Presentations

Abstract Meeting Date Senior Author and Co-authors

The impact of peri-operative outcomes on long-term survival after esophageal cancer resection

Accepted for oral presentation at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Western Thoracic Surgical Association 51st Annual Meeting

June 28, 2025

Chang C, Kapula N, Elliott IA, Backhus L, Guenthart BA, Lui N, Shrager J, Liou D, Berry M

Endoscopic Findings Predictive of Pathologic Upstaging in T2N0 Esophageal Cancer

Accepted for oral presentation at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Western Thoracic Surgical Association 51st Annual Meeting

June 28, 2025

Tsai L, Bommakanti S, Kapula N, Satoyoshi M, Aboufudom, C, Elliott IA, Guenthart BA, Liou D, Lui N, Backhus L, Shrager J, Berry M

The Association of Short-Term Quality Metrics and Long-Term Survival After Lung Cancer Resection

Accepted for poster presentation at the American Association for Thoracic Surgery 105th Annual Meeting

May 2-5, 2025

Woodson DRP, Kapula N, Liou DZ, Elliott IA, Shrager JB, Berry MF

The impact of tumor response on outcomes following chemotherapy and esophagectomy for bulky distal esophageal adenocarcinoma

Accepted for oral presentation at the American Association for Thoracic Surgery 105th Annual Meeting

May 3, 2025

Chang C, Kapula N, Liou DZ, Elliott IA, Guenthart BA, Lui N, Backhus LM, Shrager JB, Berry MF

Impact of Social Determinants of Health on the Introduction and Use of Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer Patients

American Medical Association Poster Showcase

November 8, 2024

Rivera-Pedraza EJ, Kapula N, Berry MF

Trends in the Use of Minimally Invasive Approaches to Lobectomy for Early-Stage Lung Cancer Resection: A Nationwide Analysis

ePoster presentation at the American College of Surgeons Scientific Forum at Clinical Congress 2024

October 20, 2024

Lin N, Guenthart B, Kapula N, Lui N, Backhus LM, Berry M

Radiation therapy does not improve survival in patients who are upstaged after esophagectomy for clinical early-stage esophageal adenocarcinoma

Oral presentation at the Western Thoracic Surgical Association 50th Annual Meeting

June 29, 2024

Kantam DN, Liou DZ, Shrager JB, Lui NS, Guenthart BA, Backhus LM, Elliott IA, Berry MF

The Utility of PET scan in Predicting Pathologic Complete Response after Chemoradiation for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Poster presentation at the 2nd Annual Research Symposium of the Latino Medical Student Association

April 20, 2024

Randle RJ, Rivera ER, Liou DZ, Backhus LM, Lui NS, Shrager JB, Berry MF

Impacts of Positive Margins and Surgical Extent on Outcomes after Resection for Clinical Early Stage Lung Cancer

Poster presentation at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons 60th Annual Meeting

January 27-29, 2024

Wong LY, Dale R, Kapula N, Elliott IA, Liou DZ, Lui NS, Backhus LM, Shrager JB, Berry MF

Lepidic-Type Adenocarcinomas: How Long is Too Long to Wait and Treat?

Oral presentation at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons 60th Annual Meeting

January 27-29, 2024

Wong LY, Elliott IA, Liou DZ, Lui NS, Backhus LM, Shrager JB, Berry MF

The Utility of FDG-PET for assessment of nodal staging in subsolid clinical stage IA (T1N0) lung adenocarcinoma

Poster presentation at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons 60th Annual Meeting

January 27-29, 2024

Kantam DN, Shrager JB, Lui NS, Elliott IA, Liou DZ, Guo HH, Backhus LM, Berry MF

Outcomes Of A Failed Observation Approach For Paraesophageal Hernia

Oral presentation at the American College of Surgeons Scientific Forum at Clinical Congress 2023

October 22-25, 2023

Wong LY, Leipzig M, Elliott IA, Liou DZ, Backhus LM, Lui NS, Shrager JB, Berry MF

The Impact of Refusing Esophagectomy for Treatment of Locally Advanced Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Oral presentation at the Western Thoracic Surgical Association  49th Annual Meeting

June 21-24, 2023

Wong LY, Elliott I, Liou DZ, Lui NS, Backhus LM, Shrager JB, Berry MF

Segmentectomy versus Lobectomy for Non Small Cell Lung Cancer: The Impact of Tumor Location

Oral presentation at the European Society of Thoracic Surgery 31st Annual Meeting

June 4-6, 2023

Wong LY, Kapula N, Liou DZ, Berry MF

The Impact of Age and Need for Emergent Surgery in Paraesophageal Hernia Repair Outcomes

Oral presentation at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons 59th Annual Meeting

January 23, 2023

Wong LY, Parsons N, David EA, Burfeind W, Berry MF