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
Email:
[email protected]
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
- Incisional hernia after major pancreatic resection: long term risk assessment from two distinct sources – A large multi-institutional network and a single high-volume center
- Early outcomes of MR-guided SBRT for patients with recurrent pancreatic adenocarcinoma
- Association of Mutant KRAS Alleles With Morphology and Clinical Outcomes in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
- Assessing Influence of Mismatch Repair Mutations on Survival in Patients After Resection of Pancreatic Ductal and Periampullary Adenocarcinoma
- Pancreaticoduodenectomy after endoscopic ultrasound-guided lumen apposing metal stent (LAMS): A case series evaluating feasibility and short-term outcomes: Whipple after Lumen Apposing Metal Stent
- Current Surveillance and Treatment Guidelines for Thyroid Carcinoma
- Corrigendum to “The 2016 update of the International Study Group (ISGPF) definition and grading of postoperative pancreatic fistula: eleven years after.” Surgery 2017. Mar; 161 (3):584–591. Epub Dec 28, 2016 (Surgery (2017) 161(3) (584–591), (S0039606016307577), (10.1016/j.surg.2016.11.014))
- Hemorrhage Sites and Mitigation Strategies After Pancreaticoduodenectomy
- Characterizing Sentinel Lymph Node Status in Breast Cancer Patients Using a Deep-Learning Model Compared With Radiologists' Analysis of Grayscale Ultrasound and Lymphosonography
- Pharmacokinetics of apixaban in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy (PAP-UP)
- Morbidity and mortality following hiatal hernia repair in geriatric patients: a multicenter research network study
- Peripancreatic fluid collections following distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy—when is intervention warranted?
- Poptosis or Peptide-Induced Transmembrane Pore Formation: A Novel Way to Kill Cancer Cells without Affecting Normal Cells †
- SAGES guidelines for the use of laparoscopy during pregnancy
- Predictors of anastomotic leak and conduit necrosis after oesophagectomy: Results from the oesophago-gastric anastomosis audit (OGAA)
- What Happens After Discharge? A 2+ Year Follow-Up After Laparoscopic Subtotal Fenestrating and Reconstituting Cholecystectomy
- Impact of antecolic vs transmesocolic reconstruction on delayed gastric emptying following pancreaticoduodenectomy
- Contemporary report of surgical outcomes after single-stage total pancreatectomy: A 10-year experience
- Caregiver-reported quality of communication in pancreatic and periampullary cancer
- Primary anastomosis with diverting loop ileostomy vs. Hartmann’s procedure for acute diverticulitis: what happens after discharge? Results of a nationwide analysis