Ravi Rajaram

Ravi Rajaram is an Associate Professor at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he specializes in thoracic oncology and surgical oncology. His research focuses on lung cancer, esophageal malignancies, and bronchial neoplasms, with particular emphasis on multimodal treatment strategies, lymphovascular invasion patterns, and postoperative functional recovery. Recent work includes investigations into imaging predictors of pleural response in stage IV non-small cell lung cancer, patient-reported symptom recovery after upper gastrointestinal surgery, and outcomes from the Thoracic Surgical Oncology Group 103 trial on lung-limited metastatic colorectal cancer. His clinical research also addresses regional analgesia innovations, such as intercostal nerve blocks for video-assisted thoracic surgery, and physiologic outcomes following chest wall resection.