Lara W. Schaheen, MD

Department

Surgery (Phoenix)

Position

Assistant Professor

Books

• Ahmed Shair, Schaheen Lara, Lung Transplantation - Chapter 26 [Book Chapter] 2024
• Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract: 2 Volume Set
  Schaheen Lara W., Luketich James D., Christie Ian, Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair: Technique, Outcomes, and Management of Complications [Book Chapter] 2019
• Current Surgical Therapy
  Schaheen Lara, Luketich James D., The Endoscopic Treatment of Barrett's Esophagus [Book Chapter] 2017
• Chu Danny, Gleason Thomas G., Cook Chris C., Wei Lawrence M., Badhwar Vinay, Schaheen Lara, Morell Victor O., Effect of aortic clamping strategy on postoperative stroke in coronary artery bypass grafting operations 2016
• Sabiston and Spencer Surgery of the Chest: 2-Volume Set
  Schaheen Lara W., Luketich James D., Adaptation of Dumon's 10 Commandments of Pulmonary Laser Photoresection [Book Chapter] 2015

Publications

• Chest
  Tokman SOFYA, Arjuna ASHWINI, Buddhdev BHUVIN M, Walia RAJAT, Schaheen LARA, Gaines KRISTINA, Franz BRIAN, FALSELY ELEVATED PANEL REACTIVE ANTIBODIES IN A CRITICALLY ILL LUNG TRANSPLANT CANDIDATE: SAFELY CROSSING ENEMY LINES
  168:4, p. A7184 - A7185 2025
• Chest
  Keogan ANDREW, Shacker MARK, Lin THEODORE, Roy SREEJA BISWAS, Arjuna ASHWINI, Walia RAJAT, Bremner ROSS M, Huang JASMINE, Smith MICHAEL A, Schaheen LARA, DOES SIZE MATTER? EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PREDICTED TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY (PTLC) AND SURVIVAL IN LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS WITH COPD
  168:4, p. A7140 - A7141 2025
• Chest
  Keogan ANDREW, Shacker MARK, Lin THEODORE, Roy SREEJA BISWAS, Huang JASMINE, Tokman SOFYA, Walia RAJAT, Smith MICHAEL A, Bremner ROSS M, Arjuna ASHWINI, Schaheen LARA, THE SURVIVAL COST OF DONOR-RECIPIENT PREDICTED TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY MISMATCH IN LUNG TRANSPLANTATION FOR RESTRICTIVE LUNG DISEASE
  168:4, p. A7138 - A7139 2025
• Chest
  Ahmad SHOAIB, Roy SREEJA BISWAS, Arjuna ASHWINI, Abdelrazek HESHAM, Schaheen LARA, Buddhdev BHUVIN M, Mcanally KENDRA, Mneimneh WADAD, Pawar LEENA K, Tokman SOFYA, RECURRENCE OF IDIOPATHIC GIANT CELL INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANT
  168:4, p. A7189 - A7190 2025
• Chest
  Ahmad SHOAIB, Mcanally KENDRA, Arjuna ASHWINI, Padiyar JOSNA, Chaly THOMAS, Hashimi SAMAD, Garcia RHIANNON, Schaheen LARA, Tokman SOFYA, RIGHT-SIDED TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY IN TWO LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
  168:4, p. A7187 - A7188 2025
• Foregut (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)
  Vittori Arianna, Mittal Sumeet, Latorre-Rodríguez Andres, Keogan Andrew, Huang Jasmine, Schaheen Lara, Bremner Ross, Topic: Endoscopic Foregut Surgery (including Endobariatrics)Abstract ID: 135Missed Gastroesophageal Perforations During Antireflux Surgery at a Tertiary Referral Center
  5:3, p. 371 - 371 2025
• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Shacker Mark, Biswas Roy Sreeja, Arjuna Ashwini, Bremner Ross M., Smith Michael A., Schaheen Lara W., Walia Rajat, Lung transplant outcomes in recipients of advanced age: Are two always better than one?
  170:2, p. 413 - 422.e5 2025
• Journal of clinical medicine
  Vittori Arianna, Latorre-Rodriguez Andres R., Keogan Andrew, Huang Jasmine, Schaheen Lara, Bremner Ross M., Mittal Sumeet K., Missed Gastroesophageal Injuries During Antireflux Surgery: Infrequent but Catastrophic Complications
  14:13, p. 4577 2025
• The Annals of thoracic surgery
  Shacker Mark, Bremner Ross M., Schaheen Lara W., Huang Jasmine, Smith Michael A., Keogan Andrew, Wang Lucas, Biswas Roy Sreeja, Arjuna Ashwini, Walia Rajat, Hashimi Samad, Lung Transplantation in the Elderly: Is Age a Contraindication? 2025
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Moin A., Arjuna A., Rybachok A., Shacker M., Walia R., Hashimi S., Roy S. Biswas, Schaheen L., (1191) - Drowning Donors: Expanding Lung Transplant Possibilities
  44:4, p. S557 - S558 2025
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Patel P., Shacker M., Gourian M., Abdelrazek H., Arjuna A., Bremner R.M., Smith M.A., Roy S. Biswas, Schaheen L., (1443) - When Your Lifeline is Broken: Successful Management of a Dual-Lumen Cannula Fracture in a Patient Awaiting Lung Transplantation
  44:4, p. S677 - S677 2025
• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Kukreja Jasleen, Cypel Marcelo, Cantu Edward, Date Hiroshi, D'Ovidio Frank, Hartwig Matthew, Klapper Jacob A., Campo-Canaveral de la Cruz Jose Luis, Van Raemdonck Dirk, Lindstedt Sandra, Rosso Lorenzo, Kelly Rosemary F., Schaheen Lara, Smith Michael, Whitson Bryan, Saddoughi Sahar A., The 2024 American Association for Thoracic Surgery expert consensus document: Current standards in donor lung procurement and preservation
  169:2, p. 484 - 504 2025
• Chest
  Moin ARIBA, Razia DEEPIKA, Zaidi WALI, Schaheen LARA, Walia RAJAT, Arjuna ASHWINI, VENOUS GRAFT OCCLUSION IN A PATIENT AFTER CONCOMITANT CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS AND BILATERAL LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
  166:4, p. A6305 - A6306 2024
• Journal of thoracic disease
  Campany Megan E., Donato Britton B., Blakeman Stephanie, Santos Pedro Reck dos, Alwardt Cory M., Sell-Dottin Kristin, Hung Penny, D’Cunha Jonathan, Sen Ayan, DeValeria Patrick, Schaheen Lara, Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for general thoracic surgery: case series and narrative review
  16:4, p. 2637 - 2643 2024
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Sindu D., Latorre-Rodríguez A.R., Patel S., Smith M.A., Mittal S.K., Bremner R.M., Walia R., Schaheen L.W., Tokman S., (1019) - Long-Term Survival of Lung Transplant Recipients with Connective Tissue Disease and Esophageal Dysfunction: An 11-Year Single-Center Experience
  43:4, p. S475 - S476 2024
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Sindu D., Latorre-Rodríguez A.R., Patel S., Walia R., Schaheen L., Smith M.A., Mittal S.K., Bremner R.M., Tokman S., (1020) - Impact of Lung Transplant on DeMeester Score in Patients with Connective Tissue Disease and Gastroesophageal Reflux: An 11-Year Single-Center Experience
  43:4, p. S476 - S477 2024
• Critical care medicine
  Verplancke Kiana, Padiyar Josna, Schaheen Lara, 1532: AN UNEXPECTED FINDING DURING AN ELECTIVE HIATAL HERNIA REPAIR
  52:1, p. S737 - S737 2024
• Foregut (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)
  Schaheen Lara W., Bremner Ross M., Transthoracic Approach to Reoperative Antireflux Surgery
  3:4, p. 505 - 512 2023
• Langenbeck's archives of surgery
  Latorre-Rodríguez Andrés R, Huang Jasmine, Schaheen Lara, Smith Michael A, Hashimi Samad, Bremner Ross M, Mittal Sumeet K, Diagnosis and management of anastomotic leaks after Ivor Lewis esophagectomy: a single-center experience
  408:1, p. 397 2023
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Sindu Devika, Tokman Sofya, Schaheen Lara, Grief Katherine, Buddhdev Bhuvin, Razia Deepika, Bay Curt, Padiyar Josna, Arjuna Ashwini, Abdelrazek Hesham, Mohamed Hesham, McAnally Kendra, Omar Ashraf, Walia Rajat, The Evolving Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Lung Transplant Recipients: A Single-Center Experience 2023
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Padiyar J., Tokman S., Sindu D., Buddhdev B., Omar A., Brady K., Ashton K., Hashimi S., Huang J., Smith M.A., Walia R., Bremner R.M., Schaheen L., Combined Lung Transplantation and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: To Graft or Not to Graft?
  42:4, p. S191 - S192 2023
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Sindu D., Razia D., Grief K., Schaheen L., Padiyar J., Smith M.A., Bremner R.M., Omar A., Walia R., Tokman S., Vaccination with >2 Doses of Mrna Vaccines is Needed to Reduce Mortality Among Lung Transplant Recipients with Covid-19
  42:4, p. S310 - S311 2023
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Sindu D., Grief K., Razia D., Smith M.A., Padiyar J., Schaheen L., Omar A., Walia R., Bremner R.M., Tokman S., Covid-19 is Less Severe with the Omicron Variant Compared to Prior Variants and the Original Sars-Cov-2 Strain in Lung Transplant Recipients
  42:4, p. S309 - S310 2023
• OBM Transplantation
  Arjuna Ashwini, Razia Deepika, Sindu Devika, Olson Michael T., Schaheen Lara, Bremner Ross M., Walia Rajat, McAnally Kendra, Lung Transplantation from A Donor with Previous SARS-CoV-2 Infection: 1-Year Outcomes
  7:1, p. 1 - 11 2023
• Chest
  Schaheen L., Arjuna A., Saeed A., Bremner R., Smith M., Razia D., STAGED TRACHEAL RESECTION FOR DYNAMIC TRACHEAL STENOSIS IN A PATIENT AWAITING LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
  161:6, p. A480 - A480 2022
• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Schaheen Lara, D'Cunha Jonathan, Commentary: Trauma alert! Evidence to support the safe use of contused lungs
  163:5, p. 1737 - 1738 2022
• Thoracic surgery clinics
  Loor Gabriel, Mattar Aladdein, Schaheen Lara, Bremner Ross M, Surgical Complications of Lung Transplantation
  32:2, p. 197 - 209 2022
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Razia D., McAnally K.J., Schaheen L.W., Abdelrazek H., Smith M.A., Tokman S., Persistent Subclinical SARS-CoV-2 Isolation After Redo Lung Transplant for COVID-19-Induced Lung Injury
  41:4, p. S433 - S434 2022
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Jacob J., Buddhdev B., Hashimi S., Swanson K.L., Oklu R., Mayer J.L., Smith M.A., D'Cunha J., Tokman S., Schaheen L.W., Never Say Never: A 3D Anatomic Model Creates a Surgical Roadmap for Ultra-Complex Lung Transplant Recipient
  41:4, p. S297 - S298 2022
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Razia D., Padiyar J., Schaheen L., Grief K., Walia R., Tokman S., Outcomes of Critically Ill Lung Transplant Recipients with COVID-19
  41:4, p. S392 - S393 2022
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Halawa A.R., Schaheen L.W., Bremner R.M., Arjuna A., Naik H., Pophal S.A., Tokman S., Progressive Pulmonary Venous Stenosis and Recurrent Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure in a Lung Transplant Recipient
  41:4, p. S295 - S296 2022
• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Schaheen Lara, Bremner Ross M, Walia Rajat, Smith Michael A, Lung transplantation for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): The who, what, where, when, and why
  163:3, p. 865 - 868 2022
• Critical care medicine
  Olson Michael, Schaheen Lara, Buddhdev Bhuvin, Arjuna Ashwini, 1484: METHYLENE BLUE AND HYDROXOCOBALAMIN IN A SEVERELY VASOPLEGIC LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT
  50:1, p. 745 - 745 2022
• Chest
  Razia DEEPIKA, Omar ASHRAF, Charley ERICKA, Mohamed HESHAM, Walia RAJAT, Bremner ROSS, Schaheen LARA, Arjuna ASHWINI, LUNG HERNIA FOLLOWING DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANTATION: ILLUSTRATING THE SPECTRUM
  160:4, p. A2485 - A2486 2021
• The lancet respiratory medicine
  Bharat Ankit, Kurihara Chitaru, Garza-Castillon, Jr Rafael, Kim Samuel, Manerikar Adwaiy, Pelaez Andres, Pipkin Mauricio, Shahmohammadi Abbas, Rackauskas Mindaugas, Kg Suresh Rao, Balakrishnan K R, Jindal Apar, Schaheen Lara, Hashimi Samad, Buddhdev Bhuvin, Arjuna Ashwini, Rosso Lorenzo, Palleschi Alessandro, Lang Christian, Jaksch Peter, Budinger G R Scott, Nosotti Mario, Hoetzenecker Konrad, Machuca Tiago N, Querrey Melissa, Early outcomes after lung transplantation for severe COVID-19: a series of the first consecutive cases from four countries
  9:5, p. 487 - 497 2021
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Machuca T.N., Bharat A., Kurihara C., Jr R. Garza-Castillon, Kim S., Pelaez A., Pipkin M., Shahmohammadi A., Manerikar A., Rackauskas M., KG S., Balakrishnan K., Jindal A., Schaheen L., Hashimi S., Bhuddhdev B., Arjuna A., Rosso L., Palleschi A., Lang C., Jaksch P., Nosotti M., Hoetzenecker K., International Experience with Lung Transplantation for COVID-19 Associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  40:4, p. S12 - S12 2021
• Journal of thoracic disease
  Schaheen Lara, D'Cunha Jonathan, Re-do lung transplantation: keys to success
  11:12, p. 5691 - 5693 2019
• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Harano Takashi, Haidar Ghady, Schaheen Lara, Morrell Matthew R, Pilewski Joseph M, D'Cunha Jonathan, Successful lung transplantation from a hepatitis C RNA-positive donor to a hepatitis C treatment-experienced recipient with cystic fibrosis
  158:4, p. e155 - e157 2019
• Thoracic surgery clinics
  Schaheen Lara W, Luketich James D, Sanchez Manuel Villa, Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Achalasia
  28:4, p. 499 - 506 2018
• Journal of surgical education
  Chan Patrick G, Schaheen Lara W, Chan Ernest G, Cook Chris C, Luketich James D, D'Cunha Jonathan, Technology-Enhanced Simulation Improves Trainee Readiness Transitioning to Cardiothoracic Training
  75:5, p. 1395 - 1402 2018
• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Schaheen Lara W., D'Cunha Jonathan, WE ARE ON THE SLOPE TOGETHER Reply
  155:5, p. 2181 - 2181 2018
• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Schaheen Lara W., D'Cunha Jonathan, Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in lung transplantation: No longer a four-letter word
  155:5, p. 2191 - 2192 2018
• The Annals of thoracic surgery
  Schaheen Lara W., D'Cunha Jonathan, Invited Commentary
  104:4, p. 1159 - 1160 2017
• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Schaheen Lara W, Joubert Kyla D, Luketich James D, Revising a gastric conduit after esophagectomy: How do we get it right?
  154:4, p. 1461 - 1462 2017
• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Schaheen Lara W., D'Cunha Jonathan, The slippery slope of nonoperative therapy in early-stage lung cancer
  154:3, p. 1121 - 1122 2017
• The American journal of surgery
  Schaheen Lara, Nason Katie S., Blackmon Shanda H., Optimal approach to the management of intrathoracic esophageal leak following esophagectomy: a systematic review
  208:4, p. 536 - 543 2014
• Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
  Allum William H., Cuesta Miguel A., Dong Zhao Ming, Nilton Felix Valter, Figueredo Edgar, Lambert Rene, Langer Rupert, Lewis Michael P. N., Nason Katie S., Parry Kevin, Krasna Mark J., Preston Shaun R., Ruurda Jelle P., van der Horst Sylvia, van der Peet Donald L., Gatenby Piers A. C., Haverkamp Leonie, Ibraev Maksat A., Cassivi Stephen D., Bonavina Luigi, Wormald Justin C. R., Schaheen Lara W., Tatum Roger P., Turkin Igor N., van der Sluis Peter C., van Hillegersberg Richard, Wu Peter C., Surgical treatments for esophageal cancers
  1325:1, p. 242 - 268 2014
• Multimedia manual of cardiothoracic surgery
  Schaheen Lara W, Badhwar Vinay, Hayanga Awori J, Chordal relocation for repair of anterior mitral leaflet flail: a reproducible option
  2014, p. mmt021 - mmt021 2014