DouglasLeonFrakerMD
General Surgery • Philadelphia, PAEndocrine, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)
Professor of Surgery, University Pennsylvania
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Office
3400 Spruce St
4 Silverstein Bldg
Philadelphia, PA 19104Phone+1 215-615-5858
Summary
- I am a Board certified general surgeon with almost 30 years of practice as an attending. I currently treat all surgical aspects of thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal disease. I also operate on intra-abdominal and retroperitoneal sarcomas as well as neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas and small bowel. I will also operate on primary metastatic tumors to the liver as well as adenocarcinoma of the pancreas as well as the biliary system.
Education & Training
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Surgery, 1989 - 1991
Clinical Center at the National Institutes of HealthResidency, Surgery, 1986 - 1989- University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Surgery, 1983 - 1986
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1983
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1984 - Present
PA State Medical License 1995 - 2024
NJ State Medical License 2017 - 2021
FL State Medical License 2018 - 2020
MD State Medical License 1986 - 1996
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Philadelphia Magazine Castle Connolly, 2004-2014
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2003-2014
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
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Clinical Trials
- Melphalan With or Without Tumor Necrosis Factor in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced Melanoma of the Arm or Leg Start of enrollment: 1999 Mar 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- The Landmark Series: Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism.Jordan M Broekhuis, Douglas L Fraker, Jason B Liu
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2025-03-01 - Retrospective cohort study of trends in the use of outpatient parathyroidectomy by surgical indication.Jasmine Hwang, James Sharpe, Caitlin Finn, Solomiya Syvyk, Heather Wachtel
Surgery. 2025-01-27 - Recurrence and treatment trends of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.Amanda Bader, Sarah Landau, Jasmine Hwang, Jesse Passman, Major Kenneth Lee
Surgery. 2025-01-01
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