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Curriculum
Vitae - Ara
Vaporciyan, M.D.
Academic
and Professional Appointments:
2002-present,
Director, Cardiac & Vascular Surgical Oncology Program, Department
of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas M.
D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
1998 - present,
Assistant Professor and Assistant Surgeon, Department of Thoracic
and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson
Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Editorships
and Editorial Board Memberships:
Adhoc
reviews:
- Asian Cardiovascular
& Thoracic Annals, 2000
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Lectureships
and Visiting Professorships:
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Honors
and Awards:
- Outstanding Surgical
Resident Award, The University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center,
1996
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Society
Memberships and Offices Held:
- Member, Southern
Thoracic Surgical Association, 2001-Present
- Candidate, Society
of Thoracic Surgeons, 2000-Present
- Member, American
Thoracic Society, 1999-Present
- Member, Cooley
Hands, 1998-Present
- Member, Denton
A Cooley Cardiovascular Surgical Society, 1996-Present
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Bibliography:
Published
and accepted articles in refereed journals
Published
and accepted invited journal articles
Published
and accepted book chapters
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Institutional
Service Responsibilities and Other Duties:
Alternate Member,Medical Practice Subcommittee 2001 - present
Member, Medical Records Subcommittee, 2001 - present
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Formal
Teaching Experience:
Courses
taught:
- PECAM-1 (CD31,
endoCAM) is involved in neutrophil recruitment in vivo, Trauma and
Immune Consequences, Munich, Germany, 4/94.
- Research during
surgical residency, The University of Texas Medical School-Houston,
General Surgery Pathophysiology Lecture, 9/98.
- Multimodality
therapy in esophageal cancer, Baylor College of Medicine, Pathophysiology
Lecture Series, 10/98.
- Surgical treatment
in lung cancer: examining the role of multimodality therapy, Grand
Rounds, Methodist Hospital Cancer Center, Lubbock, TX, 3/00.
- Multi-modality
approach to non-small cell lung cancer, Grand Rounds, Bristol-Myers
Squibb, Texas Tech Health Science Center, Lubbock, TX, 6/00.
- The surgical
management of lung cancer". Oncology Visiting Faculty Program, Christus
St. Francis Cabrini Hospital, Alexandria, LA , 6/00.
- Innovative
multidisciplinary approaches for lung cancer, Grand Rounds, McLaren
Regional Medical Center, Flint, MI, 9/00.
- Surgical treatment
of lung cancer, Surgical Oncology Fellows Conference, The University
of Texas - M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 11/00.
- Early detection
and multi-modality treatment of lung cancer, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Oncology Visiting Faculty Program, Le Lavandier, Macon, GA, 12/00.
- Isolated pulmonary
nodules: management and intra-operative decision making, Advances
in Oncology Institutional Grand Rounds, The University of Texas
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 12/00.
- Atelectasis/postoperative
atelectasis and pleural effusion, Presented to the Department of
Coding, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston,
TX 04/01.
- Chapter 33-34
of Glenn's Textbook, Chest Wall Abnormalities, Chest Wall Tumors,
Baylor Cardiothoracic Surgery Lecture Series, Houston, Texas 12/01.
- Lung cancer
screening, Surgical Oncology Fellows Conference, The University
of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 01/02.
- Rodent model
of post-operative lung injury, Lung Injury Study Group, The University
of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 3/02.
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Invitations
to National or International Conferences:
- Rapid determination
of neutrophil/endothelial adhesions in vitro using fluorescent labeling
of cells, FASEB, 4/92.
- Impact of operative
volume on morbidity, mortality and hospital usage following esophagectomy
for esophageal cancer, Western Thoracic Surgical Association, Olympic
Valley, CA, 6/99.
- Characterization
of acute lung injury after isolated lung perfusion with doxorubicin,
ACCP, American College of Chest Physician, San Francisco, CA, 10/00.
- Impact of timing
of smoking cessation on pulmonary morbidity after pneumonectomy. 47th
Annual Meeting of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, Marco
Island, FL, 11/00.
- Early screening
techniques for lung cancer. 1st Annual Oncology Update: Advances and
Controversies, Steamboat Springs, CO, 2/01.
- Use of cardiopulmonary
bypass for resection of advanced cardiothoracic malignancies. 15th
Annual Meeting of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons,
Lisbon, Portugal, 09/01.
- Neutrophil depletion
reduces lung injury after iIsolated lung perfusion for pulmonary metastasis.
87th Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, New Orleans,
LA, 10/01.
- Perfluorocarbon
improves adenoviral-mediated transfection of lung cancer cell lines
via cell mediated effects. 2001 AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference
on Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, Miami Beach, FL, 11/01.
- Current advances
in lung and esophageal cancer. Congress of the Slovenian Association
of Surgeons, Hoteli Marje, Portorož, 05/02.
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Other
Activities:
Local presentations:
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