Associate Professor, Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine

General Surgery

Dr. Charles M. Vollmer Jr. works in the field of General Surgery. He went to Jefferson Medical College. He over the years received 2 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FACS)". Doctor Charles M. Vollmer Jr., MD is a published physician. He has 73 papers published. The most current publication "Advances in Surgical Management of Pancreatic Diseases." He is registered with Medicare.

Publications

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• Advances in Surgical Management of Pancreatic Diseases.
• The Characterization and Prediction of ISGPF Grade C Fistulas Following Pancreatoduodenectomy.
• The efficacy of adjuvant therapy for pancreatic invasive intraDuctal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN).
• Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Liver Surgery.
• Analysis of cyst size and tumor markers in the management of pancreatic cysts: support for the original Sendai criteria.
• Prophylactic octreotide in pancreatoduodenectomy: response to Yang et al.
• Sendai and Fukuoka Consensus Guidelines Identify Advanced Neoplasia in Patients with Suspected Mucinous Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas.
• Targeted transgastric drainage of isolated pancreatic Duct segments to cure persistent pancreaticocutaneous fistulas from pancreatitis.
• Quantifying the Burden of Complications Following Total Pancreatectomy Using the Postoperative Morbidity Index: A Multi-Institutional Perspective.
• Evaluating the efficacy of pre-operative fistula risk assessment.
• Structured Reporting of Multiphasic CT for Pancreatic Cancer: Potential Effect on Staging and Surgical Planning.
• The Value of Drains as a Fistula Mitigation Strategy for Pancreatoduodenectomy: Something for Everyone? Results of a Randomized Prospective Multi-institutional Study.
• Establishing a Quantitative Benchmark for Morbidity in Pancreatoduodenectomy Using ACS-NSQIP, the Accordion Severity Grading System, and the Postoperative Morbidity In...
• Prophylactic octreotide for pancreatoduodenectomy: more harm than good?
• Predictive factors for pancreatic fistula following pancreatectomy.
• Design, development and implementation of a surgical simulation pathway curriculum for Biliary disease.
• Defining the post-operative morbidity index for distal pancreatectomy.
• Investigational Biomarkers for Pancreatic AdenoCarcinoma: Where Do We Stand?
• Surgical Palliation for Pancreatic Malignancy: Practice Patterns and Predictors of Morbidity and Mortality.
• A Randomized Prospective Multicenter Trial of Pancreaticoduodenectomy With and Without Routine Intraperitoneal Drainage.
• A Multi-Institutional External Validation of the Fistula Risk Score for Pancreatoduodenectomy.
• Assessing the impact of a fistula after a pancreaticoduodenectomy using the Post-operative Morbidity Index.
• The economics of pancreas surgery.
• Readmission following pancreatectomy: what can be improved?
• Pancreatic Surgery: A Multidisciplinary Assessment of the Value of Intraoperative US.
• A contemporary analysis of survival for resected pancreatic Ductal adenocarcinoma.
• The burden of infection for elective pancreatic resections.
• Quality assessment in pancreatic surgery: what might tomorrow require?
• A prospectively validated clinical risk score accurately predicts pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy.
• In brief.
• Risk scores and prognostic models in surgery: pancreas resection as a paradigm.
• Perspectives on intraoperative teaching: divergence and convergence between learner and teacher.
• Clinical Implications of Mucinous Nonneoplastic Cysts of the Pancreas.
• Predicting In-Hospital Mortality in Patients Undergoing Complex Gastrointestinal Surgery: Determining the Optimal Risk Adjustment Method.
• Readmission after major pancreatic resection: a necessary evil?
• Incidentally, it's still Cancer.
• The obstructed pancreatico-Biliary drainage limb: presentation, management, and outcomes.
• An unusual variant of anomalous pancreaticoBiliary junction in a patient with pancreas divisum diagnosed with secretin-magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography.
• International consensus guidelines for surgical resection of mucinous neoplasms cannot be applied to all cystic lesions of the pancreas.
• Unexpected identification of gallbladder Carcinoma during cholecystectomy.
• Establishing standards of quality for elderly patients undergoing pancreatic resection.
• Diagnosis and management of pancreatic pseudocysts: what is the evidence?
• Evolving treatment strategies for gallbladder Cancer.
• Comparison of carcinoembryonic antigen and molecular analysis in pancreatic cyst fluid.
• Pancreatic adenoCarcinoma in the pregnant patient: a case report and literature review.
• The incidental asymptomatic pancreatic lesion: nuisance or threat?
• Prevention and management of pancreatic fistula.
• Optimal surgical performance attenuates physiologic risk in high-acuity operations.
• Epidural analgesia for pancreatoduodenectomy: a critical appraisal.
• Incidental findings at surgery. Part 1.
• Incidental findings at surgery. Part 1. In brief.
• Risk prediction for development of pancreatic fistula using the ISGPF classification scheme.
• POSSUM accurately predicts morbidity for pancreatic resection.
• Pancreatic adenoCarcinoma: value of multidetector CT angiography in preoperative evaluation.
• Autoimmune pancreatitis in the setting of Castleman Disease.
• Selective administration of prophylactic octreotide during pancreaticoduodenectomy: a clinical and cost-benefit analysis in low- and high-risk glands.
• Biliary injury following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: why still a problem?
• Quality assessment in high-acuity surgery: volume and mortality are not enough.
• Deviation-based cost modeling: a novel model to evaluate the clinical and economic impact of clinical pathways.
• Clinical and economic validation of the International Study Group of Pancreatic Fistula (ISGPF) classification scheme.
• Chemotherapy for colorectal Cancer prior to liver resection for colorectal Cancer hepatic metastases does not adversely affect peri-operative outcomes.
• Impact of Regional lymph node evaluation in staging patients with periampullary tumors.
• Postoperative pancreatic fistulas are not equivalent after proximal, distal, and central pancreatectomy.
• Factors associated with early recurrence after resection for hepatocellular Carcinoma and outcomes.
• Vascular occlusion to decrease blood loss during hepatic resection.
• Transduodenal resection of peri-ampullary lesions.
• Predominant Bcl-XL knockdown disables antiapoptotic mechanisms: tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand-based triple chemotherapy overcomes chemoresist...
• An aggressive surgical approach leads to improved survival in patients with gallbladder Cancer: a 12-year study at a North American Center.
• Training, practice, and referral patterns in hepatoBiliary and pancreatic surgery: survey of general surgeons.
• Multipurpose extended subcostal incision for hepatoBiliary surgery.
• Bile duct injury after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: resection of the entire extrahepatic biliary tree.
• Utility of staging laparoscopy in subsets of peripancreatic and Biliary malignancies.

Schools

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• Jefferson Medical College Of Thomas Jefferson University Thomas Jefferson University

• Barnes Jewish Hospital

• Washington Ubarnes Hospital

• UCLA Medical Center

• University Of TorontoToronto General Hospital

• University Of North Carolina

Procedures Preformed

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• Adrenalectomy
• Appendectomy, Open
• Colectomy
• Ear Tube Placement
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Conditions Treated

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• Abdominal Pain
• Appendicitis
• Atelectasis
• Bile Duct Cancer
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Doctors Specialties

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• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• Washington University
• Jefferson Medical College

Hospital

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• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania Hospital
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

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