AnthonyMichaelVillanoMD
General Surgery • Philadelphia, PASurgical Oncology (Other than Breast)
Instructor, Complex General Surgical Oncology Fox Chase Cancer Center
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Office
333 Cottman Ave
Dept of Surgical Oncology
Philadelphia, PA 19140Phone+1 215-728-3095Fax+1 215-728-2773- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Villano is a Surgical Oncologist at Fox Chase Cancer Center. Dr. Villano earned his medical degree at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and trained in General Surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. While there, he completed an advanced curriculum for robotic surgery and spent 2 years additional years in a translational research fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He recently finished a Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship at Fox Chase.
Dr. Villano is an accomplished researcher who has published extensively in a number of peer-reviewed journals and textbooks. He is also the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including Fox Chase Cancer Center’s John Ridge Fellowship Award and Young Investigator's Award, the DC Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Best Clinical Research Award, and the Best Clinical and Basic Science Research Awards from MedStar Georgetown University Hospital’s Hufnagel Research Symposium.
Additionally, Dr. Villano belongs to multiple national professional organizations. These include the American College of Surgeons, the Association for Academic Surgery, the Cancer Surgery Standards Program, the American Hepatopancreatobiliary Association, and the Society of Surgical Oncology.
He has also held a number of committee and administrative positions. He serves on the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract’s research committee, the education committee for the Cancer Surgery Standards Program for the Commission on Cancer, and the leadership committee for the Association of Academic Surgery.
Education & Training
Temple University Hospital/Fox Chase Cancer CenterFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 2020 - 2022
MedStar Health/Georgetown-Washington HospitalResidency, Surgery, 2013 - 2020
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolClass of 2013, MD, Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Society
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 2020 - 2024
VA State Medical License 2013 - 2020- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- American Board of Surgery Complex General Surgical Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- PA Medical Society Top 40 Under 40 PA Medical Society, 2023
- Fox Chase Cancer Center John Ridge Fellowship Award Fox Chase Cancer Center, 2022
- Fox Chase Young Investigator's Award Fox Chase Cancer Center, 2021
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Correction: Standardization of Colon Resection for Cancer: An Overview of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Standard 5.6.Amanda B Francescatti, Arden M Morris, Katryna K Thomas, Timothy J Vreeland, Mediget K Teshome, Kelly K Hunt, Matthew H G Katz, Anthony M Villano> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2024 Apr 25
- PDGFRβ Signaling Cooperates with β-Catenin to Modulate c-Abl and Biologic Behavior of Desmoid-Type Fibromatosis.Hu, J., Hameed, M., Agaram, N., Whiting, K., Qin, L., Villano, A., O'Connor, R., Rozenberg, J., Cohen, S., Prendergast, K., Kryeziu, S., White, R., Posner, M., Socci, ...> ;Clinical Cancer Research. 2024 Jan 17
- 1 citationsType of neoadjuvant treatment strategy is associated with differential pathologic responses in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.Anthony M Villano, Sai P Reddy, Karthik Devarajan, Dany Barrak, Sanjay S Reddy, Akumuo, R.> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2023 Nov 8
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Journal Articles
- Delayed perforation of gastrocolocutaneous fistula after percutaneous gastrostomyVillano AM, Metchik A, Bamba R, Bhanot P, Case Reports of the Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons, 5/13/2019
- An Update in the Management of Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue SarcomaVillano AM, Maselli KM, Levy AD, Unger KR, Priebat DA, Pollock RE, Al-Refaie WB, Oncology Times, 2018
Books/Book Chapters
Other
- Ultrasound of the Biliary TreeVillano AM, Reddy SS, SCORE Portal
https://www.surgicalcore.org/modulecontent.aspx?id=167402
1/2021 - Pneumothorax and PleurodesisVillano AM, Marshall MB
http://www.surgicalcore.org/
SCORE portal - 3/21/2018
Press Mentions
Four Fox Chase Cancer Center Practitioners Recognized as Top Physicians Under 40 by Pennsylvania Medical SocietyJune 25th, 2023
Fox Chase Cancer Center Welcomes Dr. VillanoSeptember 23rd, 2022
Committees
- Research Committee, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2022 - Present
- Leadership Committee, Association of Academic Surgery 2021 - Present
- Commission on Cancer Liaison, Membership Committee - Resident and Associate Society of the American College of Surgeons 2020 - Present
- Education Committee, Cancer Surgery Standards Program for the Commission on Cancer 2020 - Present
Research History
- Medstar Georgetown University Hospital Surgical Outcomes Research GroupClinical outcomes research with a particular focus on improving the quality of treatment delivery and therapeutic paradigms in retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcoma, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, and gastrointestinal stromal tumor.2018 - 2020
- Research Fellow - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterBasic science research as part of the Gastric-Mixed Tumor Service. Explored novel therapeutic targets for desmoid-type fibromatosis through analysis of molecular events downstream of CTNNB1 (B-catenin) mutation.2015 - 2017
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Member
- Society of Surgical OncologyMember
- Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary AssociationMember
- International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary AssociationMember
- Society for Surgery of the Alimentary TractMember
- Association for Academic SurgeryMember
- Metro Philadelphia Chapter American College of SurgeonsMember
Hospital Affiliations
Fox Chase Cancer CenterPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
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