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Rodney Sparapani PhD

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Associate Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Data Science Institute
Division: Biostatistics
Program: Research

Member of the Cancer Center
Member of the Cardiovascular Research Center
Member of the Center for Advancing Population Science (CAPS)


I am willing to collaborate on research projects.

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Research Experience

  • Administrative Claims, Healthcare
  • Clinical Trials Data Monitoring Committees
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Observational Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

    • Methodologies and Techniques

  • Biostatistics
  • Causality
  • Machine Learning
  • Medical Informatics
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Survival Analysis
  • Bayesian Analysis

    • MCW Program / Core Facilities

  • Research Computing Center Faculty Advisory Committee

    • Educational Expertise

  • Education, Graduate
  • Teaching Biostatistics

    • Publications (95)

  • Explainable artificial intelligence in electrocardiography: A systematic review (Taleban A, Sparapani R, Noffke P, Zlochiver S, Lu Q, Widlansky ME, Luo J) Biomedical Signal Processing and Control 1 April 2026;114 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105024192349 04/01/2026    
  • Multi-Level Explainable AI for ECG-Based Atrial Fibrillation Detection: Exploring LIME, SHAP, and Grad-CAM for Clinical Interpretation (Luo J, Taleban A, Noffke P, Sparapani R) Icmhi 2025 2025 9th International Conference on Medical and Health Informatics 30 December 2025:52-59 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105028873834 12/30/2025    
  • PrevCardioOncAI: Machine Learning Algorithms for Predicting Cardiovascular Disease in Cancer Survivors. (Brown SA, Fang MZ, Sparapani R, Zhou Y, Osinski K, Taylor B, Yu D, Blessing J, Shah R, Collier P, BagheriMohamadiPour M, Zhang J, Kothari A, Echefu G, Rickards J, Otto C, Sanchez Z, Olson J, Arruda-Olson A, Cheng YC, Cheng F, Cardio‐Oncology Artificial Intelligence Informatics and Precision Equity, and Patient Similarity Algorithms in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Toxicity Research Team Investigators) J Am Heart Assoc 2025 Dec 16;14(24):e030363 PMID: 41378455 PMCID: PMC12826905 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105025249869 12/11/2025    
  • Unrelated Donor Age and Recipient Outcomes After Posttransplant Cyclophosphamide vs Conventional Prophylaxis. (Mehta RS, Sparapani RA, Kanakry CG, McCurdy SR, Saultz J, Lazaryan A, Milano F, Lee SJ) JAMA Oncol 2025 Nov 06;12(1):28-37 PMID: 41196629 PMCID: PMC12593671 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105022059302 11/06/2025       3 Citations
  • Does Music Experience Impact the Vascular Endothelial Response to Singing? (Bagherimohamadipour M, Hammad M, Visotcky A, Sparapani R, Kulinski J) Brain Sci 2025 Sep 16;15(9) PMID: 41008356 PMCID: PMC12468951 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105017492146 09/27/2025    
  • Accelerated fitting of joint models of survival and longitudinal data with cumulative variations (Gao Y, Sparapani RA, Tarima S) Computational Statistics September 2025;40(7):3819-3842 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105007065537 09/01/2025    
  • Take charge during treatment: a protocol for a pilot study to evaluate the impact of exercise on cardiovascular biomarkers among black and white breast cancer patients undergoing treatment. (Do Couto N, Hidde M, Grigoriadis G, Sparapani R, Durand M, Widlansky M, Jankowski C, Berendt M, Canales B, Golus S, Norwood Toro LE, Laud P, Kong A, Hoskins K, Lewandowski D, Phillips SA, Gutterman DD, Kriegel AJ, Beyer KMM, Beyer AM, Stolley M) Cardiooncology 2025 Aug 21;11(1):75 PMID: 40841694 PMCID: PMC12369258 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105014033548 08/22/2025    
  • Treatment Effect Estimation With Potential Outcomes for a Single-Arm Trial Compared With Historical Controls: A Case Study of Locally Recurrent Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients Treated With Adjuvant Nivolumab. (Harun N, Sparapani R, Laud PW, Sivaganesan S, Leddon JL, Haque S, Tang AL, Wise-Draper TM) Head Neck 2025 Nov;47(11):2990-2997 PMID: 40525328 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105008433952 06/17/2025    
  • Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Consultation Is Associated With Improvement in Nutritional Status in Chronically Ill Children: A Retrospective, Cohort Study. (Feuling MB, Hilbrands J, Hettich K, Kopesky J, Martin N, McCarthy R, Osinski K, Pipkorn R, Smith A, Sparapani RA, Teng BQ, Goday PS) J Acad Nutr Diet 2025 Nov;125(11):1730-1735.e3 PMID: 40446925 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105009874311 05/31/2025    
  • Effects of singing on vascular health in older adults with coronary artery disease: a randomized, crossover trial. (Bagherimohamadipour M, Hammad M, Visotcky A, Sparapani R, Kulinski J) Front Cardiovasc Med 2025;12:1546462 PMID: 40357442 PMCID: PMC12066452 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105004768525 05/13/2025       2 Citations
  • Long-term opioid therapy trends in the VA: More intermittent than chronic. (Kay C, Sherman K, Sparapani R) J Opioid Manag 2025;21(2):131-140 PMID: 40326725 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105003715067 05/06/2025    
  • Donor Age Matters for Haploidentical HCT Patients Even After Adjusting for HLA Factors: A Machine Learning Approach. (Mehta RS, Sparapani R, Wang T, Spellman S, Lee SJ, Petersdorf EW) Am J Hematol 2025 May;100(5):937-940 PMID: 40056061 PMCID: PMC12288135 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105000009387 03/09/2025       1 Citation
  • The association of distress and depression screening measures and other electronic health record information with adjuvant endocrine therapy persistence. (Neuner JM, Stolley M, Kamaraju S, Tiegs J, Sparapani R, Makris V, Flynn KE) Breast Cancer Res Treat 2025 Feb;209(3):541-552 PMID: 39592520 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85210370572 11/27/2024    
  • Role of Cytoreduction and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (CRS/HIPEC) in the Treatment of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis From Small Bowel Adenocarcinoma-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. (Fernando DG, Sparapani R, Mogal H) J Surg Oncol 2025 Mar;131(4):725-733 PMID: 39552156 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85209680992 11/18/2024       1 Citation
  • Novel machine learning technique further clarifies unrelated donor selection to optimize transplantation outcomes. (Spellman SR, Sparapani R, Maiers M, Shaw BE, Laud P, Bupp C, He M, Devine SM, Logan BR) Blood Adv 2024 Dec 10;8(23):6082-6087 PMID: 39368807 PMCID: PMC11652765 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85212173730 10/06/2024       13 Citations
  • Traveling Long Distances for Rectal Cancer Care: Institutional Outcomes and Patient Experiences. (Peterson KJ, Drezdzon MK, Sparapani R, Calata JF, Ridolfi TJ, Ludwig KA, Peterson CY) J Surg Res 2024 Oct;302:916-924 PMID: 39265279 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85203426182 09/13/2024       3 Citations
  • Effects of Singing on Vascular Health in Older Adults with Coronary Artery Disease: A Randomized Trial. (Bagherimohamadipour M, Hammad M, Visotcky A, Sparapani R, Kulinski J) medRxiv 2024 Jul 27 PMID: 39108506 PMCID: PMC11302710 08/07/2024    
  • Can We Actually Predict Long-Term Patient Satisfaction After Traumatic Brain Injury? (Al Tannir AH, Pokrzywa CJ, Sparapani R, Maring M, Saltzman C, Tignanelli CJ, Duthie E, Haines K, Nattinger A, Carver TW, de Moya MA, Morris RS) J Surg Res 2024 Sep;301:269-279 PMID: 38986192 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85198034792 07/11/2024       1 Citation
  • Reporting and analysis of sex in vascular surgery research. (Rubin MJ, Wakinekona NA, Reilly MA, Canales B, Sparapani R, Dyer M, Kibbe MR, Mansukhani NA) J Vasc Surg 2024 Dec;80(6):1871-1882 PMID: 38901638 PMCID: PMC11585452 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85199130838 06/21/2024    
  • Timing and co-occurrence of symptoms prior to a diagnosis of light chain (AL) amyloidosis. (Singh A, Szabo A, Lian Q, Pezzin L, Sparapani R, D'Souza A) Blood Cancer J 2024 May 26;14(1):61 PMID: 38796476 PMCID: PMC11127981 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85194268737 05/26/2024       3 Citations
  • Optimal Donor Selection Across Multiple Outcomes For Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation By Bayesian Nonparametric Machine Learning. (Sparapani RA, Maiers M, Spellman SR, Shaw BE, Laud PW, Devine SM, Logan BR) medRxiv 2024 May 09 PMID: 38766030 PMCID: PMC11100939 05/20/2024    
  • Prevalence, Predictors, and Outcomes of Type 2 NSTEMI in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19. (Patel S, Visotcky A, Devine A, Kode V, Kotlo S, Aljadah M, Sparapani R, Kulinski J) J Am Heart Assoc 2024 May 21;13(10):e032572 PMID: 38726904 PMCID: PMC11179823 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85194013390 05/10/2024       1 Citation
  • Team principles for successful interdisciplinary research teams. (Brown SA, Sparapani R, Osinski K, Zhang J, Blessing J, Cheng F, Hamid A, MohamadiPour MB, Lal JC, Kothari AN, Caraballo P, Noseworthy P, Johnson RH, Hansen K, Sun LY, Crotty B, Cheng YC, Echefu G, Doshi K, Olson J, Cardio-Oncology Artificial Intelligence Informatics & Precision (CAIP) Research Team Investigators) Am Heart J Plus 2023 Aug;32:100306 PMID: 38510201 PMCID: PMC10946054 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85163019573 03/21/2024       31 Citations
  • Scaling care coordination through digital engagement: stepped-wedge trial assessing readmissions. (Polovneff A, Shah N, Janardan A, Smith E, Pasillas I, Mortensen N, Holt JM, Somai M, Sparapani R, Crotty B) Am J Manag Care 2024 Feb 01;30(2):e32-e38 PMID: 38381546 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85185825033 02/21/2024       1 Citation
  • Timing and co-occurrence of symptoms prior to a diagnosis of light chain (AL) amyloidosis. (D'Souza A, Singh A, Szabo A, Lian Q, Pezzin L, Sparapani R) Res Sq 2024 Jan 03 PMID: 38260686 PMCID: PMC10802702 01/23/2024    
  • Team principles for successful interdisciplinary research teams (Brown SA, Sparapani R, Osinski K, Zhang J, Blessing J, Cheng F, Hamid A, MohamadiPour MB, Lal JC, Kothari AN, Caraballo P, Noseworthy P, Johnson RH, Hansen K, Sun LY, Crotty B, Cheng YC, Echefu G, Doshi K, Olson J) American Heart Journal Plus Cardiology Research and Practice August 2023;32 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85163019573 08/01/2023       31 Citations
  • The Variation of Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Therapy in Older Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury. (Pokrzywa CJ, Al Tannir AH, Sparapani R, Rabas MS, Holena D, Murphy PB, Creutzfeldt CJ, Somberg L, Nattinger A, Morris RS) J Surg Res 2023 Nov;291:34-42 PMID: 37331190 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85162019379 06/19/2023       8 Citations
  • Nonparametric failure time: Time-to-event machine learning with heteroskedastic Bayesian additive regression trees and low information omnibus Dirichlet process mixtures. (Sparapani RA, Logan BR, Maiers MJ, Laud PW, McCulloch RE) Biometrics 2023 Dec;79(4):3023-3037 PMID: 36932826 PMCID: PMC10505620 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85153305626 03/19/2023       7 Citations
  • Mandibular advancement reduces pharyngeal collapsibility by enlarging the airway rather than affecting velopharyngeal compliance. (Garcia GJM, Wolf JJ, Campbell DA, Bailey RS, Sparapani RA, Welzig CM, Woodson BT) Physiol Rep 2023 Feb;11(3):e15558 PMID: 36756800 PMCID: PMC9909385 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85147723148 02/10/2023       3 Citations
  • Patient similarity and other artificial intelligence machine learning algorithms in clinical decision aid for shared decision-making in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Toxicity (PACT): a feasibility trial design. (Brown SA, Chung BY, Doshi K, Hamid A, Pederson E, Maddula R, Hanna A, Choudhuri I, Sparapani R, Bagheri Mohamadi Pour M, Zhang J, Kothari AN, Collier P, Caraballo P, Noseworthy P, Arruda-Olson A, Cardio-Oncology Artificial Intelligence Informatics and Precision Equity (CAIPE) Research Team Investigators) Cardiooncology 2023 Jan 23;9(1):7 PMID: 36691060 PMCID: PMC9869606 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85146885458 01/24/2023       23 Citations
  • Anatomical determinants of upper airway collapsibility in obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (Hartfield PJ, Janczy J, Sharma A, Newsome HA, Sparapani RA, Rhee JS, Woodson BT, Garcia GJM) Sleep Med Rev 2023 Apr;68:101741 PMID: 36634409 PMCID: PMC11493082 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85146096954 01/13/2023       41 Citations
  • A Statistical Comparison of Heart Rate Variability Measurements Between Devices: Chest Strap Versus Finger Probe (Bagheri-Mohamadi-Pour M, Sparapani R, Zhang J, Kulinski J) Computing in Cardiology 2023 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85182311637 01/01/2023       1 Citation
  • An Exploration of Cultural-Environmental Interactions with Native American Health Literacy. (Dellinger MJ, Pingatore N, Chelius T, Visotcky A, Poupart A, Sparapani R) Environ Health Perspect 2022 Nov;130(11):117703 PMID: 36416732 PMCID: PMC9683091 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85142939324 11/24/2022       3 Citations
  • Impact of Reintervention During Stage 1 Palliation Hospitalization: A National, Multicenter Study. (Handler SS, Chan T, Ghanayem NS, Rudd N, Wright G, Visotcky A, Sparapani R, Mitchell ME, Hoffman GM, Frommelt MA) Ann Thorac Surg 2023 Apr;115(4):975-981 PMID: 36306859 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85142376895 10/29/2022       3 Citations
  • Novel Pediatric Height Outlier Detection Methodology for Electronic Health Records via Machine Learning With Monotonic Bayesian Additive Regression Trees. (Sparapani RA, Teng BQ, Hilbrands J, Pipkorn R, Feuling MB, Goday PS) J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2022 Aug 01;75(2):210-214 PMID: 35641892 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85135203067 06/02/2022       3 Citations
  • Use of previously published data in statistical estimation (Tarima S, Patel K, Sparapani R, O'Brien M, Cassidy L, Meurer J) Mindful Topics on Risk Analysis and Design of Experiments Selected Contributions from Icra8 Vienna 2019 20 May 2022:78-88 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85167718598 05/20/2022       1 Citation
  • Environmental health literacy for Anishinaabe (Great Lakes Native American) fish consumers: A randomized control trial. (Dellinger MJ, Pingatore N, Chelius T, Visotcky A, Sparapani R, Ripley M) Environ Res 2022 Sep;212(Pt B):113335 PMID: 35447154 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85129809479 04/22/2022       11 Citations
  • Establishing an interdisciplinary research team for cardio-oncology artificial intelligence informatics precision and health equity. (Brown SA, Sparapani R, Osinski K, Zhang J, Blessing J, Cheng F, Hamid A, Berman G, Lee K, BagheriMohamadiPour M, Lal JC, Kothari AN, Caraballo P, Noseworthy P, Johnson RH, Hansen K, Sun LY, Crotty B, Cheng YC, Olson J, Cardio-Oncology Artificial Intelligence Informatics & Precision (CAIP) Research Team Investigators) Am Heart J Plus 2022 Jan;13 PMID: 35434676 PMCID: PMC9012235 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85146432200 04/19/2022       32 Citations
  • Lisinopril Mitigates Radiation-Induced Mitochondrial Defects in Rat Heart and Blood Cells. (Ortiz de Choudens S, Sparapani R, Narayanan J, Lohr N, Gao F, Fish BL, Zielonka M, Gasperetti T, Veley D, Beyer A, Olson J, Jacobs ER, Medhora M) Front Oncol 2022;12:828177 PMID: 35311118 PMCID: PMC8924663 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85126780777 03/22/2022       5 Citations
  • Prolonged endothelial-dysfunction in human arterioles following infection with SARS-CoV-2. (Nishijima Y, Hader SN, Hanson AJ, Zhang DX, Sparapani R, Gutterman DD, Beyer AM) Cardiovasc Res 2022 Jan 07;118(1):18-19 PMID: 34755839 PMCID: PMC8689948 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85123651313 11/11/2021       18 Citations
  • Improved Prediction of Older Adult Discharge After Trauma Using a Novel Machine Learning Paradigm. (Morris RS, Tignanelli CJ, deRoon-Cassini T, Laud P, Sparapani R) J Surg Res 2022 Feb;270:39-48 PMID: 34628162 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85116716480 10/11/2021       8 Citations
  • Effects of music on the cardiovascular system. (Kulinski J, Ofori EK, Visotcky A, Smith A, Sparapani R, Fleg JL) Trends Cardiovasc Med 2022 Aug;32(6):390-398 PMID: 34237410 PMCID: PMC8727633 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85110519644 07/09/2021       54 Citations
  • Optimal Donor Selection for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Using Bayesian Machine Learning. (Logan BR, Maiers MJ, Sparapani RA, Laud PW, Spellman SR, McCulloch RE, Shaw BE) JCO Clin Cancer Inform 2021 May;5:494-507 PMID: 33950708 PMCID: PMC8443829 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85105478562 05/06/2021       36 Citations
  • Influence of mid-life cognitive activity on cognitive function among men aged 68 years or older. (Cotter A, Kim J, Semons-Booker K, Sherman K, Sparapani R, Whittle J) Aging Clin Exp Res 2021 Oct;33(10):2689-2694 PMID: 33768477 PMCID: PMC8463627 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85103086885 03/27/2021    
  • Nonparametric machine learning for precision medicine with longitudinal clinical trials and Bayesian additive regression trees with mixed models. (Spanbauer C, Sparapani R) Stat Med 2021 May 20;40(11):2665-2691 PMID: 33751659 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85102300466 03/23/2021       23 Citations
  • Nonparametric machine learning and efficient computation with bayesian additive regression trees: The bart r package (Sparapani R, Spanbauer C, McCulloch R) Journal of Statistical Software 2021;97(1):1-66 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85099381494 01/01/2021       98 Citations
  • Endothelial Rap1 (Ras-Association Proximate 1) Restricts Inflammatory Signaling to Protect From the Progression of Atherosclerosis. (Singh B, Kosuru R, Lakshmikanthan S, Sorci-Thomas MG, Zhang DX, Sparapani R, Vasquez-Vivar J, Chrzanowska M) Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2021 Feb;41(2):638-650 PMID: 33267664 PMCID: PMC8105264 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85104181830 12/04/2020       51 Citations
  • Estimation Combining Unbiased and Possibly Biased Estimators (Tarima S, Tuyishimire B, Sparapani R, Rein L, Meurer J) Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice 1 June 2020;14(2) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85078879359 06/01/2020       5 Citations
  • Detection of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Using Bayesian Additive Regression Trees: The MESA. (Sparapani R, Dabbouseh NM, Gutterman D, Zhang J, Chen H, Bluemke DA, Lima JAC, Burke GL, Soliman EZ) J Am Heart Assoc 2019 Mar 05;8(5):e009959 PMID: 30827132 PMCID: PMC6474924 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85062384504 03/05/2019       40 Citations
  • Nonparametric competing risks analysis using Bayesian Additive Regression Trees. (Sparapani R, Logan BR, McCulloch RE, Laud PW) Stat Methods Med Res 2020 Jan;29(1):57-77 PMID: 30612519 PMCID: PMC6954340 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85060347965 01/08/2019       20 Citations
  • FULLY NONPARAMETRIC BAYESIAN ADDITIVE REGRESSION TREES (George E, Laud P, Logan B, McCulloch R, Sparapani R) Advances in Econometrics 2019;40B:89-110 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85135159674 01/01/2019       10 Citations
  • Non-parametric recurrent events analysis with BART and an application to the hospital admissions of patients with diabetes. (Sparapani RA, Rein LE, Tarima SS, Jackson TA, Meurer JR) Biostatistics 2020 Jan 01;21(1):69-85 PMID: 30059992 PMCID: PMC6920553 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85076993832 07/31/2018       9 Citations
  • Variations in 30-day readmissions and length of stay among spine surgeons: a national study of elective spine surgery among US Medicare beneficiaries. (Singh S, Sparapani R, Wang MC) J Neurosurg Spine 2018 Sep;29(3):286-291 PMID: 29856308 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85052759343 06/02/2018       18 Citations
  • Signs of residuals for testing coefficients in quantile regression (Tarima S, Tarassenko P, Tuyishimire B, Sparapani R, Rein L, Meurer J) Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics 2018;231:219-230 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85047893289 01/01/2018    
  • Decision making and uncertainty quantification for individualized treatments using Bayesian Additive Regression Trees. (Logan BR, Sparapani R, McCulloch RE, Laud PW) Stat Methods Med Res 2019 Apr;28(4):1079-1093 PMID: 29254443 PMCID: PMC6028324 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85043704690 12/20/2017       45 Citations
  • Prevalence and Consequences of Axillary Lymph Node Dissection in the Era of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer. (Yen TWF, Laud PW, Pezzin LE, McGinley EL, Wozniak E, Sparapani R, Nattinger AB) Med Care 2018 Jan;56(1):78-84 PMID: 29087982 PMCID: PMC5725235 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85032966060 11/01/2017       18 Citations
  • Electrocardiographic Strain Pattern Is Associated With Left Ventricular Concentric Remodeling, Scar, and Mortality Over 10 Years: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. (Inoue YY, Soliman EZ, Yoneyama K, Ambale-Venkatesh B, Wu CO, Sparapani R, Bluemke DA, Lima JAC, Ashikaga H) J Am Heart Assoc 2017 Sep 20;6(9) PMID: 28931529 PMCID: PMC5634304 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85029744606 09/22/2017       20 Citations
  • Aortic stiffening precedes onset of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in patients with asymptomatic diastolic dysfunction. (Karagodin I, Aba-Omer O, Sparapani R, Strande JL) BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2017 Feb 14;17(1):62 PMID: 28196483 PMCID: PMC5310057 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85012907344 02/16/2017       25 Citations
  • Contribution of KV1.5 Channel to Hydrogen Peroxide-Induced Human Arteriolar Dilation and Its Modulation by Coronary Artery Disease. (Nishijima Y, Cao S, Chabowski DS, Korishettar A, Ge A, Zheng X, Sparapani R, Gutterman DD, Zhang DX) Circ Res 2017 Feb 17;120(4):658-669 PMID: 27872049 PMCID: PMC5315616 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85000399498 11/23/2016       56 Citations
  • Effect of hospital volume on processes of breast cancer care: A National Cancer Data Base study. (Yen TW, Pezzin LE, Li J, Sparapani R, Laud PW, Nattinger AB) Cancer 2017 May 15;123(6):957-966 PMID: 27861746 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84998953404 11/20/2016       38 Citations
  • Erratum: The interplay between hospital and surgeon factors and the use of sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer (Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise (2016) 95:31 (e4392) DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000004392) (Yen TW, Li J, Sparapani RA) Medicine United States 1 October 2016;95(42):e76 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85132415237 10/01/2016    
  • The interplay between hospital and surgeon factors and the use of sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer. (Yen TWF, Li J, Sparapani RA, Laud PW, Nattinger AB) Medicine (Baltimore) 2016 Aug;95(31):e4392 PMID: 27495053 PMCID: PMC4979807 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84983372389 08/09/2016       19 Citations
  • Determinants of unhealthy behaviors following bariatric surgery (Rusch M, Adams SJ, Azam L, Sparapani R, Meurer J, Wallace J) Obesity Open Access Obesity Open Access 2016; 2(3): 1-7 07/06/2016    
  • Outcomes of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Children and Young Adults with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: A CIBMTR Cohort Analysis. (Chaudhury S, Sparapani R, Hu ZH, Nishihori T, Abdel-Azim H, Malone A, Olsson R, Hamadani M, Daly A, Bacher U, Wirk BM, Kamble RT, Gale RP, Wood WA, Hale G, Wiernik PH, Hashmi SK, Marks D, Ustun C, Munker R, Savani BN, Alyea E, Popat U, Sobecks R, Kalaycio M, Maziarz R, Hijiya N, Saber W) Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2016 Jun;22(6):1056-1064 PMID: 26964698 PMCID: PMC4877686 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84963595294 03/12/2016       30 Citations
  • Nonparametric survival analysis using Bayesian Additive Regression Trees (BART). (Sparapani RA, Logan BR, McCulloch RE, Laud PW) Stat Med 2016 Jul 20;35(16):2741-53 PMID: 26854022 PMCID: PMC4899272 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84978975552 02/09/2016       133 Citations
  • In Vivo T Cell Depletion with Myeloablative Regimens on Outcomes after Cord Blood Transplantation for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Children. (Ponce DM, Eapen M, Sparapani R, O'Brien TA, Chan KW, Chen J, Craddock J, Schultz KR, Wagner JE, Perales MA, Barker JN) Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2015 Dec;21(12):2173-2179 PMID: 26327630 PMCID: PMC4639413 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84947422775 09/04/2015       18 Citations
  • Cisplatin and etoposide versus carboplatin and paclitaxel with concurrent radiotherapy for stage III non-small-cell lung cancer: an analysis of Veterans Health Administration data. (Santana-Davila R, Devisetty K, Szabo A, Sparapani R, Arce-Lara C, Gore EM, Moran A, Williams CD, Kelley MJ, Whittle J) J Clin Oncol 2015 Feb 20;33(6):567-74 PMID: 25422491 PMCID: PMC4322259 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84923196894 11/26/2014       118 Citations
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