Associate Professor of Surgery, Medicine, and Public Health Sciences; Director, Program for Liver, Pancreas and Foregut Tumors
General Surgery
Dr. Niraj J. Gusani, MD
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Niraj Gusani works in the field of General Surgery. He graduated from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He received awards:"Fellow (FACS)". Dr. Niraj J. Gusani has written publications. He has 54 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Advances in the Pharmacologic Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.' Dr. Niraj J. Gusani accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Percutaneous endoscopic debridement and washout of a bilateral, loculated, hepatic abscess: a minimally invasive approach to a high-risk surgical situation.
- Overall survival by pattern of recurrence following curative intent surgery for coloRectal liver metastasis.
- Accuracy of the Emotion Thermometers (ET) Screening Tool in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Upper GastroIntestinal Malignancies.
- Minimally invasive surgery in gastrointestinal Cancer: benefits, challenges, and solutions for underutilization.
- Phase I dose escalation study of capecitabine and erlotinib concurrent with radiation in locally advanced pancreatic Cancer.
- Measuring Surgical Quality: a National Clinical Registry Versus Administrative Claims Data.
- Determinants of Repeat Curative Intent Surgery in ColoRectal Liver Metastasis.
- Multivisceral and extended resections during pancreatoduodenectomy increase morbidity and mortality.
- Use of Twitter to document the 2013 Academic Surgical Congress.
- Clinical, sociodemographic, and service provider determinants of guideline concordant colorectal Cancer care for appalachian residents.
- Impact of Surgeon and Hospital Volume on Mortality, Length of Stay, and Cost of Pancreaticoduodenectomy.
- Do patients' outcomes suffer when surgical fellows are involved in hepatic resection?
- Perioperative Outcomes of Pancreaticoduodenectomy Compared to Total Pancreatectomy for Neoplasia.
- Circulating tumor cells are associated with diffuse spread in stage IV colorectal Cancer patients.
- Morbidity of total pancreatectomy with islet cell auto-transplantation compared to total pancreatectomy alone.
- FOLFIRI plus dulanermin (rhApo2L/TRAIL) in a patient with BRAF-mutant metastatic colon Cancer.
- Impact of genetic targets on Cancer therapy: hepatocellular Cancer.
- Simultaneous colorectal and hepatic procedures for colorectal Cancer result in increased morbidity but equivalent mortality compared with colorectal or hepatic procedu...
- Scientific impact of Association for Academic Surgery and Society of University Surgeons plenary session absTracts increases in the era of the Academic Surgical Congr...
- Multidisciplinary management of malignant pleural effusion.
- Health Services Research Resources for Surgeons.
- Multidisciplinary management of early and locally advanced esophageal Cancer.
- GastroIntestinal stromal tumor (GIST) recurrence following surgery: review of the clinical utility of imatinib treatment.
- Quality of life assessment in postoperative patients with upper GI malignancies.
- Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemoperfusion versus systemic chemotherapy alone for coloRectal peritoneal carcinomatosis.
- Indications and approach to surgical resection of Lung metastases.
- Combined Pancreaticoduodenectomy and extended right hemicolectomy: outcomes and indications.
- Complete surgical resection of giant mucinous hepatic cystadenomas.
- Human acellular dermal matrix: an innovative tool for diaphragmatic reconstruction in patients with large intra-Abdominal tumors.
- New pharmacological developments in the treatment of hepatocellular Cancer.
- Cancer survivorship: a new challenge for surgical and medical oncologists.
- Reduction of surgical site infections by use of pulsatile lavage irrigation after prolonged intra-Abdominal surgical procedures.
- A reDuction in delayed gastric emptying by classic pancreaticoduodenectomy with an antecolic gastrojejunal anastomosis and a retrogastric omental patch.
- A comparison of stage of presentation for pancreatic and colorectal Cancer in Pennsylvania 2000-2005.
- Survival outcomes of patients with coloRectal liver metastases following hepatic resection or ablation in the era of effective chemotherapy.
- Additional organ resection combined with Pancreaticoduodenectomy does not increase postoperative morbidity and mortality.
- Diagnosis and management of retroperitoneal ancient schwannomas.
- Surgical outcomes of patients with gastroIntestinal stromal tumors in the era of targeted drug therapy.
- Multivisceral resection does not affect morbidity and survival after cytoreductive surgery and chemoperfusion for carcinomatosis from colorectal Cancer.
- Combined right nephrectomy and Pancreaticoduodenectomy. Indications and outcomes.
- Aggressive surgical management of peritoneal carcinomatosis with low mortality in a high-volume tertiary Cancer center.
- Treatment of unresectable cholangiocarcinoma with gemcitabine-based transcatheter Arterial chemoembolization (TACE): a single-institution experience.
- Carcinoid of the extra-hepatic Bile duct: a case report with long-term follow-up and review of literature.
- Cytokine-secreting herpes viral mutants effectively treat tumor in a murine metastatic coloRectal liver model by oncolytic and T-cell-dependent mechanisms.
- Treatment of cholangiocarcinoma with oncolytic herpes simplex virus combined with external beam radiation therapy.
- Effect of murine Liver cell proliferation on herpes viral behavior: implications for oncolytic viral therapy.
- Ionizing radiation potentiates the antitumor efficacy of oncolytic herpes simplex virus G207 by upregulating ribonucleotide reDuctase.
- Advances in the Pharmacologic Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
- Lymphoepithelial cysts of the pancreas. Can preoperative imaging distinguish this benign lesion from malignant or pre-malignant cystic Pancreatic lesions?
- Education and Imaging. HepatoBiliary and pancreatic: isolated pancreatic metastases.
- Imaging of dihydrofolate reductase fusion gene expression in xenografts of human liver metastases of colorectal Cancer in living rats.
- Laparoscopic appendectomy for Crohn's disease of the appendix presenting as acute Appendicitis.
- Effect of dobutamine on Regional left ventricular function measured by tagged magnetic resonance imaging in normal subjects.
Schools
Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania
Procedures Preformed
- Adrenalectomy
- Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
- Biliary Drainage
- Biopsy of Breast
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Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Adrenal Gland Cancer
- Anal and Rectal Cancer
- Appendicitis
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Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center -
University of Chicago -
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center -
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Hospital
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Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1326154907 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | GUSANI | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | NIRAJ | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 17033 | |
| NPPES Provider State | PA | |
| Specialty Description | General Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 54.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1326154907 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | GUSANI |
| First Name Of The Provider | NIRAJ |
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