FrancisRobertSpitzMDFACS

Pancreas, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

Vice Chief, Department of Surgery Head, Division of General Surgery Deputy Director, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper

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Office
3 Cooper Plz
Suite 411
Camden, NJ 08103
Phone(856) 342-3263
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Education & Training

Thomas Jefferson UniversityRESIDENCY
University of Connecticut School of MedicineMEDICAL_SCHOOL

Certifications & Licensure

NJ State Medical License 2009 - 2021
TX State Medical License 1994 - 1998
PA State Medical License 1992 - 2010
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Inside Jersey Magazine Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2012-2014
Inside Jersey Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2012-2014
Philadelphia Magazine Castle Connolly, 2012-2013
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Omental patch versus gastric resection for perforated gastric ulcer: Systematic review and meta-analysis for an unresolved debate.
Zhu, C., Badach, J., Lin, A., Mathur, N., McHugh, S., Saracco, B., Adams, A., Gaughan, J., Atabek, U., Spitz, F. R., Hong, Y. K.> ;American journal of surgery. 2020 Sep 19
Simple Versus Radical Resection for Duodenal Adenocarcinoma: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis of National Cancer Database.
Platoff, R. M., Kellish, A. S., Hakim, A., Gaughan, J. P., Atabek, U. M., Spitz, F. R., Hong, Y. K.> ;The American surgeon. 2020 Sep 16
Elective Surgery Recovery Plan in Post-COVID-19 Era.
Hong, Y. K., Carpenter, J., Spitz, F. R.> ;The American surgeon. 2020 Jul 21
Implications for the use of telehealth in surgical patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hakim, A. A., Kellish, A. S., Atabek, U., Spitz, F. R., Hong, Y. K.> ;American journal of surgery. 2020 Apr 28
Locally Transplanted Adipose Stem Cells Reduce Anastomotic Leaks in Ischemic Colorectal Anastomoses: A Rat Model.
Morgan, A., Zheng, A., Linden, K. M., Zhang, P., Brown, S. A., Carpenter, J. P., Spitz, F. R., Kwiatt, M. E.> ;Diseases of the colon and rectum. 2020 Mar 14
Large incidental gastrointestinal stromal tumors in a patient presenting with acutely symptomatic nephrolithiasis: A case report.
Obinero, C., Makar, G. S., Rowe, J. S., Makar, M. S., Holdbrook, T., Hageboutros, A., Spitz, F. R., Kovacs, J. E.> ;Radiology case reports. 2019 Mar 9
Continuous Non-invasive finger cuff CareTaker® comparable to invasive intra-arterial pressure in patients undergoing major intra-abdominal surgery.
Gratz I, Deal E, Spitz F, Baruch M, Allen IE, Seaman JE, Pukenas E, Jean S> ;BMC anesthesiology. 2017-03-21
Bullous pemphigoid associated with a lymphoepithelial cyst of the pancreas.
Chadwick, P. W., Spitz, F. R., Kwa, D. M., Johnson, W. C., Heymann, W. R.> ;Cutis. 2016 Nov 23
A large degenerated GI stromal tumor presenting as a peripancreatic cyst.
Walter JW, Klump W, Spitz F, Elfant A, Ho HC> ;Gastrointestinal endoscopy. 2016-11-22
2 citations
Phase II Trial of Paclitaxel/Cisplatin Followed by Surgery and Adjuvant Radiation Therapy and 5-Fluorouracil/Leucovorin for Gastric Cancer (ECOG E7296).
Chakravarthy, A. B., Catalano, P. J., Mondschein, J. K., Rosenthal, D. I., Haller, D. G., Whittington, R., Spitz, F. R., Wagner, H., Sigurdson, E. R., Tschetter, L. K....> ;Gastrointestinal cancer research : GCR. 2013 Jan 8
13 citations
Time-of-day effects on surgical outcomes in the private sector: a retrospective cohort study.
Kelz, R. R., Tran, T. T., Hosokawa, P., Henderson, W. G., Paulson, E. C., Spitz, F. R., Hamilton, B. H., Hall, B. L.> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2009 Oct 6
25 citations
Underuse of esophagectomy as treatment for resectable esophageal cancer.
Paulson, E. C., Ra, J., Armstrong, K., Wirtalla, C., Spitz, F. R., Kelz, R. R.> ;Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960). 2008 Dec 17
10 citations
Phase I study of preoperative radiation therapy with concurrent infusional 5-fluorouracil and oxaliplatin followed by surgery and postoperative 5-fluorouracil plus leu...
Rosenthal, D. I., Catalano, P. J., Haller, D. G., Landry, J. C., Sigurdson, E. R., Spitz, F. R., Benson, A. B.> ;International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics. 2008 Aug 30
35 citations
Time of day is associated with postoperative morbidity: an analysis of the national surgical quality improvement program data.
Kelz, R. R., Freeman, K. M., Hosokawa, P. W., Asch, D. A., Spitz, F. R., Moskowitz, M., Henderson, W. G., Mitchell, M. E., Itani, K. M.> ;Annals of surgery. 2008 Apr 1
10 citations
Identification of high-risk patients among those diagnosed with thin cutaneous melanomas.
Gimotty, P. A., Elder, D. E., Fraker, D. L., Botbyl, J., Sellers, K., Elenitsas, R., Ming, M. E., Schuchter, L. M., Spitz, F. R., Czerniecki, B. J., Guerry, D.> ;Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2007 Mar 21
90 citations
Targeting HER-2/neu in early breast cancer development using dendritic cells with staged interleukin-12 burst secretion.
Czerniecki, B. J., Koski, G. K., Koldovsky, U., Xu, S., Cohen, P. A., Mick, R., Nisenbaum, H. L., Pasha, T., Xu, M., Fox, K. R., Weinstein, S. P., Orel, S. G., Vonderh...> ;Cancer research. 2007 Feb 13
3 citations
Regional nodal metastatic disease is the strongest predictor of survival in patients with thin vertical growth phase melanomas: a case for SLN Staging biopsy in these ...
Karakousis, G. C., Gimotty, P. A., Czerniecki, B. J., Elder, D. E., Elenitsas, R., Ming, M. E., Fraker, D. L., Guerry, D., Spitz, F. R.> ;Annals of surgical oncology. 2007 Feb 8
27 citations
HIV protease inhibitor nelfinavir inhibits growth of human melanoma cells by induction of cell cycle arrest.
Jiang, W., Mikochik, P. J., Ra, J. H., Lei, H., Flaherty, K. T., Winkler, J. D., Spitz, F. R.> ;Cancer research. 2007 Feb 7
11 citations
Predicting sentinel node status in AJCC stage I/II primary cutaneous melanoma.
Kruper, L. L., Spitz, F. R., Czerniecki, B. J., Fraker, D. L., Blackwood-Chirchir, A., Ming, M. E., Elder, D. E., Elenitsas, R., Guerry, D., Gimotty, P. A.> ;Cancer. 2006 Oct 24
3 citations
Preferential involvement of CX chemokine receptor 4 and CX chemokine ligand 12 in T-cell migration toward melanoma cells.
Zhang, T., Somasundaram, R., Berking, C., Caputo, L., Van Belle, P., Elder, D. E., Czerniecki, B. J., Hotz, S., Schuchter, L. M., Spitz, F. R., Berencsi, K., Rani, P.,...> ;Cancer biology & therapy. 2006 Aug 25
Use of radiotracer for sentinel lymph node mapping in breast cancer optimizes staging independent of site of administration.
Kesmodel, S. B., Canter, R. J., Terhune, K. P., Bauer, T. W., Mick, R., Rosato, E. F., Spitz, F. R., Fraker, D. L., Alavi, A., Czerniecki, B. J.> ;Clinical nuclear medicine. 2006 Aug 22
1 citation
A phase II trial of intraperitoneal photodynamic therapy for patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis and sarcomatosis.
Hahn, S. M., Fraker, D. L., Mick, R., Metz, J. M., Busch, T. M., Smith, D., Zhu, T. C., Rodriguez, C., Dimofte, A., Spitz, F. R., Putt, M. E., Rubin, S. C., Menon, C.,...> ;Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. 2006 Apr 28
12 citations
Predictors of regional nodal disease in patients with thin melanomas.
Karakousis, G. C., Gimotty, P. A., Botbyl, J. D., Kesmodel, S. B., Elder, D. E., Elenitsas, R., Ming, M. E., Guerry, D., Fraker, D. L., Czerniecki, B. J., Spitz, F. R.> ;Annals of surgical oncology. 2006 Mar 9
7 citations
AKT activation and response to interferon-beta in human cancer cells.
Lei, H., Furlong, P. J., Ra, J. H., Mullins, D., Cantor, R., Fraker, D. L., Spitz, F. R.> ;Cancer biology & therapy. 2005 Jun 23
18 citations
Mitotic rate as a predictor of sentinel lymph node positivity in patients with thin melanomas.
Kesmodel, S. B., Karakousis, G. C., Botbyl, J. D., Canter, R. J., Lewis, R. T., Wahl, P. M., Terhune, K. P., Alavi, A., Elder, D. E., Ming, M. E., Guerry, D., Gimotty,...> ;Annals of surgical oncology. 2005 May 3
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