ChristopherThomasAquinaMDMPH

Colon & Rectal Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

Assistant Professor

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AdventHealth FloridaResidency, Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2021 - 2022
Ohio State University HospitalFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 2019 - 2021
University of RochesterResidency, Surgery, 2011 - 2019
University of RochesterMPH, 2013 - 2015
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolClass of 2011
College of the Holy CrossBA, Chemistry, 2003 - 2007

SSO/ACPMP Travel Award Society of Surgical Oncology/Appendix Cancer Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Research Foundation, 2022
Conquer Cancer Merit Award American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2021
Abstract Selected for "2021 Best of SSO" Society of Surgical Oncology, 2021
DCR Reviewer's Guild American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons, 2020-2021
Clinical Congress Scientific Forum Excellence in Research Award American College of Surgeons, 2020
Abstract Selected for "2020 Best of SSO" Society of Surgical Oncology, 2020
Administrative Chief Resident University of Rochester, 2018-2019
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PubMed

40 citations
Explaining variation in ventral and inguinal hernia repair outcomes: A population-based analysis.
Christopher T. Aquina, Fergal J. Fleming, Adan Z. Becerra, Zhaomin Xu, Bradley J. Hensley
Surgery. 2017-09-01
21 citations
National Trends in the Use of Neoadjuvant Therapy Before Cancer Surgery in the US From 2004 to 2016.
Christopher T. Aquina, Aslam Ejaz, Allan Tsung, Timothy M. Pawlik, Jordan M. Cloyd
JAMA Network Open. 2021-03-01
63 citations
Poor compliance with adjuvant chemotherapy use associated with poorer survival in patients with rectal cancer: An NCDB analysis.
Zhaomin Xu, Supriya G. Mohile, Mohamedtaki Abdulaziz Tejani, Adan Z. Becerra, Christian P. Probst
Cancer. 2017-01-01

Journal Articles

Population‐Based Study of Outcomes Following an Initial Acute Diverticular Abscess
C F Justiniano, Z Xu, F J Fleming, C T Aquina, British Journal of Surgery
Nationwide Heterogeneity in Hospital-Specific Probabilities of Rectal Cancer Understaging and Its Effects on Outcomes
Christopher T Aquina, Larissa K Temple, Fergal J Fleming, Zhaomin Xu, Steven D Wexner, David W Dietz, Carla F Justiniano, John R Monson, Annals of Surgical Oncology

Books/Book Chapters

Evidence-Based Practices in Gastrointestinal, Colorectal and Hepatobiliary Surgery
Chapter: Surgical Management of Constipation
Page 705 - 718Aquina, CT, Probst CP, Kelly KN, Cellini CEditors: Nandakumar G.Jaypee Brothers Medical PublishersEdition 1st,2017
Encyclopedia of Intensive Care Medicine
Chapter: Damage Control Surgery
Page 649 - 661Ahmed HM, Aquina CT, Gracias VHSpringerEdition 1st,2012

Lectures

Can high-volume surgeons achieve optimal outcomes at low-volume hospitals? Implications for the Leapfrog Initiative and regionalization of high-risk surgical oncology ...
2019 ASCO Annual Meeting - 6/1/2019