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Raja R. Seethala publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Raja R. Seethala sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 271 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Raja R. Seethala D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Raja R. Seethala sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 83 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Raja R. Seethala is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on surgery, oncology, oral surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and otorhinolaryngology. Their research spans a range of topics primarily related to diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in oncology and pathology.

Seethala has a significant publication record in the following main topics:

  • Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
  • Head and Neck Cancer Studies
  • Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
  • Ear and Head Tumors
  • Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer

Frequent collaborators include William C. Faquin, Rhonda K. Yantiss, David Kaminsky, Zubair Baloch, and Daniel J. Brat, reflecting ongoing partnerships in research projects with substantial joint output.

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in notable journals such as:

  • Modern Pathology
  • Laboratory Investigation
  • Head and Neck Pathology
  • Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
  • The American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Among recent scholarly works, key papers include:

  • "Management of Salivary Gland Malignancy: ASCO Guideline" (2021), published in Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • "Transition to a virtual multidisciplinary tumor board during the COVID-19 pandemic: University of Pittsburgh experience" (2020), published in Head & Neck
  • "Risk assessment for distant metastasis in differentiated thyroid cancer using molecular profiling: A matched case-control study" (2021), published in Cancer
  • "Histologic Classification and Molecular Signature of Polymorphous Adenocarcinoma (PAC) and Cribriform Adenocarcinoma of Salivary Gland (CASG)" (2020), published in The American Journal of Surgical Pathology
  • "Ninth Version of the AJCC and UICC Nasopharyngeal Cancer TNM Staging Classification" (2024), published in JAMA Oncology

The breadth of Seethala's research experience reflects a sustained focus on cancer-related pathology and surgical oncology within head, neck, and salivary gland tumors, integrating both clinical and molecular perspectives to address diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

    Michael S. Lawrence;Carrie Sougnez;Lee Lichtenstein;Kristian Cibulskis

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • Integrated Genomic Characterization of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

    Nishant Agrawal;Rehan Akbani;B. Arman Aksoy;Adrian Ally

  • The Mutational Landscape of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

    N. Stransky;A. M. Egloff;A. D. Tward;A. D. Kostic

  • Nomenclature Revision for Encapsulated Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Paradigm Shift to Reduce Overtreatment of Indolent Tumors

    Yuri E. Nikiforov;Raja R. Seethala;Giovanni Tallini;Zubair W. Baloch

  • Impact of Mutational Testing on the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Cytologically Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules: A Prospective Analysis of 1056 FNA Samples

    Yuri E. Nikiforov;N. Paul Ohori;Steven P. Hodak;Sally E. Carty

  • Frequent mutation of the PI3K pathway in head and neck cancer defines predictive biomarkers

    Vivian W.Y. Lui;Matthew L. Hedberg;Hua Li;Bhavana S. Vangara

  • Highly accurate diagnosis of cancer in thyroid nodules with follicular neoplasm/suspicious for a follicular neoplasm cytology by ThyroSeq v2 next-generation sequencing assay.

    Yuri E. Nikiforov;Sally E. Carty;Simon I. Chiosea;Christopher Coyne

  • Human papillomavirus testing in head and neck carcinomas guideline from the college of American pathologists

    James S. Lewis;Beth Beadle;Justin Avery Bishop;Rebecca D. Chernock

  • The Mutational Landscape of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma

    Allen S Ho;Kasthuri Kannan;David M Roy;Luc G T Morris

  • Characterization of HPV and host genome interactions in primary head and neck cancers.

    Michael Parfenov;Chandra Sekhar Pedamallu;Nils Gehlenborg;Nils Gehlenborg;Samuel S. Freeman

  • Impact of the Multi-Gene ThyroSeq Next-Generation Sequencing Assay on Cancer Diagnosis in Thyroid Nodules with Atypia of Undetermined Significance/Follicular Lesion of Undetermined Significance Cytology

    Yuri E. Nikiforov;Sally E. Carty;Simon I. Chiosea;Christopher Coyne

  • EWSR1-ATF1 fusion is a novel and consistent finding in hyalinizing clear-cell carcinoma of salivary gland.

    Cristina R. Antonescu;Nora Katabi;Lei Zhang;Yun Shao Sung

  • Update from the 4th Edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Head and Neck Tumours: Tumors of the Salivary Gland.

    Raja R. Seethala;Göran Stenman

  • Performance of a Multigene Genomic Classifier in Thyroid Nodules With Indeterminate Cytology: A Prospective Blinded Multicenter Study.

    David L. Steward;Sally E. Carty;Rebecca S. Sippel;Samantha Peiling Yang

  • Epithelial-Myoepithelial Carcinoma: A Review of the Clinicopathologic Spectrum and Immunophenotypic Characteristics in 61 Tumors of the Salivary Glands and Upper Aerodigestive Tract

    Raja R. Seethala;E. Leon Barnes;Jennifer L. Hunt

  • An Update on Grading of Salivary Gland Carcinomas

    Raja R. Seethala

  • Surgical margins in head and neck cancer: A contemporary review

    Michael L. Hinni;Alfio Ferlito;Margaret S. Brandwein-Gensler;Robert P. Takes

  • Contribution of molecular testing to thyroid fine-needle aspiration cytology of "follicular lesion of undetermined significance/atypia of undetermined significance"

    N. Paul Ohori;Marina N. Nikiforova;Karen E. Schoedel;Shane O. LeBeau

  • A Reappraisal of the MECT1/MAML2 Translocation in Salivary Mucoepidermoid Carcinomas

    Raja R. Seethala;Sanja Dacic;Kathleen Cieply;Lindsey M. Kelly

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert L. Ferris
Robert L. Ferris University of Pittsburgh
Jennifer R. Grandis
Jennifer R. Grandis University of California, San Francisco
Yuri E. Nikiforov
Yuri E. Nikiforov University of Pittsburgh
William E. Gooding
William E. Gooding University of Pittsburgh
Lester D. R. Thompson
Lester D. R. Thompson Kaiser Permanente
Jonas T. Johnson
Jonas T. Johnson University of Pittsburgh
Marina N. Nikiforova
Marina N. Nikiforova University of Pittsburgh
Zubair W. Baloch
Zubair W. Baloch University of Pennsylvania
Virginia A. LiVolsi
Virginia A. LiVolsi University of Pennsylvania
Cristina R. Antonescu
Cristina R. Antonescu Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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