Surgeon

Thoracic Surgery

Siva Raja practices Thoracic Surgery. He graduated from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received awards:"CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FACS)". Siva Raja is a published MD. He has 22 papers published. The most current publication "Caught between a rock and a hard place: Venous thromboembolism screening in high-risk patients." Siva Raja, MD accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.

Publications

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• Caught between a rock and a hard place: Venous thromboEmbolism screening in high-risk patients.
• Timing of Esophageal stent placement and outcomes in patients with Esophageal perforation: a single-center experience.
• Esophageal submucosa: The watershed for Esophageal cancer.
• Malignant Pleural effusion: one size does not fit all.
• Optimizing control of the Pleural space.
• Managing extreme airway size mismatch in Lung transplantation: the "upper lobectomy" technique.
• Fatal cerebral air embolus complicating multimodality treatment of Esophageal cancer.
• Unusual case of hemoptysis 13 years after bilobectomy.
• High-resolution mapping of the 11q13 amplicon and identification of a gene, TAOS1, that is amplified and overexpressed in oral Cancer cells.
• Widespread molecular alterations present in stage I non-small cell Lung carcinoma fail to predict tumor recurrence.
• A combination of molecular markers accurately detects lymph node metastasis in non-small cell lung Cancer patients.
• A rapid, fully automated, molecular-based assay accurately analyzes sentinel lymph nodes for the presence of metastatic breast Cancer.
• Molecular staging of cervical lymph nodes in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
• Technology for automated, rapid, and quantitative PCR or reverse transcription-PCR clinical testing.
• The HGF receptor c-Met is overexpressed in Esophageal adenocarcinoma.
• Molecular staging of lymph nodes from patients with Esophageal adenocarcinoma.
• Quantitative analysis of circulating plasma DNA as a tumor marker in thoracic malignancies.
• Characterization of amplifiable, circulating RNA in plasma and its potential as a tool for Cancer diagnostics.
• Temperature-controlled primer limit for multiplexing of rapid, quantitative reverse transcription-PCR assays: application to intraoperative Cancer diagnostics.
• Rapid, quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction: application to intraoperative molecular detection of occult metastases in Esophageal cancer.
• Increased sensitivity of one-tube, quantitative RT-PCR.

Schools

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• University of Pittsburgh Main Campus

Procedures Preformed

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• Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
• Cardiac Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
• Cardioverter-Defibrillator or Pacemaker Insertion, Removal or Repair
• Chest CT (incl. Heart and Lungs)
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Conditions Treated

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• Aortic Ectasia
• Aortic Valve Disease
• Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
• Cardiomegaly
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Doctors Specialties

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• Cardiac Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• Cleveland Clinic Foundation
• Brigham and Women's Hospital
• University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Cleveland Clinic

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1548317522
NPPES Provider LastName		RAJA
NPPES Provider FirstName		SIVA
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		441950001
NPPES Provider State		OH
Specialty Description		Thoracic Surgery
Total Claim Count		33.0
Distinct Opioid Count		0.0
Opioid Claim Count		0.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.0

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1548317522
Last Name Of The Provider	RAJA
First Name Of The Provider	SIVA
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