Virginia R. Litle, MD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

VTE prevention
Barrett's esophagus
Minimally invasive thoracic surgery
miRNA profiling
Surgical education
Mentoring

Publications

  • Published 3/31/2026

    Litle VR. TB or Not TB-Septic or Resect? That Is the Question. Thorac Surg Clin. 2026 Aug; 36(3):xiii-xiv. PMID: 42336514.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 3/2/2026

    Kohn GP, Litle V, Eliya Y, Leng S, Asghari-Jafarabadi M, Contreras N, Davies A, Lackner R, Mak KS, Mala T, Markman B, Mukherjee S, Nevala-Plagemann C, Smyth E, Sultan J, Worrell S, Yamamoto S, Wijnhoven BPL, Griffiths EA. ISDE guidelines on the management of cT2N0 esophageal cancer. Dis Esophagus. 2026 Mar 02; 39(2). PMID: 41785274.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 2/26/2026

    Litle VR. Wide Resect but Don't Neglect Function, Physiology, Feeling, and Teamwork! Thorac Surg Clin. 2026 May; 36(2):ix-x. PMID: 41927160.

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  • Published 12/31/2025

    Browning RF, Sachdeva AW, Parrish SC, Litle VR, Zervos MD, Rojas LE, Bizekis CS. Liquid nitrogen spray cryotherapy (SCT) in central airway disease: a multicenter prospective registry. J Thorac Dis. 2025 Dec 31; 17(12):11227-11238. PMID: 41522166.

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  • Published 11/25/2025

    Valas N, Dezube AR, Dezube M, Litle VR. Effect of Geographic and Sociodemographic Factors on the Use of Robot-Assisted Versus Video-Assisted Lung Resection. Innovations (Phila). 2025; 20(6):585-592. PMID: 41292090.

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Other Positions

  • Member, BU-BMC Cancer Center
    Boston University

Education

  • Brown University School of Medicine, MD
  • University of Vermont, BS