Dan J. Raz, M.D., M.A.S.
- Lung Cancer Surgery
- Esophageal Cancer and Surgery
- Thymoma
- Mesothelioma
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Pulmonary Nodules
- Identifying New Therapies to Combat Therapy Resistance in Lung Cancer
- Targeting Specific Epigenetic Changes to Improve Platinum Sensitivity in Lung Cancer
- Studying Barriers to Lung Cancer Screening
- Co-director, Lung Cancer and Thoracic Oncology Program
- Associate Professor, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery
- Referring Physicians/Colleagues(626) 218-8176
City of Hope is just such a special place ... no other place that I've been to combines leading-edge treatment with such a nurturing environment."
Dan Raz, M.D., M.A.S., specializes in esophageal and lung cancer surgery – and in raising public awareness about cancer risks. He blogs regularly and does videos and podcasts on subjects ranging from the importance of lung cancer screening to detect cancer early to better health care for the Latino and Chinese communities.
Dr. Raz joined City of Hope in 2012 after fellowships at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and the Mayo Clinic. A graduate of MIT, he earned his medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania.
A prolific researcher, Dr. Raz has authored dozens of articles, including studies demonstrating survival benefit for patients who choose lung cancer surgery.
Location
Duarte Cancer Center
Duarte, CA 91010
Education & Experience
2010, General Surgery
2005-2007, Masters in Advance Study, Clinical Research, University of California, San Francisco, CA
1998-2002, Doctorate of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, PA
1994-1997, Bachelor of Science, Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA
2010, Fellow, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
2010, Fellow, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
2009-2011, Fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
2005-2007, Research Fellow, Thoracic Oncology Program, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2002-2009, Resident, General Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2020-present, Associate Professor, Division of Thoracic Surgery, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
2012-2020, Assistant Professor, Division of Thoracic Surgery, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
2010, Fellow, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
2010, Fellow, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
2009-2011, Fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
2005-2007, Research Fellow, Thoracic Oncology Program, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2002-2009, Resident, General Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Awards & Memberships
Awards
2007, University of California San Francisco Training in Clinical Research Scholar
1997, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Burchard Scholar
Memberships
American College of Surgeons
American Society of Clinical Oncology
International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
American Association of Thoracic Surgeons
American Medical Association
Publications
- Banapour P, Yuh B, Chenam A, Shen JK, Ruel N, Han ES, Kim JY, Maghami EG, Pigazzi A, Raz DJ, Singh GP, Wakabayashi M, Woo Y, Fong Y, Lau CS. Readmission and complications after robotic surgery: experience of 10,000 operations at a comprehensive cancer center. J Robot Surg. 2021 ;15(1):37-44. doi: 10.1007/s11701-020-01077-4. Epub 2020 Apr 10. PMID: 32277400
- Raz DJ, Ismail MH, Haupt EC, Sun V, Park S, Alem AC, Gould MK. Improving Utilization of Lung Cancer Screening Through Incorporating a Video-Based Educational Tool Into Smoking Cessation Counseling. Clin Lung Cancer. 2020 Dec 15:S1525-7304(20)30346-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2020.12.003. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33436279
- Sun T, Zhang K, Pangeni RP, Wu J, Li W, Du Y, Guo Y, Chaurasiya S, Arvanitis L, Raz DJ. G9a Promotes Invasion and Metastasis of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer through Enhancing Focal Adhesion Kinase Activation via NF-κB Signaling Pathway. Mol Cancer Res. 2020 Dec 9. doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-20-0557. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33298547
- Blakely AM, Hu H, Wong FL, Raz DJ, Erhunmwunsee L, Kim JY, Sun V. Deterioration in health-related quality of life is associated with lower lung resection rates in older adults. J Geriatr Oncol. 2020 Sep 12:S1879-4068(20)30428-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2020.09.001. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32933871
- Zhang K, Ma Y, Guo Y, Sun T, Wu J, Pangeni RP, Lin M, Li W, Horne D, Raz DJ. Cetuximab-Triptolide Conjugate Suppresses the Growth of EGFR-Overexpressing Lung Cancers through Targeting RNA Polymerase II. Mol Ther Oncolytics. 2020 Jul 6;18:304-316. doi: 10.1016/j.omto.2020.07.001. eCollection 2020 Sep 25.PMID: 32775615
- Blakely AM, Hu H, Wong FL, Raz DJ, Erhunmwunsee L, Sun V, Kim JY. Deterioration in Health-Related Quality of Life Diminishes Benefit of Lung Cancer Resection in Older Adults. Clin Lung Cancer. 2020 Jul 3:S1525-7304(20)30216-3. doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2020.06.022. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32727705
- Pangeni RP, Yang L, Zhang K, Wang J, Li W, Guo C, Yun X, Sun T, Wang J, Raz DJ. G9a regulates tumorigenicity and stemness through genome-wide DNA methylation reprogramming in non-small cell lung cancer. Clin Epigenetics. 2020 Jun 17;12(1):88. doi: 10.1186/s13148-020-00879- 5.PMID: 32552834
- Presant CA, Salgia R, Kulkarni P, Tiep BL, Sanani S, Leach B, Ashing K, Sandoval J, Sedrak MS, Landau S, Yeung S, Raz D, Subbiah S. Implementing Lung Cancer Screening and Prevention in Academic Centers, Affiliated Network Offices and Collaborating Care Sites. J Clin Med. 2020 Jun 11;9(6):1820. doi: 10.3390/jcm9061820.PMID: 32545244
- Nejman D, Livyatan I, Fuks G, Gavert N, Zwang Y, Geller LT, Rotter-Maskowitz A, Weiser R, Mallel G, Gigi E, Meltser A, Douglas GM, Kamer I, Gopalakrishnan V, Dadosh T, Levin-Zaidman S, Avnet S, Atlan T, Cooper ZA, Arora R, Cogdill AP, Khan MAW, Ologun G, Bussi Y, Weinberger A, Lotan-Pompan M, Golani O, Perry G, Rokah M, Bahar-Shany K, Rozeman EA, Blank CU, Ronai A, Shaoul R, Amit A, Dorfman T, Kremer R, Cohen ZR, Harnof S, Siegal T, Yehuda-Shnaidman E, Gal-Yam EN, Shapira H, Baldini N, Langille MGI, Ben-Nun A, Kaufman B, Nissan A, Golan T, Dadiani M, Levanon K, Bar J, Yust-Katz S, Barshack I, Peeper DS, Raz DJ, Segal E, Wargo JA, Sandbank J, Shental N, Straussman R. The human tumor microbiome is composed of tumor type-specific intracellular bacteria. Science. 2020 May 29;368(6494):973-980. doi: 10.1126/science.aay9189.PMID: 32467386
- Banapour P, Yuh B, Chenam A, Shen JK, Ruel N, Han ES, Kim JY, Maghami EG, Pigazzi A, Raz DJ, Singh GP, Wakabayashi M, Woo Y, Fong Y, Lau CS. Readmission and complications after robotic surgery: experience of 10,000 operations at a comprehensive cancer center. J Robot Surg. 2021 ;15(1):37-44. doi: 10.1007/s11701-020-01077-4. Epub 2020 Apr 10.PMID: 32277400
- Mirzapoiazova T, Pozhitkov A, Nam A, Mambetsariev I, Nelson MS, Tan YC, Zhang K, Raz DJ, Singhal S, Nasser MW, Kulkarni P, Batra SK, Sattler M, Salgia R. Effects of selected deubiquitinating enzyme inhibitors on the proliferation and motility of lung cancer and mesothelioma cell lines. Int J Oncol. 2020 Jul;57(1):80-86. doi: 10.3892/ijo.2020.5034. Epub 2020 Apr 1.PMID: 3223660
- Wu GX, Ituarte PHG, Ferrell B, Sun V, Erhunmwunsee L, Raz DJ, Kim JY. Causes of Death and Hospitalization in Long-term Lung Cancer Survivors: A Population-based Appraisal. Clin Lung Cancer. 2020 May;21(3):204-213. doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2019.08.007. Epub 2019 Aug 30.PMID: 31591032
- Nardi IK, Stark JM, Larsen A, Salgia R, Raz DJ. USP22 Interacts with PALB2 and Promotes Chemotherapy Resistance via Homologous Recombination of DNA Double-Strand Breaks. Mol Cancer Res. 2020 Mar;18(3):424-435. doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-19-0053. Epub 2019 Nov 4.PMID: 31685642
- Raz DJ, Ismail MH, Sun V, Park S, Alem AC, Haupt EC, Gould MK. Incorporating Lung Cancer Screening into Tobacco Cessation Group Counseling. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation. 2020 Feb 6. doi: https://doi.org/10.18332/tpc/115166 PMID: 32548349
- Mambetsariev I, Wang Y, Chen C, Nadaf S, Pharaon R, Fricke J, Amanam I, Amini A, Bild A, Chu P, Erhunmwunsee L, Kim JY, Munu J, Pillai R, Raz DJ, Sampath S, Vora L, Qiu F, Smith L, Batra SK, Massarelli E, Koczywas M, Reckamp K, Salgia R. Precision Medicine and Actionable Alterations in Lung Cancer: A Single Institution Experience. PLoS One. 2020 Feb 11;15(2):e0228188. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228188. eCollection 2020. PMID: 32045431
- Lafaro KJ, Raz DJ, Kim JY, Hite S, Ruel N, Varatkar G, Erhunmwunsee L, Melstrom LG, Lee B, Singh G, Fong Y, Sun V. Pilot study of a telehealth perioperative physical activity intervention for older adults with cancer and their caregivers. Support Care Cancer. 2019 Dec 16. doi: 10.1007/s00520019-05230-0. PMID: 31845007
- Wu Gx, Ituarte PHG, Ferrell B, Sun V, Erhunmwunsee L, Raz DJ, Kim JY. (2019) Causes of Death and Hospitalization in Long-term Lung Cancer Survivors: A Population-based Appraisal. Clin Lung Cancer. 2019 Aug 30. pii: S1525-7304(19)30256-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2019.08.007. PMID: 31591032
- Sun V, Raz DJ, Erhunmwunsee L, Ruel N, Carranza J, Prieto R, Ferrell B, Krouse RS, McCorkle R, Kim JY. (2019) Improving family caregiver and patient outcomes in lung cancer surgery: Study protocol for a randomized trial of the multimedia self-management (MSM) intervention. Contemp Clin Trials. 2019 Aug;83:88-96. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2019.07.002 PMID: 31279090
- Sun V, Raz DJ, and Kim JY, Melstrom L, Hite S, Varatkar G, Fong Y. (2019) Barriers and facilitators of adherence to a perioperative physical activity intervention for older adults with cancer and their family caregivers. J Geriatr Oncol. 10.1016/j.jgo.2019.06.003. 2019 June 5.
- Sun V, Raz DJ, Kim JY. (2019) Caring for the informal caregiver. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2019 May 30.
- Akalin A, Ergin A, Remiszewski S, Mu X, Raz DJ, Diem M. (2019) Resolving Interobserver Discrepancies in Lung Cancer Diagnoses by Spectral Histopathology. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2019 Feb;143(2):157-173. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2017-0476-SA.
- Raz DJ, Wu G, Nelson RA, Sun V, Wu S, Alem A, Haupt EC, Ismail MH, Gould MK. (2019) Perceptions and Utilization of Lung Cancer Screening Among Smokers Enrolled in a Tobacco Cessation Program. Clin Lung Cancer. 2019 Jan;20(1):e115-e122. doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2018.09.013.