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Rajaram Nagarajan, MD, MS

Appointment

Assistant Professor

Email

rajaram.nagarajan@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-1248

Fax

513-636-3549

Credentials

BS: 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:

Board Certified in Pediatrics, 1998-2005
Re-Certified in Pediatrics, 2006-2012
Board Certified in Pediatric Hematology / Oncology, 2002-2009

Awards and Honors

Merit Award Recipient from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2002
Young Investigator Award Recipient from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2001
Pine Tree Apple Fellowship of the National Childhood Cancer Foundation, 2000
National Institute of Health Cancer Epidemiology Training Grant, 1998

Research

Outcomes following cancer therapy and outcomes following bone sarcomas

Presentations

Haus der Wirtschaft, Stuttgart, Germany, "Quality of Life in Patients After Bone Sarcoma Treatment" at the Special Session Bringing quality into life: Views and perspectives in sarcoma patients at the Pan European Sarcoma Trials: Moving forward in a climate of increasing economic and regulatory pressure, November 30th, 2006

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, "Advances in the Medical Management of Musculoskeletal Tumors" at the 1st Annual Musculoskeletal Tumor Symposium: Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Musculoskeletal Tumors, September 6th, 2006

College of St. Catherine, Minneapolis, MN: "Pediatric Lower Extremity Bone Tumors," DPT 603: Amputee Clinic Class Spring 2006. January 10, 2006.

Fairview-University Children's Hospital and the University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN: "Osteogenic Sarcoma and Surgical Outcomes" at the 10th Annual Pediatric Hematology / Oncology / BMT Nursing Conference. November10, 2005.

Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA: "Pediatric Lower Extremity Bone Tumors" at the Pediatric Oncology Seminar, November 8, 2005.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH: "Pediatric Lower Extremity Bone Tumors" at the Pediatric Hematology / Oncology Special Seminar, October 6, 2005.

Lakewood Health System Hospital, Staple, MN: "Pediatric Oncology," Rural Physician Associate Program, March 15, 2005.

Bunker Hill Golf Club-Seasons Restaurant, Blaine, MN: "Pediatric Cancer: A Success Story…" at the Optimist Club International District Meeting, February 15, 2005

College of St. Catherine, Minneapolis, MN: "Malignant Bone Tumors: Pathology, Medical Management, Function and Quality of Life," DPT 603: Amputee Clinic Class Spring 2005. January 21, 2005

Children's Hospital and Clinics, Minneapolis, MN: "Lower Extremity Bone Tumors" at the A PON meeting September 28, 2004

University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN: "Quality of Life and Function of Pediatric Survivors of Lower Extremity Bone Tumors" at the Skeletal Biology Symposium. February 26, 2004.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN: "Quality of Life and Function of Pediatric Survivors of Lower Extremity Bone Tumors" at the Cancer Epidemiology Interest Group. February 20, 2004

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN: "Quality of Life and Function of Pediatric Survivors of Lower Extremity Bone Tumor – Future Directions" at the Cancer Survivorship Research Conference. April 5, 2004.

Publications, Most Recent

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 Vol. 64, Issue 3, Pages 379-85; quiz 389-92

Schultz KA, Ness KK, Nagarajan R, Steiner ME. Adnexal masses in infancy and childhood.Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sep 2006 Vol. 49, Issue 3, Pages 464-79

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

B.J. Zebrack, M.A. Zevon, T. Turk, R. Nagarajan, J. Whitton, L. Robison, L.K. Zeltzer. Psychological distress in long-term survivors of solid tumors diagnosed in childhood: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.Pediatric Blood and Cancer, April 2005. Accepted.

R. Nagarajan, D.R.Clohisy, B.J. Weigel. New Paradigms for Therapy for Osteosarcoma.Current Oncology Reports, 2005, 7(6):406-409.

Nagarajan R, Robison L,: Pregnancy outcomes in survivors of childhood cancer.Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs, 2005, 34, 72-76.

R. Nagarajan, J.P. Neglia, D.R. Clohisy, L.L. Robison. Function and Quality-of-Life of Survivors of Pediatric Lower Extremity Bone Tumors: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.British Journal of Cancer, 2004, 91:11, 1858-1865.

Abstracts, Most Recent

R. Nagarajan, D. R. Clohisy, J. P. Neglia, C. Sklar, L. L Robison. Amputation(Amp) in Pediatric Lower Extremity(LE) Bone Sarcoma Survivors: Predictors of Function(Fxn) and Quality-of-Life(QOL).American Society of Pediatric Hematology / Oncology. 2005 Annual Meeting.