty C. Tong, Thomas A. D’Amico, Mark F. Berry, and David H. Harpole. “Adjuvant Therapy for Patients With Early Large Cell Lung Neuroendocrine Cancer: A National Analysis.” Ann Thorac Surg 108, no. 2 (August 2019): 377–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.03.053.
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    • Raman, Vignesh, Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, John Z. Deng, and Thomas A. D’Amico. “Surgical treatment for early stage non-small cell lung cancer.” J Thorac Dis 10, no. Suppl 7 (April 2018): S898–904. https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd.2018.01.172.
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    • Raman, Vignesh, Kelly A. Thompson-Brazill, Kathy Kane, Charles D. Harr, Abdul G. Chaudhry, Robert Merrill Hunter, Bryon J. Boulton, William A. Killinger, and Judson B. Williams. “Silver-Impregnated Dressing Does Not Decrease Incidence of Surgical Site Infection After Adult Cardiac Surgery.” Innovations (Phila) 13, no. 4 (2018): 296–99. https://doi.org/10.1097/IMI.0000000000000538.
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    • Raman, Vignesh, Karen L. Moodie, Obinna O. Ofoche, Larry R. Kaiser, and Cherie P. Erkmen. “Endoscopy after esophagectomy: Safety demonstrated in a porcine model.” The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 154, no. 3 (September 2017): 1152–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.12.053.
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    • Raman, Vignesh, Larry R. Kaiser, and Cherie P. Erkmen. “Clinical pathway for esophagectomy improves perioperative nutrition.” Healthcare 4, no. 3 (September 2016): 166–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hjdsi.2015.11.004.
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    • Erkmen, Cherie P., and Vignesh Raman. “Response.” Chest 149, no. 2 (February 2016): 602–3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2015.11.006.
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    • Raman, Vignesh, Caitlyn E. MacGlaflin, Karen L. Moodie, Larry R. Kaiser, and Cherie P. Erkmen. “Warming barium sulfate improves esophageal leak detection in pig model.” Journal of Surgical Research 199, no. 2 (December 2015): 657–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2015.05.056.
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    • Erkmen, Cherie P., and Vignesh Raman. “Response.” Chest 147, no. 3 (March 2015): e120–21. https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.14-2993.
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    • Raman, Vignesh, Caitlyn E. MacGlaflin, and Cherie P. Erkmen. “Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation Following Esophagectomy.” Chest 147, no. 2 (February 2015): 356–61. https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.14-0886.
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    • Erkmen, Cherie P., Richard J. Barth, and Vignesh Raman. “Case report: Successful treatment of recurrent chordoma and bilateral pulmonary metastases following an 11-year disease-free period.” International Journal of Surgery Case Reports 5, no. 7 (2014): 424–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.02.005.
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    • Erkmen, Cherie P., Vignesh Raman, Neil D. Ghushe, and Thadeus L. Trus. “Laparoscopic Repair of Hiatal Hernia After Esophagectomy.” Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 17, no. 8 (August 2013): 1370–74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-013-2246-x.
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    • Lai, Julian, Chuan Hock Koh, Monika Tjota, Laurent Pieuchot, Vignesh Raman, Karthik Balakrishna Chandrababu, Daiwen Yang, Limsoon Wong, and Gregory Jedd. “Intrinsically disordered proteins aggregate at fungal cell-to-cell channels and regulate intercellular connectivity.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109, no. 39 (September 25, 2012): 15781–86. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1207467109.
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    • Velichkova, Michaella, Joe Juan, Pavan Kadandale, Steve Jean, Inês Ribeiro, Vignesh Raman, Chris Stefan, and Amy A. Kiger. “Drosophila Mtm and class II PI3K coregulate a PI(3)P pool with cortical and endolysosomal functions.” Journal of Cell Biology 190, no. 3 (August 9, 2010): 407–25. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200911020.
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    • Raman, V., O. G. Ofoche, D. J. Chentorycki, and C. P. Erkmen. “Cadaveric validation of porcine model suggests noninvasive positive pressure ventilation may be safe following esophagectomy.” Annals of Translational Medicine 3, no. 21 (n.d.). https://doi.org/10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2015.12.17.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Raman, Vignesh, Oliver K. Jawitz, Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, Soraya L. Voigt, Thomas A. D’Amico, David H. Harpole, and Betty C. Tong. “The effect of extent of resection on outcomes in patients with limited stage small cell lung cancer.” In J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 161:1484-1492.e5, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.02.135.
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    • Raman, Vignesh, Oliver K. Jawitz, Soraya L. Voigt, Chi-Fu J. Yang, David H. Harpole, Thomas A. D’Amico, and Matthew G. Hartwig. “The effect of age on survival after endoscopic resection versus surgery for T1a esophageal cancer.” In J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 160:295-302.e3, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.11.050.
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    • Choi, A. Y., V. Raman, O. K. Jawitz, S. E. Halpern, B. S. Bryner, L. D. Snyder, and M. G. Hartwig. “Five Year Follow-Up of Staged Bilateral Lung Transplantation for High-Risk Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease: A Matched Case-Control Study.” In The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : The Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation, 39:S380–81, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.486.
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