Meet Nina Tamirisa, M.D.
Nina Tamirisa
Department of Breast Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgery
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Breast Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Breast Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2015 | University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, US, Masters of Clinical Science |
| 2010 | The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, US, MD |
| 2006 | The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, US, BA in Plan II Honors |
Postgraduate Training
| 2017-2018 | Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina |
| 2015-2017 | General Surgery Resident, University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Galveston, Texas |
| 2013-2015 | Research Fellow, The University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston School of Biomedical Sciences, Galveston, Texas |
| 2011-2013 | General Surgery Resident, University of California at San Francisco East Bay Foundation, Oakland, California |
| 2010-2011 | General Surgery Intern, University of California at San Francisco East Bay Foundation, Oakland, California |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2018 | DEA |
| 2018 | Texas Medical Board |
| 2017 | American Board of Surgery |
Experience & Service
Intramural Institutional Committee Activities
Lead, Surgical Ergonomics Training, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Junior Faculty Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2023 - Present
Lead, Division of Surgery Wellness Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2023 - Present
Member, Academic Review Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2022 - Present
Member, Division of Surgery Wellness Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - 2023
Lead, Community Education, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - Present
Editorial Activities
Manuscript Reviewer, Annals of surgical oncology, 2020 - Present
Manuscript Reviewer, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment,, 2020 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2024 | Charles Balch Grant Award, Charles M. Balch, MD Endowed International Fellowship in Surgical Oncology |
| 2024 | CAHPS Top 10% Nationally on Patient Care Performance, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2022 | Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award, MD Anderson Department of Breast Surgical Oncology |
| 2022 | Fellow of the American College of Surgeons |
| 2018 | Conquer Cancer Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology |
| 2018 | Scholarship Award Recipient, Miami Breast Conference |
| 2014 | 2nd Place - Kelsey Research Foundation |
| 2014 | Best Poster Award |
| 2014 | Carl J. Herzog Foundation Endowment Award |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2024. Management of Benign Breast Diseases. Invited. American College of Surgeons General Surgery Review Course. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Work Life Integration for Surgeons: Enhancing wellness and avoiding burn out. Invited. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Work Life Balance. Invited. Division of Surgery Fellows lecture. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Reoperation realities in Breast Cancer Care. Invited. American Society of Breast Surgeons Webinar. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Omnisense Surgical - The Texas Biodesign Experience and Surgical Innovation. Invited. Division of Surgery Grand Rounds. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. The Surgical Oncology Perspective of Alternatives to Surgery in Older Women. Invited. Breast Cancer Clinical and Translational Research Meeting. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2022. Surgical Considerations in the Management of Older Breast Cancer Patients. Invited. General Internal Medicine Clinical and Research Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2022. The Surgical Oncology Perspective on MRI Surveillance for Women <50 with a history of breast cancer. Invited. Breast Cancer Clinical and Translational Research Meeting. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2014. Surgeon and Facility Variation in the Use of Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsy,. Conference. Kelsey Research Foundation,. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2014. Underuse of Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsy. Singleton Surgical Society, Galveston. Galveston, Texas, US.
- 2014. Patient Centered Decision Support in Cancer. Poster. Comparative Effectiveness Conference. Galveston, Texas, US.
- 2014. Failure to Rescue Older Patients Undergoing Pancreatectomy,. Poster. Forum on Aging. Galveston, Texas, US.
- 2014. The Patient's Perioperative Experience. Conference. Singleton Surgical Society. Galveston, Texas, US.
- Breast Surgical Oncology Research and Innovation. Invited. Division of Surgery Grand Rounds, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2015. The Current Status of Shared Decision Making in Cancer: Patient and Physician Views. Conference. The Current Status of Shared Decision Making in Cancer: Patient and Physician Views. Las Vegas, NV, US.
- 2015. Surgeon and Facility in the Use of Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsy in Texas. Conference. Surgeon and Facility in the Use of Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsy in Texas. Galveston, TX, US.
- 2015. Relative Contributions of Complications and Failure to Rescue on Mortality in Older Patients Undergoing Pancreatectomy. Conference. Relative Contributions of Complications and Failure to Rescue on Mortality in Older Patients Undergoing Pancreatectomy. Washington, DC, US.
- 2014. Underuse of Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsy. Conference. Underuse of Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsy. Galveston, TX, US.
- 2014. The Patient's Perioperative Experience. Conference. The Patient's Perioperative Experience. Galveston, TX, US.
- 2014. Underuse of Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsy. Conference. Underuse of Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsy. Galveston, TX, US.
- 2014. Failure to Rescue Older Patients Undergoing Pancreatectomy. Conference. Failure to Rescue Older Patients Undergoing Pancreatectomy. Galveston, TX, US.
- 2014. Relative Contributions of Complications and Failure to Rescue on Mortality in Older Patients Undergoing Pancreatectomy. Conference. Relative Contributions of Complications and Failure to Rescue on Mortality in Older Patients Undergoing Pancreatectomy. New York, NY, US.
- 2014. Patient Centered Decision Support in Cancer. Conference. Patient Centered Decision Support in Cancer. Galveston, TX, US.
- 2014. Patient Centered Decision Support in Cancer. Conference. Patient Centered Decision Support in Cancer. Galveston, TX, US.
National Presentations
- 2023. Association of Medicaid Expansion with Reduction in Racial Disparities in the Timely Delivery of up-front Surgical Care for Patients with Early-Stage Breast Cancer. Conference. Society of Surgical Oncology. Boston, MA, US.
- 2023. Sequence of Therapy Impact on Older Women with Comorbidities and Triple Negative or HER2 Positive Breast Cancer. Poster. American Society of Breast Surgeons. Boston, MA, US.
- 2022. Evaluation of The Envisio Navigation System for Localization and Excision of Targeted Lesions in Breast Conserving Surgery. Poster. American Society of Breast Surgeons. Las Vegas, NV, US.
- 2018. Axillary Nodal Evaluation in Elderly Breast Cancer Patients: Potential Effects on Treatment Decisions and Survival. Conference. American Society of Breast Surgeons. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2018. The impact of chemotherapy sequence on survival in node-positive invasive lobular carcinoma. Poster. American Society of Clinical Oncology. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2018. Treatment Patterns and Outcomes of Women with Breast Cancer and Supraclavicular Nodal Metastases. Conference. Society of Surgical Oncology. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2015. Surgeon and Facility Variation in the Use of Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsy in Texas. Conference. Academic Surgical Congress. Las Vegas, Nevada, US.
- 2015. Relative Contributions of Complications and Failure to Rescue on Mortality in Older Patients Undergoing Pancreatectomy,. Conference. Pancreas Club. Washington DC, US.
- 2014. Relative Contributions of Complications and Failure to Rescue on Mortality in Older Patients Undergoing Pancreatectomy,. American College of Surgeon National Safety and Quality Improvement Program Conference. New york, NY, US.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2024 - Present |
| Title: | Charles M. Balch, MD Endowed International Fellowship in Surgical Oncology |
| Funding Source: | MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Role: | PI |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Wanis, K, Dong, W, Shen, Y, Meric-Bernstam, F, Adesoye, T, Kuerer, HM, Caudle, AS, Tamirisa, N, DeSnyder, SM, Sun, SX, Bedrosian, I, Singh, P, Cox, SE, Hunt, KK, Hwang, RF. Predicting pathologic ≥N2 disease in women with breast cancer. npj Breast Cancer 11(1), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40404657.
- Tamirisa, N, Dong, W, Shen, Y, Lin, Y, Shaitelman, SF, Babiera, G, Bedrosian, I. Sequence of therapy impact on older women with comorbidities and triple-negative or HER2-positive breast cancer. npj Breast Cancer 11(1), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39987164.
- Wanis, K, Mitchell, MP, Giordano, SH, Litton, J, Shaitelman, SF, Tamirisa, N, Bedrosian, I, Dong, W, Shen, Y, Hunt, KK, Singh, P, Sun, SX, Caudle, AS, Kuerer, HM, Meric-Bernstam, F, Hwang, RF, Adesoye, T. Implications of omitting sentinel lymph node biopsy on adjuvant decision making for patients with small breast cancers. Cancer 131(11), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40433858.
- Hwang ES, Hyslop T, Lynch T, Ryser MD, Weiss A, Wolf A, Norris K, Witten M, Grimm L, Schnitt S, Badve S, Factor R, Frank E, Collyar D, Basila D, Pinto D, Watson MA, West R, Davies L, Donovan JL, Shimada A, Li Y, Li Y, Bennett AV, Rosenberg S, Marks J, Winer E, Boisvert M, Giuliano A, Larson KE, Yost K, McAuliffe PF, Krie A, Tamirisa N, Carey LA, Thompson AM, Partridge AH. Active Monitoring With or Without Endocrine Therapy for Low-Risk Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: The COMET Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 333(11):972-980, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39665585.
- Partridge AH, Hyslop T, Rosenberg SM, Bennett AV, Drier S, Jonsson M, Shimada A, Li Y, Li Y, Lynch T, Frank E, Collyar D, Basila D, Pinto D, Weiss A, Wolf A, Norris K, Witten M, Boisvert M, Giuliano A, Larson KE, Yost K, McAuliffe PF, Krie A, Tamirisa N, Darai S, Carey L, Thompson A, Hwang ES. Patient-Reported Outcomes for Low-Risk Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: A Secondary Analysis of the COMET Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol 11(3):300-309, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39665588.
- Muppidi N, Adesoye T, Yi M, Sun SX, Chavez-MacGregor M, Singh P, Karuturi M, Tamirisa N, Hunt KK, Teshome M. ASO Visual Abstract: Clinical Outcomes for Early-Stage Node-Negative HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Upfront Surgery or Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy. Ann Surg Oncol 32(2):983-984, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39562422.
- Poli, E, Dong, W, Shaitelman, SF, Tamirisa, N, Shen, Y, Bedrosian, I. Survival outcomes after omission of surgery for ductal carcinoma in situ. npj Breast Cancer 10(1), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39304662.
- Muppidi N, Adesoye T, Yi M, Sun SX, Chavez-MacGregor M, Singh P, Karuturi M, Tamirisa N, Hunt KK, Teshome M. Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Early Stage Node-Negative HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Receiving Upfront Surgery or Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy. Ann Surg Oncol 31(13):8795-8801, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39192013.
- Poli EC, Dong W, Shaitelman SF, Tamirisa N, Shen Y, Bedrosian I. Survival outcomes after omission of surgery for ductal carcinoma in situ. NPJ Breast Cancer 10(1):82, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39304662.
- Tamirisa, N, Lei, X, Malinowski, C, Li, M, Bedrosian, I, Chavez Mac Gregor, M. Association of Medicaid Expansion with Reduction in Racial Disparities in the Timely Delivery of Upfront Surgical Care for Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer. Annals of surgery 280(1):136-143, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38099455.
- Tewari, SO, Tamirisa, N, Xu, G, Lu, Y. Vapocoolant Analgesia for Breast Lymphoscintigraphy. Journal of nuclear medicine technology 52(2):104-106, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 37963780.
- Schaverien, MV, Singh, P, Smith, B, Qiao, W, Akay, CL, Bloom, ES, Chavez Mac Gregor, M, Chu, CK, Clemens, MW, Colen, JS, Ehlers II, RA, Hwang, RF, Joyner, MM, Largo, RD, Mericli, AF, Mitchell, MP, Shuck, JW, Tamirisa, N, Tripathy, D, Villa, MT, Woodward, W, Zacharia, R, Kuerer, HM, Hoffman, K. Premastectomy Radiotherapy and Immediate Breast Reconstruction. JAMA Network Open 7(4):E245217, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38578640.
- Everidge, S, Sun, J, Teshome, M, Tamirisa, N, Sun, SX, Adesoye, T, Nia, ES, Bevers, TB, Bedrosian, I, Patel, MM, Singh, P. ASO Visual Abstract. Annals of surgical oncology 31(4):2276-2277, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38263369.
- Everidge, S, Sun, J, Teshome, M, Tamirisa, N, Sun, SX, Adesoye, T, Nia, ES, Bevers, TB, Bedrosian, I, Patel, MM, Singh, P. Lobular Neoplasia Diagnosed by MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy. Annals of surgical oncology 31(4):2224-2230, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38117388.
- Kim Y, Ganduglia-Cazaban C, Tamirisa N, Lucci A, Krause TM. Contemporary Analysis of Reexcision and Conversion to Mastectomy Rates and Associated Healthcare Costs for Women Undergoing Breast-Conserving Surgery. Annals of Surgical Oncology 31(6):3649–3660, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38319511.
- Sun, SX, Piotrowski, MJ, Adesoye, T, Mitchell, MP, Garber, HR, Teshome, M, Kuerer, HM, Tamirisa, N, Singh, P. Long-Term Outcomes and Predictors of Response in Breast Cancer Patients with Advanced Nodal Involvement. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 238(1):1-9, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 37870227.
- Carlson, KA, Checka, CM, Hunt, KK, Jung, J, Bridges, CA, Singh, P, Correa Refinetti, AP, Moseley, T, Perez, F, Mayo, C, Tamirisa, N. Evaluation of a Surgical Navigation System for Localization and Excision of Nonpalpable Lesions in Breast and Axillary Surgery. Breast Journal 2023(9993852), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38162957.
- Farley, CR, Bassett Jr, R, Meric-Bernstam, F, Bedrosian, I, Caudle, AS, DeSnyder, SM, Hunt, KK, Kuerer, HM, Singh, P, Sun, SX, Tamirisa, N, Teshome, M, Hwang, RF. To Dissect or Not to Dissect. Annals of surgical oncology 30(13):8327-8334, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37670121.
- Boughey, JC, Yu, H, Dugan, CL, Piltin, MA, Postlewait, LM, Son, JD, Edmiston, K, Godellas, CV, Lee, MC, Carr, MJ, Tonneson, JE, Crown, A, Lancaster, RB, Woriax, HE, Ewing, CA, Chau, HS, Patterson, A, Wong, JM, Alvarado, M, Yang, RL, Chan, TW, Sheade, JB, Ahrendt, GM, Larson, KE, Switalla, K, Tuttle, TM, Tchou, J, Rao, R, Tamirisa, N, Singh, P, Gould, R, Terando, AM, Sauder, C, Hewitt, K, Chiba, A, Esserman, L, Mukhtar, RA. ASO Visual Abstract. Annals of surgical oncology 30(11):6411-6412, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37537482.
- Boughey, JC, Yu, H, Dugan, CL, Piltin, MA, Postlewait, LM, Son, JD, Edmiston, K, Godellas, CV, Lee, MC, Carr, MJ, Tonneson, JE, Crown, A, Lancaster, RB, Woriax, HE, Ewing, CA, Chau, HS, Patterson, A, Wong, JM, Alvarado, M, Yang, RL, Chan, TW, Sheade, JB, Ahrendt, GM, Larson, KE, Switalla, K, Tuttle, TM, Tchou, J, Rao, R, Tamirisa, N, Singh, P, Gould, R, Terando, AM, Sauder, C, Hewitt, K, Chiba, A, Esserman, L, Mukhtar, RA. Changes in Surgical Management of the Axilla Over 11 Years – Report on More Than 1500 Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on the Prospective I-SPY2 Trial. Annals of surgical oncology 30(11):6401-6410, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37380911.
- Mukhtar, RA, Chau, HS, Woriax, HE, Piltin, MA, Ahrendt, GM, Tchou, J, Yu, H, Ding, Q, Dugan, CL, Sheade, JB, Crown, A, Carr, MJ, Wong, JM, Son, JD, Yang, RL, Chan, TW, Terando, AM, Alvarado, M, Ewing, CA, Tonneson, JE, Tamirisa, N, Gould, R, Singh, P, Godellas, CV, Larson, KE, Chiba, A, Rao, R, Sauder, C, Postlewait, LM, Lee, MC, Symmans, WF, Esserman, L, Boughey, JC. Breast Conservation Surgery and Mastectomy Have Similar Locoregional Recurrence after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. Annals of surgery 278(3):320-327, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37325931.
- Hassan AM, Nguyen HT, Corkum JP, Liu J, Kapur SK, Chu CK, Tamirisa N, Offodile AC. Area Deprivation Index is Associated with Variation in Quality of Life and Psychosocial Well-being Following Breast Cancer Surgery. Ann Surg Oncol 30(1):80-87, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36085393.
- Hassan AM, Nguyen HT, Corkum JP, Liu J, Kapur SK, Chu CK, Tamirisa N, Offodile AC. ASO Visual Abstract: The Area Deprivation Index is Associated with Variation in Quality of Life and Psychosocial Well-being After Breast Cancer Surgery. Ann Surg Oncol 30(1):90-91, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36125569.
- Elmore LC, Li M, Lin H, Shen Y, Shaitelman SF, Babiera G, Tamirisa N, Bedrosian I. Impact of Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act on Receipt of Surgery for Breast Cancer. Ann Surg Open 3(3):e194, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36199482.
- Tamirisa N, Lin H, Shen Y, Shaitelman SF, Karuturi MS, Giordano SH, Babiera GV, Bedrosian I. Impact of adjuvant endocrine therapy in older patients with comorbidities and estrogen receptor-positive, node-negative breast cancer-A National Cancer Database analysis. Cancer 127(13):2196-2203, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33735487.
- Tamirisa N, Lei X, Caudle AS, Giordano SH, Zhao H, Chavez-MacGregor M. Impact of SSO-ASTRO "No Ink on Tumor" Guidelines on Reexcision Rates among Older Breast Cancer Patients. Ann Surg Oncol 28(7):3703-3713, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33225394.
- Tamirisa NP, Ren Y, Campbell BM, Thomas SM, Fayanju OM, Plichta JK, Rosenberger LH, Force J, Hyslop T, Hwang ES, Greenup RA. Treatment Patterns and Outcomes of Women with Breast Cancer and Supraclavicular Nodal Metastases. Ann Surg Oncol 28(4):2146-2154, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 32946012.
- Tamirisa N, Lin H, Shen Y, Shaitelman SF, Sri Karuturi M, Giordano SH, Babiera G, Bedrosian I. Association of Chemotherapy With Survival in Elderly Patients With Multiple Comorbidities and Estrogen Receptor-Positive, Node-Positive Breast Cancer. JAMA Oncol 6(10):1548-1554, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32672820.
- Buszek SM, Lin HY, Bedrosian I, Tamirisa N, Babiera GV, Shen Y, Shaitelman SF. Lumpectomy Plus Hormone or Radiation Therapy Alone for Women Aged 70 Years or Older With Hormone Receptor-Positive Early Stage Breast Cancer in the Modern Era: An Analysis of the National Cancer Database. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 105(4):795-802, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31377160.
- Plichta JK, Thomas SM, Sergesketter AR, Greenup RA, Fayanju OM, Rosenberger LH, Tamirisa N, Hyslop T, Hwang ES. Clinical and pathological stage discordance among 433,514 breast cancer patients. Am J Surg 218(4):669-676, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31350005.
- Tamirisa N, Williamson HV, Thomas SM, Westbrook KE, Greenup RA, Plichta JK, Rosenberger LH, Hyslop T, Hwang ES, Fayanju OM. The impact of chemotherapy sequence on survival in node-positive invasive lobular carcinoma. J Surg Oncol 120(2):132-141, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31062375.
- Fayanju OM, Ren Y, Thomas SM, Greenup RA, Plichta JK, Rosenberger LH, Tamirisa N, Force J, Boughey JC, Hyslop T, Hwang ES. The Clinical Significance of Breast-only and Node-only Pathologic Complete Response (pCR) After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy (NACT): A Review of 20,000 Breast Cancer Patients in the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB). Ann Surg 268(4):591-601, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30048319.
- Tamirisa N, Thomas SM, Fayanju OM, Greenup RA, Rosenberger LH, Hyslop T, Hwang ES, Plichta JK. Axillary Nodal Evaluation in Elderly Breast Cancer Patients: Potential Effects on Treatment Decisions and Survival. Ann Surg Oncol 25(10):2890-2898, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29968029.
- Tamirisa NP, Goodwin JS, Kandalam A, Linder SK, Weller S, Turrubiate S, Silva C, Riall TS. Patient and physician views of shared decision making in cancer. Health Expect 20(6):1248-1253, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28464430.
- Mehta HB, Parmar AD, Adhikari D, Tamirisa NP, Dimou F, Jupiter D, Riall TS. Relative impact of surgeon and hospital volume on operative mortality and complications following pancreatic resection in Medicare patients. J Surg Res 204(2):326-334, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27565068.
- Vargas GM, Sieloff EP, Parmar AD, Tamirisa NP, Mehta HB, Riall TS. Laparoscopy decreases complications for obese patients undergoing elective rectal surgery. Surg Endosc 30(5):1826-32, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26286013.
- Mehta, HB, Dimou, F, Adhikari, D, Tamirisa, N, Sieloff, E, Williams, TP, Kuo, YF, Riall, TS. Comparison of comorbidity scores in predicting surgical outcomes. Medical care 54(2):180-187, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26595225.
- Tamirisa NP, Parmar AD, Vargas GM, Mehta HB, Kilbane EM, Hall BL, Pitt HA, Riall TS. Relative Contributions of Complications and Failure to Rescue on Mortality in Older Patients Undergoing Pancreatectomy. Ann Surg 263(2):385-91, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 25563871.
- Dimou F, Sineshaw H, Parmar AD, Tamirisa NP, Jemal A, Riall TS. Trends in Receipt and Timing of Multimodality Therapy in Early-Stage Pancreatic Cancer. J Gastrointest Surg 20(1):93-103; discussion 103, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26503262.
- Tamirisa NP, Sheffield KM, Parmar AD, Zimmermann CJ, Adhikari D, Vargas GM, Kuo YF, Goodwin JS, Riall TS. Surgeon and Facility Variation in the Use of Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsy in Texas. Ann Surg 262(1):171-8, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25185475.
- Parmar AD, Sheffield KM, Adhikari D, Davee RA, Vargas GM, Tamirisa NP, Kuo YF, Goodwin JS, Riall TS. PREOP-Gallstones: A Prognostic Nomogram for the Management of Symptomatic Cholelithiasis in Older Patients. Ann Surg 261(6):1184-90, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25072449.
- Riall TS, Adhikari D, Parmar AD, Linder SK, Dimou FM, Crowell W, Tamirisa NP, Townsend CM, Goodwin JS. The risk paradox: use of elective cholecystectomy in older patients is independent of their risk of developing complications. J Am Coll Surg 220(4):682-90, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25660731.
- Parmar AD, Coutin MD, Vargas GM, Tamirisa NP, Sheffield KM, Riall TS. Cost-effectiveness of elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus observation in older patients presenting with mild biliary disease. J Gastrointest Surg 18(9):1616-22, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24919433.
- Vargas GM, Parmar AD, Sheffield KM, Tamirisa NP, Brown KM, Riall TS. Impact of liver-directed therapy in colorectal cancer liver metastases. J Surg Res 191(1):42-50, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24990539.
- Parmar AD, Vargas GM, Tamirisa NP, Sheffield KM, Riall TS. Trajectory of care and use of multimodality therapy in older patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Surgery 156(2):280-9, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24851723.
Other Articles
- Kim, Y, Ganduglia-Cazaban, C, Tamirisa, N, Lucci, A, Krause, TM Correction to. Annals of surgical oncology 31(6):3956, 2024. PMID: 38520584.
Editorials
- Tamirisa N, Hunt KK. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy, Endocrine Therapy, and Targeted Therapy for Breast Cancer: ASCO Guideline. Ann Surg Oncol 29(3):1489-1492, 2022. PMID: 34989940.
Abstracts
- Tamirisa N, Ren Y, Campbell B, Thomas SM, Fayanju OM, Plichta JK, Rosenberger LH, Force J, Hyslpo T, Hwang ES, Greenup RA. Treatment patterns and outcomes for breast cancer with isolated supraclavicular metastases. Accepted for Oral Presentation, Society of Surgical Oncology, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Tamirisa N, Vernia H, Thomas SM, Westbrook K, Fayanju OM. The impact of receipt and timing of adjuvant systemic therapy on outcomes following diagnosis of non-positive invasive lobular carcinoma. Accepted for Poster Presentation, American Society of Clinical Oncology 2018 Meeting, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Tamirisa N, Thomas SM, Fayanju OM, Greenup RA, Rosenberger LH, Hyslop T, Hwang ES, Plichta JK. Axillary nodal evaluation in elderly breast cancer patients: Potential effects on treatment decisions and survival. Accepted for Oral Presentation, American Society of Breast Surgeons 2018 Annual Meeting, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
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