Clinical Interests

Bone tumors; late effects of pediatric cancer therapy

Research Interests

Outcomes following cancer therapy and bone sarcomas

BA: Pre-Medical Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 1991.

MD: Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1995.

Internship and Residency: Pediatrics, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA, 1998.

Fellowship Training: Hematology / Oncology / BMT, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2002.

MS: Clinical Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2002.

Certifications: Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology / Oncology.

Nagarajan R, Kamruzzaman A, Ness KK, Marchese VG, Sklar C, Mertens A, Yasui Y, Robison LL, Marina N. Twenty years of follow-up of survivors of childhood osteosarcoma: a report from the childhood cancer survivor study. Cancer. 2011 Feb 1;117(3):625-34.

Rayburg M, Towbin A, Yin H, Maugans T, Maurer B, Nagarajan R, Weiss B. Langerhans cell histiocytosis in a patient with stage 4 neuroblastoma receiving oral fenretinide. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Dec;53(6):1111-3.

Nagarajan R. Quality of life (QOL) in patients with osteosarcoma. Recent Results Cancer Res. 2009;179:339-44. 

Nagarajan R, Mogil R, Neglia JP, Robison LL, Ness KK. Self-reported global function among adult survivors of childhood lower-extremity bone tumors: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS). J Cancer Surviv. 2009 Mar;3(1):59-65.

Zebrack BJ, Zevon MA, Turk N, Nagarajan R, Whitton J, Robison LL, Zeltzer LK. Psychological distress in long-term survivors of solid tumors diagnosed in childhood: a report from the childhood cancer survivor study. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2007 Jul;49(1):47-51. 

Khan K, Schwarzenberg SJ, Sharp H, Jessurun J, Gulbahce HE, Defor T, Nagarajan R. Diagnostic endoscopy in children after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Gastrointest Endosc. Sep 2006;64(3):379-85.

Schultz KA, Ness KK, Nagarajan R, Steiner ME. Adnexal masses in infancy and childhood. Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology. Sep 2006; 49(3):464-79.

Nagarajan R, Clohisy D, Weigel B. New paradigms for therapy for osteosarcoma. Curr Oncol Rep. 2005 Nov;7(6):410-4.

Nagarajan R, Robison LL. Pregnancy outcomes in survivors of childhood cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 2005;(34):72-6.

Book Chapters

Spector LG, Ross JA, Nagarajan R. Epidemiology of bone and soft tissue sarcomas. In Pappo A (Ed.) Pediatric Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors. 1st ed. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2006.