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.” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, May 7, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.04.111.
Vignesh Raman, MD

Clinical and Research Interests
- Thoracic oncology
- Lung transplantation
- Cardiothoracic critical care
Honors and Awards
- Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF) Resident Research Award 2019
- Rajagopal Resident Research Award 2019
Publications
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.
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.
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.
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.
Jawitz, Oliver K., and Vignesh Raman. “Commentary: One size fits all, maybe.” The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, April 5, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.03.114.
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.
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.
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.
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.