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Virginia R. Litle, M.D.
| Current Position |
Assistant
Professor of Surgery
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY
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| Professional Address |
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| Board Certification |
National Board of Medical
Examiners July 1991
California License: G-074440 June 1992
American Board of Surgery June 1998
Pennsylvania License: MD-072610L December 2000
New York License: 233613-1 August 2004
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Education/
Degree |
University of Vermont May 1985
Burlington, Vermont
(B.S.-Biology)
Brown-Dartmouth Program in Medicine May 1990
Providence, Rhode Island
(M.D.)
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| Appointments |
Residency: Resident I through V Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of California, San Francisco 1990-1997
Fellowships: Surgical Oncology
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 1999-2001
Thoracic Minimally Invasive 2001-2002
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Visiting Thoracic Surgery Fellow October and
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center November 2003
Cardiothoracic Surgical Resident July 2002- University
of Pittsburgh Medical Center June 2004
Research: Indian Health Service
Rapid City, South Dakota Summer 1988
Division of Molecular Cytometry
Principal Investigator: Maria Pallavicini, Ph.D.
Department of Laboratory Medicine
University of California, San Francisco 1993-1995
Gastrointestinal Research Laboratory
Principal Investigators: Mark L. Welton, M.D.
and Robert S. Warren, M.D.
Department of Surgery
University of California, San Francisco 1997-1999
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| Professional Membership |
Society for Surgery
of the Alimentary Tract 1996
Howard C. Naffziger Surgical Society 1997
American College of Surgeons, Associate Fellow 1999
The Society of Surgical Oncology 2000
Association of Women Surgeons 2001
American Society of Clinical Oncology 2002
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| Honors/Awards |
Cum Laude, Phi Beta
Kappa May 1985
University of Vermont
Piedmont Society Award for Basic Science Research
May 3-6, 1999
ASCRS 100th Anniversary and Tripartite Meeting
ASCO/AACR Workshop July 26-August 1, 2003
Methods in Clinical Cancer Research
Vail, Colorado
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| Publications |
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Journals |
1. WeinstockM MA, Bogaars HA, Ashley M, Litle
V, Bilodeau E, Kimmel S.: Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
Mortality. A Population-Based Study. Archives of
Dermatology 127: 1194 (1991)
2. Weinstock MA, Bogaars HA, Ashley M, Litle V,
Bilodeau E, Kimmel S.: Inaccuracies in Certification
of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Deaths. American Journal
of Public Health 82: 278 (1992)
3. Litle VR, Lockett SJ, Pallavicini MG: Genotype/Phenotype
Analyses of Low Frequency Tumor Cells Using Computerized
Image Microscopy. Cytometry 23: 344 (1996)
4. Litle VR, Reilly LM, Ramos TK: Preoperative
Embolization of Carotid Body Tumors: When is it Appropriate?
Annals of Vascular Surgery 10: 464 (1996)
5. Litle VR, Warren RS, Moore DH, Pallavicini
MG: Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis of Cytokeratin 20-Labeled
Cells in Primary Tumors and Bone Marrow Aspirates from
Colorectal Carcinoma Patients. Cancer 79:1664
(1997)
6. Litle VR, Barbour S, Schrock TR, Welton ML:
The Continent Ileostomy: Long-term Durability and Patient
Satisfaction Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
3:625 (1999)
7. Litle VR, Leavenworth JD, Darragh TM, Kosinski
LA, Moore DH, Smith-McCune KK, Warren RS, Palefsky JM,
Welton ML: Angiogenesis, Proliferation and Apoptosis
in Anal High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions
(HSIL) Diseases of Colon and Rectum 43:346 (2000)
8. Luketich JD, Fernando HC, Christie NA, Litle
VR, Ferson PF, Buenaventura PO: Photodynamic Therapy
in Thoracic Oncology: A Single Institution Experience.
Proceedings of SPIE 4248 (2001)
9. Litle VR, Buenaventura PO, Luketich JD. Minimally
Invasive Resection for Esophageal Cancer. Surgical
Clinics of North America 82:711 (2002)
10. Pierre AF, Luketich JD, Fernando HC, Christie NA,
Buenaventura PO, Litle VR, Schauer PR. Results
of Laparoscopic Repair of Giant Paraesophageal Hernias:
200 Consecutive Patients. Annals of Thoracic Surgery
74:1909 (2002)
13. Litle VR, Luketich JD, Christie NA, Buenaventura
PO, Alvelo-Rivera M, McCaughan JS, Nguyen NT, Fernando
HC. Photodynamic Therapy as Palliation for Esophageal
Cancer: Experience in 215 Patients. Annals of Thoracic
Surgery 76:1687 (2003).
14. Coello M., Luketich JD, Litle VR, Godfrey
TE. Prognostic Significance of Micrometastasis in Non-Small
Cell Lung Cancer. Clinical Lung Cancer 5:214
(2004).
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| Chapters |
1. Wanebo HJ, Litle VR, Muchmore JH. Regional
Perfusion for Limb Melanoma and Soft Tissue Sarcoma.
In Cancer Chemotherapy by Infusion, 2nd
ed. Jacob Lokich, editor. Chicago: Precept
Press. (1990)
2. Pallavicini MG, Moore II D, Litle VR, Mueller
P. Detection and Characterization of Micrometastases:
Slide-Based Rare Event Analyses. In Introduction
to Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization: Principles and
Clinical Applications. Dan Pinkel and Michael Andreeff,
editors. John Wiley & Sons (November 1999)
3. Litle VR, Buenaventura PO, Luketich JD. Laparoscopic
Repair of Giant Paraesophageal Hernia. In Advances
in Surgery, Volume 35:21-38 John L. Cameron, editor.
Mosby, Inc. (2001)
4. Litle VR, Luketich JD. Minimally Invasive
Esophagectomy. On CTSNet Experts’ Techniques web page.
Mark Ferguson, editor. (2002)
5. Luketich JD, Litle VR. Non-Small Cell Lung
Cancer – Stage IV Disease. In Current Therapy in
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1st
ed. Stephen Yang and Duke Cameron, editors. Harcourt.
(September 2003)
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| Abstracts |
1. Mehrotra B, Moore DH, Litle VR et al:
Detection of Cytogenetic Aberrations in Primary and
Metastatic Colon Cancer using FISH. Advances in the
Biology and Therapy of Colorectal Cancer, The University
of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, November
1993.
2. Litle VR, Warren RS, Pallavicini MG: CK20+
Cells are Present in Marrow of Patients with Colorectal
Cancer. American Association for Cancer Research.
Toronto, 1995.
3. Litle VR, Reilly LM, Ramos TK: Preoperative
Embolization of Carotid Body Tumors: When is it Appropriate?
Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society. Breckenridge,
Colorado, February 1995.
4. Litle VR, Barbour S, Schrock TR, Welton ML:
The Continent Ileostomy: Long-Term Durability
and Patient Satisfaction. The Society for Surgery
of the Alimentary Tract, New Orleans,
May 18, 1998.
5. Litle VR, Welton ML, Warren RS: Identification
of Micrometastases in Grossly Normal Liver of Colorectal
Cancer Patients Using Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization.
Surgical Forum, American College of Surgeons,
Orlando, October 26, 1998.
6. Litle VR, Leavenworth JD, Darragh TM, Kosinski
LA, Moore DH, Smith-McCune KK, Warren RS,
Palefsky JM, Welton ML: Angiogenesis, Proliferation
and Apoptosis in Anal High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial
Lesions (HSIL). The American Society
of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Washington, DC, May
3, 1999.
7. Avisar E, Litle V, Johnson RJ, Edington H.
Tumor Biology of Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology, New
Orleans, May 20-23, 2000.
8. Luketich JD, Fernando HC, Christie NA, Litle
VR, Ferson PF, Buenaventura PO: Photodynamic Therapy
in Thoracic Oncology: A Single Institution Experience.
Photonics West, Bios 2001, presented at San Jose,
January 20-26, 2001.
9. Litle VR, Belani CP and Luketich JD. Accuracy of Endoscopic Ultrasound after
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Esophageal Carcinoma. Society
of Surgical Oncology Washington, DC, March 16, 2001.
10. Litle VR, Christie NA, Buenaventura PO,
Ferson PF, Luketich JD. Photodynamic Therapy for Endobronchial
Metastases from Non-Bronchogenic Primaries. Society
of Surgical Oncology Washington, DC, March 16, 2001.
11. Litle VR, Fernando HC, Christie NA, Ferson
PF, Buenaventura PO, Luketich JD. Expandable Metal Stents
for Malignant Tracheobronchial Obstruction. Society
of Surgical Oncology Denver, CO, March 2002.
12. Litle VR, Godfrey TE, Kelly LA, Raja S,
Matli M, Warren RS. Detection of occult colorectal metastases
in the liver using quantitative RT-PCR. American
Association for Cancer Research San Francisco, CA,
April 2002.
13. Fernando, HC, Ferson PF, Buenaventura PO, Christie
NA, Pierre AF, Litle VR, Luketich JD. Preliminary
experience with endoscopic trans-oral stapling of Zenker’s
diverticulum. Western Thoracic Surgical Association,
Big Sky, MT, June 19-22, 2002.
14. Litle VR, Luketich JD, Christie NA, Buenaventura
PO, McCaughan JS, Nguyen NT, Fernando HC. Photodynamic
Therapy as Palliation for Esophageal Cancer: Experience
in 215 Patients. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
San Diego, CA, February 1, 2003.
15. Litle VR, Xi L, Raja S, Luketich JD, Chestney
L, Finkelstein S, Gooding W, Coello M, Kelly L, Hughes
S, Godfrey TE. Identification of New Molecular Diagnostic
Markers for Esophageal Cancer Staging. American Association
for Cancer Research. Washington D.C., July 2003.
16. Litle VR, Luketich JD, Christie NA, Buenaventura
PO, McCaughan JS, Nguyen NT, Fernando HC. Photodynamic
Therapy with Curative Intent for Esophageal Disease:
35 Patients. O.E.S.O. 7th World Congress
(September 2003) |
| Videos |
1. Pierre AF, Litle VR, Luketich JD. Thoracoscopic
Mid-Esophageal Diverticulectomy. (American College of
Surgeons, San Francisco, October 2002) |
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