Thoracic Surgery
MD, Thoracic Surgeon, Professor of Surgery and Director of Lung Cancer Screening, SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital and Saint Louis University School of Medicine, USA
Dr. Nirmal Veeramachaneni is a Thoracic Surgeon and Professor of Surgery at St Louis University, St Louis Missouri USA. He trained in surgery and thoracic surgery at Washington University in St Louis, and has previously held faculty positions at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill USA, and the University of Kansas in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Dr. Veeramachaneni serves as the director of lung cancer screening for SSM St Louis, and St. Louis University. He was previously Vice Chair of the Operative Standards Committee for the American College of Surgeons Cancer Research Program. He is a member of the AATS, and serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. His surgical practice focuses on thoracic oncology, and uniportal minimally invasive surgery.
Selected publications from PubMed
Surgical nodal sampling established by Commission on Cancer Standard 5.8 is essential for accurate lung cancer staging.
Bell R, Francescatti AB, Boffa D, Mullett TW, Facktor MA, Veeramachaneni NK, Jacobs RC, Schneider F, Hieken TJ, Odell DD, Weigel RJ
JTCVS Open. 2026 Apr;30:101685 doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2026.101685.
What should lung cancer patients know before surgery? A Delphi consensus study.
Jang W, Ferguson MK, Antonoff M, Block M, DeCamp M Jr, Dexter E, Donington J, Edwards M, Erickson C, Greenfield DT, Grogan EL, Hagen J, Inra ML, Kaban J, Kneuertz PJ, Kwon S, Lam G, Mortman K, Naunheim K, Pettiford B, Raymond DP, Reisenauer JS, Ripley RT, Robinson L, Seder CW, Soukiasian H, Thanawala R, Valsangkar N, Veeramachaneni N, Wallen J, Watson T, Wiesel O, Madariaga MLL
JTCVS Open. 2026 Feb;29:101525 doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2025.10.037.
A National Survey of Surgeons Evaluating the Accuracy of Mediastinal Lymph Node Identification.
Yang CJ, Veeramachaneni N, Hurd J, Potter AL, Zheng L, Teman N, Blair S, Martin LW
Clin Lung Cancer. 2023 Jul;24(5):445-452 doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2023.03.005.
Consensus for Thoracoscopic Lower Lobectomy: Essential Components and Targets for Simulation.
Erwin PA, Lee AC, Ahmad U, Antonoff M, Arndt A, Backhus L, Berry M, Birdas T, Cassivi SD, Chang AC, Cooke DT, Crabtree T, DeCamp M, Donington J, Fernandez F, Force S, Gaissert H, Hofstetter W, Huang J, Kent M, Kim AW, Lin J, Martin LW, Meyerson S, Mitchell JD, Molena D, Odell D, Onaitis M, Puri V, Putnam JB, Reddy R, Schipper P, Seder CW, Shrager J, Tong B, Veeramachaneni N, Watson T, Whyte R, Ferguson MK
Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Nov;114(5):1895-1901 doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.09.033.
Commentary: Wedge Resection or Lobectomy for Treatment of Early Stage Lung Cancer: When Is "Less" the Same as "More"?
Veeramachaneni NK
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Summer;34(2):724-725 doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.05.022.
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