FrancescoPalazzoMD

General Surgery • Philadelphia, PA

Bariatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Professor, Surgery, Jefferson Medical College-Thomas Jefferson Univ

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Office
1100 Walnut Street
Mob, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone+1 215-955-6750

Fax+1 215-923-8222

Summary

I am a Board certified General Surgeon with additional training in Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery. I have been in practice for 15 years; I continue to be heavily involved clinically while being productive from an academic standpoint. I have been serving in administrative leadership roles with my current institution since 2013.

Education & Training

University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2007 - 2008
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUHResidency, Surgery, 2002 - 2007
Univ Catania- Fac MedClass of 1997

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2007 - Present
NJ State Medical License 2017 - 2025
PA State Medical License 2002 - 2024
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts Enterprise EHR, Allscripts, 2011-2013
Herbert E. Cohn, MD Award for Excellence in Surgical Technique Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 2007
Outstanding Laparoendoscopic Resident Award Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 2006
Excellence in Teaching Award Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 2002
G. Clementi Surgical Award for academic excellence University of Catania, School of Medicine, 1997
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

SAGES guidelines for the management of comorbidities relevant to metabolic and bariatric surgery.
Sunjay S Kumar, Claire Wunker, Amelia Collings, Varun Bansal, Theofano Zampou
Surgical Endoscopy. 2025-01-01
Morbidity and mortality following hiatal hernia repair in geriatric patients: a multicenter research network study.
Sunjay S Kumar, Martina Rama, Scott Koeneman, Sami Tannouri, Talar Tatarian
Surgical Endoscopy. 2024-07-01
Impact of Surgeon Workload on Pregnancy Outcomes in Surgical Trainees and Faculty.
Talar Tatarian, Brigitte Anderson, Michael J Pucci, Courtney L Devin, Elizabeth Liveright
Annals of Surgery. 2024-06-28

Journal Articles

Persistently Elevated Serum Lactate Levels 48 Hours Postoperatively Predict Increased Complications After Esophagectomy
Mona Taleb, Francesco Palazzo, Karen A Chojnacki, Adam C Berger, Ernest L Rosato, Journal of The American College of Surgeons
Comparative Quantitative Lymph Node Assessment in Localized Esophageal Cancer Patients After R0 Resection With and Without Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Therapy
Giugliano DN, Berger AC, Pucci MJ, Rosato EL, Evans NR, Meidl H, Lamb C, Levine D, Palazzo F, J Gastrointest Surg, 1/29/2017
A standardized comparison of peri-operative complications after minimally invasive esophagectomy: Ivor Lewis versus McKeown
Brown AM, Pucci MJ, Berger AC, Tatarian T, Evans NR 3rd, Rosato EL, Palazzo F, Surg Endosc, 1/22/2017
Surgical approaches to adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction: the Siewert II conundrum
Brown AM, Giugliano DN, Berger AC, Pucci MJ, Palazzo F, Langenbecks Arch Surg, 1/12/2017
Defining Benchmarks for Transthoracic Esophagectomy A risk-adjusted multicenter analysis of 770 total minimally invasive esophagectomies
Gutschow CA, Schmidt H, …, Palazzo F, Grimminger P, for the ‘ESO benchmark project’, Ann Surg, 1/7/2017
Do intraoperative pyloric interventions predict the need for postoperative endoscopic interventions after minimally invasive esophagectomy?
Giugliano DN, Berger AC, Meidl H, Pucci MJ, Rosato EL, Keith SW, Evans NR, Palazzo F, Dis Esophagus, 1/1/2017
Cholecystotomy with Stone Retrieval: A Novel Approach for the Management of Gallstone Ileus
Koganti D, Doane S, Palazzo F, Pucci MJ, Am Surg, 1/1/2017
Surgical Apgar score (SAS) predicts perioperative morbidity, mortality, and length of stay in patients undergoing esophagectomy at a high-volume center
Giugliano DN, Morgan A, Palazzo F, Leiby BE, Evans NR, Rosato EL, Berger AC, J Surg Oncol, 1/1/2017
A Modern Approach to the Surgical Treatment of Reflux Disease Gastroesophageal
Tatarian T, Pucci MJ, Palazzo F, J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A, 1/25/2016
Increasing resident utilization and recognition of the critical view of safety during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a pilot study from an academic medical center
Chen CB, Palazzo F, Doane SM, Winter JM, Lavu H, Chojnacki KA, Rosato EL, Yeo CJ, Pucci MJ, Surg Endosc, 1/5/2016
Total minimally invasive esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: approaches and outcomes
Giugliano DN, Berger AC, Rosato EL, Palazzo F, Langenbecks Arch Surg, 1/1/2016
Long-term functional outcomes of laparoscopic resection for gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors
Dressler JA, Palazzo F, Berger AC, Stake S, Chaudhary A, Chojnacki KA, Rosato EL, Pucci MJ, Surg Endosc, 1/1/2016
Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy provides Significant Survival Advantage Compared with Open or Hybrid Esophagectomy for Patients with Cancers of the Esophagus and Gast...
Palazzo F, Rosato EL, Chaudhari A, Evans N, Sendecki J, Keith S, Chojnacki KA, Yeo CJ, Berger AC, J Am Coll Surg, 1/1/2015
SAGES clinical spotlight review: endoluminal treatments for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
Auyang ED, Carter P, Rauth T, Fanelli RD; SAGES Guidelines Committee (F. Palazzo member), Surg Endosc, 1/1/2013
Pulse Granuloma Involving Meckel’s Diverticulum: A Case Report and Literature Review
Karp JK, Davis A, Read AJ, Mashayekh A, Bombonati A, Palazzo F, Pathologica, 1/1/2013
Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy with Extracorporeal Gastric Conduit Creation – How I Do it
Palazzo F, Evans NR, Rosato EL, J Gastrointest Surg, 1/1/2013
Laparoscopic approaches to gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors: an institutional review of 57 cases
Pucci MJ, Berger AC, Lim PW, Chojnacki KA, Rosato EL, Palazzo F, Surg Endosc, 1/1/2012
Combined Hepatic Arterial Embolization and Hepatic Ablation for Colorectal Metastases to the Liver
Fong ZV, Palazzo F, Needleman L, Brown DB, Eschelman D, Chojnacki KA, Yeo CJ, Rosato EL, Am Surg. Am Surg., 1/1/2012
End-Stage Achalasia in a patient with Neurofibromatosis treated with laparoscopic Heller miotomy
Palazzo F, Puglia S, Ciaccio G, Ferrara D, Piazza D, Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech, 1/1/2011
Herniated gravid uterus through an incisional hernia treated with the component separation technique
Palazzo F, Ragazzi S, Ferrara D, Piazza D, Hernia, 1/1/2010
Gastroesophageal reflux disease and connective tissue disorders: pathophysiology and implications for treatment
Patti MG, Gasper WJ, Fisichella PM, Nipomnick I, Palazzo F, J Gastrointest Surg, 1/1/2008
Clinical, radiological, and manometric profile in 145 patients with untreated achalasia
Fisichella PM, Raz D, Palazzo F, Niponmick I, Patti MG, World J Surg, 1/1/2008
Management of High grade Dyplasia
Palazzo F, Fisichella PM, Patti MG, Current Gastroenterology Reports, 1/1/2008
Initial Laparoscopic Access Using an Optical Trocar Without Pneumoperitoneum is Safe and Effective in the Morbidly Obese
Rabl C, Palazzo F, Aoki H, Campos GM, Surg Innov, 1/1/2008
Port Site metastasis of B-cell Lymphoma A first occurrence or an underreported complication?
Palazzo F, Kaulback K, Wagner J, Lindenbaum G, Cohen M, Surg Laparosc Endosc percutan Tech, 1/1/2007
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Books/Book Chapters

ACS Surgery Principles and Practice
Chapter: Minimally Invasive Esophageal Procedures
Palazzo F, Fisichella PM, Patti MGAmerican College of Surgeons2008
Shackelford’s Surgery of the Alimentary tract
Chapter: Chapter 31: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Clinical Manifestations of Esophageal Cancer
Tatarian T, Palazzo F
Failed Antireflux Therapy: Analysis of Causes and Principles of Treatmen
Chapter: Chapter 7: Acute Complications of Antireflux Surgery
Tatarian T, Pucci MJ, Palazzo FEditors: M.P. Fisichella, MD.Springer

Abstracts/Posters

Quiet in the Operating Room! Team STEPPS and OR Distractions
Brinson ZS, Johnson AP, Farmer R, Leonard T, Cacciatore S, Sanchez M, Weikel L, Sammut P, Palazzo F, Resident Quality improvement session, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia PA, 1/1/2017
Defining Benchmarks for Transthoracic Esophagectomy. A risk-adjusted multicenter analysis of 770 total minimally invasive esophagectomies
Gutschow CA, Schmidt H, …, Palazzo F, Grimminger P, for the ‘ESO benchmark project’, European Surgical Association, Bucharest, Romania, 1/1/2017
Achalasia in morbid obesity: outcomes of surgical management and patient satisfaction after long-term follow-up
Harrison JM, Doane SM, Pucci MJ, Palazzo F, Chojnacki KA, SAGES Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, 1/1/2017
Minimally invasive (MI) Ivor Lewis and McKewon esophagectomies: comparison of perioperative complications
Brown AM, Pucci MJ, Berger AC, Tatarian T, Evans NR, Rosato EL, Palazzo F, SAGES Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, 1/1/2017
Overlapping or Concurrent Surgery – Resident and Faculty Assessment of the "Critical Portion"
Marks JA, Batista PM, Devitt SM, Palazzo F, Isenberg GA, Yeo CJ, Chojnacki KA, Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, NV, 1/1/2017
Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Does Not Increase Morbidity After Esophagectomy
Brown AM, Giugliano D, Palazzo F, Rosato EL, Evans NR, Lamb CR, Levine DA, Berger AC, Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, NV, 1/1/2017
The Infundibular Approach is Often Mistaken as the Critical View of Safety during Cholecystectomy
Traub L, Chen C, Palazzo F, Rosato E, Lavu H, Winter J, Yeo CJ, Pucci MJ, Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, NV, 1/1/2017
Prolonged interval to esophagectomy following neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy for esophageal cancer is associated with worse outcomes, without improvement of comple...
Giugliano DN, Berger AC, Keith SW, Pucci MJ, Rosato EL, Evans NR, Palazzo F, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Washington DC, 1/1/2016
Does the Type of Intraoperative Pyloric Procedure During Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy Predict the Need for Postoperative Endoscopic Interventions?
Giugliano DN, Berger AC, Meidl H, Pucci MJ, Rosato EL, Keith SW, Evans NR, Palazzo F, Academic Surgical Congress, Jacksonville FL, 1/1/2016
Lymph Node Retrieval is Decreased after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Therapy for Esophageal Cancer
Giugliano DN, Berger AC, Pucci MJ, Rosato EL, Evans NR, Meidl H, Lamb C, Levine D, Palazzo F, Academic Surgical Congress, Jacksonville FL, 1/1/2016
Minimally invasive Esophagectomy has lower severity of complications than open/hybrid esophagectomy
Chaudhari A, Pucci MJ, Berger AC, Rosato EL, Evans MR, Chojnacki KA, Palazzo F, Academic Surgical Congress, New Orleans, 1/1/2015
Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (MIE) Provides Significant Survival Advantage Compared to Open/Hybrid Esophagectomy (OHE) for Patients with Cancers of the Esophagus a...
Palazzo F, Rosato EL, Chaudhari A, Evans NR, Sendecki J, Keith S, Chojnacki KA, Yeo CJ, Berger AC, Annual Meeting of the Southern Surgical Association, Palm Beach, FL, 1/1/2014
Does Neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy (CRT) affect perioperative outcomes after Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy? A single institution Experience
Tan WP, Palazzo F, Pucci MJ, Cowan SW, Evans MR, Berger AC, Chojnacki KA, Rosato EL, Academic Surgical Congress, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2014
Routine Postoperative Contrast Study After Heller Myotomy: Is it Really Necessary?
Holoyda K, Pucci MJ, Tan WP, Rosato EL, Palazzo F, Chojnacki KA, Minimally Invasive Surgery Week, Reston, VA, 1/1/2013
Preoperative endoscopic therapies for Achalasia do not affect perioperative outcomes in patients undergoing Laparoscopic Heller Miotomy
Pucci MJ, Burkhart R, Tan WP, Columbus A, Rosato EL, Chojnacki KA, Palazzo F, SAGES Surgical Spring Week, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/2013
Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy For Achalasia In The Elderly: Shifting The Treatment Paradigm?
Pucci MJ, Wolf AM, Brown A, Hearn M, Chojnacki KA, Rosato EL, Palazzo F, Quick Shot Presentation at the 8th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2013
Laparoscopic approaches to gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors: an institutional review of 57 cases
Pucci MJ, Berger AC, Lim PW, Chojnacki KA, Rosato EL, Palazzo F, SAGES annual meeting spring week, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2012
Laparoscopic treatment of symptomatic unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis.Single institution experience and outcomes
Palazzo F, Kops R, Asbun H, 94th Congress of the American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2008
Antireflux Surgery in Patients With End Stage Lung Disease Before and After Lung Transplant
Fisichella PM, Palazzo F, Gasper W, Patti MG, J Clin Gastroenterol, 1/1/2008
Lung Transplantation in Patients With Connective Tissue Disorders and Esophageal Dysmotility
Fisichella PM, Palazzo F, Gasper W, Patti MG, J Clin Gastroenterol, 1/1/2008
Clinical, Radiologic, and Manometric Findings in 145 Patients With Untreated Achalasia
Fisichella PM, Raz D, Palazzo F, Patti MG, J Clin Gastroenterol, 1/1/2008
Combined Radiofrequency Ablation and Transarterial Chemoembolization for Unresectable Colorectal Hepatic Metastases
Palazzo F, Weinstein J, Chojnacki KA, Eschelmann D, Needleman L, Rosato EL, 2nd Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Phoenix, AZ, 1/1/2007
Laparoscopic approach of a large appendiceal mucocele
Reina G, Ciaccio G, Scaravilli F, Palazzo F, Piazza D, 106th Congress of the Italian Surgical Society (Societa’ Italiana di Chirurgia, Rome, Italy, 1/1/2004
Toxic Megacolon: surgical timing
Palazzo F, Dell’Erba D, Scaringi S, D’Agati P, Caputo S, Piazza D, Hepato-Gastroenterology, 1/1/2000
An unusual rectal polyp
Palazzo F, Dell’Erba D, Scaringi S, Marino MG, Reina G, Piazza D, Hepato-Gastroenterology, 1/1/2000
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Lectures

GERD and Obesity in 2016 an update on pills, magnets, bands, and sleeves
Methodist Hospital – Philadelphia - 1/13/2016
Update on Esophageal Cancer
Nazareth Hospital, Philadelphia - 1/27/2015
GE Junction Adenocarcinoma: it is better to remove the stomach
Chicago, IL - 1/6/2015
Update in Bariatric Surgery: from caloric restriction to hormonal modulation
Jackson Hole, WY - 1/3/2015
Excess Roux-Limb hook Syndrome – A preventable cause of disability after laparoscopic gastric bypass
Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2008
A novel technique for radiofrequency ablation of liver dome neoplasms using iatrogenic hydrothorax
San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2007
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