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
- Targeting BARD1 suppresses a Myc-dependent transcriptional program and tumor growth in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
- Impact of Disease Etiology and Indication for Colectomy on Postoperative Outcomes: NSQIP Colectomy-Targeted Database Study
- Bariatric surgery and relevant comorbidities: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Correlation of GNAS Mutational Status with Oncologic Outcomes in Patients with Resected Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms
- Building an Inclusive Future: Equity in Health and Health Services Research Workforce
- Correction to: SAGES guidelines for the management of comorbidities relevant to metabolic and bariatric surgery (Surgical Endoscopy, (2025), 39, 1, (1-10), 10.1007/s00464-024-11433-2)
- SAGES guidelines for the management of comorbidities relevant to metabolic and bariatric surgery
- When Benchmarks Fail Us: A Case Study in Cytoreductive Surgery
- Impact of the robotic platform and surgeon variation on cholecystectomy disposable costs—More is not better
- Impact of high-protein bariatric diet on the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting
- 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)