ChristopherLeeWolfgangMDPhD

General Surgery • New York, NY

Hepatobiliary Surgery, Pancreas

Chief, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Professor of Surgery

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Office
530 1st Ave
Ste 6C
New York, NY 10016
Phone+1 212-263-7302

Education & Training

Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1998 - 2004
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityClass of 1998

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2020 - Present
NY State Medical License 2020 - 2026
DC State Medical License 2020 - 2022
LA State Medical License 2020 - 2022
NC State Medical License 2020 - 2022
MD State Medical License 2004 - 2021
AL State Medical License 2020 - 2020
PA State Medical License 1999 - 2004
American Board of Surgery Surgery
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013-2014
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Pancreaticoduodenectomy With or Without Braun Enteroenterostomy: Comparison of Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula and Delayed Gastric Emptying Start of enrollment: 2009 Dec 01
Terminated
Not Applicable
Palliative Stereotactic Radiation for Pancreatic or Periampullary Adenocarcinoma Start of enrollment: 2013 Jan 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Changes in Biomarkers From Blood Over Time in Patients With Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Start of enrollment: 2016 Mar 01
Completed

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

174 citations
Pathologic Evaluation and Reporting of Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms of the Pancreas and Other Tumoral Intraepithelial Neoplasms of Pancreatobiliary Tract: ...
Volkan Adsay, Mari Mino-Kenudson, Toru Furukawa, Olca Basturk, Giuseppe Zamboni
Annals of Surgery. 2016-01-01
576 citations
Recurrent GNAS Mutations Define an Unexpected Pathway for Pancreatic Cyst Development
Jian Wu, Hanno Matthaei, Anirban Maitra, Marco Dal Molin, Laura D. Wood
Science Translational Medicine. 2011-07-20
92 citations
Targeted DNA Sequencing Reveals Patterns of Local Progression in the Pancreatic Remnant Following Resection of Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (IPMN) of the Pa...
Antonio Pea, Jun Yu, Neda Rezaee, Claudio Luchini, Jin He
Annals of Surgery. 2017-07-01

Journal Articles

Synopsis of the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Pancreatic Cancer
Christopher Wolfgang, MD, JAMA Surgery
Pancreatic Cancer Arising in the Remnant Pancreas Is Not Always a Relapse of the Preceding Primary
John L Cameron, Christopher L Wolfgang, Jin He, Matthew J Weiss, Ralph H Hruban, Michael Goggins, Nature
Single‐Cell Sequencing Defines Genetic Heterogeneity in Pancreatic Cancer Precursor Lesions
Kevin Waters, Jin He, Christopher L Wolfgang, Ralph H Hruban, Michael G Goggins, Matthew J Weiss, Justin Poling, The Journal of Pathology
Outcome of Patients with Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer in the Contemporary Era of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
Alex B Blair, Joseph Herman, Martin Makary, John L Cameron, Amol Narang, Daniel Laheru, Christopher Wolfgang, Matthew J Weiss, Ammar A Javed, Jin He, Journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Blood Type as a Predictor of High-Grade Dysplasia and Associated Malignancy in Patients with Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms
Martin A Makary, Michael Goggins, James Griffin, Katherine E Poruk, Jin He, Matthew J Weiss, John L Cameron, Christopher L Wolfgang, Journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Implications of the Pattern of Disease Recurrence on Survival Following Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Jin He, Ammar A Javed, John L Cameron, Alex B Blair, Elliot K Fishman, Matthew J Weiss, Ralph H Hruban, Christopher L Wolfgang, Annals of Surgical Oncology
Pancreaticoduodenectomy with en Bloc Vein Resection for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: A Case Series Without Venous Reconstruction
Bradley N Reames, Matthew J Weiss, Christopher L Wolfgang, Jin He, Elliot K Fishman, Michele M Gage, Annals of Palliative Medicine
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Press Mentions

New DNA Sequencing Panel Improves Malignancy Detection in Biliary StricturesAugust 18th, 2021
Internationally Renowned Surgeon to Lead New Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery at NYU Langone HealthJanuary 27th, 2021
Is a Pathological Complete Response Following Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Associated with Prolonged Survival in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer?June 21st, 2020
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