Associate Professor of Surgery, Section Chief of Thoracic Surgery University VA School of Medicine
Thoracic Surgery
Dr. Christine L. Lau, MD
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Christine L. Lau is an expert in the field of Thoracic Surgery. She graduated from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth is ranked 37/29 in Research/PrimaryCare. She received 4 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "America's Top Doctors for Cancer" and "Fellow (FACS)". Doctor Christine L. Lau, MD is a published doctor. She published 99 publications, including: 'Pain Management Following Thoracic Surgery.'
Publications
- Ex vivo lung perfusion with adenosine A2A receptor agonist allows prolonged cold preservation of lungs donated after cardiac death.
- Bundled Payments in Cardiac Surgery: Is Risk Adjustment Sufficient to Make It Feasible?
- Pain Management Following Thoracic Surgery.
- Rapamycin prevents bronchiolitis obliterans through increasing infiltration of regulatory B cells in a murine tracheal transplantation model.
- Putting the value framework to work in surgery.
- Early removal of urinary catheter after surgery requiring thoracic epidural: a prospective trial.
- Cost analysis of endovascular versus open repair in the treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms.
- Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: David J. Sugarbaker.
- Treatment with placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cells mitigates development of bronchiolitis obliterans in a murine model.
- Improving colorectal cancer screening in Asian Americans: Results of a randomized intervention study.
- Dietary phytoestrogens inhibit experimental aneurysm formation in male mice.
- Resident awareness of documentation requirements and reimbursement: a multi-institutional survey.
- Marginal pulmonary function should not preclude lobectomy in selected patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
- Differences in Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, and Perceived Risks Regarding Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese Sub-Groups.
- Short-course rapamycin treatment preserves airway epithelium and protects against bronchiolitis obliterans.
- Long-Term Satisfaction and Medication Dependence After Antireflux Surgery.
- Rapamycin blocks fibrocyte migration and attenuates bronchiolitis obliterans in a murine model.
- Adenosine a3 receptor activation attenuates lung ischemia-reperfusion injury.
- Predictors of Operative Mortality in Cardiac Surgical Patients with Prolonged Intensive Care Unit Duration.
- Induction Chemoradiotherapy and Surgery for Esophageal Cancer: Survival Benefit With Downstaging.
- Prevention of the second stage of epithelial loss is a potential novel treatment for bronchiolitis obliterans.
- Inhibiting CXCL12 blocks fibrocyte migration and differentiation and attenuates bronchiolitis obliterans in a murine heterotopic tracheal transplant model.
- Permanent indwelling catheters in the management of pleural effusions.
- Influence of hemodialysis on clinical outcomes after lung transplantation.
- Pulmonary resections performed at hospitals with thoracic surgery residency programs have superior outcomes.
- Pathologic lymph node ratio is a predictor of survival in esophageal cancer.
- Survival after lung transplant for coal workers' pneumoconiosis.
- Ex vivo rehabilitation of non-heart-beating donor lungs in preclinical porcine model: Delayed perfusion results in superior lung function.
- Differences in reported esophageal cancer resection outcomes between national clinical and administrative databases.
- The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: Establishing Generalizability to National Lung Cancer Resection Outcomes.
- Concomitant Tricuspid Valve Operations Affect Outcomes After Mitral Operations: A Multi-institutional, Statewide Analysis.
- Tumor Recurrence After Complete Resection for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
- Acute Hyperglycemic Exacerbation of Lung Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury is Mediated by RAGE Signaling.
- Novel laparoscopic hernia of morgagni repair technique.
- Cardiothoracic surgery.
- Pretreatment strategy with adenosine A(2A) receptor agonist attenuates reperfusion injury in a preclinical porcine lung transplantation model.
- Gender, race, and socioeconomic status affects outcomes after lung cancer resections in the United States.
- Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome occurs earlier in the post-lung allocation score era.
- Depletion of tissue plasminogen activator attenuates lung ischemia-reperfusion injury via inhibition of neutrophil extravasation.
- Primary payer status affects outcomes for cardiac valve operations.
- Academic season does not influence cardiac surgical outcomes at US Academic Medical Centers.
- Preoperative computed tomography is associated with lower risk of perioperative stroke in reoperative cardiac surgery.
- The incidence of pulmonary neoplasms discovered by serial computed tomography scanning after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
- Natural Killer T Cell-Derived IL-17 Mediates Lung Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.
- Seasonal variation influences outcomes following lung cancer resections.
- Adenosine signaling via the adenosine 2B receptor is involved in bronchiolitis obliterans development.
- Size matters: a comparison of T1 and T2 peripheral non-small-cell lung cancers treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT).
- Smooth muscle phenotypic modulation is an early event in aortic aneurysms.
- Predicted risk of mortality models: surgeons need to understand limitations of the University HealthSystem Consortium models.
- Enhanced fibrinolysis protects against lung ischemia-reperfusion injury.
- Does reperfusion injury still cause significant mortality after lung transplantation?
- Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and tumor marker expression in non-small cell lung cancer.
- A bilobed thoracic outlet mass: options for resection.
- Fatal Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a lung transplant recipient.
- Two thousand transhiatal esophagectomies: changing trends, lessons learned.
- Surgical patient outcomes after the increased use of bilateral lung transplantation.
- Mycotic pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm.
- Critical care aspects of lung transplantation.
- Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication for treating reflux in lung transplant recipients.
- Bilateral lung transplantation and pulmonary artery reconstruction in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and a giant pulmonary artery aneurysm.
- Technical considerations in lung transplantation.
- Improved lung allograft function after fundoplication in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease undergoing lung transplantation.
- Non-anti-Gal alpha1-3Gal antibody mechanisms are sufficient to cause hyperacute lung dysfunction in pulmonary xenotransplantation.
- Molecular staging of lung and esophageal cancer.
- Transhiatal esophagectomy in the profoundly obese: implications and experience.
- Adenosine A₂A agonist improves lung function during ex vivo lung perfusion.
- Geographic distance between donor and recipient does not influence outcomes after lung transplantation.
- A diagnostic consideration for all ages: pseudoachalasia in a 22-year-old male.
- Bronchoscopic removal of a large endobronchial fibrolipoma using an endoloop.
- Donor age is associated with chronic allograft vasculopathy after adult heart transplantation: implications for donor allocation.
- STS database risk models: predictors of mortality and major morbidity for lung cancer resection.
- Circulating fibrocytes correlate with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome development after lung transplantation: a novel clinical biomarker.
- Characterization of novel synthesized small molecular compounds against non-small cell lung cancer.
- Analysis of cervical esophagogastric anastomotic leaks after transhiatal esophagectomy: risk factors, presentation, and detection.
- The role of adenosine A2A receptor signaling in bronchiolitis obliterans.
- Rosai-Dorfman disease presenting as a pulmonary artery mass.
- A thoracic surgeon-directed tobacco cessation intervention.
- Transplant pneumonectomy in a patient with an acutely thrombosed allograft.
- Donor factors are associated with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation.
- Successful treatment of pulmonary zygomycosis in two transplant recipients with liposomal amphotericin B and partial surgical resection followed by posaconazole.
- Measuring the quality of surgical outcomes in general thoracic surgery: should surgical volume be used to direct patient referrals?
- Surgical treatment of epiphrenic diverticula: a 30-year experience.
- Use of an apical heart suction device for exposure in lung transplantation.
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease in lung transplant recipients.
- The role of antibodies and von Willebrand factor in discordant pulmonary xenotransplantation.
- Staging techniques for lung cancer.
- Influence of panel-reactive antibodies on posttransplant outcomes in lung transplant recipients.
- The role of antibodies in dysfunction of pig-to-baboon pulmonary transplants.
- Molecular biologic substaging of stage I lung cancer according to gender and histology.
- Human complement regulatory proteins protect swine lungs from xenogeneic injury.
- The role of anti-Galalpha1-3Gal antibodies in acute vascular rejection and accommodation of xenografts.
- Laparoscopic antireflux surgery in the lung transplant population.
- Model for end-stage liver disease predicts mortality for tricuspid valve surgery.
- Course of FEV(1) after onset of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome in lung transplant recipients.
- Early growth response gene-1 promotes airway allograft rejection.
- Current status of lung transplantation.
- Noninvasive clinical staging modalities for lung cancer.
- Successful living donor liver transplantation in portomesenteric thrombosis.
Schools
Dartmouth Med School Hanover Nh
Duke University Med Center
Washington University In St Louis
Procedures Preformed
- Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
- Cardiac MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) of Heart or Chest
- Cardiac Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Cardioverter-Defibrillator or Pacemaker Insertion, Removal or Repair
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Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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Duke University Hospital -
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Hospital
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University of Virginia Medical Center
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1205842481 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | LAU |
| First Name Of The Provider | CHRISTINE |
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