Publications and Presentations

Publications 2009
Hill JS, McPhee JT, McDade TP, Zhou Z, Sullivan ME, Whalen GF, Tseng JF. Pancreatic Neuroendocrine tumors: the impact of surgical resection on survival. Cancer. 2009 Jan 6; 115(4):741-751.
McPhee JT, Eslami MH, Arous EJ, Messina LM, Schanzer A. Endovascular Treatment of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in the United States (2001-2006): A Significant Survival Benefit Over Open Repair is Independently Associated with Increased Institutional Volume. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2009 Apr; 49(4): 817-26.
Csikesz NG, Nguyen LN, Tseng JF, Shah SA. Nationwide Volume and Mortality After Elective Surgery in Cirrhotic Patients. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2009 Jan; 208(1):96-103.
Eppsteiner RW, Csikesz NG, McPhee JT, Tseng JF, Shah SA. Surgeon Volume Impacts Hospital Mortality for Pancreatic Resection. Annals of Surgery 2009 Apr; 249(4):635-40.
Cooley EK, McPhee JT, Simons JP, Sweeney WB, Tseng JF, Alavi K. Screening colonoscopy before age 50? Current epidemiologic trends in the United States. Diseases of Colon & Rectum 2009 Feb; 52(2):222-9.
Murphy MM, Simons JP, Hill JS, McDade TP, Ng SC, Whalen GF, Shah SA, Harrison LH, Tseng JF. Pancreatic Resection: A Key Component to Reducing Racial Disparities in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Cancer 2009 115(17):3979-90.
Murphy MM, Knaus WJ, Ng SC, Hill JS, McPhee JT, Shah SA, Tseng JT. Total Pancreatectomy: A National Study. HPB 2009 11(6)476-482.
Murphy MM, Simons JP, Ng SC, McDade TP, Smith JK, Shah SA, Zhou Z, Earle CC, Tseng JF. Racial Differences in Cancer Specialist Consultation, Treatment, and Outcomes for Locoregional Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Annals of Surgical Oncology 2009 Nov; 16(11):2968-77.
Murphy MM, Shah SA, Simons JP, Csikesz NG, McDade TP, Bodnari A, Ng SC, Zhou Z, Tseng JF. Predicting Major Complications after Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Simple Risk Score. Journal of Gastrointestional Surgery; 2009 Nov:13(11):1929-1936.
Murphy MM, Tseng JF, Shah SA. Disparities in Cancer Care: A Surgical Perspective. In press, Surgery.
Simons JP, Shah SA, Ng S-C, Whalen GF, Tseng JF. National Complication Rates after Pancreatectomy: Beyond Mere Mortality. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2009 Oct;13(10):1798-805.
Simons JP, Ng SC, Hill JS, Shah SA, Bodnari A, Zhou Z, Tseng JF. In-hospital mortality for liver resection for metastatic disease: a simple risk score. Journal of Surgical Research 2009 Sept; 156, 21-25.
Simons JP, Ng SC, Hill JS, Shah SA, Zhou Z, Tseng JF. In-hospital mortality after liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma: a simple risk score. In Press, Cancer.
Simons JP, Ng SC, Shah SA, McDade TP, Whalen GF, Tseng JF. Malignant Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm: Are We Doing the Right Thing? Journal of Surgical Research 2009 June 21 (epub ahead of print).
Simons JP, Ng S, McDade TP, Zhou Z, Shah SA, Earle CC, Tseng JF. A population-based assessment of US practices: progress for resectable pancreatic cancer? In press, Cancer.
Simons JP, Hill JS, Ng SC, Shah SA, Zhou Z, Whalen GF, Tseng JF. Perioperative Mortality for Management of Hepatic Neoplasm: A Simple Risk Score. Annals of Surgery 2009 Oct 21 (epub ahead of print).
Singla A, Li Y, Ng SC, Csikesz NG, Tseng JF, Shah SA. Is the growth in laparoscipic surgery reproducible with more complex procedures? Surgery 2009;146(2):367-74.
Singla A, Csikesz NG, Simons JP, Li YF, Ng SC, Tseng JF, Shah SA. National Hospital Volume in Acute Pancreatitis: Analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample 1998-2006. HPB 2009; 11(5):391-7.
Singla A, Simons JP, Carroll JE, Li YF, Ng SC, Tseng JF, Shah SA. Hospital Volume as a Surrogate for Laparoscopic-Assisted Colectomy. Surgical Endoscopy August 18, 2009 (Epub ahead of print).
Singla A, Simons JP, Li Y, Csikesz NG, Ng SC, Tseng JF, Shah SA. Admission volume as a determinant of outcome for patients with acute pancreatitis: a case-controlled analysis. Gatroenterology 2009 Sep 3 (epub ahead of print).
Hill JS, McPhee JT, Whalen GF, Sullivan ME, Warshaw AL, Tseng JF. In-Hospital Mortality after Pancreatic Resection for Chronic Pancreatitis: Population Based Estimates from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2009; 209(4)468-76.
Hill JS, Zhou Z, Simons JP, Ng SC, McDade TP, Whalen GF, Tseng JF. A Simple Risk Score to Predict In-Hospital Mortality after Pancreatic Resection for Cancer. In press, Annals of Surgical Oncology.
Carroll JE, Hurwitz ZM, Simons JP, McPhee JT, Ng SC, Shah SA, Al-Refaie WB, Tseng JF. In-hospital mortality after resection of biliary tract cancer in the United States. In Press, HPB.
Piperdi M, McDade TP, Shim JK, Piperdi B, Kadish SP, Sullivan ME, Whalen GF, Tseng JF. A neoadjuvant strategy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma increases likelihood of receiving all components of care: Lessons from a single-institution database. In press, HPB.
McDade TP, Hill JS, Simons JP, Piperdi B, Ng SC, Zhou Z, Kadish SP, Fitzgerald TJ, Tseng JF. A National Propensity-Adjusted Analysis of Adjuvant Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. In press, Cancer.
Csikesz NG, Singla A, Simons JP, Tseng JF, Shah SA. The impact of socioeconomic status on presentation and treatment of diverticular disease. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2009 Sep 16 (epub ahead of print).
Csikesz NG, Singla A, Murphy MM, Tseng JF, Shah SA. Surgeon volume metrics in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. In press, Digestive Diseases and Sciences.
Zhou Z, McDade TP, Simons JP, Ng SC, Lambert LA, Whalen GF, Shah SA, Tseng JF. Surgery and radiation therapy for retroperitoneal and abdominal sarcoma: both necessary and sufficient? In press, Archives of Surgery.
Publications 2008
Hill JS, McPhee JT, Messina LM, Ciocca RG, Eslami MH. Regionalization of abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: Evidence of a shift to high volume centers in the endovascular era. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2008: 48(1) 29-36.
McPhee JT, Schanzer A, Messina LM, Eslami, MH. Carotid artery stenting has increased rates of post-procedure stroke, death and resource utilization than does carotid endarterectomy in the United States, 2005. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2008 Dec; 48(6):1442-50, 1450.e1.
Tseng, JF. Management of serous cystadenoma of the pancreas. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2008 Mar; 12(3):408-410.
Al-Refaie WB, Tseng JF, Gay G, Patel-Parekh L, Mansfield PF, Pisters PWT, Yao JC, Feig BW. The impact of ethnicity on the presentation and prognosis in patients with gastric adenocarcinoma: results from the National Cancer Database. Cancer 2008 Aug: 113(3): 461-469.
Csikesz N, Ricciardi R, Tseng JF, Shah SA. Current Status of Surgical Management of acute cholecystitis in the United States. World Journal of Surgery. 2008 Oct; 32(10):2230-6.
Csikesz N, Ricciardi R, Tseng JF, Shah SA. Trends in the surgical management of acute cholecystitis. Surgery 2008 Aug;144(2):283-9.
Csikesz NG, Simons JP, McDade TP, Tseng JF, Shah SA. Surgical Specialization and Operative Mortality in Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary (HPB) Surgery. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2008 Sep;12(9):1534-9.
Eppsteiner RW, Csikesz NG, Simons JP, Tseng JF, Shah SA. High Volume and Outcome After Liver Resection: Surgeon or Center? Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2008 Oct; 12(10):1709-16.
Tseng JF, Fernández-del Castillo C, Warshaw AL. Survival after medical and surgical treatment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. In: Beger HG, Matsuno S, Cameron JL, eds. Diseases of the Pancreas: Current Surgical Therapy. Heidelberg: Springer Inc, 2008;61:695-704.
Publications 2007
Tseng JF, Pisters PWT, Lee JE, Sun CC, Gomez HF, Evans DB. The learning curve in pancreatic surgery. Surgery 2007;141:456-63.
Tseng JF, Fernández-del Castillo C, Warshaw AL. The cystic tumors of the pancreas. In: Blumgart LH, ed. Surgery of the Liver, Biliary Tract and Pancreas. Philadelphia: Elsevier Inc, 2007.
Hill JS, Shankar S, Evans DB, Tseng JF. Control of bleeding from the portal/superior mesenteric vein. In: Nauta RD, ed. Operative Techniques in General Surgery, 2007 Dec;(9)4:152-159.
McPhee JT, Hill JS, Ciocca RG, Messina LM, Eslami MH. Carotid endarterectomy was performed with lower stroke and death rates than carotid artery stenting in the U.S., 2003-2004. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2007 Dec;46(6):1112-1118.
McPhee JT, Hill JS, Eslami MH. The impact of gender on presentation, therapy and mortality of abdominal aortic aneurysm in the United States, 2001-2004. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2007; 45:891-9.
McPhee JT, Asham EH, Rohrer MJ, Singh MJ, Wong G, Vorhies RW, Nelson PR, Cutler. BS. The midterm results of stent graft treatment of thoracic aortic injuries. Journal of Surgical Research, 2007 Apr;138(2):181-8.
McPhee JT, Hill JS, Whalen GF, Zayaruzny M, Litwin DE, Sullivan ME, Anderson FA, Tseng JF. Perioperative mortality for pancreatectomy: a national perspective. Ann Surg 2007;246:246-253.
Smith JK, McPhee JT, Hill JS, Whalen GF, Sullivan ME, Litwin DE, Anderson FA, Tseng JF. National outcomes after gastric resection for neoplasm. Arch Surg 2007;142:387-93.
Raut CP, Tseng JF, Sun CC, Gomez HF, Cleary KR, Wang H, Wolff RA, Abbruzzese JL, Crane CH, Lee JE, Vauthey J-N, Abdalla EK, Pisters PWT, Evans DB. Impact of R status on pattern of failure and survival after pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg 2007;246(1):52-60.
Publications 2006
Tseng JF, Lee JE, Pisters PWT, Evans DB. Venous resection in pancreatic cancer surgery. In: Tytgat GNJ, ed. Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology 2006 Apr;20(2):349-64.
Tseng JF, Ballo MT, Zagars GK, Wayne JD, Cormier JN, Hunt KK, Feig BW, Lee JE, Lewis VO, Pisters PWT. Preoperative radiation therapy and plastic-reconstructive surgery effects on wound complications after resection of extremity soft tissue sarcomas. Ann Surg Oncol 2006;13(9):1209-15.
Al-Refaie WB, Choi EA, Tseng JF, Tamm EP, Lee JH, Lee JE, Evans DB, Pister PW. Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas. Med Princ Pract. 2006 Apr;15(4):245-52.
Presentations 2010
Smith JK, Ng SC, Simons JP, Zhou Z, Shah SA, McDade TP, Tseng JF. Adjuvant therapy for resectable pancreatic cancer: a simple prediction rule. Accepted for poster presentation at the Society of Surgical Oncology’s 63rd Annual Cancer Symposium, St. Louis, MO, March 2010.
Smith JK, Arous EJ, Ng SC, Hill JS, Simons JP, Shah SA, Tseng JF, McDade TP. Post-operative complications following resection of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: Rates and predictive factors from a national study. Accepted for oral presentation at the 5th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, San Antonio, TX, February 2010.
Smith JK, Ng SC, Simons JP, Zhou Z, Shah SA, McDade TP, Tseng JF. Adjuvant therapy for resectable pancreatic cancer: A simple prediction rule. Accepted for poster presentation at the 2010 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, Orlando, FL, January 2010.
Presentations 2009
Carroll JE, Simons JP, Murphy MM, Ng SC, McDade TP, Shah SA, Zhou Z, Tseng JF. What is the right outcome measure? Defining mortality after pancreatic cancer surgery. Poster presentation at the 40th Anniversary Meeting of the American Pancreatic Association and Japan Pancreas Society. November 2009, Honolulu, HI.
Murphy MM, Shah SA, Simons JP, Csikesz NG, Ng SC, Tseng JF. Predictors of major complication following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: surgeon, hospital, or patient? Accepted for Oral Presentation at the 95th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL, October 2009.
Zhou Z, McDade TP, Simons JP, Ng SC, Lambert LA, Whalen GF, Tseng JF. “Surgery and radiation therapy for abdominal and retroperitoneal sarcoma: both necessary and sufficient?” Oral presentation, 90th Annual Meeting of the New England Surgical Society, Newport, RI, September 2009.
Wiseman JT, Sharuk MN, Litwin DEM, Cahan M, Tseng JF, Shah SA. “Surgical Management Of Acute Cholecystitis In The Modern Era." Oral presentation at the 90th Annual Meeting of the New England Surgical Society, Newport, RI, September 2009.
Sharuk MN, Wiseman JT, Singla A, Tseng JF, Perugini RA, Litwin DEM, Shah SA. "Use of Cholecystostomy Tube in the Management of High-Risk Patients with Acute Cholecystitis." Poster presentation at the 90th Annual Meeting of the New England Surgical Society, Newport, RI, September 2009.
Singla A, Csikesz NG, Li YF, Taylor RJ, Bozorgzadeh A, Shah SA. “Current Trends and Short-Term Outcomes of Live Donor Nephrectomy: A Population Based Analysis.” Oral presentation at the American Transplant Congress. Boston, MA June, 2009.
Shah SA, Li YF, Singla A, Bozorgzadeh A. “Survival After Liver Transplantation Using HCV Positive Donor Allografts: A Case Controlled Analysis of the UNOS Database.” Oral presentation at the American Transplant Congress. Boston, MA June, 2009.
Csikesz NG, Singla A, Bozorgzadeh A, Shah SA. “Population based comparison of right lobe donor hepatectomy with elective right hepatectomy for other causes in New York from 2001-2006.” Oral presentation at the American Transplant Congress. Boston, MA June, 2009.
Csikesz NG, Singla A, Murphy MM, Tseng JF, Shah SA. “Disparities in presentation and treatment of diverticular disease: Impact of socioeconomic status.” Oral presentation at the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 50th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. May, 2009.
Bodnari A, Matsumura T, Ruiz C, Murphy MM, Simons JP, Whalen GF, Tseng JF. “Computationally Enhanced Medical Decision Support for Pancreatic Cancer.” Poster Presentation at the 2009 AMIA Spring Congress, May 2009.
Manasanch EE, McDade TP, Bodnari A, McKinney J, Sullivan ME, Whalen GF, Piperdi B, Rosmarin AG, Tseng JF. “Tumor registry versus physician medical record review: a head-to-head comparison of malignant pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (mPNET) cases.” Poster presentation at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 2009.
Hill JS, Simons JP, Ng SC, Shah SA, Zhou Z, Tseng JF. “Perioperative Mortality After Pancreatectomy: A Simple Risk Score.” Oral presentation at the 43rd Annual Pancreas Club Meeting, Chicago, IL May 2009.
Murphy MM, Shah SA, Simons JP, Csikesz NG, Ng SC, Zhou Z, Tseng JF. “Major Complications After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Simple Risk Score.” Oral presentation at the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 24th Residents and Fellows Research Conference, Chicago, IL, May 2009.
Murphy MM, Shah SA, Simons JP, Csikesz NG, Ng SC, Zhou Z, Tseng JF. “Major Complications After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Simple Risk Score.” Oral presentation at the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 50th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2009.
Simons JP, Shah SA, Ng S, Whalen GF, Tseng JF. "National Complication Rates after Pancreatectomy: Beyond Mere Mortality." Poster presentation at the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 50th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2009.
Singla A, Ng SC, Csikesz NG, Hart JB, Perugini RA, Litwin DEM, Tseng JF, Shah SA. “Not Following the Trend: Slow Growth of Complex Laparoscopic Procedures in the United States.” Poster presentation at the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, April 2009.
Singla A, Simons JP, Carroll JE, Ng SC, Tseng JF, Shah SA. “Hospital Colectomy Volume as a Surrogate for Advanced Laparoscopy.” Oral presentation at the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, April 2009.
Arous EJ, McDade TP, Hill JS, Whalen GF, Tseng JF. “Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: A National Study.” Oral poster at American Hepato- Pancreato-Biliary Association, Miami Beach, FL, March 2009.
Carroll JE, Hurwitz ZM, Simons JP, McPhee JT, Ng SC, Shah SA, Al-Refaie WB, Tseng JF. “Operative Mortality after Resection of Biliary Tract Cancer in the United States.” Oral poster at American Hepato- Pancreato-Biliary Association, Miami Beach, FL, March 2009.
Simons JP, Ng SC, Hill JS, Shah SA, Zhou Z, Tseng JF. “A Simple Risk Score Predicts Inpatient Mortality after Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.” Oral presentation at the American Hepato- Pancreato-Biliary Association, Miami Beach, FL, March 2009.
Murphy MM, Simons JP, McDade TP, Zhou Z, Hill JS, Harrison LH, Tseng JF. “Pancreatic Resection: A Key Component to Reducing Racial Disparities in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma” Oral presentation at the American Hepato- Pancreato-Biliary Association, Miami Beach, FL, March 2009.
Knaus WJ, Murphy MM, Hill JS, Tseng JF. “Total Pancreatectomy: A National Study.” Oral poster at the American Hepato- Pancreato-Biliary Association, Miami Beach, FL, March 2009.
Singla A, Simons JP, Ng SC, Hart JB, Tseng JF, Shah, SA. “ Admission Volume as a determinant of outcome for patients with acute pancreatitis.” Oral presentation at the American Hepato- Pancreato-Biliary Association, Miami Beach, FL, March 2009.
Hill JS, Zhou Z, Simons JP, Ng SC, McDade TP, Whalen GF, Tseng JF. “Risk score to predict in-hospital mortality after pancreatic resection for cancer.” Oral presentation at the Society of Surgical Oncology 62nd Annual Cancer Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, March 2009.
Simons, JP, Ng S, Hill JS, Shah SA, Zhou Z, Tseng JF. “In-hospital mortality for liver resection for metastatic disease; a simple risk score.” Oral presentation at the 4th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Sanibel Harbour, FL, February 2009.
Singla A, Ng SC, Hart J, Csikesz NG, Perugini RA, Litwin DEM, Tseng JF, Shah SA. “Is the growth in laparoscopic surgery reproducible with more complex procedures?” Oral presentation at the 4th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Sanibel Harbour, FL, February 2009.
Hart JB, Singla A, Simons JP, Csikesz NG, Tseng JF, Shah SA. “Hospitalizations for complications of cirrhosis: Does volume matter?” Oral presentation at the 4th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Sanibel Harbour, FL, February 2009.
Piperdi M, Ayata G, Simons JP, Vegapulati V, Tseng JF, Piperdi B. “Use of rectal prognostic index (RPI) to predict outcome of patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) treated with preoperative chemo-radiation (preop-CRT).” Poster presentation at the 2009 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, San Francisco, CA, January 2009.
Piperdi B, Ng SC, Piperdi M, Kadish SP, Whalen GF, Tseng JF. “Single institutional experience with oral capecitabine (Cap) in adjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer: gemcitabine (G) followed by Cap/RT followed by G.” Poster presentation at the 2009 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, San Francisco, CA, January 2009.
McDade TP, Hill JS, Simons JP, Piperdi B, Ng SC, Kadish SP, Fitzgerald TJ, Tseng JF. “The True Effect of Adjuvant Radiotherapy on Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A National Propensity-Adjusted Analysis.” Poster presentation at the 2009 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, San Francisco, CA, January 2009.
Hill JS, Zhou Z, Simons JP, Ng SC, McDade TP, Whalen GF, Tseng JF. “Risk score to predict in-hospital mortality after pancreatic resection for cancer.” Poster presentation at the 2009 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, San Francisco, CA, January 2009.
Presentations 2008
Arous EJ, McDade TP, Hill JS, Whalen GF, Tseng JF. “Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: A National Survey.” Poster presentation at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Boston, MA, December 2008.
Hayward J, Alvarez S, Ruiz C, Sullivan M, Tseng JF, Whalen G. “Knowledge Discovery in Clinical Performance of Cancer Patients.” Presented at the IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, Philadelphia, PA, November 2008.
McPhee JT, Eslami MH, Arous EJ, Messina LM, Schanzer A. “Endovascular Treatment of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in the United States (2001-2006): A Significant Survival Benefit Over Open Repair is Independently Associated with Increased Institutional Volume.” Oral presentation at the New England Society for Vascular Surgery 35th Annual Meeting, Newport, RI, October 2008.
Al-Refaie WB, Gay G, Virnig BA, Tseng JF, Stewart A, Tuttle TM, Vickers SM, Feig BW. “Are We Undertreating Gastric Cancer in the United States? Predictors of Adequate Surgical Lymphadenectomy, Multimodality Therapy, and Survival.” Oral presentation at American College of Surgeons 94th Annual Clinical Congress, San Francisco, October 2008.
Csikesz N, Shah SA. "Regionalization in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Is it necessary?" Oral presentation at the American College of Surgeons 94th Annual Clinical Congress, San Francisco, October 2008.
Simons J, Ng SC, Shah SA, McDade TP, Whalen G, Tseng JF. National patterns in the management of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm: Are we making a difference? Oral presentation at the 89th Annual Meeting of the New England Surgical Society, Boston, September 2008.
Piperdi M, McDade TP, Shim JK, Sullivan ME, Whalen GF,Tseng JF. "A Neoadjuvant Strategy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Helps Patients Receive All Components of Care: Lessons from a Single-institution Database." Poster presentation at the 89th Annual Meeting of the New England Surgical Society, Boston, September 2008.
Cooley EK, McPhee JT, Simons JP, Sweeney WB, Maykel JA, Tseng JF, Alavi K. “An argument for screening colonoscopy before age 50: Current epidemiologic trends in the United States.” Podium presentation at the American Society for Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting and Tripartate Meeting, Boston, June 2008.
Shim JK, Piperdi, M, McDade, TP, Whalen, GL, Sullivan, ME, Piperdi, B, Tseng, JF. “Do patients with apparently resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma receive guideline-directed care?” ASCO Proceedings 2008, Chicago, May 2008.
Murphy MM, McPhee JT, McDade TP, Shah SA, Whalen GF, Tseng JT. “In-hospital mortality for distal pancreatectomy: a national study.” Poster presentation at the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract/Digestive Disease Week, San Diego, May 2008.
Eppsteiner RW, Csikesz N, Tseng JF, Shah SA. “Patient demographics and surgeon volume in pancreatic resection mortality.” Oral presentation at the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract/Digestive Diseases Week, San Diego, May 2008.
Eppsteiner RW, Csikesz N, Tseng JF, Shah SA. “Patient demographics and surgeon volume in pancreatic resection mortality.” Poster presentation at the Pancreas Club, San Diego, May 2008.
Eppsteiner RW, Csikesz N, Tseng JF, Shah SA. “High volume surgery and outcome after liver resection: surgeon or center?” Oral presentation at the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract/Digestive Disease Week, San Diego, May 2008.
Csikesz N, Shah SA. “Surgical specialization and operative mortality in HPB surgery.” Oral presentation at the American Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Association, Fort Lauderdale, FL, April 2008.
Murphy MM, Simons JP, McDade TP, Hill JS, McPhee JT, Sullivan ME, Whalen GF, Tseng JF. “Underutilization of surgical resection in minorities with pancreatic cancer: a national survey.” Poster presentation at the Society for Surgical Oncology 61st Annual Cancer Symposium, Chicago, March 2008.
Csikesz N, Tseng JF, Shah SA, “Nationwide volume and mortality in cirrhotic patients after elective surgery.” Oral presentation at the 3rd Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Huntington Beach, February 2008.
Csikesz N, Ricciardi R, Tseng JF, Shah SA, “National trends comparing laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis.” Oral presentation at the 3rd Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Huntington Beach, February 2008.
Simons JP, Murphy MM, McDade TP, Hill JS, McPhee JT, Sullivan ME, Whalen GF, Tseng JF. “Analysis of resection rate and overall survival by race in pancreatic cancer.” Poster presentation at the American Society for Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancer Symposium, Orlando, January 2008.
Presentations 2007
Simons JP, Murphy MM, McDade TP, Hill JS, McPhee JT, Sullivan ME, Whalen GF, Tseng JF. “Analysis of resection rate and overall survival by race in pancreatic cancer.” Poster presentation at the Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Boston, December 2007.
Csikesz N, Tseng JF, Shah, SA. “Nationwide volume and mortality in cirrhotic patients after elective surgery.” Poster presentation at the Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Boston, December 8, 2007.
Hill JS, Whalen GF, McPhee JT, Anderson FA, Sullivan ME, Warshaw AL, Tseng JF. “Perioperative mortality after pancreatic resection for chronic pancreatitis.” Oral presentation at the Surgical Forum, American College of Surgeons, Clinical Congress, Chicago, October 2007.
Hill JS, McPhee JT, Messina LM, Ciocca R, Eslami M. “National Trends in the regionalization of abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.” Podium Presentation at the 34th Annual Meeting of the New England Society for Vascular Surgery, Ledyard, CT October 2007.
Csikesz N, Ricciardi R, Tseng JF, Shah SA. “Current status of laparoscopic vs. open cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis in the United States.” Oral presentation at the New England Surgical Society 88th Annual Meeting, Burlington, September 2007.
McPhee JT, Adhikari D, McDade TP, Hill JS, Whalen GF, Anderson DK, Tada H, Sullivan ME, Tseng JF. “Routine feeding jejunostomy tube placement may not be beneficial in pancreaticoduodenectomy.” Poster presentation at the New England Surgical Society 88th Annual Meeting, Burlington, September 2007.
Witkowski ER, McDade TP, Hill JS, McPhee JT, Whalen GF, Sullivan ME, Litwin DE, Tseng JF. “National trends in adrenalectomy for neoplastic disease, 1998-2004.” Oral presentation at the New England Surgical Society 88th Annual Meeting, Burlington, September 2007.
Smith JK, Hill JS, McPhee JT, Adhikari D, Whalen GF, Sullivan ME, Litwin DE, Anderson FA, Tseng JF. “National trends in palliative resection for gastric cancer.” Poster presentation at the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract/Digestive Diseases Week, Washington DC, May 2007.
Hurwitz ZM, McPhee JT, Hill JS, Whalen GF, Sullivan ME, Litwin DE, Anderson FA, Tseng JF. “Biliary tract cancer: factors associated with surgical resection and perioperative mortality.” Poster presentation at the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract/Digestive Diseases Week, Washington DC, May 2007.
Floyd SH, Alvarez SA, Ruiz C, Hayward J, Sullivan ME, Tseng JF, Whalen GF. “Improved survival for pancreatic cancer using machine learning and regression.” Poster presentation at the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract/Digestive Diseases Week, Washington DC, May 2007.
McPhee JT, Hill JS, Hurwitz Z, Whalen GF, Sullivan ME, Tseng JF. “Surgical interventions for metastatic lesions to the liver: a national perspective.” Oral poster presentation at the American Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Association Congress, Las Vegas, April 2007.
Hill JS, McPhee JT, Whalen GF, Sullivan ME, Anderson FA, Tseng JF. “Surgical treatment of primary hepatic malignancy in the United States.” Oral presentation at the American Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Association Congress, Las Vegas, April 2007.
Hill JS, McPhee JT, Whalen GF, Larkin AC, Sullivan ME, Anderson FA, Tseng JF. “National survey of neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas.” Poster presentation at the Society for Surgical Oncology, Washington DC, March 2007.
Hill JS, McPhee JT, Whalen GF, Larkin AC, Sullivan ME, Anderson FA, Tseng JF. “National survey of neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas.” Poster presentation at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, Orlando, January 2007.
Presentations 2006
Olasky J, McPhee JT, Quinlan RM, Layeeque R, Castle J, Tseng JF, Larkin AC. “National patterns of immediate breast reconstruction for neoplastic disease.” Poster presentation at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, December 2006.
Hill JS, McPhee JT, Eslami MH. “A shift in the management of intermittent claudication?” Oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the New England Society for Vascular Surgery, Boston, September, 2006.
Hill JS, McPhee JT, Anderson FA, Wassef WY, Shankar S, Litwin DE, Tseng JF. “National trends in the treatment of upper GI bleed.” Poster presentation at the New England Surgical Society 87th Annual Meeting, Groton, September 2006.
Sturrock PR, Hawyard J, Sullivan ME, Tseng JF, Wassef WY, Anderson D, Whalen GF. “Contribution of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) to preoperative staging in resected pancreatic and periampullary neoplasms.” Oral presentation at the New England Surgical Society 87th Annual Meeting, Groton, September 2006.
McPhee JT, Hill JS, Zayaruzny M, Eslami MH. “To what extent does patient gender impact presentation, therapy and mortality for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in the United States, 2001-2004?” Oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the New England Society for Vascular Surgery, Boston, September 2006.
McPhee JT, Zayaruzny M, Whalen GF, Litwin DE, Sullivan ME, Anderson FA, Tseng JF. “Pancreatectomy for neoplasm: national outcomes in mortality.” Journal of Clinical Oncology supplement, American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, June 2006.
McPhee JT, Zayaruzny M, Whalen GF, Litwin DE, Sullivan ME, Anderson FA, Tseng JF. “Cancer of the gallbladder: national patterns of surgical intervention.” Gastroenterology supplement, presentation at the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract/Digestive Diseases Week, Los Angeles, May 2006.
McPhee JT, Zayaruzny M, Whalen GF, Litwin DE, Sullivan ME, Anderson FA, Tseng JF. “Biliary tract cancer: disease demographics and current trends in surgical intervention.” Oral presentation at the American Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Association Congress, Miami, April 2006.
Tseng JF, Schacherer CW, McClain DM, Mansfield PF, Cormier JN, Gershenwald JE, Ross MI, Lee JE. “Surgical management of metastatic melanoma involving the pancreas, duodenum, and ampulla.” Poster presentation at the Society of Surgical Oncology, San Diego, March 2006.
McPhee JT, Zayaruzny M, Eslami MH. "Does the race or socioeconomic status of patients with intact abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) affect access to endovascular technology or surgical outcomes?" Oral presentation at the 34th Annual Symposium for Vascular Surgery/Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, Las Vegas, March 2006.
McPhee JT, Asham EH, Rohrer MJ, Singh MJ, Wong G, Vorhies RW, Nelson PR, Cutler BS. "The midterm results of stent graft treatment of thoracic aortic injuries." Oral presentation at the 1st Annual Association for Academic Surgery National Meeting, San Diego, February 2006.
McPhee JT, Zayaruzny M, Whalen GF, Litwin DE, Sullivan ME, Anderson FA, Tseng JF. “Pancreatectomy for neoplasm: current national trends in mortality and disposition.” Oral presentation at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, San Francisco, January 2006.