StevenClarkCunninghamMDFACS

General Surgery • Baltimore, MD

Hepatobiliary Surgery, Pancreas, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

Director, Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Surgery

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Office
3407 Wilkens Ave
Ste 410
Baltimore, MD 21229
Phone+1 443-574-8500

Fax+1 410-719-0094

Summary

https://www.StevenClarkCunningham.net

Clinical Expertise

Cholelithiasis, Biliary tract disease, Cholecystitis, Biliary dyskinesia, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Cholangiocarcinoma, Pancreatic cancer, Pancreatic disease, Surgical oncology (non-breast), Hepatic cancer, Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, Pancreatic surgery, Pancreatectomy, General / Gastrointestinal surgery, Hepatopancreatobiliary surgery, Biliary tract surgery, Spiritual therapy, Gallbladder disease, Extrahepatic Bile Ducts, Extrahepatic Cholestasis, Gallbladder Neoplasms, Pancreatic Neoplasms

Education & Training

Harvard Extension SchoolMLA, Religion, Summa cum laude, 2018 - 2023
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineFellowship, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, 2009 - 2010
University of MarylandResidency, Surgery, 2001 - 2009
Johns Hopkins UniversityPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2003 - 2006
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health SciencesClass of 2001
Clinical Center at the National Institutes of HealthFellowship, National Institute On Aging, 1995 - 1997
Creighton UniversityBS, Chemistry; Spanish, 1995 - 1995

Certifications & Licensure

MD State Medical License 2009 - 2026
American Board of Surgery Surgery
Fellowship CouncilHepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doc Baltimore Magazine, 2022
Harvard Divinity School Tuition Voucher Harvard Divinity School, 2021
Top-Doc Award, Baltimore, MD 2018
Recipient of the Carol and Tom R. DeMeester Traveling Fellowship for Surgeons Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 2016
Award: Certificate of Recognition for "Amazing Service" to Patients (awarded eight times; program ended 2016) Saint Agnes Hospital, 2013-2016
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification eClinicalWorks EHR, eClinicalWorks LLC, 2013
Honorary Resident Inductee Gold Humanism Medical Student Honor Society, University of Maryland Medical School, 2009
Resident Research Award Surgical Infection Society, 2004
First-Place Award ACS Committee on Trauma Regional Residents' Competition, 2004
Excellence in Modern Languages Creighton University, 1995
Outstanding Performance as Teaching Assistant Creighton University, Department of Chemistry, 1994
Best of Show in Sculpture Creighton University Annual Juried Art Show, 1994
Fellow American College of Surgeons
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Functional gallbladder disorder: Interim analysis of a prospective cohort study.
Kevin J Xu, Josie C Brock, Naeem Goussous, Anne M Sill, Steven C Cunningham
American Journal of Surgery. 2024-03-01
Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality Following Pancreatectomy.
Anna Axentiev, Artem Shmelev, Steven C Cunningham
Cureus. 2023-09-01
Seasonality in General Surgery Hospitalizations and Procedures in the US: Workflow Implications.
Artem Shmelev, Klara Schwarzova, Steven Clark Cunningham
The Journal of Surgical Research. 2023-08-01

Journal Articles

Surgical management of early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma: resection or transplantation?
Bellavance EC, Lumpkins KM, Mentha G, Marques HP, Capussotti L, Pulitano C, Majno P, Mira P, Rubbia-Brandt L, Ferrero A, Aldrighetti L, Cunningham SC, Russolillo N, Ph..., J Gastrointest Surg
A nomenclature of nomenclature: Sources of terminologic uncertainty & confusion (STUC) classification and the value of communication.
Cunningham SC, Klein RV, Kavic SM, Arch Surg
Specialty radiology and surgery.
Farooqui S, Cunningham SC, Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int
Updated literature on povidone-iodine for control of surgical site infections.
Buddensick TJ, Kamangar F, Cunningham SC, Ann Surg
Ciliated Hepatic Foregut Cyst: 103 Cases in the World Literature.
Ambe C, Gonzalez-Cuyar L, Farooqui S, Hanna N, Cunningham SC, Op J Pathol
Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Diagnosing the Difficult Nodule.
Farooqui S, Ravendhran N, Cunningham SC, J Cancer Ther
Impact of age over 75 years on outcomes after Pancreaticoduodenectomy.
Haddad A, Demirjian A, Cunningham SC, J Surg Res
Minimally invasive treatment of colorectal liver metastases.
Darwazeh G, Villaverde AP, Kowdley GC, Cunningham SC, Min Chir
Two-stage hepatectomy for metastatic colorectal cancer to the liver.
Cunningham SC, Pawlik TM, Curr Colorectal Cancer Rep
What is an intraoperative complication?
Cunningham SC, Kavic SM, World J Surg
Composite signet-ring cell/neuroendocrine carcinoma of the stomach with a metastatic neuroendocrine carcinoma component: a better prognosis entity.
Nugent SL, Cunningham SC, Alexiev BA, Bellavance E, Papadimitriou J, Hanna N, Diagn Pathol
Palliation of hepatic tumors.
Cunningham SC, Choti MA, Bellavance EC, and Pawlik TM, Surg Oncol
Palliative management of gastric cancer.
Cunningham SC, Schulick RD, Surg Oncol
The supraclavicular approach to central venous catheterization: “Simpler, safer, speedier."
Cunningham SC and Gallmeier E, J Am Coll Surg
Gene-specific selection against experimental Fanconi anemia gene inactivation in human cancer.
Gallmeier E, Hucl T, Calhoun ES, Cunningham SC, Bunz F, Brody JR, Kern SE, Cancer, Biol & Ther
Nomenclature question: panniculus or pannus? Answer: pannona.
Cunningham SC and Klein RV, J Am Coll Surg
The least invasive name wins: Reply to Paluch, T (2006) Maximally accurate nomenclature.
Cunningham SC, Surg Endosc
Image of the month: Enterorectus fistula.
Cunningham SC, Napolitano LM, Arch Surg
Liver cell adenoma: a multicenter analysis of risk factors for rupture and malignancy.
Deneve JL, Pawlik TM, Cunningham S, Clary B, Reddy S, Scoggins CR, Martin RC, D'Angelica M, Staley CA, Choti MA, Jarnagin WR, Schulick RD, Kooby DA, Ann Surg Oncol
Management of early hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with well-compensated cirrhosis.
Cunningham SC, Tsai S, Marques HP, Mira P, Barroso E, Cameron A, Philosophe B, Pawlik TM, Ann Surg Oncol
Cancer surgery in the elderly.
Kowdley GC, Merchant N, Somerville J, Gorospe M, Cunningham SC, TSW Aging
Diagnosis and management of cystic lesions of the pancreas.
Jani N, Bani Hani M, Schulick RD, Hruban RH, and Cunningham SC, Diag Ther Endosc
Palliative surgical management of patients with unresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma: Trends and lessons learned from a large, single-institution experience.
Kneuertz PJ,* Cunningham SC,* Cameron JL, Torrez S, Tapazoglou N, Herman JM, Makary MA, Eckhauser F, Hirose K, Edil BH, Choti MA, Schulick RD; Wolfgang CL, Pawlik, TM, J Gastrointest Surg
Hereditary pancreatic and hepatobiliary cancers.
Haddad A, Kowdley GC, Pawlik TM, and Cunningham SC, Internatl J Surg Onc
Early hepatocellular carcinoma: Transplantation versus resection: The case for resection.
Merchant N, David CS, and Cunningham SC, Internatl J Hepatol
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Books/Book Chapters

Current Surgical Therapy
Chapter: Common-Bile-Duct Stones
Artem Shmelev, Steven Clark CunninghamEditors: John Cameron, Andy Cameron.Mosby/Elsevier, New YorkEdition 14,2021
Current Surgical Therapy
Chapter: Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Naeem Goussous, Steven Clark CunninghamEditors: John Cameron, Andy Cameron.Mosby/Elsevier, New YorkEdition 13,2018
Current Surgical Therapy.
Chapter: Bile Duct Cancer
Cunningham SC, Schulick RDEditors: Cameron JL.New YorkEdition 9th,
Current Surgical Therapy.
Chapter: Liver Hemangioma
Cunningham SC, Moesinger RCEditors: Cameron JL.Mosby, New YorkEdition 9th,
Interventional Oncology: Principles and Practice.
Chapter: Extrahepatic Biliary Cancer
Cunningham SC, Schulick RDEditors: Geschwind JF and Soulen MC.Cambridge University Press, New YorkEdition 1st,
Current Surgical Therapy.
Chapter: Malignant Liver Tumors
Cunningham SC, Schulick RDEditors: Cameron JL.Mosby, New YorkEdition 10th,
Complicaciones en Cirugía.
Chapter: Complicacciones post resecciones del páncreas
Cunningham SC, Gomez N, Schulick RDEditors: Espinoza RG.Mediterraneo, Buenos Aires
Master Techniques in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery.
Chapter: Pancreaticobiliary Surgery
Cunningham SC, Demirjian NA, Schulick RDEditors: Lillemoe K and Jarnagin W.Wolters Kluwer / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia
Hepatobiliary Cancer.
Chapter: Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
Demirjian NA, Cunningham SC, Palwik TMEditors: Fong Y, Poon R, Tang ZY, Dupuy D, and Berlin JD.
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Abstracts/Posters

Surgical management of early hepatocellular carcinoma: resection or transplantation?
Bellavance E, Cunningham SC, Lumpkins KM, Maley W, Drachenberg C, Schulick RD, Cameron A, Choti MA, Hanna N, Philosophe B, Pawlik TM, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, San Diego, CA
Outcomes of pancreaticoduodenectomy among octogenarians, nonagenarians, and a centenarian.
Makary MA, Winter J, Cameron JL, Campbell KA, Cunningham SC, Chang D, Riall TS, Yeo CJ, 46th Annual Meeting of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Chicago, IL
Claudin-4, Mkk4, and stratifin are markers of gastric adenocarcinoma precursor lesions.
Cunningham SC, Kamangar F, Haque R, Hammoud S, Maitra A, Kim M, Yeo CJ, Lillemoe KD, Montgomery E, Schulick RD, 58th Annual Meeting of the Society for Surgical Oncology, Atlanta, GA
Identification of novel cellular targets in the progression model of gastric adenocarcinoma.
Montgomery E, Cunningham SC, Schulick RD, Yeo CJ, Haque R, Hammoud S, Hustinx S, Kim MP, Iacobuzio-Donahue C, Ashfaq R, Kamangar F, and Maitra A, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX
Lack of Mkk4 expression in gastric adenocarcinoma predicts poor Survival after resection.
Cunningham SC, Kamangar F, Kim M, Hammoud S, Haque R, Maitra A, Montgomery E, Heitmiller RE, Choti MA, Lillemoe KD, Cameron JL, Yeo CJ, and Schulick RD, 66th Annual Meeting of the Society of University Surgeons, Nashville, TN
Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) concentrations in trauma victims.
Cunningham SC, Malone DL, Bochicchio GV, Genuit T, Keledjian K, Tracy JK, Scalea TM, Napolitano LM, Surgical Infection Society, 24th Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN
Pulmonary complications associated with blood transfusions in trauma.
Cunningham SC, Napolitano LM, Corwin HL, Kelly KM, Baltimore Academy of Surgery Resident's Forum
Islet autotransplantation for averting diabetes following pancreatectomy for chronic pancreatitis.
Cunningham SC, Leeser DL, Washington Metro Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Washington, DC
Defective muscarinic cholinergic signal transduction in cell lines of patients with peroxisomal disease.
Perichon R, Cunningham SC, Moser AB, Moser, HW, Kelly JF., Roth GS, 29th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Neurochemistry, Denver, CO
Peroxisomal disease as a model for studying the relationship between membrane lipid composition and muscarinic cholinergic receptor-mediated signal transduction.
Perichon R, Kelly JF, Cunningham SC, Moser AB, Moser HW and Roth GS, 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA, USA
Egb761 et activite de transduction du signal au niveau cerebral lors du vieillissement.
Perichon R, Droy-Lefaix M-T, Kelly JF, Cunningham SC, Mason P and Roth GS, IPSEN Laboratories, Extrait de Ginkgo biloba (Egb761) et Biologie Moleculaire, Paris, France
Targeted disruption of FANCC, FANCD2, and FANCG: a syngeneic, somatic cell model to study Fanconi anemia gene defects in human cancer cells.
Gallmeier E, Rago C, Calhoun ES, Cunningham SC, Brody JR, Gorospe M, Lengauer C, Kern SE, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
Palliative surgical management of patients with unresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma: Trends and lessons learned from a large, single-institution experience.
Kneurtz P, Cunningham SC, Cameron JL, Torrez S, Tapazoglou N, Herman JM, Makary MA, Eckhauser F, Hirose K, Edil BH, Choti MA, Schulick RD, Wolfgang CL, Pawlik TM, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract and The Pancreas Club, Chicago, IL
Molecular orbital analysis of a series of transition metal-hydride complexes: An investigation of the mechanism of H-transfer.
Harris HA, Cunningham SC, Rafaelle M, Ollerich J, 208th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C
Liver Cell Adenoma: A Multicenter Analysis of Risk Factors for Rupture in 105 cases.
Deneve, Clary, Reddy, Cunningham SC, Pawlik TM, Scoggins, Martin, Staley, Kooby, American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Spectrum and Clinical Relevance of Hepatic Gas on CT or US Imaging.
Shah PA, Cunningham SC, Daly BD, Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL
Assessment of Complications after Pancreatic Surgery: A Novel Grading System Applied to 633 Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy.
DeOliveira ML, Winter JM, Schafer M, Cunningham SC, Cameron JL, Yeo CJ, Clavien P-A, American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association Meeting, Miami, FL
Cholangiocarcinoma: 564 Consecutive Patients from a Single Institution.
DeOliveira ML, Cunningham SC, Kamangar F, Lillemoe KD, Choti MA, Cameron JL, Yeo CJ, Schulick RD, 7th World Congress of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Edinburgh, Scotland
Aggressive (Shotgun) Approach to the Nonoperative Management of Severe Pancreatic Duct Disruption.
Abdo A, Jani N, Cunningham SC, Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
Acute Pancreatitis.
Carrillo M and Cunningham SC, Medical Resident Teaching Conference, Saint Agnes Hospital Center, Baltimore, MD
Rock-Star and Other Shockingly Uncommon Causes of Pancreatitis?
Abdo A, Cunningham SC, Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
Cholecystectomy in the Elderly: What are the Risks?
Wu B, Ferdosi H, Kowdley, Buddensick T, Sautter A, Sulkowski G, Siddique M, Kamangar F, Cunningham SC, Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
Hydrodynamic studies of G q/11 complexes in rodent striatal membranes.
Cunningham SC, Kelly JF, Gerontology Research Center, Baltimore, MD
Syntheses of Ethyl Allenoic Acid Langmuir-Blodgett Amphiphiles.
Cunningham SC, Hulce M, Oral Presentation, Creighton Chemistry Colloquia, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
Syntheses of axially dissymmetric Langmuir-Blodgett film amphiphiles.
Cunningham SC, Fredrick MA, Snyder GA, Waters GB and Hulce M, 29th Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Kansas City
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Lectures

Religious literacy for healthcare providers
Chaplaincy innovation Lab, Brandeis university - 11/1/2022
How to Improve the Safety of your Patients’ Nasogastric Tubes. PIPES (Performance, Improvment, Practice, Education and Safety) council.
Adult Intensive Care Unit, Saint Agnes Hospital Center, Baltimore, MD
NGT 501: How to Make this Tube Really Suck (How to Protect your Patients from a Malfunctioning NGT.
Saint Agnes Hospital Center, Baltimore, MD
Gastric Adenocarcinoma in Three Acts.
Surgical Grand Rounds, University of Maryland Medical Center
Diagnosis and Management of Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas.
Medical Grand Rounds, Saint Agnes Hospital Center, Baltimore, MD
Stomach Cancer.
Surgical Grand Rounds, Saint Agnes Hospital Center, Baltimore, MD
Diagnosis and Management of Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas.
Gastrointestinal Tumor Board, Carroll Hospital Center, Carroll County, MD
Kronos, Kairos, and the Self-Education of the Surgery Resident.
Surgical Grand Rounds, Saint Agnes Hospital Center, Baltimore, MD
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Other

Nasogastric Tube 501 or How to Make this Tube Really Suck.
Cunningham SC, Bani Hani M, Kessler J, Blome J
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd6B80Z_OFk
Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Surgery at Saint Agnes.
Cunningham SC, Saint Agnes Hospital Center
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlTgirlEpFM&context=C345d4aaADOEgsToPDskJu_AHADWaCu3mu5zuOVGat
Treatment of Pancreatic Cysts.
Cunningham SC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=kS5L7aRRC1g
The Whipple operation.
Cunningham SC, Saint Agnes Hospital Center
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRQi-kZwIa4&context=C345d4aaADOEgsToPDskJu_AHADWaCu3mu5zuOVGat
Liver Disease Treatment.
Cunningham SC, Saint Agnes Hospital Center
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=XNIPOP1Hyak
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Authored Content

Religious literacy for healthcare providersNovember 2022

Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons - ACS
Member

Other Languages

Italian, Greek, French, Spanish

External Links

Web sitehttps://www.stevenclarkcunningham.com/
Hopkins Howard County Hospitalhttp://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/howard_county_general_hospital/doctors/results_hcgh/directory/profile/0017674/steven-cunningham