Vice Chair of Academic Affairs-Surgery Jacob C. Handelsman Professor of Surgery Professor of Surgery, Oncology and Urology; Chief GI Oncology and BME Services; Director of Sarcoma and Peritoneal Surface Malignancy Program; Johns Hopkins University Sc
General Surgery
Dr. Nita Ahuja, MD
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Nita Ahuja, MD practices General Surgery. She studied medicine at Duke University School of Medicine. Duke University School of Medicine is one of the top medical schools in the US. Duke University School of Medicine is ranked 8/29 in Research/PrimaryCare. She has 3 awards "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Fellow (FACS)" and "Representative, American College of Surgeons to Commission on Cancer". Nita Ahuja has written publications. She has 67 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'Combining Epigenetic and Immunotherapy to Combat Cancer.' She accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- A Combination of Molecular Markers and Clinical Features Improve the Classification of Pancreatic Cysts.
- Tracking Early Readmission After Pancreatectomy to Index and Nonindex Institutions: A More Accurate Assessment of Readmission.
- Hospital Volume and Patient Outcomes in Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery: Is Assessing Differences in Mortality Enough?
- The promise of methylation on beads for Cancer detection and treatment.
- Firm Flank Mass Decreasing in Size After Pregnancy.
- Role of a Multidisciplinary Clinic in the Management of Patients with Pancreatic Cysts: A Single-Center Cohort Study.
- Clinicopathologic Presentation and Natural History of AnoRectal Melanoma: A Case Series of 18 Patients.
- Functional Identification of Cancer-Specific Methylation of CDO1, HOXA9, and TAC1 for the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer.
- Inpatient survival after gastrectomy for gastric Cancer in the 21st century.
- High-dose-rate intraoperative radiation therapy: the nuts and bolts of starting a program.
- Immune regulation by low doses of the DNA methyltransferase inhibitor 5-azacitidine in common human epithelial Cancers.
- CpG island methylator phenotype and its association with malignancy in sporadic duodenal adenomas.
- Is Minimally Invasive Colon Resection Better Than Traditional Approaches?: First Comprehensive National Examination With Propensity Score Matching.
- Trends and Risk Factors for Transfusion in HepatopancreatoBiliary Surgery.
- Extrathoracic Location and "Borderline" Histology are Associated with Recurrence of Solitary Fibrous Tumors After Surgical Resection.
- Incidence and prognostic impact of KRAS and BRAF mutation in patients undergoing liver surgery for coloRectal metastases.
- Assessing Readmission After General, Vascular, and Thoracic Surgery Using ACS-NSQIP.
- Extraction and processing of circulating DNA from large sample volumes using methylation on beads for the detection of rare epigenetic events.
- CHFR silencing or microsatellite instability is associated with increased anti-tumor activity of docetaxel or gemcitabine in coloRectal cancer.
- Is it necessary to follow patients after resection of a benign Pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm?
- 2564 resected periampullary adenoCarcinomas at a single institution: trends over three decades.
- Young Patients Undergoing Resection of Pancreatic Cancer Fare Better than their Older Counterparts.
- Management and recurrence patterns of desmoids tumors: a multi-institutional Analysis of 211 patients.
- CpG Island Methylator Phenotype-Positive Tumors in the Absence of MLH1 Methylation Constitute a Distinct Subset of Duodenal AdenoCarcinomas and Are Associated with Poo...
- Biomarkers for detection and prognosis of breast Cancer identified by a functional hypermethylome screen.
- A pressure cooking-based DNA extraction from archival formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded Tissue.
- DNA methylation and environmental exposures in human hepatocellular Carcinoma.
- Disparities in colon Cancer presentation and in-hospital mortality in Maryland: a ten-year review.
- Image of the month. Incarcerated sigmoid volvulus in a right inguinal Hernia.
- The role of radiation in retroperitoneal Sarcomas: a surgical perspective.
- Comparing the DNA hypermethylome with gene mutations in human coloRectal cancer.
- The role of ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of axillary nodes in the staging of breast Cancer.
- Methylation-induced silencing of ASC/TMS1, a pro-apoptotic gene, is a late-stage event in coloRectal cancer.
- What constitutes a "high-volume" hospital for Pancreatic resection?
- Epigenetic inactivation of the canonical Wnt antagonist SRY-box containing gene 17 in coloRectal cancer.
- Retroperitoneal masses with associated human chorionic gonadotropin production: Report of two cases.
- Convergence of mutation and epigenetic alterations identifies common genes in Cancer that predict for poor prognosis.
- Soft tissue sarcomas. Preface.
- Management of extremity Soft tissue sarcomas.
- Management of retroperitoneal Sarcomas.
- Is there a difference in survival between right- versus left-sided colon Cancers?
- Epigenetic regulation of WNT signaling pathway genes in inflammatory bowel Disease (IBD) associated neoplasia.
- Pancreatic resection of isolated metastases from nonpancreatic primary Cancers.
- Abnormal DNA methylation of CD133 in coloRectal and glioblastoma tumors.
- Multilevel Analysis of the impact of community vs patient factors on access to immediate breast reconstruction following mastectomy in Maryland.
- Methylation of TFPI2 in stool DNA: a potential novel biomarker for the detection of coloRectal cancer.
- Surgical management of solid-pseudopapillary neoplasms of the pancreas (Franz or Hamoudi Tumors): a large single-institutional series.
- Predictors of survival after resection of retroperitoneal sarcoma: a population-based Analysis and critical appraisal of the AJCC staging system.
- Variations in referral patterns to high-volume centers for pancreatic Cancer.
- Prognostic significance of Gremlin1 (GREM1) promoter CpG island hypermethylation in clear cell renal cell Carcinoma.
- Is the debate finally over?: Comment on "Survival Effects of Adjuvant Chemoradiation Following Chemoradiotherapy After Resection for Pancreatic Carcinoma".
- Histopathologic basis for the favorable survival after resection of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm-associated invasive adenoCarcinoma of the pancreas.
- Translational research in surgical Disease.
- IntraAbdominal tissue expanders to prevent radiation enteritis: preliminary report.
- Disparity in limb-salvage surgery among Sarcoma patients.
- Teaching hospital status and operative mortality in the United States: tipping point in the volume-outcome relationship following colon resections?
- Asian race/ethnicity as a risk factor for bile duct injury during cholecystectomy.
- Surgical intensive care unit clinician estimates of the adequacy of communication regarding patient prognosis.
- Genomic and epigenomic integration identifies a prognostic signature in colon Cancer.
- Breast Cancer methylomes establish an epigenomic foundation for metastasis.
- The role of oncogenes in gastrointestinal Cancer.
- Early-stage gallbladder Cancer in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database: effect of extended surgical resection.
- The CpG island methylator phenotype in coloRectal cancer: Progress and problems.
- Predicting the risk of perioperative mortality in patients undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy: a novel scoring system.
- ColoRectal Cancer Stem Cells--Hype or Real?: Comment on "Combined CD133+/CD44+ Expression as a Prognostic Indicator of Disease-Free Survival in Patients With Colorecta...
- Combining Epigenetic and Immunotherapy to Combat Cancer.
Schools
Duke University
Johns Hopkins
Procedures Preformed
- Adrenalectomy
- Appendectomy, Open
- Biopsy of Breast
- Colectomy
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Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Anal and Rectal Cancer
- Biliary Atresia
- Breast Cancer
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Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FACS)
- Representative, American College of Surgeons to Commission on Cancer
Education
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Johns Hopkins University -
Duke University School of Medicine
Hospital
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Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center -
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1093779308 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | AHUJA | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | NITA | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 212870005 | |
| NPPES Provider State | MD | |
| Specialty Description | General Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 85.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1093779308 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | AHUJA |
| First Name Of The Provider | NITA |
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