Robert E. Merritt

Publications

• Choosing wisely: cardiothoracic surgeons partnering with patients to make good health care decisions. Wood DE, Mitchell JD, Schmitz DS, Grondin SC, Ikonomidis JS, Bakaeen FG, Merritt RE, Meyer DM, Moffatt-Bruce SD, Reece TB, Smith MA. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013; 95 (3): 1130-5
• Small cell lung cancer. Kalemkerian GP, Akerley W, Bogner P, Borghaei H, Chow LQ, Downey RJ, Gandhi L, Ganti AK, Govindan R, Grecula JC, Hayman J, Heist RS, Horn L, Jahan T, Koczywas M, Loo BW, Merritt RE, Moran CA, Niell HB, O'Malley J, Patel JD, Ready N, Rudin CM, Williams CC, Gregory K, Hughes M. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2013; 11 (1): 78-98
• Indications for surgery in patients with localized pulmonary infection. Merritt RE, Shrager JB. Thorac Surg Clin. 2012; 22 (3): 325-32
• Initial experience of total thoracoscopic and laparoscopic Ivor Lewis esophagectomy. Merritt RE, J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2012; 22 (3): 214-9
• Prophylaxis and management of atrial fibrillation after general thoracic surgery. Merritt RE, Shrager JB. Thorac Surg Clin. 2012; 22 (1): 13-23, v
• A rare case of an aldosterone secreting metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma and papillary thyroid carcinoma in a 31-year-old male" has been published today on Rare Tumors. Stephen M. Wanta,, Marina Basina, Steven D. Chang, Daniel T. Chang, James M. Ford, Ralph Greco, Kerry Kingham, Robert E. Merritt, Pamela L. Kunz. Rare Tumors. 2011; 10 (4081): e45
• A rare case of an aldosterone secreting metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma and papillary thyroid carcinoma in a 31-year-old male. Wanta SM, Basina M, Chang SD, Chang DT, Ford JM, Greco R, Kingham K, Merritt RE, Kunz PL. Rare Tumors. 2011; 3 (4): e45
• Benign emptying of the postpneumonectomy space. Merritt RE, Reznik SI, DaSilva MC, Sugarbaker DJ, Whyte RI, Donahue DM, Hoang CD, Smythe WR, Shrager JB. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011; 92 (3): 1076-81; discussion 1081-2
• Morbidity and mortality after esophagectomy following neoadjuvant chemoradiation. Merritt RE, Whyte RI, D'Arcy NT, Hoang CD, Shrager JB. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011; 92 (6): 2034-40
• Evidence-based suggestions for management of air leaks Merritt RE, Singhal S, Shrager JB.. Thorac Surg Clin. 2010; 20 (3): 435
• Key questions for perioperative chemotherapy in resectable lung cancer: not pre vs post, but who and what? Wakelee HA, Merritt R, Clément-Duchêne C. Oncology (Williston Park). 2009; 23 (6): 527, 532
• Long-term results of sleeve lobectomy in the management of non-small cell lung carcinoma and low-grade neoplasms. Merritt RE, Mathisen DJ, Wain JC, Gaissert HA, Donahue D, Lanuti M, Allan JS, Morse CR, Wright CD. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009; 88 (5): 1574-81; discussion 1581-2
• Staged closure of tracheogastrocutaneous fistula after esophagectomy for infiltrative granular cell tumor. Merritt R, Zeitels SM, Austen WG, Lauwers GY, Gaissert HA. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007; 134 (3): 805-7
• Augmenting major histocompatibility complex class I expression by murine tumors in vivo enhances antitumor immunity induced by an active immunotherapy strategy. Merritt RE, Yamada RE, Crystal RG, Korst RJ. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2004; 127 (2): 355-64
• Effect of inhibition of multiple steps of angiogenesis in syngeneic murine pleural mesothelioma. Merritt RE, Yamada RE, Wasif N, Crystal RG, Korst RJ. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004; 78 (3): 1042-51; discussion 1042-51
• Modification to the capsid of the adenovirus vector that enhances dendritic cell infection and transgene-specific cellular immune responses. Worgall S, Busch A, Rivara M, Bonnyay D, Leopold PL, Merritt R, Hackett NR, Rovelink PW, Bruder JT, Wickham TJ, Kovesdi I, Crystal RG. J Virol. 2004; 78 (5): 2572-80
• Intratumoral expression of macrophage-derived chemokine induces CD4+ T cell-independent antitumor immunity in mice. Lee JM, Merritt RE, Mahtabifard A, Yamada R, Kikuchi T, Crystal RG, Korst RJ. J Immunother. 2003 Mar-Apr; 26 (2): 117-29
• Cisplatin augments cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-mediated antitumor immunity in poorly immunogenic murine lung cancer. Merritt RE, Mahtabifard A, Yamada RE, Crystal RG, Korst RJ. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003; 126 (5): 1609-17
• In vivo gene transfer of pigment epithelium-derived factor inhibits tumor growth in syngeneic murine models of thoracic malignancies. Mahtabifard A, Merritt RE, Yamada RE, Crystal RG, Korst RJ. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003; 126 (1): 28-38