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Ara A. Vaporciyan, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Associate Professor, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment

Deputy Chair, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Office Address

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd.
Box 445
Houston, TX 77030
Room Number: FC9.2004
Phone: (713) 745-4533
Fax: (713) 794-4901

Education & Training

Postgraduate Training

7/1996-6/1998 Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center/Texas Heart Institute, Houston
7/1993-6/1996 Resident, General Surgery, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston
7/1991-6/1993 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor
7/1989-6/1991 Intern and Resident, General Surgery, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston

Board Certifications

6/1999 Diplomat, American Board of Thoracic Surgery
6/1997 Diplomat, American Board of Surgery

Experience/Service

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1/1998-1/2004

Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities

Disease-Site Liaison, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 7/2007-present
Member, Faculty Senate, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 1/2005-present
Rotating Program Coordinator, Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 1/2003-present
Medical Director, Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery Database, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 1/2003-present
Quality Improvement Officer, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1/2003-present
Director, Clinical Education & Training, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 1/2003-present
Director, Cardiac & Vascular Surgical Oncology Program, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 1/2002-present

Other Appointments/Responsibilities

Executive Council Member, Joint Council of Thoracic Surgical Education, Houston, TX, 1/2009-present
Chair, Writing Committee for the CT Interest Survey, AATS & STS Joint Committee, Houston, TX, 6/2008-present
Committee Member, Post-Graduate Course Committee, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, Houston, TX, 11/2006-present

Institutional Committee Activities

Member, CME Advisory Committee, 10/2008-present
Chair, Clinical Educator Working Group, 4/2008-present
Member, Clinical Research Impact Subcommittee of the Clinical Council, 2006-present
Member, Faculty Senate, 2005-2008
Member, Divisional Promotion/Tenure Committee, 1/2004-present
Member, Medical Records Subcommittee, 1/2004-present
Member, Institutional Review Subcommittee, 1/2003-present
Reviewer, Institutional Review Board, 9/2002-present
Reviewer, Institutional Review Board, 3/2002-present
External Member, Bone Primary and Metastatic Tissue Bank, 1/2002-present
Member, Task Force for Blood Utilization in the Operating Room, 1/2002-1/2003
Member, Task Force ICU Bed Utilization, 1/2002-1/2003
Member, Task Force Cardiac Monitoring/ Telemetry, 1/2002-7/2002
Member, Medical Practice Subcommittee, 1/2001-1/2005

Honors and Awards

2006 The Chief Resident Teaching Award, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Department of Surgery
2005 Honorary Speaker, Peking University School of Oncology, Beijing Cancer Hospital and Beijing Tuberculosis & Tumor Research Institute
2004 Special Teaching Award, Selected by the Surgical Oncology Fellows, Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
2003 Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, Baylor College of Medicine Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
2002 The Chief Resident Teaching Award, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Department of Surgery
1996 Outstanding Surgical Resident Award, The University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Professional Memberships

American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Member, 2006-present
American College of Surgeons
Fellow, 2003-present
American Thoracic Society
Member, 2001-2009
Cooley Hands
Member, 1996-present
Denton A. Cooley Cardiovascular Surgical Society
Member, 1996-present
General Thoracic Surgical Club
Member, 2005-present
Harris County Medical Society and Texas Medical Association
Member, 2006-present
International Association of Lung Cancer
Member, 1999-present
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Member, 2003-present
Society of University Surgeons
Member, 2004-present
Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
Member, 2001-present

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Cen P, Correa A, Lee JH, Maru D, Anandasabapathy S, Liao Z, Hofstetter WL, Swisher SG, Komaki R, Ross WA, Vaporciyan AA, Ajani JA. Adenocarcinoma of the lower esophagus with barrett's esophagus or without barrett's esophagus: Differences in patients survival after preoperative chemoradiation. Diseases of the Esophagus 22(1):32-41, 2009.
2. Xing J, Wu X, Vaporciyan AA, Spitz MR, Gu J. Prognostic significance of ataxia-telangiectasia mutated, DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit, and Ku heterodimeric regulatory complex 86-kD subunit expression in patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer. Cancer 112(12):2756-64, 6/2008. PMID: 18457328.
3. Katz RL, Zaidi TM, Fernandez RL, Zhang J, He W, Acosta C, Daniely M, Madi L, Vargas MA, Dong Q, Jiang XG, Caraway NP, Vaporciyan AA, Roth JA, Spitz MR. Automated detection of genetic abnormalities combined with cytology in sputum is a sensitive predictor of lung cancer. Mod Pathol 21(8):950-60, 5/2008. PMID: 18500269.
4. Yendamuri S, Vaporciyan AA, Zaidi T, Feng L, Fernandez R, Bekele NB, Hofstetter WL, Jiang F, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Spitz MR, Swisher SG, Walsh GL, Roth JA, Katz RL. 3p22.1 and 10q22.3 deletions detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). J Thorac Oncol 3(9):979-984, 2008.
5. Bakaeen F, Rice D, Correa AM, Walsh GL, Vaporciyan AA, Putnam JB, Swisher SG, Roth JA, Huh J, Chu D, Smythe WR. Use of aprotinin in extrapleural pneumonectomy: effect on hemostasis and incidence of complications. Ann Thorac Surg 84(3)(3):982-986, 9/2007. PMID: 17720413.
6. Fujitani K, Ajani JA, Crane CH, Feig BW, Pisters PW, Janjan N, Walsh GL, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Rice D, Welch A, Baker J, Faust J, Mansfield PF. Impact of induction chemotherapy and preoperative chemoradiotherapy on operative morbidity and mortality in patients with locoregional adenocarcinoma of the stomach or gastroesophageal junction. Ann Surg Oncol 14(4):1305-11, 4/2007. PMID: 17253104.
7. Bahna P, Hanna HA, Dvorak T, Vaporciyan AA, Chambers M, Raad I. Antiseptic effect of a novel alcohol-free mouthwash: a convenient prophylactic alternative for high-risk patients. Oral Oncol 43(2):159-64, 2/2007. PMID: 16798063.
8. Yendamuri S, Komaki RR, Correa AM, Allen P, Wynn B, Blackmon S, Hofstetter WL, Rice DC, Roth JA, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Mehran RJ. Comparison of limited surgery and three-dimensional conformal radiation in high-risk patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Oncol 2(11):1022-1028, 2007. PMID: 17975494.
9. Rice DC, Smythe WR, Liao Z, Guerrero T, Chang JY, McAleer MF, Jeter MD, Correa A, Vaporciyan AA, Liu HH, Komaki R, Forster KM, Stevens CW. Dose-dependent pulmonary toxicity after postoperative intensity-modulated radiotherapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 69(2):350-357, 2007. PMID: 17467922.
10. Rice DC, Stevens CW, Correa AM, Vaporciyan AA, Tsao A, Forster KM, Walsh GL, Swisher SG, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Roth JA, Liao Z, Smythe WR. Outcomes after extrapleural pneumonectomy and intensity-modulated radiation therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma. Ann Thorac Surg 84(5):1685-1693, 2007. PMID: 17954086.
11. Blackmon SH, Correa AM, Wynn B, Hofstetter WL, Martin LW, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Swisher SG, Walsh GL, Roth JA, Vaporciyan AA. Propensity-Matched Analysis of Three Techniques for Intrathoracic Esophagogastric Anastomosis. Ann Thorac Surg 83(5):1805-1813, 2007. PMID: 17462404.
12. Hofstetter W, Correa AM, Bekele N, Ajani JA, Phan A, Komaki RR, Liao Z, Maru D, Wu TT, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Francis A, Blackmon S, Swisher SG. Proposed modification of nodal status in AJCC Esophageal Cancer Staging System. Ann Thorac Surg 84(2):365-375, 2007. PMID: 17643602.
13. Martin LW, Correa AM, Ordonez NG, Roth JA, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Rice DC. Sarcomatoid Carcinoma of the lung: A predictor of poor prognosis. Ann Thorac Surg 84(3):973-980, 2007. PMID: 17720411.

Editorials
1. Vaporciyan AA. Isolated lung perfusion, is it time to deal with the 800 pound gorilla? J Surg Oncol 96(7):543-544, 2007. PMID: 17999390.

Last updated: 8/28/2009