Christopher Raeburn, MD

Recognitions

• Phi Beta Kappa , Phi Beta Kappa (1993)
  
• Alpha Omega Alpha, Alpha Omega Alpha (1997)
  
• J. Cuthbert Owens Award for Excellence in Teaching and Patient Care, Dept of Surgery (2003)
  
• Golden Apple Award for Resident Teacher of the Year, University of Colorado SOM (2004)
  
• Edward J. Bartle M.D. Outstanding Teacher Award, Dept of Surgery (2007)
  
• Golden Apple Award for Faculty Teacher of the Year, University of Colorado SOM (2007)
  
• Ben Eiseman FacultyTeaching Excellence Award, University of Colorado SOM (2008)
  
• Golden Apple Award for Faculty Teacher of the Year, Dept of Surgery (2009)
  

Publications

• Motor subtypes of postoperative delirium in older adults. Robinson TN, Raeburn CD, Tran ZV, Brenner LA, Moss M. Arch Surg. 2011 Mar;146(3):295-300.
• DITPA, a Thyroid Hormone Analog, Reduces Infarct Size and Attenuates the Inflammatory Response Following Myocardial Ischemia Abdelrahman A. Abohashem-Aly, M.D., Xianzhong Meng, M.D., Ph.D., Jilin Li, M.D., Miral R. Sadaria, M.D., Lihua Ao, B.S., John Wennergren, M.D., David A. Fullerton, M.D., and Christopher D. Raeburn, M.D Journal of Surgical Research -, 1–7 (2011) (In Press)
• Routine, prophylactic central neck dissection for papillary thyroid cancer is safe and results in lower stimulated thyroglobulin levels Maria Albuja-Cruz, Robert C. McIntyre, Jr., Yihan Lin, Joshua P. Klopper, Thea Price, Bryan R. Haugen, Susan Sherman, Christopher D. Raeburn Annals of Surgical Oncology, (In Submission)
• Wohlauer MV, Rove KO, Pshak TJ, Raeburn CD, Moore EE, Chenoweth C, Srivastava A, Pell J, Meacham RB, Nehler MR. The computerized rounding report: implementation of a model system to support transitions of care. J Surg Res. 2012 Jan;172(1):11-7. Epub 2011 May 5. PubMed PMID: 21777923.
• Abohashem-Aly AA, Meng X, Li J, Sadaria MR, Ao L, Wennergren J, Fullerton DA, Raeburn CD. DITPA, a thyroid hormone analog, reduces infarct size and attenuates the inflammatory response following myocardial ischemia. J Surg Res. 2011 Dec;171(2):379-85. Epub 2011 May 4. PubMed PMID: 21658725.
• Jena D. French, Gregory R. Kotnis, Sherif Said, Christopher D. Raeburn, Robert C. McIntyre, Joshua P. Klopper, Bryan R. Haugen. Programmed Death-1+ T Cells and Regulatory T Cells are Enriched in Tumor-Involved Lymph Nodes and Associated with Aggressive Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Cancer. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Epub 2012 Mar; 97:0000–0000.
• Yihan Lin, Hayley L. Ross, Christopher D. Raeburn, Peter E. DeWitt, Maria Albuja-Cruz, Edward L. Jones, Robert C. McIntyre Jr. Vitamin D Deficiency Does Not Increase the Rate of Postoperative Hypocalcemia Following Thyroidectomy. Am J Surg. 2012, In Press.
• Abdelrahman A. Abohashem-Aly, Jessica A. Yu, Rebecca E. Schweppe, Lihua Ao, Xianzhong Meng, Bryan R. Haugen, Robert C. McIntyre Jr., Christopher D. Raeburn. Notch1 Promotes Cellular Proliferation and Invasion of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: A New Clinical Target?
• Parathyroid Imaging: The Importance of Pinhole Collimation with Both Single-and Dual-Tracer Acquisition. Klingensmith WC 3rd, Koo PJ, Summerlin A, Fehrenbach BW, Karki R, Shulman BC, Raeburn CD, McIntyre RC Jr.J Nucl Med Technol. 2013 Mar 28. [Epub ahead of print]
• Vitamin D deficiency does not increase the rate of postoperative hypocalcemia after thyroidectomy. Lin Y, Ross HL, Raeburn CD (corresponding author), DeWitt PE, Albuja-Cruz M, Jones EL, McIntyre RC Jr.Am J Surg. 2012 Dec;204(6):888-93; discussion 893-4. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.10.001.
• Programmed death-1+ T cells and regulatory T cells are enriched in tumor-involved lymph nodes and associated with aggressive features in papillary thyroid cancer. French JD, Kotnis GR, Said S, Raeburn CD, McIntyre RC Jr, Klopper JP, Haugen BR. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Jun;97(6):E934-43. doi: 10.1210/jc.2011-3428. Epub 2012 Mar 30.
• The computerized rounding report: implementation of a model system to support transitions of care. Wohlauer MV, Rove KO, Pshak TJ, Raeburn CD, Moore EE, Chenoweth C, Srivastava A, Pell J, Meacham RB, Nehler MR. J Surg Res. 2012 Jan;172(1):11-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.04.015. Epub 2011 May 5.
• Parathyroid imaging: the importance of dual-radiopharmaceutical simultaneous acquisition with 99mTc-sestamibi and 123I. Caveny SA, Klingensmith WC 3rd, Martin WE, Sage-El A, McIntyre RC Jr, Raeburn C, Wolfe P. J Nucl Med Technol. 2012 Jun;40(2):104-10. doi: 10.2967/jnmt.111.098400. Epub 2012 May 7.
• Endocrine Surgery. Raeburn CD, Schoen J and McIntyre RC, Jr. Ed. Michael McDermott, in Endocrine Secrets, 2013, in press.
• Enucleation of Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors. Anderson M, Corl F, Raeburn CD, and Edil BH, 2013, in press.
• Opportunities in Resident Education. Paul Montero and Christopher D. Raeburn. In Success in Academic Surgery. Ed. Rebecca Sippel and Carla Pugh
• Evaluation of an Algorithm for Molecular Testing of Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules. Kristen Rumer PhD, Maria Albuja Cruz MD, Christopher Raeburn MD (corresponding author), Bryan Haugen MD, Joshua Klopper MD, Carrie Marshall MD, Robert McIntyre MD. Accepted for presentation at the AAES meeting Apr 2013
• Klingensmith WC 3rd, Koo PJ, Summerlin A, Fehrenbach BW, Karki R, Shulman BC, Raeburn CD, McIntyre RC Jr. Parathyroid imaging: the importance of pinhole collimation with both single- and dual-tracer acquisition. J Nucl Med Technol. 2013 Jun;41(2):99-104. PubMed PMID: 23539762
• Christopher D. Raeburn, Jonathan A. Schoen, Robert C. McIntyre, Jr. Endocrine Secrets. 6th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; c2013. Chapter 57, Endocrine surgery; p. 466-86.
• Paul Montero. Christopher D. Raeburn. Success in Academic Surgery: Developing a Career in Surgical Education. Chapter 3, Opportunities in Resident Education.
• Anderson M, Corl F, Raeburn CD, and Edil BH. Enucleation of Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors
• Severson JJ, Serracino HS, Mateescu V, Raeburn CD, McIntyre RC, Sams SB, Haugen BR, French JD. PD-1 Tim-3 CD8 T Lymphocytes Display Varied Degrees of Functional Exhaustion in Patients with Regionally Metastatic Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. Cancer Immunol Res. 2015 Feb 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25701326
• Tuttle RM, Haddad RI, Ball DW, Byrd D, Dickson P, Duh QY, Ehya H, Haymart M, Hoh C, Hunt JP, Iagaru A, Kandeel F, Kopp P, Lamonica DM, Lydiatt WM, McCaffrey J, Moley JF, Parks L, Raeburn CD, Ridge JA, Ringel MD, Scheri RP, Shah JP, Sherman SI, Sturgeon C, Waguespack SG, Wang TN, Wirth LJ, Hoffmann KG, Hughes M. Thyroid carcinoma, version 2.2014. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2014 Dec;12(12):1671-80; quiz 1680. PubMed PMID: 25505208
• Robinson TN, Dunn CL, Adams JC, Hawkins CL, Tran ZV, Raeburn CD, Moss M. Tryptophan supplementation and postoperative delirium--a randomized controlled trial. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Sep;62(9):1764-71. PubMed PMID: 25112175
• Albuja-Cruz MB, Pozdeyev N, Robbins S, Chandramouli R, Raeburn CD, Klopper J, Haugen BR, McIntyre R Jr. A "safe and effective" protocol for management of post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemia. Am J Surg. 2015 Dec;210(6):1162-9. PubMed PMID: 26601651
• Bhatt PR, Klingensmith WC 3rd, Bagrosky BM, Walter JC, McFann KK, McIntyre RC Jr, Raeburn CD, Koo PJ. Parathyroid Imaging with Simultaneous Acquisition of 99mTc-Sestamibi and 123I: The Relative Merits of Pinhole Collimation and SPECT/CT. J Nucl Med Technol. 2015 Dec;43(4):275-81. PubMed PMID: 26584615
• Haddad RI, Lydiatt WM, Ball DW, Busaidy NL, Byrd D, Callender G, Dickson P, Duh QY, Ehya H, Haymart M, Hoh C, Hunt JP, Iagaru A, Kandeel F, Kopp P, Lamonica DM, McCaffrey JC, Moley JF, Parks L, Raeburn CD, Ridge JA, Ringel MD, Scheri RP, Shah JP, Smallridge RC, Sturgeon C, Wang TN, Wirth LJ, Hoffmann KG, Hughes M. Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma, Version 2.2015. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2015 Sep;13(9):1140-50. PubMed PMID: 26358798
• Severson JJ, Serracino HS, Mateescu V, Raeburn CD, McIntyre RC Jr, Sams SB, Haugen BR, French JD. PD-1 Tim-3 CD8 T Lymphocytes Display Varied Degrees of Functional Exhaustion in Patients with Regionally Metastatic Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. Cancer Immunol Res. 2015 Jun;3(6):620-30. PubMed PMID: 25701326
• Bastman JJ, Serracino HS, Zhu Y, Koenig MR, Mateescu V, Sams SB, Davies KD, Raeburn CD, McIntyre RC Jr, Haugen BR, French JD. Tumor-Infiltrating T Cells and the PD-1 Checkpoint Pathway in Advanced Differentiated and Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Jul;101(7):2863-73. PubMed PMID: 27045886
• Badani H, White T, Schulick N, Raeburn CD, Topkaya I, Gilden D, Nagel MA. Frequency of varicella zoster virus DNA in human adrenal glands. J Neurovirol. 2016 Jun;22(3):400-2. PubMed PMID: 26843382
• Raeburn CD, Albuja-Cruz M, McIntyre RC, Jr. Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy. Ed. Cameron JL and Cameron AM, in Current Surgical Therapy 12th edition, 2016.
• Sams SB, Tompkins KD, Mayson S, Raeburn CD, Mehrotra S. Oncocytic variant of medullary thyroid carcinoma; a rare tumor with numerous diagnostic mimics by fine needle aspiration. Diagn Cytopathol. 2017 Dec;45(12):1148-1152. PubMed PMID: 28802094
• Haddad RI, Nasr C, Bischoff L, Busaidy NL, Byrd D, Callender G, Dickson P, Duh QY, Ehya H, Goldner W, Haymart M, Hoh C, Hunt JP, Iagaru A, Kandeel F, Kopp P, Lamonica DM, McIver B, Raeburn CD, Ridge JA, Ringel MD, Scheri RP, Shah JP, Sippel R, Smallridge RC, Sturgeon C, Wang TN, Wirth LJ, Wong RJ, Johnson-Chilla A, Hoffmann KG, Gurski LA. NCCN Guidelines Insights: Thyroid Carcinoma, Version 2.2018. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2018 Dec;16(12):1429-1440. PubMed PMID: 30545990
• Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Zhang Y, Kar A, Razzaghi R, Xu M, Gowan K, Raeburn CD, Albuja-Cruz M, Jones KL, Somerset H, Fishbein L, Leong S, Wierman ME. Elucidating the Role of the Maternal Embryonic Leucine Zipper Kinase in Adrenocortical Carcinoma. Endocrinology. 2018 Jul 1;159(7):2532-2544. PubMed PMID: 29790920
• Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Zhang Y, Bagby SM, Kar A, Pozdeyev N, Xu M, Gowan K, Sharma V, Raeburn CD, Albuja-Cruz M, Jones KL, Fishbein L, Schweppe RE, Somerset H, Pitts TM, Leong S, Wierman ME. Development of new preclinical models to advance adrenocortical carcinoma research. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2018 Apr;25(4):437-451. PubMed PMID: 29371329
• Head L, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Clark TJ, Somerset H, King J, Raeburn C, Albuja-Cruz M, Weyant M, Cleveland J, Wierman ME, Leong S. Response to Immunotherapy in Combination With Mitotane in Patients With Metastatic Adrenocortical Cancer. J Endocr Soc. 2019 Dec 1;3(12):2295-2304. PubMed PMID: 31745526
• Schweppe RE, Pozdeyev N, Pike LA, Korch C, Zhou Q, Sams SB, Sharma V, Pugazhenthi U, Raeburn C, Albuja-Cruz MB, Reigan P, LaBarbera DV, Landa I, Knauf JA, Fagin JA, Haugen BR. Establishment and Characterization of Four Novel Thyroid Cancer Cell Lines and PDX Models Expressing the RET/PTC1 Rearrangement, BRAFV600E, or RASQ61R as Drivers. Mol Cancer Res. 2019 May;17(5):1036-1048. PubMed PMID: 30733375
• Schreiber AR, Kar A, Goodspeed AE, Pozdeyev N, Somerset H, Raeburn CD, Tan AC, Leong S, Wierman ME, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K. Leptomeningeal Metastasis from Adrenocortical Carcinoma: A Case Report. J Endocr Soc. 2020 Mar 1;4(3):bvaa017. PubMed PMID: 32154490
• Borgers JSW, Tobin RP, Torphy RJ, Vorwald VM, Van Gulick RJ, Amato CM, Cogswell DT, Chimed TS, Couts KL, Van Bokhoven A, Raeburn CD, Lewis KD, Wisell J, McCarter MD, Mushtaq RR, Robinson WA. Melanoma Metastases to the Adrenal Gland Are Highly Resistant to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2021 Aug 4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34348236
• Alzofon N, Koc K, Panwell K, Pozdeyev N, Marshall CB, Albuja-Cruz M, Raeburn CD, Nathanson KL, Cohen DL, Wierman ME, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Fishbein L. Mastermind Like Transcriptional Coactivator 3 (MAML3) Drives Neuroendocrine Tumor Progression. Mol Cancer Res. 2021 Sep;19(9):1476-1485. PubMed PMID: 33986121
• Hicks HM, McKenna LR, Espinoza VL, Pozdeyev N, Pike LA, Sams SB, LaBarbera D, Reigan P, Raeburn CD, E Schweppe R. Inhibition of BRAF and ERK1/2 has synergistic effects on thyroid cancer growth in vitro and in vivo. Mol Carcinog. 2021 Mar;60(3):201-212. PubMed PMID: 33595872
• Raeburn CD. Commentary on "Venous Invasion and Lymphatic Invasion are Correlated With The Postoperative Prognosis Of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasm.". Surgery. 2022 Nov 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36396491
• Haddad RI, Bischoff L, Ball D, Bernet V, Blomain E, Busaidy NL, Campbell M, Dickson P, Duh QY, Ehya H, Goldner WS, Guo T, Haymart M, Holt S, Hunt JP, Iagaru A, Kandeel F, Lamonica DM, Mandel S, Markovina S, McIver B, Raeburn CD, Rezaee R, Ridge JA, Roth MY, Scheri RP, Shah JP, Sipos JA, Sippel R, Sturgeon C, Wang TN, Wirth LJ, Wong RJ, Yeh M, Cassara CJ, Darlow S. Thyroid Carcinoma, Version 2.2022, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2022 Aug;20(8):925-951. PubMed PMID: 35948029
• Rosenberg R, Raeburn CD, Clay MR, Wierman ME. Dual Aldosterone- and Cortisol-Secreting Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma: Pre- and Perioperative Evaluation and Management. JCEM Case Rep. 2023 Jul;1(4):luad073. PubMed PMID: 37909000
• Pozdeyev N, Dighe M, Barrio M, Raeburn C, Smith H, Fisher M, Chavan S, Rafaels N, Shortt JA, Lin M, Leu MG, Clark T, Marshall C, Haugen BR, Subramanian D, Crooks K, Gignoux C, Cohen T. Thyroid cancer polygenic risk score improves classification of thyroid nodules as benign or malignant. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023 Sep 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37683082
• Barrio M, Raeburn CD, McIntyre R , Jr, Albuja-Cruz M, Haugen BR, Pozdeyev N. Computer-Assisted Levothyroxine Dose Selection for the Treatment of Postoperative Hypothyroidism. Thyroid. 2023 May;33(5):547-555. PubMed PMID: 37084246
• Raeburn CD. Commentary on "Venous Invasion and Lymphatic Invasion are Correlated With The Postoperative Prognosis Of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasm.". Surgery. 2023 Feb;173(2):373-374. PubMed PMID: 36396491

Professional Memberships

• American College of Surgeons (ACS), Fellow
• Association for Academic Surgery, Councilor
• American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Member
• Southwest Surgical Congress, Member

Practice Locations

UCHealth Surgical Clinic - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
6th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-2700

Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center
1055 Clermont St
Denver, CO 80220
1-888-336-8262

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital Trauma Center
12505 E. 16th Avenue
Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2, First floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-2711

UCHealth Ambulatory Surgery Center - Cherry Creek Medical Center
100 Cook Street
Suite 500
Denver, CO 80206
720-516-9373

CU Medicine General Surgery - Cherry Creek Medical Center
100 Cook Street
Suite 312
Denver, CO 80206
720-848-2700

UCHealth Thyroid Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Court
Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion, 6th floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-3299

Hospital Affiliation

• University of Colorado Hospital
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Surgery, Board Certification (2005)
• Endocrine Surgery Fellowship - University of Colorado, Certificate (2005)

Conditions & Treatments

• Endocrine System (Hormones) - Thyroid Cancer
• Endocrine System (Hormones) - Thyroid Disease
• Endocrine System (Hormones) - Adrenal Diseases
• Digestive System - Biliary Surgery
• Digestive System - Gastrointestinal Surgery
• Digestive System - Hernia
• Cancers - Head and Neck Cancer
• Cancers
• Digestive System
• Endocrine System (Hormones)
• Surgery
• Endocrine System (Hormones) - Endocrine Cancer (Parathyroid, Adrenal, Carcinoid)
• Surgery - Laparoscopic Surgery