Research Vision:

Tissue bioengineering is likely to become the future of surgery. In my opinion, it will revolutionize surgery the way transplantation did.

Research Areas:

• Esophageal bioprinting: collaboration with Dr. Panoskaltsis-Mortari

• Clinical research - evaluation of new surgical techniques

• Operating room sustainability

Research Publications:

1. Andrade RS, Diaz-Gutierrez I, Hutchins J, Kaizer A, Small J, Rao M. Laparoscopic transdiaphragmatic chest surgery: Early experience. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Mar;155(3):1294-1299. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.10.127. Epub 2017 Nov 10. PMID: 29249491.

2. Diaz-Gutierrez I, Rao MV, Andrade RS. Laparoscopic ligation of cisterna chyli for refractory chylothorax: A case series and review of the literature. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Feb;155(2):815-819. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.08.140. Epub 2017 Sep 30. PMID: 29129424.

3. Aziken N, Evasovich M, Andrade RS, Podgaetz E. Laparoscopic transdiaphragmatic thymectomy without chest incisions. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Feb 1;51(2):385-387. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezw274. PMID: 28186270.

4. Andrade RS, Podgaetz E, Rueth NM, Majumder K, Hall E, Saric C, Thelen L. Endobronchial ultrasonography versus mediastinoscopy: a single-institution cost analysis and waste comparison. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Sep;98(3):1003-7. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.104. Epub 2014 Jul 16. PMID: 25038020.

5. Dincer HE, Gliksberg EP, Andrade RS. Endoscopic ultrasound and/or endobronchial ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of central intraparenchymal lung lesions not adjacent to airways or esophagus. Endosc Ultrasound. 2015 Jan-Mar;4(1):40-3. doi: 10.4103/2303-9027.151332. PMID: 25789283; PMCID: PMC4362003.