General Surgery Residency

College

  • Center City Campus
  • Sidney Kimmel Medical College

Degree Earned

  • Residency

Program Length

6 - 7 years

Program Type

  • On Campus

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Leadership

Name: Karen Chojnacki, MD
Positions:
  • Program Director
  • Francis E. Rosato Professor in Surgery

Program Contact

Name: Brielle Maugeri
Position: Program Coordinator

1015 Walnut Street
Curtis Building Suite 613
Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Department of Surgery

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Past Research Presentations

2022

Darshak Thosani, MD Association of Perioperative Outcomes and Utilization of Services in Early-Stage Lung Cancer  
James Fraser, MD Evaluating Caretaker Satisfaction with Same-Day Discharge after Gastrostomy Tube Placement  
Andrew Hallett, MD Ambient Air Pollution and Adverse Waitlist Events among Lung Transplant Candidates  
Ryan Lamm, MD Mimicking a Negative Elongation Factor-E (NELF-E) Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)  
Walker Lyons, MD Bracketing Localization in Breast-Conserving Therapy: Indications and Success Rates from a Single, High Volume, Breast Cancer Center  
Devon Pace, MD, MPH Urologic Surgery Utilizing Opioid Stewardship Strategies 
  
Uzma Rahman, MD Incidence and Management of Hiatal Hernia Found on Imaging during Lung Cancer
Screening
 Brian Till, MD Hospital Utilization of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy and Rates of Surgical Refusal in the Setting of Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

Peter Altshuler, MD Primary Non-Function Following Liver Transplant: Optimizing Retransplantation Strategies through Recipient Characterization  
Adrienne Christopher, MD Determining the Effect of Mesh Width and Fixation Patterns on the Strength of Prophylactically Reinforced Laparotomy Incisions  
Madison Crutcher, MD GUCY2C as a Stem Cell Marker and Target in Gastrointestinal Malignancies  
James Fraser, MD Evaluating the Risk of Peri-Umbilical Hernia after Sutured or Sutureless Gastroschisis Closure  
Andrew Hallett, MD SARS-CoV-2 Messenger RNA Vaccine Antibody Response and Reactogenicity in Heart and Lung Transplant Recipients,
  
Ryan Lamm, MD Clinical Significance of a Negative Elongation Factor-E (NELF-E) Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)  
Lindsay Lynch, MD Above the Cuff Vocalization for Ventilator-Dependent Patients with Tracheostomies  
Keyur Patel, MD Employing a CRISPR-CAS9 Screen to Identify Mechanisms of Resistance to Anti-GPC3 CAR T Cell Therapy In HCC

Peter Altshuler, MD Superoxide Dismutase-Loaded Polymersomes Attenuate Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury and Protect Against Chronic Adverse Ventricular Remodeling  
Nkosi Alvarez, MD Peripheral Cannulation Site Complications in Obese Patients on Adult Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation  
Courtney Devin, MD Evaluation of Reintubation in SICU Patients after Implementation of an Extubation Protocol  
Thomas O’Malley, MD An Analysis of Central Airway Surgery and the Use of Extracorporeal Life Support as a Ventilator Adjunct  
Arturo Rios Diaz, MD Looking Beyond the Acute Phase: Burden and Predictors of Incisional Hernia after Emergent Laparotomy for Traumatic Injuries  
Steven Woodward, MD Optimal Timing of Cholecystectomy Following Percutaneous Cholecystostomy Tube Placement: An Analysis of Institutional
and National Data		  
Alicja Zalewski, MD Therapeutic Targeting of GCC on Colorectal Cancer Stem Cells  
Richard Zheng, MD Margin-Positive Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma during Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Additional Resection Does Not Improve Survival

Zack Callahan, MD Five-Year Results of Endoscopic Gastrojejunostomy Revision (Transoral Outlet Reduction) for Weight Gain After Gastric Bypass
Ellen Caparosa, MD Targeting GCC on GI Cancer Stem Cells
Courtney Devin, MD Standardized Care Reduces Resource Utilization for the Treatment of Uncomplicated and Complicated Appendicitis in Children
Teena Dihr, MD The Efficacy of CDK 4/6 Inhibitor, Abemaciclib, in Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Steve Gadomski, MD Modulating Fibrosis to Enhance Surgical Outcomes: The Impact of TGF-β1 on Ventral Hernia Repair
Jennifer Kincaid, MD Implementation and Early Impact of a Breast Clinic in the Department of Surgery of a Malawian Tertiary Hospital
Geoff Kozak, MD "Can We Predict Incisional Hernia? – Development of a Surgery-Specific Decision-Support Interface
Richard Zheng, MD The Surgeon and the Pathologist: the Role of Pathology on Surgical Decision-making
Molecular Profiling of Key Driver Genes Improves Staging Accuracy in Multifocal Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

Guillaume Chevrollier, MD Non-response to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation in Locally Advanced  Resectable Esophageal Cancer Predicts Poor Survival as Compared to Primary Esophagectomy
Daniel Hewitt, MD Are General Surgery Residents Really Burned Out and Does It Affect Patients?
Christine Jacovides, MD Understanding Neurologic Recovery After Murine Brain Injury: Blast and Blunt Brain Trauma, Secondary Lung Injury, and Treatment with Antioxidants
Jennifer Kincaid, MD Delivering Surgical Care at a Malawian Tertiary Hospital
Megan Lundgren, MD TJUH Surgery Department Opioid Quality Initiative: Recognition of and Action Against The Potential Diversion Pool
Kulvir Nandra, MD "Identifying Patient Care Opportunities with Structured Review of Patient Safety Indicators"
Jonathan Stem, MD "GCC as a Therapeutic Target in Colorectal Cancer Stem Cells"

Allison Aka, MD GUCY2C as a Therapeutic Target in Colorectal Cancer Stem Cells
Andrew Brown, MD Exploring Complications and Quality of Life Following Paraesophageal Hernia Repair
Katerina Dukleska, MD  A Spoonful of Sugar: The Role of IDH1 and Metabolic Reprogramming in Pancreatic Cancer
Brock Hewitt, MD Multi-institutional Evaluation of Adherence to Comprehensive Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism Chemoprophylaxis
Adam Johnson, MD  Implementing ICOUGH: The Messy Science of Quality Improvement
Jessica Latona, MD  The Effect of a Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitor on Liver Regeneration after Partial Hepatectomy in Mice
Cinthya Yabar Lowder, MD  Molecular Profiling of Resected Pancreatic Cancer: the Potential for Personalizing Adjuvant Therapy
David Mckeown, MD Drug Discovery in Pancreatic Cancer – The Power of the Pathway Approach

Caitlyn Costanzo, MD Is Omega-3 Synergistic with Glucagon-Like Peptide-2 in the Treatment of Intestinal Failure?
Danica Giugliano, MD Management of Esophagectomy Patients: Clinical Results from Jefferson's Institutional Database
Adam Johnson, MD  Quality and Safety Fellowship: Resident Involvement in Systems Improvement
Deepika Koganti, MD  Fibrosis in Surgical and Burn Wounds
Adam Strickland, MD  The Role of HuR in the Intervertebral Disc
Sami Tannouri, MD  ABCC6 is Sufficient to Prevent Traumatic Mineralization of Muscle in a Murine Model
Talar Tatarian, MD  Developing a Personalized Approach Strategy for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
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