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Thomas Jefferson University - Karen A Chojnacki
Karen A Chojnacki

Surgery
Thomas Jefferson University
Jefferson Medical College
Department of Surgery
Associate Professor

Member, Kimmel Cancer Center
Mailing Address
1100 Walnut Street, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
United States
Contact Information
Phone: 215-955-8666
Fax: 215-923-7957
Karen.Chojnacki@jefferson.edu
Personal Web Site
Qualifications
MD, FACS

Undergraduate: St. Lawrence University, 1991

Medical School: SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine, 1995

Internship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Fellowship: Advanced Laparoscopic Fellowship, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Board Certification: Surgery
Publications
  • Non- Peer Reviewed Publications

  • (2008) "Minimally Invasive Procedures Offer Reduced Pain & Shorter Recovery," Jefferson Surgical Solutions: Vol. 3: Iss. 1, Article 1. Available at: http://jdc.jefferson.edu/jss/vol3/iss1/1

  • Gallbladder Disease, CME lectures.org, May 2005

  • Peer Reviewed Publications (PubMed)

  • Rosato F, Schaner P, Chojnacki KA, Rosato EL. Left breast necrosis following cardiac bypass surgery: A case report. The Breast Journal. 12(5)485-7, Sept-Oct. 2006.

  • Kennedy E, Rosato E, Sauter P, Rosenberg L, Doria C, Marino I, Chojnacki K, Berger A, Yeo C. Initiation of a critical pathway for pancreaticoduodenectomy at an academic institution - The first step in multi-disciplinary team building. Journal of American College of Surgeons. 204(5) 917-924, 2007.

  • Ghaferi A, Chojnacki K, Long W, Cameron J, Yeo C. Pancreatic VIPomas: Subject review and one institutional experience. Journal of GI Surgery. 12(2): 382-93, Feb 2008.

  • Wilson, M, Rosato, EL, Chojnacki KA, Cheroneva I, Kairys JC, Cohn HE, Rosato FE Sr., Berger AC. Prognostic significance of lymph node metastases and ratio in esophageal cancer. Journal of Surgical Research. 146(1): 11-5, May 2008.

  • Williams TK, Rosato EL, Kennedy EP, Chojnacki KA, Andrel J, Hyslop T, Doria C, Sauter PK, Bloom J, Yeo CJ, Berger AC. Impact of obesity on perioperative morbidity and mortality following pancreaticoduodenectomy. Journal of American College of Surgeons. 208(2): 210-217, February 2008.

  • Editorials, Reviews, Chapters, including participation in committee reports:

  • Chojnacki K. Foreign Bodies and Bezoarsof the Stomach and Small Intestine. Yeo CJ, Dempsey DT, Klein AS, Pemberton JH, Peters JH, ed. Schackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. 6th Edition. WB Saunders, Inc 2007, pp 940-946.

  • Chojnacki KA, Braslow B, Rosato EL. Biliary Surgery. Gracias VH, Reilly PM, McKenney MG, Velmahos GC, ed. Acute Care Surgery. McGraw Hill Companies, Inc 2009, pp 109-145.

  • Abstracts and Presentations:

  • Ormont MJ, Rosato EL, Tselis N, Chong A, Anne PR, Topham A, Barbot DJ, Cantor R, Chojnacki KA, Mitchell E, Rosato FE. The role of ntraoperative radiation therapy in the treatment of locally advanced unresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Proc Am Soc Clin Oncol 22: 348, 2003.

  • Palazzo F, Weinstein J, Chojnacki K, Eschelmann D, Needleman L, Rosato E. Combined Radiofrequency Ablation and Transarterial Chemoembolization for Unresectable Colorectal Hepatic Metastases. STM 2006 Meeting. Bethesda, MD. May 2006(Oral presentation).

  • Palazzo F, Weinstein J, Chojnacki K, Eschelmann D, Needleman L, Rosato E. Combined Radio frequency Ablation and Transarterial Chemoembolization for Unresectable Colorectal Metastases. Society of Thermal Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, May 2006 (Poster presentation).

  • Rosato EL, Ormont M, Chojnacki KA, Berger A, Anne PR: Intraoperative Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer: The Jefferson Experience. Pancreas Club Meeting. Los Angeles, CA, June 2006 (Oral presentation)

  • Rosato FE, Profeta B, Chojnacki K, Rosato EL. Symptomatic Minor Papilla Adenoma in Association with Pancreas Divisum. 2nd Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Phoenix, AZ, February 6-9, 2007.

  • Wilson M, Rosato EL, Chojnacki KA, Kairys J, Cohn H, Rosato FE, Berger A. Increasing Number of Positive Lymph Nodes (LN) and ratio of positive to examined LN (LN Ratio) is Associated with Worse Prognosis in Patients Undergoing Esophagogastrectomy for Esophageal Gastroesophageal (GE) Junction Carcinoma. 2nd Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Phoenix, AZ, February 6-9, 2007 (Oral poster).

  • Rosato EL, Palazzo F, Weinstein J, Chojnacki KA, Eschelman D, Needleman L. Combined Radiofrequency Ablation and Transarteria Chemoembolization for Unresectable Colorectal Hepatic Metastases. 2nd Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Phoenix, AZ, February 6-9, 2007.

  • Berger AC, Rosato EL, Kennedy EP, Chojnacki KA, Doria C, Rosenberg L, Yeo CJ. Impact of Obesity on Perioperative Morbidity and Mortality Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy. Digestive Disease Week, Pancreas Club, May 2007 (Oral poster presentation).

  • Ghaferi A, Chojnacki K, Long W, Cameron J, Yeo C. Pancreatic VIPomas: Subject Review and One Institutional Experience. Digestive Disease Week, Pancreas Club, Washington, DC. May 2007. (Poster presentation)

  • Kamer K, Ormont M, Chojnacki K, Berger AC, Anne PR, Rosato EL, Intraoperative Radiation Therapy for Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Digestive Disease Week, Pancreas Club, Washington DC May 2007 (Poster presentation).

  • Williams T, Rosato EL, Kennedy EP, Chojnacki KA, Doria C, Sauter P, Yeo CJ, Berger AC. Impact of Obesity on Perioperative Morbidity and Mortality Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy. Academic Surgical Congress, February 2008 (Oral presentation).

  • Chojnacki KA, Kennedy EP, Grenada TR, Sauter PK, Profeta BC, Rosato FE, Yeo CJ, Rosato EL. Incoporation of Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy into an Established Academic Pancreatic Surgery Practice - Early Experience. Journal of Surgical Research 144(2):281, 2008.

  • Hager E, Moudgill N, Adamo R, Rosato EL, Chojnacki KA, Yeo CJ, Kennedy EP, Berger AC. Is gastrectomy safe in the elderly?: A single institution review, Surgical Forum-American College of Surgeons Meeting, October 2008 (Oral presentation).

  • Anene-Maidoh T, Chojnacki KA, Profeta BE, Rosato FE, Rosato EL, Berger AC. Institutional Experience with Laparoscopic Resection of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST), Academic Surgical Congress, February 2009 (Quick shot oral presentation).

  • Chung J, Campfield A, Rosato EL, Berger A, Chojnacki K, Rosato F, Profeta B, Weksle, B. Initial Experience with Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (MIE) at an Academic Institution: Comparison Between Open and Laparoscopic Transhiatal (TH) Approaches. 4th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, February 2009.

  • Internet Based Enduring Educational Materials/Seminars:

  • Gallbladder Disease, CME lectures.org, May 2005

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