DouglasLeonFrakerMD
General Surgery • Philadelphia, PAEndocrine, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)
Professor of Surgery, University Pennsylvania
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Office
3400 Spruce St
4 Silverstein Bldg
Philadelphia, PA 19104Phone+1 215-615-5858- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- I am a Board certified general surgeon with almost 30 years of practice as an attending. I currently treat all surgical aspects of thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal disease. I also operate on intra-abdominal and retroperitoneal sarcomas as well as neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas and small bowel. I will also operate on primary metastatic tumors to the liver as well as adenocarcinoma of the pancreas as well as the biliary system.
Education & Training
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Surgery, 1989 - 1991
Clinical Center at the National Institutes of HealthResidency, Surgery, 1986 - 1989- University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Surgery, 1983 - 1986
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1983
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1984 - Present
PA State Medical License 1995 - 2024
NJ State Medical License 2017 - 2021
FL State Medical License 2018 - 2020
MD State Medical License 1986 - 1996
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Philadelphia Magazine Castle Connolly, 2004-2014
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2003-2014
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
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Clinical Trials
- Melphalan With or Without Tumor Necrosis Factor in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced Melanoma of the Arm or Leg Start of enrollment: 1999 Mar 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Sex differences and racial/ethnic disparities in the presentation and treatment of medullary thyroid cancer.Kalva, S., Passman, J., Soegaard Ballester, J., Finn, C., Ginzberg, S., Fraker, D., Kelz, R., Wachtel, H.> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2024 Feb 8
- The use and costs of same-day surgery versus overnight admission for total thyroidectomy: A multi-state, all-payer analysis.Caitlin B Finn, James E Sharpe, Lauren N Krumeich, Sara P Ginzberg, Jacqueline M Soegaard Ballester, Jason K Tong, Heather Wachtel, Douglas L Fraker, Rachel R Kelz> ;Surgery. 2024 Jan 1
- Adrenalectomy approach and outcomes according to surgeon volume.Sara P Ginzberg, Julia A Gasior, Lauren R Kelz, Jesse E Passman, Jacqueline M Soegaard Ballester, Robert E Roses, Douglas L Fraker, Heather Wachtel> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2024 Mar 1
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Professional Memberships
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Hospital Affiliations
Hospital of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
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