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Office
5150 Centre Ave
D380
Pittsburgh, PA 15232Phone+1 412-623-4861Fax+1 412-647-5551
Education & Training
- UPMC Medical Education (Pittsburgh)Residency, Surgery, 1997 - 2006
- Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 1997
- Oxford UniversityM.Litt, 1991 - 1993
Certifications & Licensure
- PA State Medical License 1998 - 2024
- NY State Medical License 2000 - 2002
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Efficacy of Ustekinumab and Vedolizumab Among Postoperative Crohn's Disease Patients as Postoperative Prophylaxis and Rescue Therapy: Real-world Data.Furkan U Ertem, Claudia Ramos Rivers, Amir Ali Ghaffari, Andrew R Watson, Gong Tang
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 2024-07-02 - 3 citationsGranuloma Presence at Initial Surgery Predicts Need for Repeat Surgery Independent of Rutgeerts Score in Crohn's Disease.Furkan U Ertem, Claudia Ramos Rivers, Andrew R Watson, Gong Tang, Marc Schwartz
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 2023-12-05 - 4 citationsDrainage of anorectal abscesses in the operating room is associated with a decreased risk of abscess recurrence and fistula formation.Sowmya Narayanan, Alison R Althans, Katherine M Reitz, Laura H Allen, Chareeni Kurukulasuriya
American Journal of Surgery. 2023-02-01
Press Mentions
- UPMC Expands Telehealth Network to Offer Access to Pediatric SpecialistsAugust 10th, 2021
- Telehealth Is Changing Patient Care NowOctober 19th, 2015
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