Sitaram V. Chivukula, MD 

Education

POSTGRADUATE:
Washington University in St Louis – Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Fellowship: Vascular Surgery

Rush University Medical Center – John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
Residency: General Surgery

Rush University Medical Center – John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
Designation: Research Resident

MEDICAL SCHOOL:
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, College of Medicine
Degree: Doctor of Medicine

UNDERGRADUATE:
University of Michigan, College of Engineering
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering, Magna Cum Laude

Specialties

• Vascular Surgery

Board Certification

• Surgery (American Board of Surgery, #062862, expires 12/31/2028)
• Surgical Critical Care (American Board of Surgery, #004298, reverification date 1/20/2023)
• Public Health and General Preventive Medicine (American Board of Preventive Medicine, #053859, expiration date 1/1/2026)

Publications

• Lawrence Z, Chivukula SV, Farlow E, Keen R, Sheng N. “Staged Brachioradial Artery to Brachioradial Vein Arteriovenous Fistula Creation for Hemodialysis Access in Three Patients with High Origin of the Radial Artery.” Journal of Vascular Surgery. (Provisionally accepted).
• Skertich NJ, Tierney JF, Chivukula SV, Babazadeh NT, Hertl M, Poirier J, Keutgen XM. “Risk factors associated with positive resection margins in patients with adrenocortical carcinoma.” The American Journal of Surgery. October 2020
• DeCesare L, Xu TQ, Saclarides C, Coughlin JM, Chivukula SV, Woodfin A, Chan E, Booker C, Jacobson R. “Trends in Antibiotic Duration for Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections: Adaptation to Current Guidelines.” The American Surgeon. August 2020
• Chivukula SV, Tierney JF, Hertl M, Poirier J, Keutgen XM. “Operative resection in early stage pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors in the United States: Are we over- or undertreating patients?” Surgery. September 2019
• Tierney JF, Chivukula SV, Poirier J, Pappas SG, Schadde E, Hertl M, Kebebew E, Keutgen X. “National Treatment Practice for Adrenocortical Carcinoma: Have They Changed and Have We Made Any Progress?” Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. July 2019
• Tierney JF, Poirier J, Chivukula S, Pappas SG, Hertl M, Schadde E, Keutgen X. “Primary Tumor Site Affects Survival in Patients with Gastroenteropancreatic and Neuroendocrine Liver Metastases.” International Journal of Endocrinology
• Tierney J, Chivukula SV, Wang X, Pappas S, Schadde E, Hertl M, Poirier J, Keutgen XM. “Resection of primary tumor may prolong survival in metastatic gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.” Surgery. October 2018
• Sugiyama G, Chivukula S, Chung PJ, Alfonso A. “Robotic Assisted Trans-Abdominal Pre-Peritoneal Ventral Hernia Repair.” Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons. October 2015