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Attending Surgeon, Department of Thoracic Surgery
Associate Professor of Oncology
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Associate Professor of Surgery
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo
Profile
Areas of Expertise: 
Esophageal cancer
Lung cancer
Research
Research Interests: 
Minimally invasive lung and esophageal surgery
Lymphatic spread of lung and esophageal cancer
Background Information
Education and Training: 
MD - University of Nigeria College of Medicine, Enugu, Nigeria
Residency: 
General Surgery, Flushing Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
Thoracic Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA
Board Certification: 
Surgery, American Board of Surgery
Thoracic Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Fellowships: 
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Publications
Publications: 
  • Bhaskarla A, Tang PC, Mashtare T, Nwogu CE, Demmy TL, Adjei AA, Reid ME, Yendamuri S. Analysis of second primary lung cancers in the SEER database. Journal of surgical research 2010; 162(1):1-6
  • Demmy TL, Nwogu CE, Yendamuri S. Thoracoscopic chest wall resection: what is its role?. Annals of thoracic surgery 2010; 89(6):S2142-S2145
  • Nwogu CE, Yendamuri S, Demmy TL. Does thoracoscopic pneumonectomy for lung cancer affect survival?. Annals of thoracic surgery 2010; 89(6):S2102-S2106
  • Tang L, Zirpoli GR, Jayaprakash V, Reid ME, McCann SE, Nwogu CE, Zhang Y, Ambrosone CB, Moysich KB. Cruciferous vegetable intake is inversely associated with lung cancer risk among smokers: a case-control study. BMC cancer 2010; 10 :162
  • Lee RY , Flaherty L , Khushalani NI , Kanehira K , Nwogu C , Yendamuri S , Nava HR , Yang GY. Aorto-esophageal fistula: a rare fatal case caused by esophageal malignancy. Journal of gastrointestinal oncology 2010; 1(1):64-67
  • May KS , Lamonica D , Nava HR , Gibbs JF , Yendamuri SS , Nwogu CE , Iyer RV , Yap JC , Warner JC , Russo RC , Malhotra HK , Flaherty L , Wilding GE , Chandrasekhar R , Khushalani NI , Yang GY , Thomas Jr CR. Association of Technetium(99m) MAG-3 renal scintigraphy with change in creatinine clearance following chemoradiation to the abdomen in patients with gastrointestinal malignancies. Journal of gastrointestinal oncology 2010; 1(1):7-15
  • Yendamuri S , Gutierrez L , Oni A , Mashtare T , Khushalani N, Yang G , Nava H , Demmy T , Nwogu C. Does circular stapled esophagogastric anastomotic size affect the incidence of postoperative strictures?. Journal of surgical research 2011; 165(1):1-4
  • Kachare S, Dexter EU, Nwogu C, Demmy TL, Yendamuri S. Perioperative outcomes of thoracoscopic anatomic resections in patients with limited pulmonary reserve. Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2011; 141(2):459-462
  • Khushalani NI, Nava HR, Nwogu CE, Yendamuri SS, Iyer RV, Wang D, Miecznikowski J, Tan W, Yang G, Javle MM. Gene expression profile (GEP) for the prediction of pathologic complete response (pCR): Preliminary data from a neoadjuvant study of capecitabine (C), oxaliplatin (OXP), and radiation (RT) for esophageal cancer (EC). Journal of clinical oncology 2010; 28(15 Suppl.):4100
  • Demmy TL, Nwogu CE, Yendamuri S. Thoracoscopic right extrapleural pneumonectomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2010; 5(3):202 (Abstract #TV5)
  • Demmy TL, Nwogu C, Solan P, Yendamuri S, Wilding G, DeLeon O. Chest tube-delivered bupivacaine improves pain and decreases opioid use after thoracoscopy. Annals of thoracic surgery 2009; 87(4):1040-1046; discussion 1046-1047
  • Demmy TL, Tomaszewski G, Dy GK, Yendamuri S, Nwogu C, Pendyala L, Ramnath N, Adjei AA. Thoracoscopic organ suffusion for regional lung chemotherapy (preliminary results). Annals of thoracic surgery 2009; 88(2):385-390; discussion 390-391
  • Javle MM, Smith PF, Prey JD, Clark KR, LeVea C, Nava HR, Schiff MD, Vinjamaram S, O'Malley L, Wilding GE, Nwogu CE, Yang G, Pendyala L. Capecitabine, oxaliplatin and radiotherapy: a phase IB neoadjuvant study for esophageal cancer with gene expression analysis. Cancer investigation 2009; 27(2):193-200
  • Nwogu CE. Invited commentary on "The air got to it:" exploring a belief about surgery for lung cancer. Journal of the National Medical Association 2009; 101(8):772-773
  • Sahai RK, Nwogu CE, Yendamuri S, Tan W, Wilding GE, Demmy TL. Is thoracoscopic pneumonectomy safe?. Annals of thoracic surgery 2009; 88(4):1086-1092
  • Yendamuri S, Nwogu CE, Demmy TL. Thoracoscopic lobectomy with chest wall resection after neoadjuvant therapy. Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2009; 4(1):36-38
  • Demmy TL, Platis IE, Nwogu C, Yendamuri S. Thoracoscopic extrapleural pneumonectomy for mesothelioma. Annals of thoracic surgery 2011; 91(2):616-618
  • Nwogu CE, Ezeome EE, Mahoney M, Okoye I, Michalek AM. Regional cancer control in south-eastern Nigeria: a proposal emanating from a UICC-sponsored workshop. West African journal of medicine 2010; 29(6):408-411
  • Nwogu C. Invited commentary. Annals of thoracic surgery 2011; 91(5):1492-1493
  • Demmy TL, Nwogu C. Is video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy better? Quality of life considerations. Annals of thoracic surgery 2008; 85(2):S719-S728
  • Javle M, Pande A, Iyer R, Yang G, LeVea C, Wilding G, Black J, Nava H, Nwogu C. Pilot study of gefitinib, oxaliplatin, and radiotherapy for esophageal adenocarcinoma: tissue effect predicts clinical response. American journal of clinical oncology 2008; 31(4):329-334
  • Donthireddy KR, Ailawadhi S, Nasser E, Schiff MD, Nwogu CE, Nava HR, Javle MM. Malignant gastroparesis: pathogenesis and management of an underrecognized disorder. Journal of supportive oncology 2007; 5(8):355-363
  • Gibbs JF, Rajput A, Chadha KS, Douglas WG, Hill H, Nwogu C, Nava HR, Sabel MS. The changing profile of esophageal cancer presentation and its implication for diagnosis. Journal of the National Medical Association 2007; 99(6):620-626
  • O'Connor BM, Chadha MK, Pande A, Lombardo JC, Nwogu CE, Nava HR, Yang G, Javle MM. Concurrent oxaliplatin, 5-fluorouracil, and radiotherapy in the treatment of locally advanced esophageal carcinoma. Cancer journal (Sudbury, Mass.) 2007; 13(2):119-124
  • Pande AU, Iyer RV, Rani A, Maddipatla S, Yang GY, Nwogu CE, Black JD, Levea CM, Javle MM. Epidermal growth factor receptor-directed therapy in esophageal cancer. Oncology 2007; 73(5-6):281-289
  • Ramnath N, Demmy TL, Antun A, Natarajan N, Nwogu CE, Loewen GM, Reid ME. Pneumonectomy for bronchogenic carcinoma: analysis of factors predicting survival. Annals of thoracic surgery 2007; 83(5):1831-1836
  • Jayaprakash V, Cheng C, Reid M, Dexter EU, Nwogu CE, Hicks W, Sullivan M, Demmy TL, Yendamuri S. Previous head and neck cancers portend poor prognoses in lung cancer patients. Annals of thoracic surgery 2011; 92(3):1056-1061
  • Sharma R, Yang GY, Nava HR, Demmy TL, Nwogu CE, Yendamuri SS, Lamonica D, Tan W, Iyer RV, Khushalani NI. A single institution experience with neoadjuvant chemoradiation (CRT) with irinotecan (I) and cisplatin (C) in locally advanced esophageal carcinoma (LAEC). Journal of clinical oncology 2009; 27(15 Suppl.):Abstract #e15619
  • Hennon M, Sahai RK, Yendamuri S, Tan W, Demmy TL, Nwogu C. Safety of thoracoscopic lobectomy in locally advanced lung cancer. Annals of surgical oncology 2011; 18(13):3732-3736
  • Yendamuri S, Gold D, Jayaprakash V, Dexter E, Nwogu C, Demmy T. Is sublobar resection sufficient for carcinoid tumors? . Annals of thoracic surgery 2011; 92(5):1774-1778; discussion 1778-9
  • Hennon MW, Hylander B, Morrison C, Miller A, Groman A, Dexter E, Yendamuri S, Demmy TL, Adjei A, Reid M, Repasky E, Nwogu C. Predicting NSCLC outcomes based on tumor growth in SCID mice. Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2011; 52:Abstract #1610
  • Nurkin S, Nava HR, Yendamuri S, Levea CM, Nwogu C, Wilding G, Khushalani N. Outcomes of Endoscopic Resection for High Grade Dysplasia and Esophageal Cancer. Gastrointestinal endoscopy 2012; 75(4 Suppl.):473
  • Nwogu CE, Groman A, Fahey D, Yendamuri S, Dexter E, Demmy TL, Miller A, Reid M. Number of lymph nodes and metastatic lymph node ratio are associated with survival in lung cancer. Annals of thoracic surgery 2012; 93(5):1614-1619; discussion 1619-1620
  • Farooq A, Dy GK, Demmy TL, Bogner P, Nowadly C, Tan W, Chen H, Yendamuri SS, Nwogu CE, Bushunow PW, Adjei AA, Ramnath N. Phase II study of perioperative chemotherapy with cisplatin (C) and pemetrexed (P) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) : ASCO Meeting Abstracts Part 1. Journal of clinical oncology 2012; 30(15 Suppl.):Abstract #e17535
  • Demmy TL, Yendamuri S, Hennon MW, Dexter EU, Picone AL, Nwogu C. Thoracoscopic maneuvers for chest wall resection and reconstruction. Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2012; 144(3):S52-S57
Referral
Email: 
Chumy.Nwogu@RoswellPark.org
Fax: 
716-845-7692
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