Sudish Murthy, MD, PhD
Dr. Sudish Murthy is a thoracic surgeon and the Section Head of Thoracic Surgery in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at The Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. He is also the Daniel and Karen Lee Endowed Chair in Thoracic Surgery, Surgical Director of the Center of Major Airway Disease, and a Staff Thoracic Surgeon. He specializes in minimally invasive surgery for patients with lung cancer, malignant pleural mesothelioma, and esophageal cancer.[1]
Dr. Murthy holds joint appointments with the Transplant Center and the Taussig Cancer Institute. He is also a Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. His specialty clinical interests include esophageal cancer, lung cancer, tracheal stenosis, robotic surgery, reflux, hiatal hernia, achalasia, minimally invasive surgery, chest wall reconstruction, bronchoscopic and endoscopic procedures, and video-assisted surgery.[1]
Education and Career
Dr. Murthy earned his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and a PhD in Pathology from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. At Columbia, he received the Janeway Prize for top achievement in his graduating class, the Robert F. Loeb Award for excellence in Clinical Medicine, the Merck Award for outstanding scholarship, and several other awards.[1]
Dr. Murthy completed an internship and a residency in Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard University, Boston. He continued there for a residency in Cardiothoracic Surgery. As a Harvard University Clinical Fellow, he was selected as the Whitman Traveling Scholar and served as the surgical emissary for Harvard Medical School in the Department of Esophageal Surgery at Queen Mary Hospital Medical Center at the University of Hong Kong.[1]
Research
Dr. Murthy is a dedicated researcher and prolific writer. He has authored or co-authored more than 250 scientific articles in leading peer-reviewed medical journals and more than a dozen chapters in medical textbooks. His research interests include lung cancer, lung transplantation, and emphysema.
Dr. Murthy’s recent publications include:[]
Paraconduit hernia following esophagectomy: Is it safe to watch and wait? Barron JO, Ramji S, Nemoyer R, Tappuni S, Toth AJ, Tasnim S, Sudarshan M, Murthy SC, Blackstone EH, Raja S.J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 May;167(5):1628-1637.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.08.041. Epub 2023 Sep 9.PMID: 37673124
Development and validation of a universal esophageal patient-reported outcome measure: The Cleveland Clinic Esophageal Questionnaire (CEQ). Sudarshan M, Tasnim S, Ramji S, Rappaport J, Barron JO, Bribriesco AC, Schraufnagel DP, Lapin B, Li Y, Raymond DP, Blackstone EH, Murthy SC, Raja S.J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 Apr;167(4):1490-1497.e17. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.08.032. Epub 2023 Aug 23.PMID: 37625617
The Value of Fundoplication in the Treatment of Type I Achalasia. Barron JO, Tasnim S, Toth AJ, Sudarshan M, Sanaka M, Ramji S, Adhikari S, Murthy SC, Blackstone EH, Raja S; Cleveland Clinic Esophageal Research Group.Ann Thorac Surg. 2024 Mar;117(3):594-601. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2023.05.047. Epub 2023 Jul 20.PMID: 37479126
Clinical T2 N0 M0 Esophageal Cancer: Identifying Predictive Factors of Upstaging. Tasnim S, Raja S, Blackstone EH, Toth AJ, Barron JO, Raymond DP, Bribriesco AC, Schraufnagel DP, Murthy SC, Sudarshan M.Ann Thorac Surg. 2024 Feb 1:S0003-4975(24)00075-4. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.01.019. Online ahead of print.PMID: 38307482
Thoracoabdominal Esophagectomy: Then and Now. Barron JO, Blackstone EH, Rice TW, Lowry AM, Tasnim S, Toth AJ, Murthy SC, Raja S; Cleveland Clinic Thoracic Surgery Research Group and Worldwide Esophageal Cancer Collaboration Investigators.Ann Thorac Surg. 2024 Jan 28:S0003-4975(24)00069-9. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2023.12.017. Online ahead of print.PMID: 38290595
Pafolacianine for intraoperative molecular imaging of cancer in the lung: The ELUCIDATE trial. Sarkaria IS, Martin LW, Rice DC, Blackmon SH, Slade HB, Singhal S; ELUCIDATE Study Group.J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Dec;166(6):e468-e478. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.02.025. Epub 2023 Mar 3.PMID: 37019717 Clinical Trial.
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