Henry Richard Alexander Jr. MD

Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

Chief Surgical Officer Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

165 Somerset StreetNew Brunswick, NJ 08901

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Summary

Dr. Henry Alexander is a general surgeon in New Brunswick, NJ and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, and Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch Campus. He received his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine and has been in practice 38 years. He specializes in surgical oncology (other than breast) and is experienced in surgical oncology (non-breast) and hepatopancreatobiliary surgery.

Education & Training

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 1987 - 1989
National Capital ConsortiumResidency, Surgery, 1981 - 1985
National Capital ConsortiumInternship, Transitional Year, 1979 - 1980
Georgetown University School of MedicineClass of 1979
University of ColoradoB.A., 1975

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Certifications & Licensure

MD State Medical License 1992 - 2028
NJ State Medical License 2017 - 2027
NY State Medical License 1987 - 1992
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014-2016
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014-2016
America's Top Physicians 2014

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Does Hospital Operative Volume Influence the Outcomes of Patients After Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Peritoneal Carcinomatosis?
Praveen D Chatani, Alexander Manzella, Yelizaveta Y Gribkova, Brett L Ecker, Toni Beninato
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2024-02-01
6 citations
Treatment of Patients with Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma.
Claire Y Li, Timothy Kennedy, Henry Richard Alexander
Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022-03-29
2 citations
Regional therapy trials in peritoneal metastases: The path to standardization of care: Introduction.
Jason M. Foster, H. Richard Alexander, Chunmeng Zhang
Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2021-11-11

Journal Articles

Integration of Metabolomics and Transcriptomics Revealed a Fatty Acid Network Exerting Growth Inhibitory Effects in Human Pancreatic Cancer
Zhang G, He P, Tan H, Budhu A, Gaedcke J, Ghadimi BM, Ried T, Yfantis HG, Lee DH, Maitra A, Hanna N, Alexander HR, Hussain SP, Clin Cancer Res, 9/15/2013
FOXL1, a Novel Candidate Tumor Suppressor, Inhibits Tumor Aggressiveness and Predicts Outcome in Human Pancreatic Cancer
Zhang G, He P, Gaedcke J, Ghadmi BM, Ried T, Yfantis HG, Lee DH, Hanna N, Alexander HR, Hussain SP, Cancer Res, 9/1/2013
Diffuse Mesothelioma of the Peritoneum: A Pathological Study of 64 Tumors Treated with Cytoreductive Therapy
Lee M, Alexander HR, Burke A, Pathology, 8/1/2013

Books/Book Chapters

Surgery for Peritoneal Mesothelioma
Turner KM, Varghese S, Alexander HR2011
Methods in Bioengineering Series Organ Preservation and Reengineering
Chapter: Technique of Clinical Vascular Isolation and Perfusion of the Liver
Ambi CM, Alexander HREditors: Uygun K, Yee CY.2011
Cutaneous Melanoma
Chapter: Isolation Perfusion for Extremity Melanoma
Alexander HR, Fraker DL, Eggermont AMMEditors: Balch, Houghton, Sober, Soong.Atkins, & ThompsonEdition 5th,2008

Abstracts/Posters

Percutaneous Hepatic Perfusion (PHP or ChemoSAT) With Melphalan versus Best Alternative Care (BAC) In Patients (Patients with Hepatic Metastases from Melanoma: A Post ...
Alexander HR, et al., American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, 6/1/2012
von Hipple-Lindau Disease-associated Solid Microcystic Adenomas Masquerading as Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Turcotte S, Turkbey B, Barak S, Libutti SK, Alexander HR, Linehan WM, Hughes MS, Nilubol N, Millo C, Quezado M, Choyke PL, Kebebew E, Phan GQ, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Annual Meeting, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Unive, 4/1/2012
Value of Surgery in Patients with Negative Imaging and Sporadic Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome
Norton JA, Fraker DL, Alexander HR, Jensen RT, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, NIADDK, NIH Bethesda, MD, American Surgical Association 132nd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 4/1/2012

Lectures

Historical Perspectives on CRS and HIPEC
Jalisciense Cancer Institute, Guadalajara, Mexico - 1/1/2014
CRS and HIPEC for Ovarian Cancer
Jalisciense Cancer Institute, Guadalajara, Mexico - 1/1/2014
Centers of Excellence for Peritoneal Surface Malignancies
Phoenix, AZ - 1/1/2014

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