RajaNarayanMDMPH

Hepatobiliary Surgery, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

Assistant Professor in Surgical Oncology at Loma Linda University

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11175 Campus Street
Suite 21111
Loma Linda, CA 92350
Phone+1 909-651-5948

Raja Narayan, MD MPH is a Surgical Oncologist at Loma Linda University specializing in the use of minimally invasive techniques to manage liver, pancreas, and gastrointestinal malignancies. He completed his MD at UC Irvine, his MPH in Biostatistics at Yale, his General Surgery Residency at Stanford, his Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary service at Memorial Sloan Kettering, and his Surgical Oncology Fellowship at Dana-Farber/Mass Gen Brigham.

Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 2022 - 2024
Seoul National University HospitalVisiting International Surgical Fellowship, Robotic GI and HPB Surgery, 2023 - 2023
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Surgery, 2015 - 2022
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2017 - 2019
University of California, Irvine, School of MedicineClass of 2015, MD
Yale UniversityMPH, Applied Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 2013 - 2014
University of California, BerkeleyBS, Chemical Biology, Honors, 2005 - 2009

Underrepresented Minority Travel Grant Americas Hepatopancreatobiliary Association, 2024
Early Career Development Fall Course Travel Award Association for Academic Surgery, 2023
Fellow Development Scholarship Society of Asian Academic Surgeons, 2023
Young Investigator Award American Transplant Congress, 2020
Postgraduate Research Award Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, 2020
NCCN Annual Conference Travel Grant Stanford University Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2019
Inductee Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Excellence in Medicine Award American Medical Association, 2014
Physicians of Tomorrow Award American Medical Association, 2014
Global Health Case Competition First Place Yale Global Health Leadership Initiative, 2014
Gold Scholar Award New England Journal of Medicine, 2012
George C. Pimentel Undergraduate Research Award University of California Berkeley College of Chemistry, 2009
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PubMed

84 citations
Role of Hepatic Artery Infusion Chemotherapy in Treatment of Initially Unresectable Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Review.
Jashodeep Datta, Raja R. Narayan, Nancy E. Kemeny, Michael I. D’Angelica
JAMA Surgery. 2019-08-01
51 citations
Vascular reconstruction plays an important role in the treatment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Michael D. Sgroi, Raja R. Narayan, John S. Lane, Aram N. Demirjian, Nii-Kabu Kabutey
Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2014-06-01
27 citations
Peripheral Circulating Tumor DNA Detection Predicts Poor Outcomes After Liver Resection for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Raja R. Narayan, Debra A. Goldman, Mithat Gonen, Jonathan Reichel, Kety Huberman
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2019-01-31

Books/Book Chapters

The Internist’s Guide to Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal Surgery
Chapter: Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Pancreas
Page 101 - 116Narayan RR, Kingham TPEditors: Rezac C, Donohue K.Humana Press, New YorkEdition 1st,2019
Pocket Journal Club: Essential Articles in General Surgery
Chapter: Colorectal Surgery
Page 3 - 11Read BM, Narayan RR, Kin CJEditors: Mazer LM, Lagisetty K, Butler KL.McGraw-Hill, 2017Edition 1st,2017
Complications in Surgery and Trauma
Chapter: Strategies for Reducing Variation in Surgical Outcomes
Page 3 - 11Narayan RR, Smith BREditors: Cohn SM, Dolich MO.Informa Healthcare, New YorkEdition 2,

Raja Narayan: Our NIHLRP app have been selected to receive a Clinical Research LRP award from the NCIAugust 4th, 2024
California medical students honored with 2014 AMA Leadership AwardsJune 16th, 2014
UC Irvine medical students receive American Medical Association leadership awardJune 7th, 2014
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Defining molecular and imaging predictors of response to therapies in localized pancreatic cancerNational Cancer Institute2024–2026

Vice Chair of the Clinical Research Committee, Loma Linda University Cancer Center 2024 - Present
General Surgery Residency Selection Committee Member, Stanford University Department of Surgery 2020 - 2022
Program Evaluation Committee Member, Stanford University Department of Surgery 2019 - 2022
Member, Yale University IRB (Human Investigation Committee) 2013 - 2014
Admissions Committee Member, University of California Irvine School of Medicine 2011 - 2015