Curriculum Vitae
Rafael S. Andrade, M.D.

Undergraduate Education
Medical Education
Clinical Postgraduate Education
Professional Appointments
Research Experience
Publications
Abstracts
Book Chapters
Projects in Progress
Honors, Awards, and Memberships
Presentations
Presentations by Invitation

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION:

Primary School and High School
German School in Mexico City (equivalent to junior year in college)
Dates Attended: 9/1971 - 5/1984
Degree Granted: German and Mexican High School Diploma
Languages: Spanish, English, German, French

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MEDICAL EDUCATION:

Faculty of Medicine at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico)
Dates Attended: 01/02/1985 - 12/31/1989
Degree Granted: Surgeon
Date Degree Granted: 10/01/1992
Social Service: 01/01/1990 - 12/31/1990
FMGEMS:
Part I - score = 84 (01/24/1989)
Part II - score = 81 (07/18/1991)
ECFMG: Certificate 0-431-819-2 (issued 11/06/1996)
FLEX:
Component I - score = 86 (12/1993)
Component II - score = 85 (12/1993)
Medical License:
MN 40443

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CLINICAL POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION:

Internal Medicine
National Institute of Nutrition (Instituto Nacional de la Nutricion)
Mexico City, Mexico
03/1991 - 07/1992

General Surgery
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
06/1995 - 06/2000
ABS Certificate 46147 (issued 04/03/2001)

Cardiothoracic Surgery
Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN
07/2001 - 06/2003
ABTS part I - passed

Thoracic Surgical Oncology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
07/2003 - 06/2004
Certificate 6872 (expires 12/14/2014), American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Minimally Invasive Thoracic and Foregut Surgery
University of Minnesota, University of Pittsburgh
08/2004 - 07/2005

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PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:

General Surgery
Regions Hospital
Department of Surgery
St. Paul, MN
07/2000 - 12/2000

Thoracic Surgery and Foregut Surgery
Clinical Instructor
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
08/2004 - 07/2005

Thoracic Surgery and Foregut Surgery
Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
07/2005 - Present

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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Medical School
1. Surgical treatment of short bowel syndrome
Experimental Surgery Laboratory at the National Institute of Nutrition
Mexico City, Mexico
07/1987 - 09/1987

2. Lung preservation; chest wall reconstruction
Experimental Surgery Laboratory at the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases
Mexico City, Mexico
01/1990 - 01/1991

Postgraduate
1. Surfactant and capillary permeability in lung preservation
Laboratory of the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
08/1992 - 06/1995

2. Spinal cord ischemic injury after aortic cross-clamping
Laboratory of the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
08/1992 - 06/1993

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PUBLICATIONS:

1. Santillan-Doherty P, Jasso-Victoria R, Sotres-Vega A, Arreola J, Olmos R, Andrade R, Villalba J, Coo J, Papadakis M. Pulmonary perfusion during acute rejection and experimental pneumonia. Transplantation 1992;53:533-535.

2. Santillan-Doherty P, Jasso-Victoria R, Sotres-Vega A, Lopez-Medrano R, Santibanez A, Andrade R, Arreola J, Olmos R, Garcia D, Odor-Morales R. Urinary thromboxane B2 excretion during acute rejection in cyclosporine-treated experimental lung allotransplantation. Transplant Proc 1992;24:2022-2023.

3. John R, Andrade R, Wangensteen OD, Shumway S. The parabiotic model for the assessment of lung preservation: potential problems and solutions. Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense 1994;65:75-80.

4. Andrade R, Solien E, Wangentseen OD, Tsai MY, Kshettry VR, Bolman RM. Surfactant dysfunction in lung preservation. Transplantation 1995;60:536-541.

5. Andrade R, Wangentseen OD, Jo JK, Tsai MY, Kshettry VR, Bolman RM. Effect of hypothermic pulmonary artery flushing on capillary filtration coefficient. Transplantation 2000;70:267-271.

6. Andrade R, Kesler K, Wilson J, Brooks JA, Reichwage B, Rieger K, Einhorn L, Brown J. Short and long-term outcomes after large pulmonary resection for germ cell tumors following bleomycin-combination chemotherapy. Ann Thorac Surg (in print).

7. Port JL, Andrade RS, Levin MA, Korst RJ, Lee PC, Becker DE, Altorki NK. Positron emission tomographic scanning in the diagnosis and staging of non-small cell lung cancer 2 cm in size or less.  J Thoracic Cardiovasc Surg. 2005 Dec;130(6):1611-1615.

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ABSTRACTS:

Whitson BA, Maddaus MA, Andrade RS.  Thoracoscopic Lingulectomy In An Immunocompromised Patient With Pulmonary Aspergillosis.  (Poster Presentation)  Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Hollywood, FL. April 15, 2005.  Published in Surgical Endoscopy, 2005 V19 Supplement, S308. 

Whitson BA, Hoang CD, Boettcher AK, Andrade RS, Dahlberg, PS, Maddaus MA.  Collis gastroplasty and reinforced crural repair; essential components of laparoscopic giant hiatal hernia repair.  Accepted by American Association for Thoracic Surgery 86th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, April 29-May 3, 2006.

Whitson BA, Andrade RS, Dahlberg PS, and Maddaus.  Thoracoscopic Sympathetic Chain Clipping is Equivalent to Transection in Symptomatic Hyperhidrosis.  Accepted at SAGES, Dallas, TX, April 26-29, 2006.  Published in surgical Endoscopy, 2006.  V20 S1, PS282.

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BOOK CHAPTERS:

Andrade RS, Maddaus MA: 8 Pleural Effusion. 4 Thorax. ACS Surgery Online. Souba WW, Fink, MP, Jurkovich, GJ et al, Eds. WebMD Inc, New York 2006. http://www.acssurgery/. January 2006.

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PROJECTS IN PROGRESS:

1. Objective evaluation of sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis.

2. Endobronchial ultrasonography.

3. Protocol on surveillance of patients with resected non-small cell lung cancer.

4. Robotic surgery.

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HONORS, AWARDS, AND MEMBERSHIPS:

1. Graduated from medical school with diploma of "Exceptional Quality".

2. "Braun Prize" (Germany) for best paper presented at the IX Latinamerican Congress of Surgery (10/1991)

3. Member of the Mexican Association of Experimental Surgery (since 1991)

4. Member of the Medical Association of the National Institute of Nutrition in Mexico City (since 1992)

5. Associate fellow of the ACS (since 2001)

6. Candidate member of the StS

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PRESENTATIONS:

Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis.  Dermatology Grand Rounds.  University of Minnesota.  Minneapolis, Minnesota.    April 1, 2005.

Minimally Invasive Thymectomy. Neurology Grand Rounds at University of Minnesota. June 9, 2005.

Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis.  Family Practice Grand Rounds. University of Minnesota.  Minneapolis, Minnesota.  June 22, 2005.

Hyperhidrosis and Robotic Surgery.  Grand Rounds at Fairview Stillwater Clinic.  Stillwater, Minnesota.  July 20, 2005.

Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery: an Overview.  Grand Rounds at Fairview Wyoming Clinic.  Wyoming, Minnesota.  October 7, 2005.

Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery: an Overview.  Grand Rounds.  Fairview Red Wing Clinic.  Red Wing, Minnesota.  October 19, 2005.

Diaphragm plication.  Pulmonary Medicine Research Meeting.  Minneapolis, Minnesota.  January 26, 2006.

Robotic Surgery.  Altru Health System Grand Rounds.  Grand Forks, North Dakota.  February 1, 2006.

Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis.  Owatonna, Minnesota.  March 9, 2006.

Rural Physician Associate Program Visit.  Owatonna, Minnesota.  March 9, 2006.

Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis.  Aspen Medical.  St. Paul, Minnesota.  March 23, 2006.

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PRESENTATIONS BY INVITATION:

GERD Gets a Good Wrap.  Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates 32nd Annual Course.  Minneapolis, Minnesota.  May 2, 2005.

Surgical Management of Hiatal Hernias.  59th Annual Surgery Course.  Minneapolis, Minnesota.  June 15, 2005.

Hyperhidrosis.  Ask the Doctor Segment of KARE 11 Morning Radio Show.  Golden Valley, Minnesota.  July 18, 2005.

Technology Revolutionizes Medical Practice as part of the course “The Future Physician.”  Health Careers Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.  October 27, 2005.

Laparoscopic Repair of Diaphragmatic Defects.  XXIX International surgery Congress.  Merida, Yucatan.  November 3-4, 2005.

Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy.  Mexican Association of Gastroenterology.  Mexico City. Mexico.  November 20, 2005.

Giant Hiatal Hernia. Mexican Association of Gastroenterology.  Mexico City, Mexico.  November 22, 2005.

Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis. AORN Chapter, Shriners Hospital, Minneapolis, MN.  January 9, 2006.

Hyperhidrosis.  Featured on University of Minnesota Radio Program.  Minneapolis, Minnesota.  January, 2006.

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