Portrait: Richard Andrassy

Richard J Andrassy

MD
Professional Focus Dr. Andrassy has been head of the UTHealth Department of Surgery since 1994; he is the longest-serving surgical department chair in the United States. He is also the only pediatric and general surgeon in Texas who counts both adults and children as his patients.

He has given over 400 national and international lectures and has published over 300 manuscripts and chapters.
Research & Publications Selected Publications:

The University of Texas Medical School at Houston: Department of Surgery--a brief history.
Kellar, W. H.,Wooten, H. G.,Andrassy, R. J. Am Surg - 2015 Feb 03

Technical note: Component separation technique with double-layered biologic mesh placement for neonate with large gastroschisis.
Ikoma, N.,Chen, L.,Andrassy, R. J. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg - 2014 May 20

Location of pulmonary metastasis in pediatric osteosarcoma is predictive of outcome.
Letourneau, P.A., Xiao, L., Harting, M.T., Lally, K.P., Cox, C.S., Andrassy, R.J., Hayes-Jordan, A.A. J Pediatr Surg - 2011 Jul

An Evidence-Based Review of a Lentinula edodes Mushroom Extract as Complementary Therapy in the Surgical Oncology Patient.
Shah, S.K., Walker, P.A., Moore-Olufemi, S.D., Sundaresan, A., Kulkarni, A.D., Andrassy, R.J. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr - 2011 Jul

Results of the Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study Group D9602 protocol, using vincristine and dactinomycin with or without cyclophosphamide and radiation therapy, for newly diagnosed patients with low-risk embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma: a report from the soft
Beverly Raney, R., Walterhouse, D.O., Meza, J.L., Andrassy, R.J., Breneman, J.C., Crist, W.M., Maurer, H.M., Meyer, W.H., Parham, D.M., Anderson, J.R. J Clin Oncol - 2011 Apr 1

Outcomes of truncal vascular injuries in children.
Allison, N.D., Anderson, C.M., Shah, S.K., Lally, K.P., Hayes-Jordan, A., Tsao, K., Andrassy, R.J., Cox, C.S. J Pediatr Surg - 2009-10-01

Acute hemodynamic decompensation following patent ductus arteriosus ligation in premature infants.
Harting, M.T., Blakely, M.L., Cox, C.S., Lantin-Hermoso, R., Andrassy, R.J., Lally, K.P. J Invest Surg - 2008-05-01

Melanoma growth and tumorigenicity in models of microgravity.
Taga, M., Yamauchi, K., Odle, J., Furian, L., Sundaresan, A., Ramesh, G.T., Pellis, N.R., Andrassy, R.J., Kulkarni, A.D. Aviat Space Environ Med - 2006 Nov

Outcome after surgical resection of recurrent rhabdomyosarcoma.
Hayes-Jordan, A., Doherty, D.K., West, S.D., Raney, R.B., Blakely, M.L., Cox, C.S., Andrassy, R.J., Lally, K.P. J Pediatr Surg - 2006 Apr

Long-term survival after aggressive resection of pulmonary metastases among children and adolescents with osteosarcoma.
Harting, M.T., Blakely, M.L., Jaffe, N., Cox, C.S., Hayes-Jordan, A., Benjamin, R.S., Raymond, A.K., Andrassy, R.J., Lally, K.P. J Pediatr Surg - 2006 Jan

Treatment issues in pediatric gastric adenocarcinoma.
Harting, M.T., Blakely, M.L., Herzog, C.E., Lally, K.P., Ajani, J.A., Andrassy, R.J. J Pediatr Surg - 2004 Aug

Surgical management of gynecologic rhabdomyosarcoma.
Harting, M.T., Blakely, M.L., Andrassy, R.J. Curr Treat Options Oncol - 2004 Apr

Complications in pediatric surgical oncology.
Miller, S.D., Andrassy, R.J. J Am Coll Surg - 2003 Nov

Advances in the surgical management of sarcomas in children.
Andrassy, R.J. Am J Surg - 2002 Dec

Neurofibromatosis: implications for the general surgeon.
Seymour-Dempsey, K., Andrassy, R.J. J Am Coll Surg - 2002 Oct
Conditions
Carcinoma of the Thyroid (Thyroid Cancer)
Hyperparathyroidism
ventral hernias
pediatric sarcomas
Hernia
Procedures
sarcoma surgery
Circumcision, Pediatric
outpatient thyroidectomy
minimally invasive parathyroidectomy
ventral hernia repairs
hernia repair open
component separation
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Medical School
Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, General Surgery, 1977
Internship, Residency
Children's Hospital - University of Southern California, Pediatric Surgery, 1980
Residency, Fellowship
Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, Pediatric Surgical Oncology, 1980
Fellowship
Board Certifications
American Board of Surgery
Surgery
Pediatric Surgery
Hospital Affiliation
Memorial-Hermann Hospital
Place of Work
Professor, Surgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston | Academic | Current
Surgeon-In-Chief, Memorial-Hermann Hospital | Hospital Based | Current
Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center | Hospital Based, Academic | Current
Languages
English
Spanish
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