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Kei Suzuki, MD

Assistant Professor

Boston University School of Medicine

Dept of Surgery

Cardiothoracic Surgery

MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Websites

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ORCID : 0000-0002-7360-4396

Kei Suzuki, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Boston University School of Medicine. He joined the university after completing his fellowship in Thoracic Surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He is licensed in Japan and America and as of last year, he is a member of the Association for Surgical Education. For his research he has received over $200,000 in funding and has been a reviewer in the following publications: Digestive Diseases and Sciences, Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy, Tumori Journal, International Editorial Board, Annals of the American Thoracic Society, Diseases of the Esophagus, and Cancer Immunology Research.

His research interests are Lung Cancer, Esophageal Cancer/Disease, and Mediastinal Disease.

Member
Boston University
BU-BMC Cancer Center

Member
Boston University
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research

2015 American Association of Thoracic Surgery: Graham Foundation Intuitive Surgical Robotics Fellowship

2011 Society of Thoracic Surgeons: Looking to the Future Scholarship

2010 Commission on Cancer Paper Competition: Finalist

2009-2011 Empire Clinical Research: Investigator Program

2008 Academic Intern of the Year

2002 Golden Key National Honor Society

2002 National Society of Collegiate Scholars

BU Research
BMC Research

Race-specific molecular changes in nasal epithelium to assess lung cancer risk
07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022 (PI)
American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Single Cell RNA-sequence Analysis of Tumor-Immune Microenvironment in Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients
11/01/2019 - 10/31/2021 (PI)
Elsa U. Pardee Foundation

Utilization of nasal biomarkers as screening tools for lung cancer
07/01/2018 - 06/30/2021 (PI)
Thoracic Surgery Foundation

The STABLe-mates Trial- A Randomized Phase III Study of Sublobar Resection (SR) versus Stereotact…
12/31/2015 - 12/31/2020 (PI)
University of Texas Southwestern Med Ctr Various

Prognostic Immune Score for Stage I Lung Adenocarcinoma
09/15/2017 - 07/15/2020 (PI)
Chest Foundation

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Akpoviroro O, Asokan S, Steiling K, Rebello A, Burks EJ, Litle VR, Suzuki K. Lung Cancer Risk in Suspicious Lung Nodules With Negative Positron Emission Tomography Scan. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Jul 20.View Related Profiles.

Burks, Eric
Steiling, Katrina
Suzuki, Kei

PMID: 34297988

Suzuki K, Litle VR. Healthcare disparities in thoracic malignancies. J Thorac Dis. 2021 Jun; 13(6):3741-3744. PMID: 34277065

Annesi CA, Poulson M, Mak KS, Tapan U, Dechert TA, Litle VR, Suzuki K. The Impact of Residential Racial Segregation on Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment and Outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 May 22.View Related Profiles.

Suzuki, Kei
Mak, Kimberley
Poulson, Michael
Dechert, Tracey
Tapan, Umit

PMID: 34033745

Drozdowicz K, Marquez HA, Burks EJ, Suzuki K. Lung adenocarcinoma and pulmonary actinomycosis: a cautionary tale. Tumori. 2021 Apr 20; 3008916211010225.View Related Profiles.

Burks, Eric
Marquez, Hector
Suzuki, Kei

PMID: 33877025

Perez SA, Reddy SB, Meister A, Pinjic E, Suzuki K, Litle VR. Venous thromboembolism in benign esophageal surgery patients: potential cost effectiveness of Caprini risk stratification. Surg Endosc. 2021 Jan 25.View Related Profiles.

Suzuki, Kei
Litle, Virginia

PMID: 33492505

Kim M, Dam TT, Ogawa M, Shimizu T, Yamaguchi T, Suzuki K, Asami T, Kurihara J, Yokoo S. Predictive factors for dental inflammation with exacerbation during cancer therapy with FDG-PET/CT imaging. Support Care Cancer. 2021 Aug; 29(8):4277-4284. PMID: 33415364

Suzuki K, Litle VR. Don't Anger the Host: New Etiquette in Standard Cancer Assessment? Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Feb; 28(2):598-599.View Related Profiles.

Suzuki, Kei
Litle, Virginia

PMID: 33108595

Reddy SB, Mizelle J, Sterbling HM, Lin B, Litle VR, Suzuki K. Type 2 diabetes is associated with failure of non-operative treatment for sternoclavicular joint infection. J Thorac Dis. 2020 Oct; 12(10):5468-5474.View Related Profiles.

Lin, Brenda
Suzuki, Kei
Litle, Virginia

PMID: 33209380; PMCID: PMC7656360; DOI: 10.21037/jtd-20-1897;

de Geus SWL, Hirji S, Hachey KJ, Sachs TE, Suzuki K, Ng SC, Swanson S, Litle VR, D'Amico T, Tseng JF. Lymphadenectomy and Survival After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: Is More Better? J Gastrointest Surg. 2020 11; 24(11):2447-2455.View Related Profiles.

Tseng, Jennifer
Suzuki, Kei
Sachs, Teviah
Litle, Virginia

PMID: 32875442

Mur T, Sakai O, Tracy L, Suzuki K, Faden D. Endopharyngeal Ultrasound: description of a novel technique to overcome a common diagnostic dilemma in a patient with a deep neck space mass. Clin Otolaryngol. 2020 Nov; 45(6):923-925.View Related Profiles.

Suzuki, Kei
Tracy, Lauren
Sakai, Osamu
Mur, Taha

PMID: 32578375; DOI: 10.1111/coa.13598;

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Sridhar P, Litle VR, Okada M, Suzuki K. Prevention of Postoperative Prolonged Air Leak After Pulmonary Resection. Thorac Surg Clin. 2020 Aug; 30(3):305-314.View Related Profiles.

Suzuki, Kei
Litle, Virginia

PMID: 32593363

Miller MI, Meister AC, Litle VR, Suzuki K. Delayed lung expansion after decortication in a case of trapped lung resulting from catamenial haemothorax. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2020 03 01; 30(3):493-494.View Related Profiles.

Suzuki, Kei
Litle, Virginia

PMID: 31691801

Steiling K, Loui T, Asokan S, Nims S, Moreira P, Rebello A, Litle VR, Suzuki K. Age, Race, and Income Are Associated With Lower Screening Rates at a Safety Net Hospital. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 05; 109(5):1544-1550.View Related Profiles.

Steiling, Katrina
Suzuki, Kei
Litle, Virginia

PMID: 31981498

Asokan S, Sridhar P, Qureshi MM, Bhatt M, Truong MT, Suzuki K, Mak KS, Litle VR. Presentation, Treatment, and Outcomes of Vulnerable Populations With Esophageal Cancer Treated at a Safety-Net Hospital. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Summer; 32(2):347-354.View Related Profiles.

Suzuki, Kei
Mak, Kimberley
Truong, Minh
Qureshi, Muhammad
Litle, Virginia

PMID: 31866573

Sulibhavi A, Asokan S, Miller MI, Moreira P, Daly BD, Fernando HC, Litle VR, Suzuki K. Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes and Platelets Are Prognostic in Surgical pT1 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 02; 109(2):337-342.View Related Profiles.

Suzuki, Kei
Litle, Virginia

PMID: 31593659

Sridhar P, Hardouin S, Cheng T, Farber A, Suzuki K, Jones DW. Endovascular exclusion and open resection of aberrant pulmonary artery aneurysm associated with intralobar pulmonary sequestration. J Vasc Surg. 2019 10; 70(4):1328-1329.View Related Profiles.

Farber, Alik
Jones, Douglas
Suzuki, Kei

PMID: 31543171

Egyud MR, Tseng JF, Suzuki K. Multidisciplinary Therapy of Esophageal Cancer. Surg Clin North Am. 2019 Jun; 99(3):419-437.View Related Profiles.

Tseng, Jennifer
Suzuki, Kei

PMID: 31047033

Muñoz-Largacha JA, Rao SR, Brinckerhoff LH, Daly BD, Fernando HC, Litle VR, Suzuki K. Induction chemoradiation is associated with improved survival in chest wall invasion lung cancer. Tumori. 2019 Aug; 105(4):331-337.View Related Profiles.

Daly, Benedict
Suzuki, Kei
Litle, Virginia

PMID: 30905273

Sridhar P, Bhatt M, Qureshi MM, Asokan S, Truong MT, Suzuki K, Mak KS, Litle VR. Esophageal Cancer Presentation, Treatment, and Outcomes Vary With Hospital Safety-Net Burden. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 05; 107(5):1472-1479.View Related Profiles.

Suzuki, Kei
Mak, Kimberley
Truong, Minh
Qureshi, Muhammad
Litle, Virginia

PMID: 30605641

Egyud M, Suzuki K. Post-resection complications: abscesses, empyemas, bronchopleural fistulas. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Oct; 10(Suppl 28):S3408-S3418. PMID: 30505528; PMCID: PMC6218366; DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2018.08.48;

Shin TH, Inagaki E, Ganta T, Hartshorn K, Litle VR, Suzuki K. Tumor Lysis Syndrome After Bilobectomy for Typical Carcinoid Tumor of the Lung. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 03; 107(3):e199-e201.View Related Profiles.

Inagaki, Elica
Suzuki, Kei
Hartshorn, Kevan
Shin, Thomas
Litle, Virginia

PMID: 30218665

Yan SX, Qureshi MM, Suzuki K, Dyer M, Truong MT, Litle V, Mak KS. Definitive treatment patterns and survival in stage II non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer. 2018 10; 124:135-142.View Related Profiles.

Suzuki, Kei
Mak, Kimberley
Dyer, Michael
Truong, Minh
Qureshi, Muhammad
Litle, Virginia

PMID: 30268452

Gopal M, Skobodzinski AA, Sterbling HM, Rao SR, LaChapelle C, Suzuki K, Litle VR. Bronchoscopy Simulation Training as a Tool in Medical School Education. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 07; 106(1):280-286.View Related Profiles.

Suzuki, Kei
Litle, Virginia

PMID: 29530773

Muñoz-Largacha JA, Steiling KA, Kathuria H, Charlot M, Fitzgerald C, Suzuki K, Litle VR. Initial surgical experience following implementation of lung cancer screening at an urban safety net hospital. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 06; 155(6):2674-2681.View Related Profiles.

Kathuria, Hasmeena
Steiling, Katrina
Suzuki, Kei
Charlot, Marjory
Litle, Virginia

PMID: 29534906

Muñoz-Largacha JA, Slama J, Kalish J, Jalisi S, Litle VR, Suzuki K. Approach to resection of sternoclavicular tumor abutting the common carotid artery in irradiated field. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Jan; 10(1):E38-E41.View Related Profiles.

Slama, Jaromir
Kalish, Jeffrey
Suzuki, Kei
Litle, Virginia

PMID: 29600101; PMCID: PMC5863209; DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2017.12.60;

Billè A, Ahmad U, Woo KM, Suzuki K, Adusumilli P, Huang J, Jones DR, Rizk NP. Detection of Recurrence Patterns After Wedge Resection for Early Stage Lung Cancer: Rationale for Radiologic Follow-Up. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Oct; 102(4):1067-73. PMID: 27345095; PMCID: PMC5421376; DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.04.056;

Ripley RT, Suzuki K, Tan KS, Adusumilli PS, Huang J, Park BJ, Downey RJ, Rizk NP, Rusch VW, Bains M, Jones DR. Postinduction positron emission tomography assessment of N2 nodes is not associated with ypN2 disease or overall survival in stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Apr; 151(4):969-77, 979.e1-3. PMID: 26614420; PMCID: PMC4801676; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.09.127;

Suzuki K, Park BJ, Adusumilli PS, Rizk NP, Huang J, Jones DR, Bains MS. Chest Wall Reconstruction Using a Methyl Methacrylate Neo-Rib and Mesh. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Aug; 100(2):744-7. PMID: 26234861; PMCID: PMC4978354; DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.02.127;

Ahmad U, Yang H, Sima C, Buitrago DH, Ripley RT, Suzuki K, Bains MS, Rizk NP, Rusch VW, Huang J, Adusumilli PS, Rocco G, Jones DR. Resection of Primary and Secondary Tumors of the Sternum: An Analysis of Prognostic Variables. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Jul; 100(1):215-21; discussion 221-2. PMID: 26002443; PMCID: PMC4634707; DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.03.013;

Suzuki K, Bower M, Cassaro S, Patel RI, Karpeh MS, Leitman IM. Tube cholecystostomy before cholecystectomy for the treatment of acute cholecystitis. JSLS. 2015 Jan-Mar; 19(1):e2014.00200. PMID: 25848180; PMCID: PMC4376213; DOI: 10.4293/JSLS.2014.00200;

Suzuki K, Sieczka E, Tranbaugh R, Hoffman D. Pyoderma gangrenosum after cardiac surgery masquerading as a fulminant sternal wound infection. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2015; 6C:163-5. PMID: 25544482; PMCID: PMC4337912; DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.06.010;

Kachala SS, Bograd AJ, Villena-Vargas J, Suzuki K, Servais EL, Kadota K, Chou J, Sima CS, Vertes E, Rusch VW, Travis WD, Sadelain M, Adusumilli PS. Mesothelin overexpression is a marker of tumor aggressiveness and is associated with reduced recurrence-free and overall survival in early-stage lung adenocarcinoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2014 Feb 15; 20(4):1020-8. PMID: 24334761; PMCID: PMC3944669; DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-13-1862;

Leitman IM, Suzuki K, Wengrofsky AJ, Menashe E, Poplawski M, Woo KM, Geller CM, Lucido D, Bernik T, Zeifer BA, Patton B. Early recognition of acute thoracic aortic dissection and aneurysm. World J Emerg Surg. 2013 Nov 13; 8(1):47. PMID: 24499618; PMCID: PMC3874654; DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-8-47;

Suzuki K, Kadota K, Sima CS, Nitadori J, Rusch VW, Travis WD, Sadelain M, Adusumilli PS. Clinical impact of immune microenvironment in stage I lung adenocarcinoma: tumor interleukin-12 receptor ß2 (IL-12Rß2), IL-7R, and stromal FoxP3/CD3 ratio are independent predictors of recurrence. J Clin Oncol. 2013 Feb 01; 31(4):490-8. PMID: 23269987; PMCID: PMC3731922; DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2012.45.2052;

Kadota K, Kachala SS, Nitadori J, Suzuki K, Dunphy MP, Sima CS, Travis WD, Rusch VW, Adusumilli PS. High SUVmax on FDG-PET indicates pleomorphic subtype in epithelioid malignant pleural mesothelioma: supportive evidence to reclassify pleomorphic as nonepithelioid histology. J Thorac Oncol. 2012 Jul; 7(7):1192-7. PMID: 22617244; PMCID: PMC3691682; DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3182519d96;

Kadota K, Colovos C, Suzuki K, Rizk NP, Dunphy MP, Zabor EC, Sima CS, Yoshizawa A, Travis WD, Rusch VW, Adusumilli PS. FDG-PET SUVmax combined with IASLC/ATS/ERS histologic classification improves the prognostic stratification of patients with stage I lung adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2012 Oct; 19(11):3598-605. PMID: 22644511; PMCID: PMC4049004; DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2414-3;

Kadota K, Suzuki K, Kachala SS, Zabor EC, Sima CS, Moreira AL, Yoshizawa A, Riely GJ, Rusch VW, Adusumilli PS, Travis WD. A grading system combining architectural features and mitotic count predicts recurrence in stage I lung adenocarcinoma. Mod Pathol. 2012 Aug; 25(8):1117-27. PMID: 22499226; PMCID: PMC4382749; DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2012.58;

Servais EL, Suzuki K, Colovos C, Rodriguez L, Sima C, Fleisher M, Rusch VW, Sadelain M, Adusumilli PS. An in vivo platform for tumor biomarker assessment. PLoS One. 2011; 6(10):e26722. PMID: 22046338; PMCID: PMC3202552; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026722;

Kadota K, Suzuki K, Colovos C, Sima CS, Rusch VW, Travis WD, Adusumilli PS. A nuclear grading system is a strong predictor of survival in epitheloid diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma. Mod Pathol. 2012 Feb; 25(2):260-71. PMID: 21983936; PMCID: PMC4080411; DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2011.146;

Bograd AJ, Suzuki K, Vertes E, Colovos C, Morales EA, Sadelain M, Adusumilli PS. Immune responses and immunotherapeutic interventions in malignant pleural mesothelioma. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2011 Nov; 60(11):1509-27. PMID: 21913025; PMCID: PMC3268654; DOI: 10.1007/s00262-011-1103-6;

Suzuki K, Kachala SS, Kadota K, Shen R, Mo Q, Beer DG, Rusch VW, Travis WD, Adusumilli PS. Prognostic immune markers in non-small cell lung cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2011 Aug 15; 17(16):5247-56. PMID: 21659461; DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-10-2805;

Kadota K, Suzuki K, Sima CS, Rusch VW, Adusumilli PS, Travis WD. Pleomorphic epithelioid diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma: a clinicopathological review and conceptual proposal to reclassify as biphasic or sarcomatoid mesothelioma. J Thorac Oncol. 2011 May; 6(5):896-904. PMID: 21358344; DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e318211127a;

Suzuki K, Servais EL, Rizk NP, Solomon SB, Sima CS, Park BJ, Kachala SS, Zlobinsky M, Rusch VW, Adusumilli PS. Palliation and pleurodesis in malignant pleural effusion: the role for tunneled pleural catheters. J Thorac Oncol. 2011 Apr; 6(4):762-7. PMID: 21325982; DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31820d614f;

Yushuva A, Nagda P, Suzuki K, Llaguna OH, Avgerinos D, Goodman E. Heterotopic mesenteric ossification following gastric bypass surgery: case series and review of literature. Obes Surg. 2010 Sep; 20(9):1312-5. PMID: 20127291; DOI: 10.1007/s11695-009-0072-8;

Colovos C, Suzuki K, Leitman IM, Adusumilli PS. Surgeons and simulators. Natl Med J India. 2009 Nov-Dec; 22(6):323-4. PMID: 20384025

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Bar chart showing 45 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2018 and 2020