| Reza J. Mehran, CD, SBStJ, M.D.C.M., MSc, FRCSC, FACS |
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education | |
| 1989 | McGill University, Montreal, Canada, MS, Experimental Surgery |
| 1986 | McGill University, Montreal, Canada, MD, Doctor of Medicine |
Postgraduate Training | |
| 7/1992-6/1995 | Resident, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada, Dr. Pierre Page |
| 7/1986-6/1991 | Resident, General Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Dr. Jonathan Meakins |
Board Certifications
| 2002 | American Board of Surgery |
| 1995 | Royal College of Surgeons of Canada, Thoracic Surg |
| 1995 | Fellow, American College of Surgeons |
| 1991 | Royal College of Surgeons of Canada, General Surgery |
| 1991 | Certificat de Specialiste de la Province de Quebec |
| 1991 | Medical Council of Canada |
| 1991 | National Board of Medical Examiners |
Experience/Service
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Promotion and Mid Tenure Review Committee - Thoracic Head & Neck Medical Oncology, 2007-present
Honors and Awards
| 2006 | The Surgery Chief Resident Surgical Teaching Award, The University of Texas - Houston Medical School |
| 2003 | Resident Teaching Award, University of New Mexico |
| 2000 | The Canadian Peacekeeping Medal, Governor General of Canada, Mrs. Adrian Clark |
| 1999 | The Canadian Decoration |
| 1998-present | Order of St Francis d'Assisi |
| 1997-present | Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
| 1997-present | Serving Brother, Most Venerable Order of Saint John of Jerusalem |
| 1997 | Chief of Defense Staff Commendation Award |
| 1996 | Commander's Commendation Award |
| 1996 | NATO Service Medal, former Yugoslavia |
| 1994 | Chief of Defense Staff Commendation Award |
| 1993 | United Nation Protection Force Service Medal, former Yugoslavia |
| 1990 | Research Prize, Quebec Society of Plastic Surgery |
| 1989 | Davis and Geck Research Award |
| 1986 | Lange Medical Publication Award |
Professional Memberships
| American Association for Thoracic Surgery Member, 5/2009-present |
| American College of Surgeons Member, 1999-present |
| American Radium Society Member, 2006-present |
| American Thoracic Association Member, 2005-present |
| General Thoracic Surgical Club Member, 1999-present |
| International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Member, 2005-present |
| Local Chapter of American College of Surgeons, Houston, TX Member, 2004-present |
| Society of Thoracic Surgeons Member, 1999-present |
| Southern Thoracic Surgical Association Member, 12/2008-present |
| Southern Thoracic Surgical Association Member, 2005-present |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles | ||
| 1. | Gomez DR, Hong DS, Allen PK, Welsh JS, Mehran RJ, Tsao AS, Liao Z, Bilton SD, Komaki R, Rice DC. Patterns of failure, toxicity, and survival after extrapleural pneumonectomy and hemithoracic intensity-modulated radiation therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma. J Thorac Oncol 8(2):238-45, 2/2013. PMID: 23247629. | |
| 2. | Sepesi B, Swisher SG, Walsh GL, Correa A, Mehran RJ, Rice D, Roth J, Vaporciyan A, Hofstetter WL. Omental reinforcement of the thoracic esophagogastric anastomosis: An analysis of leak and reintervention rates in patients undergoing planned and salvage esophagectomy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 144(5):1146-51, 11/2012. e-Pub 8/28/2012. PMID: 22939861. | |
| 3. | Blackmon SH, Stephens EH, Correa AM, Hofstetter W, Kim MP, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Swisher SG, Walsh GL, Vaporciyan AA. Predictors of Recurrent Pulmonary Metastases and Survival After Pulmonary Metastasectomy for Colorectal Cancer. Ann Thorac Surg. e-Pub 10/10/2012. PMID: 23063195. | |
| 4. | Ajani JA, Correa AM, Hofstetter WL, Rice DC, Blum MA, Suzuki A, Taketa T, Welsh J, Lin SH, Lee JH, Bhutani MS, Ross WA, Maru DM, Macapinlac HA, Erasmus J, Komaki R, Mehran RJ, Vaporciyan AA, Swisher SG. Clinical parameters model for predicting pathologic complete response following preoperative chemoradiation in patients with esophageal cancer. Ann Oncol 23(10):2638-42, 10/2012. e-Pub 7/24/2012. PMCID: PMC3457750. | |
| 5. | Marks JL, Hofstetter W, Correa AM, Mehran RJ, Rice D, Roth J, Walsh G, Vaporciyan A, Erasmus J, Chang J, Maru D, Lee JH, Lee J, Ajani JA, Swisher SG. Salvage Esophagectomy After Failed Definitive Chemoradiation for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. Ann Thorac Surg. e-Pub 8/23/2012. PMID: 22921233. | |
| 6. | Blackmon SH, Correa AM, Skoracki R, Chevray PM, Kim MP, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Yu P, Walsh GL, Hofstetter WL. Supercharged Pedicled Jejunal Interposition for Esophageal Replacement: A 10-Year Experience. Ann Thorac Surg. e-Pub 8/28/2012. PMID: 22939245. | |
| 7. | Chang JY, Liu H, Balter P, Komaki R, Liao Z, Welsh J, Mehran RJ, Roth JA, Swisher SG. Clinical outcome and predictors of survival and pneumonitis after stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer. Radiat Oncol 7:152, 2012. e-Pub 9/10/2012. PMCID: PMC3444889. | |
| 8. | Mehran RJ. Lung cancer: an update on current surgical strategies. Tex Heart Inst J 39(6):844-5, 2012. PMID: 23304030. | |
| 9. | Harvin JA, Lahat G, Correa AM, Lee J, Maru D, Ajani J, Marom EM, Welsh J, Bhutani MS, Walsh G, Roth J, Mehran R, Vaporciyan A, Rice D, Swisher S, Hofstetter W. Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery for esophageal adenocarcinoma: Significance of microscopically positive circumferential radial margins. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. e-Pub 12/13/2011. PMID: 22172216. | |
| 10. | Kim JY, Correa AM, Vaporciyan AA, Roth JA, Mehran RJ, Walsh GL, Rice DC, Ajani JA, Maru DM, Bhutani MS, Welsh J, Marom EM, Swisher SG, Hofstetter WL. Does the Timing of Esophagectomy After Chemoradiation Affect Outcome? Ann Thorac Surg. e-Pub 9/29/2011. PMID: 21962263. | |
| 11. | Brouquet A, Vauthey JN, Contreras CM, Walsh GL, Vaporciyan AA, Swisher SG, Curley SA, Mehran RJ, Abdalla EK. Improved survival after resection of liver and lung colorectal metastases compared with liver-only metastases: a study of 112 patients with limited lung metastatic disease. J Am Coll Surg 213(1):62-9, 7/2011. PMID: 21700179. | |
| 12. | Gomez DR, Cox JD, Roth JA, Allen PK, Wei X, Mehran RJ, Kim JY, Swisher SG, Rice DC, Komaki R. A prospective phase 2 study of surgery followed by chemotherapy and radiation for superior sulcus tumors. Cancer. e-Pub 6/28/2011. PMID: 21713767. | |
| 13. | Stephens EH, Blackmon SH, Correa AM, Roth JA, Rice DC, Hofstetter W, Benjamin R, Mehran R, Swisher SG, Walsh GL, Vaporciyan AA. Progression after chemotherapy is a novel predictor of poor outcomes after pulmonary metastasectomy in sarcoma patients. J Am Coll Surg 212(5):821-6, 5/2011. e-Pub 3/23/2011. PMID: 21435923. | |
| 14. | Hemmati SH, Correa AM, Walsh GL, Swisher SG, Roth JA, Rice DC, Mehran RJ, Vaporciyan AA. The prognostic factors of chest wall metastasis resection. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. e-Pub 4/3/2011. PMID: 21466960. | |
| 15. | Mehran R, Rice D, El-Zein R, Huang JL, Vaporciyan A, Goodyear A, Mehta A, Correa A, Walsh G, Roth J, Swisher S, Hofstetter W. Minimally invasive esophagectomy versus open esophagectomy, a symptom assessment study. Dis Esophagus 24(3):147-52, 4/2011. e-Pub 10/11/2010. PMID: 21040152. | |
| 16. | Palacio D, Mehran RJ, Marom EM. Esophageal luminal clot mimicking intramural esophageal hematoma. Ann Thorac Surg 91(2):e29, 2/2011. PMID: 21256262. | |
| 17. | Gaur P, Sepesi B, Hofstetter WL, Correa AM, Bhutani MS, Watson TJ, Swisher SG, M. D. Anderson Esophageal Cancer Group, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Foregut Group. Endoscopic esophageal tumor length: a prognostic factor for patients with esophageal cancer. Cancer 117(1):63-9, 1/1/2011. e-Pub 8/27/2010. PMID: 20803613. | |
| 18. | Hayashi Y, Correa AM, Hofstetter WL, Vaporciyan AA, Rice DC, Walsh GL, Mehran RJ, Lee JH, Bhutani MS, Dekovich A, Swisher SG, Ajani JA. The influence of high body mass index on the prognosis of patients with esophageal cancer after surgery as primary therapy. Cancer 116(24). e-Pub 11/2010. PMID: 21061356. | |
| 19. | Casal RF, Jimenez CA, Mehran RJ, Eapen GA, Ost D, Sarkiss M, Morice RC. Infected mediastinal bronchogenic cyst successfully treated by endobronchial ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration. Ann Thorac Surg 90(4):e52-3, 10/2010. PMID: 20868780. | |
| 20. | Swisher SG, Hofstetter W, Komaki R, Correa AM, Erasmus J, Lee JH, Liao Z, Maru D, Mehran R, Patel S, Rice DC, Roth JA, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Ajani JA. Improved long-term outcome with chemoradiotherapy strategies in esophageal cancer. Ann Thorac Surg 90(3):892-8; discussion 898-9, 9/2010. PMID: 20732514. | |
| 21. | Kim MP, Correa AM, Lee J, Rice DC, Roth JA, Mehran RJ, Walsh GL, Ajani JA, Maru DM, Chang JY, Marom EM, Macapinlac HA, Lee JH, Vaporciyan AA, Rice T, Swisher SG, Hofstetter WL. Pathologic T0N1 esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant therapy and surgery: an orphan status. Ann Thorac Surg 90(3):884-90; discussion 890-1, 9/2010. PMID: 20732513. | |
| 22. | Katz RL, He W, Khanna A, Fernandez RL, Zaidi TM, Krebs M, Caraway NP, Zhang HZ, Jiang F, Spitz MR, Blowers DP, Jimenez CA, Mehran RJ, Swisher SG, Roth JA, Morris JS, Etzel CJ, El-Zein R. Genetically abnormal circulating cells in lung cancer patients: an antigen-independent fluorescence in situ hybridization-based case-control study. Clin Cancer Res 16(15):3976-87, 8/1/2010. e-Pub 7/22/2010. PMCID: PMC2949278. | |
| 23. | Kim MP, Correa AM, Swisher SG, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Walsh GL, Erasmus J, Moran C, Vaporciyan AA, Roth JA. Non-small cell lung cancer resection in lymphoma patients. Ann Thorac Surg 90(1):210-6, 7/2010. PMID: 20609777. | |
| 24. | Gaur P, Hofstetter WL, Bekele BN, Correa AM, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Vaporciyan AA, Rice TW, Swisher SG. Comparison between established and the Worldwide Esophageal Cancer Collaboration staging systems. Ann Thorac Surg 89(6):1797-1803, 1804.e1-3; discussion 1803-4, 6/2010. PMID: 20494031. | |
| 25. | Behrens C, Feng L, Kadara H, Kim HJ, Lee JJ, Mehran R, Hong WK, Lotan R, Wistuba II. Expression of interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase-1 in non-small cell lung carcinoma and preneoplastic lesions. Clin Cancer Res 16(1):34-44, 1/1/2010. e-Pub 12/22/2009. PMCID: PMC2811365. | |
| 26. | Morice RC, Jimenez CA, Eapen GA, Mehran RJ, Keus L, Ost D. Using quantitative breath sound measurements to predict lung function following resection. J Cardiothorac Surg 5:81, 2010. e-Pub 10/12/2010. PMCID: PMC2964689. | |
| 27. | Braiteh F, Correa AM, Hofstetter WL, Rice DC, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Roth JA, Mehran RJ, Swisher SG, Ajani JA. Association of age and survival in patients with gastroesophageal cancer undergoing surgery with or without preoperative therapy. Cancer 115(19):4450-8, 10/2009. e-Pub 6/2009. PMID: 19562780. | |
| 28. | Bolton WD, Hofstetter WL, Francis AM, Correa AM, Ajani JA, Bhutani MS, Erasmus J, Komaki R, Maru DM, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Swisher SG. Impact of tumor length on long-term survival of pT1 esophageal adenocarcinoma. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 138(4):831-6, 10/2009. e-Pub 4/2009. PMID: 19660349. | |
| 29. | Raso MG, Behrens C, Herynk MH, Liu S, Prudkin L, Ozburn NC, Woods DM, Tang X, Mehran RJ, Moran C, Lee JJ, Wistuba II. Immunohistochemical expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors identifies a subset of NSCLCs and correlates with EGFR mutation. Clin Cancer Res 15(17):5359-68, 9/1/2009. e-Pub 8/25/2009. PMID: 19706809. | |
| 30. | Blackmon SH, Shah N, Roth JA, Correa AM, Vaporciyan AA, Rice DC, Hofstetter W, Walsh GL, Benjamin R, Pollock R, Swisher SG, Mehran R|. Resection of pulmonary and extrapulmonary sarcomatous metastases is associated with long-term survival. Ann Thorac Surg 88(3):877-84; discussion 884-5, 9/2009. PMID: 19699915. | |
Invited Articles | ||
| 1. | Welsh J, Amini A, Likhacheva A, Erasmus J J, Gomez D, Davila M, Mehran RJ, Komaki R, Liao Z, Hofstetter WL, Lee H J, Bhutani MS, Ajani JA. Update: Modern Approaches to the Treatment of Localized Esophageal Cancer. Curr Oncol Rep. e-Pub 3/2011. PMID: 21365188. | |
| 2. | Mehran RJ. Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). Chest 127:1872, 2005. | |
Abstracts | ||
| 1. | Kim JY, Correa AM, Swisher SG, Rice DC, Walsh GL, Vaporciyan AA, Mehran RJ, Roth JA, Bhutani M, Maru D, Welsh J, Ajani J, Rohren E, Hofstetter WL. Does the Timing of Esophagectomy after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Affect Outcome?. STS 47th Annual Meeting - Jan. 2011 (#17), 1/2011. | |
Book Chapters | ||
| 1. | Komaki R, Tsao A, Mehran R. Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. In: 60 Years of Survival Outcomes at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Chapter 6. Ed(s) M. Alma Rodrigues, Ronald S. Walters, Thomas W. Burke. Springer: New York, 45-62, 2012. | |
| 2. | Hematti H, Mehran RJ. Anatomy of the thoracic duct. In: Thorac Surg Clin. 21, 2. Ed(s) Doctor Jean Deslauriers. Elsevier, 229-238, 5/2011. ISBN: 21477773. | |
| 3. | McAleer MR, Mehran RJ, Tsao A. Mesothelioma. In: Lung Cancer Prevention, Management, and Emerging Therapies. Ed(s) Stewart DJ. Humana Press, a part of Springer Science+Business Media: New York, NY, 435-465, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-60761-523-1. | |
| 4. | Mehran R and Roth JA. Resection of pulmonary metastases (open/thorascopic). In: Atlas of Advanced Operative Surgery. Elsevier, Inc., 2010. | |
Books (edited and written) | ||
| 1. | Deslauriers J, Mehran R. Ed(s) Deslauriers J, Mehran R. Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc. Philadelphia, PA, 2005. | |
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