InderpalSinghSarkariaMD, MBA, FACP

Adult General Thoracic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Surgical Oncology

Vice Chairman, Clinical Affairs; Director, Robotic Thoracic Surgery; Director, Thoracic Surgery Quality & Outcomes; Co-Director, Esophageal & Lung Surgery Institute; Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine & University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

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Office
200 Lothrop Street
Suite 715
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone+1 412-623-2025

Fax+1 412-623-0329
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Education & Training

University of Pittsburgh Katz School of BusinessMBA, Executive Masters of Business Administration in Healthcare, Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society; Valedictory Address, 2018 - 2019
UPMC Medical Education/Presbyterian Shadyside HospitalFellowship, Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, 2009 - 2010
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2007 - 2009
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Fellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2007 - 2009
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Surgery, 2000 - 2007
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterResearch in Thoracic Surgical Oncology, 2002 - 2004
Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolClass of 2000

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2002 - 2025
TX State Medical License 2023 - 2025
PA State Medical License 2008 - 2024
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Outcomes After Esophagectomy With a Focus on Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy and Quality of Life Start of enrollment: 1999 May 01
Recruiting
Esophageal Cancer Risk Registry Start of enrollment: 1999 Jun 01
Recruiting
Detection of Genetic Markers of Lung Cancer Start of enrollment: 1996 Jun 01
Recruiting
Quality of Life Outcomes Following Minimally Invasive and Open Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2012 Mar 14
Completed
Intraoperative Imaging of Pulmonary Nodules by OTL38 Start of enrollment: 2015 May 01
Completed
Phase 1
Near Infrared Fluorescence Imaging With Indocyanine Green Start of enrollment: 2016 Nov 01
Completed
Early Phase 1
OTL38 Injection for Intraoperative Imaging of Folate Receptor Positive Lung Nodules Start of enrollment: 2017 May 04
Completed
Phase 2
Pyloroplasty Versus No Pyloroplasty in Patients Undergoing Esophagectomy Start of enrollment: 2018 Nov 27
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Pafolacianine for intraoperative molecular imaging of cancer in the lung: The ELUCIDATE trial.
Inderpal S Sarkaria, Linda W Martin, David C Rice, Shanda H Blackmon, Herbert B Slade, Sunil Singhal> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023 Dec 1
3 citations
Hybrid laparoscopic versus fully robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy: an international propensity-score matched analysis of perioperative outcome.
Jin-On Jung, Eline M de Groot, B Feike Kingma, Benjamin Babic, Jelle P Ruurda, Peter P Grimminger, Jens P Hölzen, Yin-Kai Chao, Jan W Haveman, Marc J van Det, Philippe...> ;Surgical Endoscopy. 2023 Jun 1
Pulmonary Open, Robotic, and Thoracoscopic Lobectomy (PORTaL) Study: Survival Analysis of 6646 Cases.
Michael S Kent, Matthew G Hartwig, Eric Vallières, Abbas E Abbas, Robert J Cerfolio, Mark R Dylewski, Thomas Fabian, Luis J Herrera, Kimble G Jett, Richard S Lazzaro, ...> ;Annals of Surgery. 2023 Jun 1
9 citations
Robotic Versus Conventional Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: A Meta-analysis.
Yajie Zhang, Dong Dong, Yuqin Cao, Maosheng Huang, Jian Li, Jiahao Zhang, Jules Lin, Inderpal S Sarkaria, Lerut Toni, Rice David, Jie He, Hecheng Li> ;Annals of Surgery. 2023 Jul 1
Comparison of robotic-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy versus minimally invasive esophagectomy: A propensity-matched study from a single high-volume institution.
Chigozirim N Ekeke, Gino M Kuiper, James D Luketich, Kristine M Ruppert, Susan J Copelli, Nicholas Baker, Ryan M Levy, Omar Awais, Neil A Christie, Rajeev Dhupar, Arju...> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023 Aug 1
1 citations
Colon Interposition for Esophageal Cancer.
Manuel Villa Sanchez, Evan T Alicuben, James D Luketich, Inderpal S Sarkaria> ;Thoracic Surgery Clinics. 2022 Nov 1
2 citations
State of the Art in Lung Nodule Localization.
Evan T Alicuben, Renee L Levesque, Syed F Ashraf, Neil A Christie, Omar Awais, Inderpal S Sarkaria, Rajeev Dhupar> ;Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022 Oct 26
1 citations
Purse-indigitation mechanical anastomosistraditional mechanical anastomosis undergoing McKeown esophagectomy: a retrospective comparative cohort study.
Peiyuan Wang, Derong Zhang, Xiaozhou Lin, Yujie Chen, Hao He, Peng Chen, Weijie Chen, Hang Zhou, Suyu Chen, Zhen Chen, Raja M Flores, Connor J Wakefield, Inderpal S Sa...> ;Annals of Translational Medicine. 2022 Aug 1
2 citations
Robotic-assisted minimally invasive thymectomy for myasthenia gravis with thymoma.
Katherine W Su, James D Luketich, Inderpal S Sarkaria> ;JTCVS Techniques. 2022 Jun 1
21 citations
Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab and Chemotherapy in Resectable Esophageal Cancer: An Open-Label, Single-Arm Study (PEN-ICE).
Hongtao Duan, Changjian Shao, Minghong Pan, Honggang Liu, Xiaoping Dong, Yong Zhang, Liping Tong, Yingtong Feng, Yuanyuan Wang, Lu Wang, Neil B Newman, Inderpal S Sark...> ;Frontiers in Immunology. 2022 Jan 1
16 citations
Expert consensus on resection of chest wall tumors and chest wall reconstruction
Lei Wang, Xiaolong Yan, Jinbo Zhao, Chang Chen, Chun Chen, Jun Chen, Ke-Neng Chen, Tiesheng Cao, Ming-Wu Chen, Hongbin Duan, Junqiang Fan, Junke Fu, Shugeng Gao, Hui G...> ;Translational Lung Cancer Research. 2021 Dec 1
2 citations
Intraoperative imaging and localization techniques for part-solid nodules
Katherine W. Su, Sunil Singhal, Inderpal S. Sarkaria> ;JTCVS Techniques. 2021 Oct 1
1 citations
Technique of robotic esophagectomy.
Tadeusz D. Witek, John J. Brady, Inderpal S. Sarkaria> ;Journal of Thoracic Disease. 2021 Oct 1
Commentary: Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) and robotic-assisted esophagectomy (RAMIE): We need high-volume surgeons, more science, and more robots!
James D. Luketich, Arjun Pennathur, Inderpal S. Sarkaria> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021 May 11
RAMIE for T4b Esophageal Cancer: A Study of Salvage Surgery or Superior Selection?
James M. Ackerman, Inderpal S. Sarkaria> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2021 Mar 11
2 citations
Transoral endoscopic repair of Zenker diverticulum by a thoracic surgical service.
Ryan M. Levy, James D. Luketich, Daniel Brynien, Chinenyenwa Mpamaugo, Manisha Shende, William E. Gooding, Arjun Pennathur, Manuel Villa Sanchez, Peter F. Ferson, Omar...> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021 Mar 10
1 citations
Activity-Based Cost Analysis of Robotic Anatomic Lung Resection During Program Implementation.
Garrett N. Coyan, Michael Lu, Kristine Ruppert, Nicholas Baker, Ryan M. Levy, James D. Luketich, Matthew J. Schuchert, Inderpal S. Sarkaria> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Feb 16
10 citations
Minimally invasive thymectomy for myasthenia gravis favours left-sided approach and low severity class.
Sandra Blitz, Carson C Fuller, Jens C. Rückert, Feng Li, Asem F. Ghanim, Mark W. Onaitis, Inderpal S. Sarkaria, Dennis A. Wigle, Vijay Joshi, Scott I. Reznik, Adam J. ...> ;European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Feb 4
19 citations
Assessment of Quality Outcomes and Learning Curve for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive McKeown Esophagectomy
Yang Yang, Bin Li, Rong Hua, Xiaobin Zhang, Haoyao Jiang, Yifeng Sun, Giulia Veronesi, Sara Ricciardi, Monica Casiraghi, Marion Durand, Raul Caso, Inderpal S. Sarkaria...> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2021 Feb 1
11 citations
International consensus statement on robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE)
Bin Li, Yang Yang, Alper Toker, Bentong Yu, Chang Hyun Kang, Ghulam Abbas, Harmik J. Soukiasian, Hecheng Li, Hiroyuki Daiko, Hongjing Jiang, Jianhua Fu, Jun Yi, Kemp H...> ;Journal of Thoracic Disease. 2020 Dec 1
3 citations
Specific complications and limitations of robotic esophagectomy.
Abbas El-Sayed Abbas, Inderpal S. Sarkaria> ;Diseases of the Esophagus. 2020 Nov 26
12 citations
Multiinstitutional Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Intraoperative Molecular Imaging of Lung Cancer.
Sidhu P. Gangadharan, Inderpal N. Sarkaria, David C. Rice, Sudish C. Murthy, Jerry Braun, John C. Kucharczuk, Jarrod D. Predina, Sunil Singhal> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Oct 1
32 citations
Worldwide Techniques and Outcomes in Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (RAMIE): Results from the Multicenter International Registry.
B. Feike Kingma, Peter P. Grimminger, Pieter C. van der Sluis, Marc J. van Det, Ewout A. Kouwenhoven, Yin-Kai Chao, Chun-Yi Tsai, Hans F. Fuchs, Christiane J. Bruns, I...> ;Annals of Surgery. 2020 Nov 9
4 citations
Two-Year Quality of Life Outcomes After Robotic-Assisted Minimally Invasive and Open Esophagectomy.
Marc Vimolratana, Inderpal S Sarkaria, Debra A Goldman, Nabil P Rizk, Kay See Tan, Manjit S Bains, Prasad S Adusumilli, Smita Sihag, James M Isbell, James Huang, Berna...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Sep 1
Commentary: The cervical esophagogastric anastomosis: Augmenting training through simulation.
Ernest G. Chan, James D. Luketich, Inderpal S. Sarkaria> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2020 Apr 9
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Journal Articles

Anatomical Resections Are Superior to Wedge Resections for Overall Survival in Patients with Stage 1 Typical Carcinoids
Inderpal Sarkaria, William D Travis, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

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