ChristopherMarioPezziMD

Breast, Endocrine, Melanoma, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

Surgeon-In-Chief and Head, Division of Surgery, Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center, Jacksonville, Florida

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Office
1301 Palm Ave
Jacksonville, FL 32207
Phone+1 904-202-7300

Fax+1 904-202-7433

University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer CenterFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 1987 - 1989
Geisinger Health SystemResidency, Surgery, 1982 - 1987
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 1982
Pennsylvania State UniversityB.S., 1977 - 1980

Patient’s Choice Award Pennsylvania, 2012
Top Doctors in the Philadelphia Metro Area Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., 2012
Top Physicians 2012 Suburban Life Magazine, 2012
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification eClinicalWorks EHR, eClinicalWorks LLC, 2012-2013
U.S. News Top Doctors U.S. News and World Report, 2011-2012
“Top Doc” in Surgery Philadelphia Magazine, 2010
Philadelphia Magazine Castle Connolly, 2005-2010
“Guide to America’s Top Surgeons” Consumer’s Research Council of America, 2006
Thomas L. Dent Award Abington Memorial Hospital, 2005
Partners in Excellence Award Department of Nursing, AMH, 2005
Certificate of Commendation PA, Edward G. Rendell, Governor, 2003
Teaching Award Abington Memorial Hospital, 2001-2002, 2010
“Top Doc” in General Surgery Philadelphia Magazine, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005
Chairman’s Award, Dept. of Surgery Abington Memorial Hospital, 1995
Nomination, Blockley-Osler Award Temple University School of Medicine, 1995-1996, 2008
Certificate of Merit M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1989
American Cancer Society Clinical Fellowship M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1987
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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PubMed

59 citations
Rationale for a Minimum Number of Lymph Nodes Removed with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Resection: Correlating the Number of Nodes Removed with Survival in 98,970 Patients
Andres X. Samayoa, Todd A. Pezzi, Christopher M. Pezzi, Megumi Asai, Nandini Kulkarni
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2016-08-16
66 citations
Doubling of 30-Day Mortality by 90 Days After Esophagectomy: A Critical Measure of Outcomes for Quality Improvement
Haejin In, Bryan E. Palis, Ryan P. Merkow, Mitchell C. Posner, Mark K. Ferguson
Annals of Surgery. 2016-02-01
68 citations
Has the 80-hour work week had an impact on voluntary attrition in general surgery residency programs?
Thomas J. Leibrandt, Christopher M. Pezzi, Steven A. Fassler, Eugene F. Reilly, Jon B. Morris
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2006-02-01

Journal Articles

Pancreaticoduodenectomy and Metastasectomy for Metastatic Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Christopher Pezzi, Jiping Wang, Akhil Chawla, Thomas Clancy, Stanley Ashley, Richard Swanson, Journal of Surgical Oncology

Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients Face Barriers to Receiving Standard-of-Care TreatmentJanuary 5th, 2018
New Surgeon-in-Chief Is 'Hard-Wired Optimist'February 20th, 2017
Male Breast Cancer Is Different - US NewsDecember 9th, 2014
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