Professor of Surgery, University Conn

General Surgery

Scott Kurtzman works in the field of General Surgery. He attended Albany Medical College. He received awards:"Top Doctors: New York Metro Area" and "Fellow (FACS)". Dr. Scott H. Kurtzman is a published doctor and has 34 publications published. The lastest was: 'Angiogenesis in normal tissue adjacent to colon cancer.' Doctor Scott H. Kurtzman, MD accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.

Publications

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• Maintenance of certification: what everyone needs to know.
• Early-stage invasive Breast cancers: potential role of optical tomography with US localization in assisting diagnosis.
• Society of surgical oncology fellowship training: where we have been, where we are now, and where we are going.
• Genetic issues in patients with Breast cancer.
• The National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers: quality improvement through interdisciplinary evaluation and management.
• Noninvasive monitoring of Breast cancer during neoadjuvant chemotherapy using optical tomography with ultrasound localization.
• Optical tomography with ultrasound localization for Breast cancer diagnosis and treatment monitoring.
• Cancer trials and the Institutional Review Board (IRB).
• Cancer research and clinical trial in action: an important exercise before you embark on your study.
• Combined ductal lavage and ductoscopy: what is the future for the intraductal approach?
• Optimal probing of optical contrast of Breast lesions of different size located at different depths by US localization.
• Palliative approaches to the patient with Breast cancer.
• Ultrasound-guided optical tomographic imaging of malignant and benign Breast lesions: initial clinical results of 19 cases.
• The interleukin-1 family of cytokines and receptors in human Breast cancer: implications for tumor progression.
• The sacred trust of research on human subjects.
• In vitro demonstration of Breast cancer tumor cell sub-populations based on interleukin-1/tumor necrosis factor induction of interleukin-8 expression.
• Imaging tumor angiogenesis by use of combined near-infrared diffusive light and ultrasound.
• Positive Tc-99m MIBI Breast study related to a psoriatic lesion.
• Interleukin-1 family expression in human Breast cancer: interleukin-1 receptor antagonist.
• Emergence of regulatory CD4+ T cell response to repetitive stimulation with antigen-presenting cells in vitro: implications in designing antigen-presenting cell-based ...
• Cytokines in human Breast cancer: IL-1alpha and IL-1beta expression.
• Angiogenesis in normal tissue adjacent to colon Cancer.
• Immunization with a tumor-cell-lysate-loaded autologous-antigen-presenting-cell-based vaccine in melanoma.
• Expression of interleukin-8 receptors on tumor cells and vascular endothelial cells in human Breast cancer tissue.
• Angiogenesis and prostate Cancer: in vivo and in vitro expression of angiogenesis factors by prostate Cancer cells.
• Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in human prostate Cancer: in situ and in vitro expression of VEGF by human prostate Cancer cells.
• Role of axillary dissection in mammographically detected Breast cancer.
• Resection for cure of adenoCarcinoma of the head of the pancreas: the greater Hartford experience.
• Preferential localization of regional metastases from gastroenteropancreatic endocrine tumors with somatostatin-receptor scintigraphy.
• Enhancement of cytolytic T lymphocyte precursor frequency in melanoma patients following immunization with the MAGE-1 peptide loaded antigen presenting cell-based vacc...
• Evolving strategies for the management of non-palpable Breast abnormalities.
• Recurrence of resected esophagogastric adenoCarcinoma: results of re-resection.
• Comparison of the sensitivity and specificity of the CA19-9 and carcinoembryonic antigen assays in detecting Cancer of the pancreas.

Schools

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• Albany Medical College

• University MD Hospital

• Umnu

• Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center

• NIH

Procedures Preformed

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• Biopsy of Breast
• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Excision of Breast Tumor
• Excision, Shaving, or Destruction of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (incl. Mohs Micrographic Surgery), Tissue Transfer
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Conditions Treated

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• Abdominal Pain
• Breast Cancer
• Breast Lump
• Carcinoma in Situ
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Doctors Specialties

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• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Top Doctors: New York Metro Area
• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
• UMDNJ-University Hospital
• National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
• University of Maryland
• Albany Medical College

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1457357451
NPPES Provider LastName		KURTZMAN
NPPES Provider FirstName		SCOTT
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		067621805
NPPES Provider State		CT
Specialty Description		Surgical Oncology
Total Claim Count		62.0
Distinct Opioid Count		0.0
Opioid Claim Count		0.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.0

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1457357451
Last Name Of The Provider	KURTZMAN
First Name Of The Provider	SCOTT
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