General Surgery
Leadership
Name:
Karen Chojnacki, MD
Position:
- Division Director
- Francis E. Rosato Professor in Surgery
1100 Walnut Street
MOB, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Contact Number(s):
Research
Our faculty members head funded research projects, publish in peer-reviewed journals, author book chapters and present frequently at local and national conferences.
Recent Publications
- Perioperative fluid management in pancreaticoduodenectomy in the era of goal-directed fluid therapy: a review of the literature
- Post-traumatic rupture of primary solid pseudopapillary epithelial neoplasm (SPEN) of the pancreas in a male adolescent: a case report
- Overuse of subtotal cholecystectomy: surgeon practice patterns and outcomes in a large healthcare system
- Assessment of long-term endocrine sequelae of completion (2-stage) versus total (single-stage) pancreatectomy: A multi-institutional research network and single-institution analysis
- International Reference Values for Surgical Outcomes of Total Pancreatectomy
- Perioperative Euglycemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Nondiabetic Patients Receiving Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: A Case Series
- Complicated biliary disease during pregnancy: a retrospective cohort analysis from a tertiary care facility
- Impact of Surgeon Workload on Pregnancy Outcomes in Surgical Trainees and Faculty
- SAGES-AHPBA 2025 guideline for the surgical management of bile duct injury following cholecystectomy
- Clinicopathologic risk factors for post-operative complications after enucleation of pancreatic neoplasms
- Major Pancreatic Resection Increases Bone Mineral Density Loss, Osteoporosis, and Fractures
- A standardized health system approach to Ivor Lewis esophagectomy
- Postoperative outcomes after minimally invasive esophagectomy: an international cohort study from the Oesophagogastric Anastomosis Audit (OGAA)
- Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: A Call to Study Reproductive Safety for Healthcare Workers
- Analysis of Short-Term Outcomes in Pancreatic Surgery with Vascular Resection from a Prospective Multicenter Global Study
- Correction: Analysis of Short-Term Outcomes in Pancreatic Surgery with Vascular Resection from a Prospective Multicenter Global Study (Annals of Surgical Oncology, (2025), 32, 12, (8870-8880), 10.1245/s10434-025-17911-8)
- P53 Function Status Correlates With Overall Survival in Patients With Resected Pancreatic Cancer
- You Survived Your Whipple Operation, Now What? Long-Term Consequences of Anemia, Incisional Hernia, Osteopenia, and Pathologic Fractures
- Do female patients experience worse outcomes than male patients after inguinal hernia repair? An analysis of the Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative database
- Impact of high-protein bariatric diet on the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting