Chief, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery; Professor of Surgery, Pathology and Oncology; Paul K. Neumann Professor of Pancreatic Cancer Research; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Oncology
Dr. Christopher L. Wolfgang, MD
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Doctor Christopher L. Wolfgang, MD practices Oncology. He went to Temple University School of Medicine. He over the years received 2 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FACS)". Christopher L. Wolfgang has written publications. He has 92 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) with high-grade dysplasia is a risk factor for the subsequent development of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.' He accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Lymphocyte-Sparing Effect of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Patients With Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer.
- The Characterization and Prediction of ISGPF Grade C Fistulas Following Pancreatoduodenectomy.
- Effect of surgeon and anesthesiologist volume on surgical outcomes.
- Whole Genome Sequencing Defines the Genetic Heterogeneity of Familial Pancreatic Cancer.
- A new immunohistochemistry prognostic score (IPS) for recurrence and survival in resected pancreatic Neuroendocrine tumors (PanNET).
- A Combination of Molecular Markers and Clinical Features Improve the Classification of Pancreatic Cysts.
- Postoperative Omental Infarct After Distal Pancreatectomy: Appearance, Etiology Management, and Review of Literature.
- Resected pancreatic Ductal adenocarcinomas with recurrence limited in lung have a significantly better prognosis than those with other recurrence patterns.
- TGF-β blockade depletes T regulatory cells from metastatic pancreatic Tumors in a vaccine dependent manner.
- Correlation of clinical stage and performance status with quality of life in patients seen in a pancreas multidisciplinary clinic.
- Surgical intervention for a foreign body trapped in the stomach.
- Pathologic Evaluation and Reporting of IntraDuctal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms of the Pancreas and Other Tumoral Intraepithelial Neoplasms of Pancreatobiliary Tract: ...
- Proteins associated with pancreatic Cancer survival in patients with resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
- The Role of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer: A Single-Institution Experience.
- What is the Significance of Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules in Patients Undergoing Resection for Pancreatic AdenoCarcinoma?
- Very Long-term Survival Following Resection for Pancreatic Cancer Is Not Explained by Commonly Mutated Genes: Results of Whole-Exome Sequencing Analysis.
- Time to progression of pancreatic Ductal adenocarcinoma from low-to-high tumour stages.
- Impact of the Time Interval Between MDCT Imaging and Surgery on the Accuracy of Identifying Metastatic Disease in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer.
- Functional p38 MAPK Identified by Biomarker Profiling of Pancreatic Cancer Restrains Growth through JNK Inhibition and Correlates with Improved Survival.
- Laparoscopic Pancreatic surgery.
- Quantifying the Burden of Complications Following Total Pancreatectomy Using the Postoperative Morbidity Index: A Multi-Institutional Perspective.
- Smoking Is Not Associated with Severe Dysplasia or Invasive Carcinoma in Resected IntraDuctal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms.
- Duodenal neuroendocrine tumors: retrospective evaluation of CT imaging features and pattern of metastatic Disease on dual-phase MDCT with pathologic correlation.
- Tracking Early Readmission After Pancreatectomy to Index and Nonindex Institutions: A More Accurate Assessment of Readmission.
- Phase 2 multi-institutional trial evaluating gemcitabine and stereotactic body radiotherapy for patients with locally advanced unresectable pancreatic adenoCarcinoma.
- Sarcopenia Adversely Impacts Postoperative Complications Following Resection or Transplantation in Patients with Primary Liver Tumors.
- PD-1/PD-L1 Blockade Together With Vaccine Therapy Facilitates Effector T-Cell Infiltration Into Pancreatic Tumors.
- Hospital Volume and Patient Outcomes in Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery: Is Assessing Differences in Mortality Enough?
- Establishing a Quantitative Benchmark for Morbidity in Pancreatoduodenectomy Using ACS-NSQIP, the Accordion Severity Grading System, and the Postoperative Morbidity In...
- The prognostic value of stroma in pancreatic Cancer in patients receiving adjuvant therapy.
- Baseline Metabolic Tumor Volume and Total Lesion Glycolysis Are Associated With Survival Outcomes in Patients With Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Receiving Stereot...
- The tail of neuroendocrine tumors from Lung to pancreas: Two rare case reports.
- Defining the post-operative morbidity index for distal pancreatectomy.
- Venous thromboembolic prophylaxis after a hepatic resection: patterns of care among Liver surgeons.
- Role of a Multidisciplinary Clinic in the Management of Patients with Pancreatic Cysts: A Single-Center Cohort Study.
- Alternative lengthening of telomeres predicts site of origin in neuroendocrine tumor Liver metastases.
- Readmission incidence and associated factors after a hepatic resection at a major hepato-pancreatico-Biliary academic centre.
- High-dose-rate intraoperative radiation therapy: the nuts and bolts of starting a program.
- Management of borderline and locally advanced pancreatic Cancer: Where do we stand?
- Whole-exome sequencing of Pancreatic neoplasms with acinar differentiation.
- Poorly Differentiated Neuroendocrine Carcinomas of the Pancreas: A Clinicopathologic Analysis of 44 Cases.
- CpG island methylator phenotype and its association with malignancy in sporadic duodenal adenomas.
- Erratum to: Defining Incidence and Risk Factors of Venous ThromboEmbolism after Hepatectomy.
- Detection of circulating tumor DNA in early- and late-stage human Malignancies.
- Baseline hemoglobin-a1c impacts clinical outcomes in patients with pancreatic Cancer.
- Trends and Risk Factors for Transfusion in HepatopancreatoBiliary Surgery.
- General and Acute Care Surgical Procedures in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices.
- Longer Course of Induction Chemotherapy Followed by Chemoradiation Favors Better Survival Outcomes for Patients With Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer.
- Defining Incidence and Risk Factors of Venous Thromboemolism after Hepatectomy.
- Re-irradiation with stereotactic body radiation therapy as a novel treatment option for isolated local recurrence of pancreatic Cancer after multimodality therapy: exp...
- Mapping patterns of local recurrence after pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenoCarcinoma: a new approach to adjuvant radiation field design.
- Grading of well-differentiated pancreatic Neuroendocrine tumors is improved by the inclusion of both Ki67 proliferative index and mitotic rate.
- Pancreaticoduodenectomy after bariatric surgery: challenges and available techniques for reconstruction.
- Correlation of smad4 status with outcomes in patients receiving erlotinib combined with adjuvant chemoradiation and chemotherapy after resection for Pancreatic adenoca...
- Resection of Isolated Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastases of the Pancreas: Outcomes from the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
- Influence of Patient, Physician, and Hospital Factors on 30-Day Readmission Following Pancreatoduodenectomy in the United States.
- The Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Pancreatoblastoma in Adults: A Case Series and Review of the Literature.
- Serum miR-1290 as a Marker of Pancreatic Cancer--Response.
- Acinar cell cystadenoma of the pancreas: a benign neoplasm or non-neoplastic ballooning of acinar and Ductal epithelium?
- Impact of Sarcopenia on Outcomes Following Intra-Arterial Therapy of Hepatic Malignancies.
- Assessing Readmission After General, Vascular, and Thoracic Surgery Using ACS-NSQIP.
- A multi-institutional phase 2 study of neoadjuvant gemcitabine and oxaliplatin with radiation therapy in patients with pancreatic Cancer.
- Recurrence Patterns and Prognostic Factors in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Noncirrhotic Liver: A Multi-Institutional Analysis.
- MicroRNA Array Analysis Finds Elevated Serum miR-1290 Accurately Distinguishes Patients with Low-Stage Pancreatic Cancer from Healthy and Disease Controls.
- Phase 2 study of erlotinib combined with adjuvant chemoradiation and chemotherapy in patients with resectable pancreatic Cancer.
- Clinicopathological Correlates of Activating GNAS Mutations in IntraDuctal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (IPMN) of the Pancreas.
- A risk model to predict 90-day mortality among patients undergoing hepatic resection.
- A Single Institution's 26-Year Experience With Nonfunctional Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Validation of Current Staging Systems and a New Prognostic Nomogram.
- Unnecessary Tests and Procedures in Patients Presenting with Solid Tumors of the Pancreas.
- Pancreaticoduodenectomy: time to change our approach?
- Is it necessary to follow patients after resection of a benign pancreatic intraDuctal papillary mucinous neoplasm?
- Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fiducial placement allows localization of small Neuroendocrine tumors during parenchymal-sparing pancreatic surgery.
- Incidentally detected cystic lesions of the pancreas on CT: review of literature and management suggestions.
- Multidisciplinary Management of Pancreatic Cancer.
- 2564 resected periampullary adenoCarcinomas at a single institution: trends over three decades.
- Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor With Cystlike Changes: Evaluation With MDCT.
- Histopathologic Findings of Multifocal Pancreatic IntraDuctal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms on CT.
- Randomized Phase III Multi-Institutional Study of TNFerade Biologic With Fluorouracil and Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: Final Results.
- Prognosis of minimally invasive Carcinoma arising in mucinous cystic neoplasms of the pancreas.
- Young Patients Undergoing Resection of Pancreatic Cancer Fare Better than their Older Counterparts.
- Acinar cell Carcinoma of the pancreas: computed tomography features-a study of 15 patients.
- Enteral stenting versus gastrojejunostomy for palliation of malignant gastric outlet Obstruction.
- Treating patients with colon cancer liver metastasis: a nationwide Analysis of therapeutic decision making.
- Presentation and management of gastrointestinal stromal tumors of the duodenum: a multi-institutional Analysis.
- Whole genome association study identifies polymorphisms associated with QT prolongation during iloperidone treatment of schizophrenia.
- Association of the NPAS3 gene and five other loci with response to the antipsychotic iloperidone identified in a whole genome association study.
- The role of surgery in the management of isolated metastases to the pancreas.
- Pancreatic resection of isolated metastases from nonpancreatic primary Cancers.
- Stage III pancreatic Cancer and the role of irreversible electroporation.
- Palliative Management of Unresectable Pancreas Cancer.
- IntraDuctal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) with high-grade dysplasia is a risk factor for the subsequent development of pancreatic Ductal adenocarcinoma.
Schools
Temple University
Penn State University Hospital Milton S Hershey Med Cen
Procedures Preformed
- Adrenalectomy
- Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
- Appendectomy, Open
- Colectomy
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Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Anal and Rectal Cancer
- Appendicitis
- Bile Duct Cancer
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Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
- Oncology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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Penn State University -
Temple University School of Medicine
Hospital
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Johns Hopkins Hospital -
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1770519761 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | WOLFGANG |
| First Name Of The Provider | CHRISTOPHER |
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