Chief Quality Officer for Temple Health and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
General Surgery
Dr. Henry A. Pitt, MD
Henry Pitt works in the field of General Surgery. He attended Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University. Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University has a rank of 18 in research and a 49 in primary care He received awards:"Keynote Address", "Patients Choice Physician", "Americas Top Surgeons", "HPB Medallion", "Honorary Professor", "Fellow", "First Prize in Surgery", "Condon Research Award", "Wisconsin Surgical Society", "Aprahamian Faculty Teacher of the Year", "Shipley Award", "Honorary member", "Young Surgeon Representative", "Career Development Award", "Resident's Prize Paper, Joel J. Rosyln", "Physicians Recognition Award", "The John Metcalf Polk Prize for General Efficiency", "The Anthony Seth Werner, M.D. Memorial Prize in Infectious Diseases", "Letter in Baseball" and "Fellow (FACS)". Henry A. Pitt has written publications. He has 99 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'Adipocytes enhance murine pancreatic cancer growth via a hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)-mediated mechanism.'
Publications
- Adipocytes enhance murine pancreatic Cancer growth via a hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)-mediated mechanism.
- Relative Contributions of Complications and Failure to Rescue on Mortality in Older Patients Undergoing Pancreatectomy.
- Routine drainage of the operative bed following elective distal pancreatectomy does not reduce the occurrence of complications.
- Does the use of neoadjuvant therapy for pancreatic adenoCarcinoma increase postoperative morbidity and mortality rates?
- Quantifying the Burden of Complications Following Total Pancreatectomy Using the Postoperative Morbidity Index: A Multi-Institutional Perspective.
- Low drain fluid amylase predicts absence of Pancreatic fistula following pancreatectomy.
- Establishing a Quantitative Benchmark for Morbidity in Pancreatoduodenectomy Using ACS-NSQIP, the Accordion Severity Grading System, and the Postoperative Morbidity In...
- Incidental Gallbladder Cancer at Cholecystectomy: When Should the Surgeon Be Suspicious?
- Surgical inpatient satisfaction: What are the real drivers?
- Defining the post-operative morbidity index for distal pancreatectomy.
- Does preoperative cross-sectional imaging accurately predict main Duct involvement in intraDuctal papillary mucinous neoplasm?
- Pyogenic Liver Abscess Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Risk Factors, Treatment, and Long-Term Outcome.
- National Assessment of Margin Status as a Quality Indicator after Pancreatic Cancer Surgery.
- Impact of preoperative endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration on postoperative recurrence and survival in cholangioCarcinoma patients.
- Obesity increases malignant risk in patients with branch-Duct intraDuctal papillary mucinous neoplasm.
- Improved outcomes of Bile duct injuries in the 21st century.
- Unplanned intubation: When and why does this deadly complication occur?
- Reducing surgical site infections in hepatopancreatoBiliary surgery.
- Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor: an unusual Pancreatic mass diagnosed by EUS-FNA.
- Hereditary Pancreatitis: Endoscopic and Surgical Management.
- CholangioCarcinoma: are north american surgical outcomes optimal?
- Obesity, But Not High-Fat Diet, Promotes Murine Pancreatic Cancer Growth.
- Pancreatic Enucleation: Improved Outcomes Compared to Resection.
- The Proteome of Normal Pancreatic Juice.
- Outcomes after preoperative endoscopic ultrasonography and biopsy in patients undergoing distal pancreatectomy.
- Does the interval from imaging to operation affect the rate of unanticipated metastasis encountered during operation for pancreatic adenoCarcinoma?
- Does Adiponectin Upregulation Attenuate the Severity of Acute Pancreatitis in Obesity?
- Periampullary choledochal diverticula are not choledochal cysts.
- Splenic preserving distal pancreatectomy: does vessel preservation matter?
- Acute Pancreatitis in Obesity: Adipokines and Dietary Fish Oil.
- Validation of a novel, physiologic model of experimental acute pancreatitis in the mouse.
- Role of EUS for preoperative evaluation of cholangioCarcinoma: a large single-center experience.
- Insulin, leptin, and tumoral adipocytes promote murine pancreatic Cancer growth.
- Choledochoceles: are they choledochal cysts?
- Pancreatic surgery: evolution at a high-volume center.
- Radiation dose from computed tomography in patients with necrotizing pancreatitis: how much is too much?
- Robotic distal pancreatectomy: cost effective?
- Effect of hospital volume, surgeon experience, and surgeon volume on patient outcomes after Pancreaticoduodenectomy: a single-institution experience.
- Adipokines and cytokines in human Pancreatic juice: unraveling the local Pancreatic inflammatory milieu.
- Pancreatic necrosectomy: North American mortality is much lower than expected.
- Small pancreatic and periampullary Neuroendocrine tumors: resect or enucleate?
- Reply to "Gallbladder Cancer: The Role of Laparosco"
- Obesity potentiates the growth and dissemination of pancreatic Cancer.
- Annular pancreas in adults.
- Adiponectin receptor-1 expression is decreased in the pancreas of obese mice.
- Cannabinoid receptor-1 blockade attenuates acute pancreatitis in obesity by an adiponectin mediated mechanism.
- Pancreatic steatosis promotes dissemination and lethality of pancreatic Cancer.
- Does type of Pancreaticojejunostomy after Pancreaticoduodenectomy decrease rate of Pancreatic fistula? A randomized, prospective, dual-institution trial.
- Pancreatic fistula following Pancreaticoduodenectomy: clinical predictors and patient outcomes.
- Hepatic Neuroendocrine metastases: chemo- or bland embolization?
- A murine model of obesity implicates the adipokine milieu in the pathogenesis of severe acute pancreatitis.
- SteatoCholecystitis: the influence of obesity and dietary carbohydrates.
- Annular pancreas: dramatic differences between children and adults.
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis: role of extrahepatic Biliary resection.
- Treatment of common Bile duct stones discovered during cholecystectomy.
- Pancreatic cystic Neuroendocrine tumors: preoperative diagnosis with endoscopic ultrasound and fine-needle immunocytology.
- Leptin regulates Gallbladder genes related to gallstone pathogenesis in leptin-deficient mice.
- CT vs MRCP: optimal classification of IPMN type and extent.
- Fatty pancreas: a factor in postoperative Pancreatic fistula.
- IntraDuctal papillary mucinous neoplasms: predictors of malignant and invasive pathology.
- Total pancreatectomy (R0 resection) improves survival over subtotal pancreatectomy in isolated neck margin positive pancreatic adenoCarcinoma.
- Ezetimibe ameliorates cholecystosteatosis.
- Cholecystosteatosis: an explanation for increased cholecystectomy rates.
- Leptin regulates Gallbladder genes related to absorption and secretion.
- Gallbladder Cancer: the role of laparoscopy and radical resection.
- High dietary carbohydrates decrease Gallbladder volume and enhance cholesterol crystal formation.
- Improved outcomes in postoperative and pancreatitis-related visceral pseudoAneurysms.
- Declining morbidity and mortality rates in the surgical management of Pancreatic necrosis.
- Palliative stenting for late malignant gastric outlet Obstruction.
- Resistin-like molecule alpha reduces Gallbladder optimal tension.
- Pioglitazone increases Gallbladder volume in insulin-resistant obese mice.
- Insulin resistance causes human Gallbladder dysmotility.
- Altered small Intestinal absorptive enzyme activities in leptin-deficient obese mice: influence of bowel resection.
- Operative approach to gallbladder Cancer.
- Nonalcoholic Fatty gallbladder Disease: the influence of diet in lean and obese mice.
- Chemoembolization in patients at high risk: results and complications.
- Ciliary neurotrophic factor restores Gallbladder contractility in leptin-resistant obese diabetic mice.
- Surgical management of Bile duct injuries sustained during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: perioperative results in 200 patients.
- Neuroendocrine hepatic metastases: does aggressive management improve survival?
- Leptin increases small Intestinal response to cholecystokinin in leptin-deficient obese mice.
- Gallbladder Cancer: what is an aggressive approach?
- Altered Intestinal motility in leptin-deficient obese mice.
- Impaired Intestinal cell proliferation and cell death in leptin-deficient obese mice.
- Leptin-resistant obese mice do not form Biliary crystals on a high cholesterol diet.
- Nonobese diabetic mice have diminished Gallbladder motility and shortened crystal observation time.
- Gallbladder myocytes are short and cholecystokinin-resistant in obese diabetic mice.
- Cystic Pancreatic neoplasms: observe or operate.
- Choledochal cysts in western adults: complexities compared to children.
- Duodenal Cancer: endoscopic or surgical resection?
- Cystic Pancreatic neoplasms: enucleate or resect?
- Diabetes and hyperlipidemia correlate with Gallbladder contractility in leptin-related murine obesity.
- Gallbladder Cancer gene hypermethylation: genetics or environment?
- Thymidylate synthase expression predicts the response to 5-fluorouracil-based adjuvant therapy in pancreatic Cancer.
- Vitamin A deficiency inhibits Intestinal adaptation by modulating apoptosis, proliferation, and enterocyte migration.
- Leptin-resistant obese mice have paradoxically low Biliary cholesterol saturation.
- Gallbladder motility in agouti-yellow and leptin-resistant obese mice.
- Improved survival in resected Biliary malignancies.
- Gallstones: genetics versus environment.
Schools
Weill Cornell Medical College
Procedures Preformed
- Adrenalectomy
- Biliary Drainage
- Cholecystoenterostomy
- Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
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Conditions Treated
- Atelectasis
- Bile Duct Cancer
- Biliary Atresia
- Carcinoma in Situ
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Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Keynote Address
- Patient’s Choice Physician
- America’s Top Surgeons
- HPB Medallion
- Honorary Professor
- Fellow
- First Prize in Surgery
- Condon Research Award
- Wisconsin Surgical Society
- Aprahamian Faculty Teacher of the Year
- Shipley Award
- Honorary member
- Young Surgeon Representative
- Career Development Award
- Resident's Prize Paper, Joel J. Rosyln
- Physicians Recognition Award
- The John Metcalf Polk Prize for General Efficiency
- The Anthony Seth Werner, M.D. Memorial Prize in Infectious Diseases
- Letter in Baseball
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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Johns Hopkins University -
Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University -
Cornell University
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