Professor of Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Dr. Wickii T. Vigneswaran, MD
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Wickii Vigneswaran is an expert in the field of Thoracic Surgery. He received 5 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Fellow (FACS)" and "Super Doctor". Wickii Vigneswaran has written publications. He has 74 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Video-assisted thoracoscopic left ventricular thrombectomy and coronary artery revascularization.' He accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Extended Pleurectomy and Decortication for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Is an Effective and Safe Cytoreductive Surgery in the Elderly.
- Radiologic-pathologic correlation of Mesothelioma tumor volume.
- Lung Function Predicts Pulmonary Complications Regardless of the Surgical Approach.
- Venous thromboembolism after Diaphragm Pacing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Training in Minimally Invasive Lobectomy: Thoracoscopic Versus Robotic Approaches.
- Association of body Mass index and outcomes after major lung resection.
- Predicted postoperative Lung function is associated with all-cause long-term mortality after major Lung resection for cancer.
- Interobserver variability in grading transbronchial Lung biopsy specimens after Lung transplantation.
- Decreased incidence of cytomegalovirus infection with sirolimus in a post hoc randomized, multicenter study in Lung transplantation.
- Improved Survival Associated with Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation in Patients with Clinical Stage IIIA(N2) Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.
- MET and PI3K/mTOR as a Potential Combinatorial Therapeutic Target in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.
- MET/PKCbeta expression correlate with metastasis and inhibition is synergistic in Lung cancer.
- Quality of life and mood in older patients after major Lung resection.
- Cylex ImmuKnow assay levels are lower in Lung transplant recipients with infection.
- A scoring system predicting the risk for intensive care unit admission for complications after major Lung resection: a multicenter analysis.
- Diffusing capacity predicts morbidity after lung resection in patients without obstructive lung Disease.
- Changes in patient presentation and outcomes for major Lung resection over three decades.
- Paxillin is a target for somatic mutations in Lung cancer: implications for cell growth and invasion.
- Clinical pathway after Lung transplantation shortens hospital length of stay without affecting outcome.
- Elevation of interleukin-15 protein expression in bronchoalveolar fluid in acute Lung allograft rejection.
- Intraabdominal complications after Lung transplantation.
- Sequential gene expression profiling in Lung transplant recipients with chronic rejection.
- Report of the ISHLT Working Group on Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction part IV: recipient-related risk factors and markers.
- Inflammatory sarcomatoid carcinoma: a case report and discussion of a Malignant tumor with benign appearance.
- Successful late restoration of traumatic distal bronchial separation.
- Metastatic juxtaglomerular cell tumor in a 52-year-old man.
- Comparison of three tacrolimus-based immunosuppressive regimens in Lung transplantation.
- Cardiac morphology in Lung volume reduction surgery for endstage emphysema.
- Postpneumonectomy syndrome in single Lung transplantation recipient following previous pneumonectomy.
- Emergence of ganciclovir-resistant cytomegalovirus in Lung transplant recipients.
- Management of tracheobronchial strictures and fistulas: a report and review of literature.
- Quantification of cytomegalovirus (CMV) viral load by the hybrid capture assay allows for early detection of CMV Disease in lung transplant recipients.
- Low rate of acute Lung allograft rejection after the use of daclizumab, an interleukin 2 receptor antibody.
- Liberalization of donor criteria may expand the donor pool without adverse consequence in Lung transplantation.
- Surgical strategy of complex Empyema thoracis.
- Lung transplantation at Loyola University Medical Center.
- Electrophysiological and clinical comparison of two temporary pacing leads following cardiac surgery.
- Elevated Coronary endothelin-1 but not nitric oxide in diabetics during CABG.
- CardioPulmonary bypass increases coronary IL-8 in diabetic patients without evidence of reperfusion injury.
- Thoracic blastomycosis and Empyema.
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic left ventricular thrombectomy and coronary Artery revascularization.
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic management of post-pneumonectomy Empyema.
- Single-stage, bilateral, video-assisted thoracoscopic Lung volume reduction surgery for end-stage emphysema.
- Diabetic patients produce an increase in coronary sinus endothelin 1 after coronary Artery bypass grafting.
- Right and left ventricular remodeling after orthotopic single Lung transplantation for end-stage emphysema.
- Single-stage bilateral, video-assisted thoracoscopic Lung volume reduction operation.
- Giant azygos vein varix.
- Paraffin plombage of the Chest revisited.
- Management of Pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer.
- Ventricular remodeling after orthotopic cardiac transplantation.
- Right ventricular assessment in patients presenting for Lung transplantation.
- Extended donor use for Heart transplantation.
- Fungal infection of the contralateral native Lung after single-Lung transplantation.
- Disease of the left main coronary artery: early surgical results and their association with carotid artery stenosis.
- Transhiatal esophagectomy for carcinoma of the esophagus.
- Extended esophagectomy in the management of carcinoma of the upper thoracic esophagus.
- Intra-Aortic balloon pumping: seven years'' experience.
- Pericardectomy.
- Cardiac tamponade due to Lancefield group A beta haemolytic streptococcal pericarditis.
- Pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and coronary Artery fistula: a late presentation.
- 5-Hydroxytryptamine uptake in oxygen radical-mediated acute Lung injury.
- Evolution of the management of anomalous left coronary Artery: a new surgical approach.
- Primary pericardial Mesothelioma presenting as tuberculous pericarditis.
- Surgery for bullous Disease of the lung.
- Decreased percentage of CD4+FoxP3+ cells in bronchoalveolar lavage from Lung transplant recipients correlates with development of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome.
- Validation of a modified scoring system for cardiovascular risk associated with major Lung resection.
- Surgical treatment of pulmonary hypertension: Lung transplantation.
- A Sphingosine 1-Phosphate 1 Receptor Agonist Modulates Brain Death-Induced Neurogenic Pulmonary Injury.
- Does Lung allocation score maximize survival benefit from Lung transplantation?
- Early readmission is a predictor of overall survival following isolated Lung transplantation.
- Quantitative measurement of Lung reexpansion in malignant pleural mesothelioma patients undergoing pleurectomy/decortication.
- Increased risk of venous thromboembolism with a sirolimus-based immunosuppression regimen in Lung transplantation.
- Comparison of sirolimus with azathioprine in a tacrolimus-based immunosuppressive regimen in Lung transplantation.
Schools
University Of Sri Lanka
Kingston General Hospital amp Darlington Memeorial Hospital
Glasgow Royal Infirmary Western Infirmary and Royal Hospital For Sick Children
Hull Health Authority
Mayo Clinic and Graduate School
Royal Infirmary amp City Hospital
St Marys Hspital amp Harefield Hospital Imperial College
University Of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Procedures Preformed
- Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
- Chest CT (incl. Heart and Lungs)
- Chronic Pain Management
- Decortication and Pleurectomy
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Conditions Treated
- Achalasia
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Ectasia
- Aortic Valve Disease
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Doctors Specialties
- Thoracic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FACS)
- Super Doctor
Education
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Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education -
University of Peradeniya Faculty of Medicine
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1033274873 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | VIGNESWARAN | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | WICKII | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 605276686 | |
| NPPES Provider State | IL | |
| Specialty Description | Urology | |
| Total Claim Count | 30.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 17.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 56.67 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1033274873 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | VIGNESWARAN |
| First Name Of The Provider | WICKII |
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