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
- Operative vs non-operative management of ventral hernia: a population based study of long-term benefits and consequences
- Surgeon- and Hospital-Level Contributions to Surgical Supply Cost Variation in an Integrated Health System
- Screening Mammography Completion Among Women Enrolled in a Lung Cancer Screening Program
- SAGES clinical practice guidelines for the management of symptomatic walled-off pancreatic necrosis
- Preoperative Glucose-to-Albumin Ratio as a Prognostic Marker for Survival in Pancreatic Cancer Patients Undergoing Pancreatectomy
- Extraocular spread of uveal melanoma to the breast: a rare clinical presentation
- Correction: A systematic review, meta-analysis and GRADE assessment of the evidence on complete mesocolic excision for right-sided colon cancer with SAGES and ESCP participation
- Pancreatic Cancer—Advances in the Last 50 Years
- Impact of prior sexual trauma on patient experience and comfort in breast cancer radiation therapy
- Re-sleeve gastrectomy: single-center insight into controversial territory
- Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Is Associated with Improved Survival After Hepatectomy: A Matched Analysis of the 2017 to 2022 National Cancer Database †
- Competency, Proficiency, and Mastery: Learning Curves for Robotic Distal Pancreatectomy at 16 International Expert Centers
- Clinical and Financial Validation of the International Study Group for Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS) Definition of Post-pancreatectomy Acute Pancreatitis (PPAP): International Multicenter Prospective Study
- Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasms (SPNs) of the Pancreas: Appraisal of Contemporary Clinicopathologic Features - Clinical Implications and Surgical Outcomes of Patients Treated and Followed at a Single Institution
- ASO Author Reflections: Eliminating Surgical Oncology Health Disparities Through Actionable Change
- ASO Education and Training: Taking the Next Step in Surgical Oncology Health Disparities Research: Identifying Root Causes and Targets for Actionable Change
- Consensus Guideline for the Management of Peritoneal Metastases from Neuroendocrine Neoplasms
- Consensus Guideline for the Management of Gastric Cancer with Synchronous Peritoneal Metastases
- Consensus Guideline for the Management of Malignant Gastrointestinal Obstruction in Patients with Peritoneal Surface Malignancies
- Consensus Guideline for the Management of Colorectal Cancer with Peritoneal Metastases