PennSurgery

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Philadelphia, PA

uphs.upenn.edu/surgery/

Joined May 2017

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Young age alone does not warrant mastectomy after neoadjuvant systemic therapy. In a multi-institutional analysis (including our very own @tchou_julia) out of 1,737 patients in the I-SPY2.0 trial, women ≤45 underwent breast-conserving surgery less often than older women, yet
Surgical Management of Young Women with High-Risk Breast Cancer Receiving Neoadjuvant Systemic...
From link.springer.com
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A recent “Invited Commentary” in the newest issue of @JVascSurg by Chief, Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Shang Loh, MD, says the results show promising progress for challenging AAA anatomy: the Gore Conformable Excluder shows improved
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Aug 12
Ready to advance your career in surgical oncology research? Join the Penn T32 Surgical Oncology Research Training Program and gain the mentorship, research experience, and professional development needed to become a leader in academic surgery. bit.ly/4g6Gm1p
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Aug 11
Could we better identify patients at risk for primary aldosteronism? In an independent cohort of 652 patients screened for PA, 13% tested positive. A novel risk score showed a clear stepwise increase in PA prevalence, with an optimal cut-point of 6 and AUC 0.66. A promising tool
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Aug 7
A standardized care pathway for adrenal incidentalomas, including structured radiology reporting, EHR order sets, and a dedicated adrenal clinic boosted biochemical evaluation to 90% and identified hormonally active disease in 20% of patients, improving detection of surgically