GilesFWhalenMD

PubMed

• The New England Surgical Society: Long May It Prosper.
  Giles F Whalen
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2024-06-01
• 16 citations
  Surgical versus non-surgical management for patients with malignant bowel obstruction (S1316): a pragmatic comparative effectiveness trial.
  Robert S Krouse, Garnet L Anderson, Kathryn B Arnold, Cynthia A Thomson, Valentine N Nfonsam
  The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 2023-10-01
• 2 citations
  Paraconduit Hiatal Hernia Following Esophagectomy: Incidence, Risk Factors, Outcomes and Repair.
  Sebastian K. Chung, Bryce M. Bludevich, Nicole Cherng, Tracy Zhang, Allison S. Crawford
  The Journal of Surgical Research. 2021-12-01

Journal Articles

• Phase 1 study to evaluate toxicity and feasibility of intratumoral injection of alpha-gal glycolipids in patients with advanced melanoma  
  Albertini MR, Ranheim EA, Zuleger CL, Sondel PM, Hank JA, Bridges A, Newton MA, McFarland T, Collins J, Clements E, Henry MB, Neuman HB, Weber S, Whalen G, Galili U, Cancer Immunol Immunother, 1/1/2016
• Thirty day outcomes underestimate endocrine and exocrine insufficiency after pancreatic resection  
  Lim PW, Dinh KH, Sullivan M, Wassef WY, Zivny J, Whalen GF, LaFemina J, HPB (Oxford), 1/1/2016
• Adequacy of Patient Notification Regarding Incidental Findings of the Abdominal Viscera In Trauma Patients Before and After Incidental Finding Protocol Implementation  
  Collins C, Cherng N, McDade T, Movahedi B, Emhoff T, Whalen G, LaFemina J, Dorfman J, J Trauma Manag Outcomes, 1/1/2015
• Identification of genetc risk for pancreatic cancer  
  Flores K, Dinh K, Rouleau E, Whalen G, Wassef W, LaFemina J, Cancer Genet, 1/1/2015
• Treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis with intraperitoneal administration of Ad-hARF  
  B Rajeshkumar, S Paliwal, L Lambert, S Grossman, G Whalen, Journal of Surgical Research, 1/1/2015
• Metastatic mesothelioma to the thyroid (Case report)  
  S Rao, A Swami, A Khan, M Toke, G Whalen, A Fischer, M STorres, CytoJournal, 1/1/2014
• Electronic medical record: research tool for pancreatic cancer?  
  Arous E, McDade T, Smith J, Ng S, Sullivan M, Zottola R, Ranauro P, Shah S, Whalen G, Tseng J, Journal of Surgical Research, 1/1/2014
• Diagnosis and management of acute pancreatitis and its complications  
  Dupuis C, Baptista V, Whalen G, Karam A, Singh A, Wassef W, Kim Y, Society of Gastrointestinal Intervention, 1/1/2013
• Reply to Senthi and Senan  
  Furman M, Lambert L, Sullivan M, Whalen G, Journal of Clinical Oncology, 1/1/2013
• A Phase II Trial of Cetuximab, Gemcitabine, 5-Fluorouracil, and Radiation Therapy in Locally Advanced Nonmetastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma  
  Cetin V, Piperdi B, Bathini V, Walsh WV, Yunus S, Tseng JF, Whalen GF, Wassef WY, Kadish SP, Fitzgerald TJ, Mikule C, Wang Y, Grossman SR, Gastrointest Cancer Res, 1/1/2013
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  Whalen GF, Sullivan M, Piperdi B, Wasseff W, and Galili, U, Anticancer Research, 1/1/2012
• A review of Genius on the Edge by Gerald Imber, MD, Kaplan Publishing 2010  
  Whalen GF, Worcester Medicine, 1/1/2011
• Murphy MM, Witkowski ER, Ng SC, McDade TP, Hill JS, Larkin AC, Whalen GF, Litwin DE, Tseng JF  
  Murphy MM, Witkowski ER, Ng SC, McDade TP, Hill JS, Larkin AC, Whalen GF, Litwin DE, Tseng JF, Surg Endosc, 1/25/2010
• Machine learning of clinical performance in a pancreatic cancer database  
  Hayward J, Alvarez SA, Ruiz C, Sullivan M, Tseng J, Whalen G, Artif Intell Med, 1/17/2010
• Human Emotion and Response in Surgery (HEARS): a simulation-based curriculum for communication skills, systems-based practice, and professionalism in surgical residenc...  
  Larkin AC, Cahan MA, Whalen G, Hatem D, Starr S, Haley HL, Litwin D, Sullivan K, Quirk M, J Am Coll Surg, 1/1/2010
• A neoadjuvant strategy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma increases the likelihood of receiving all components of care: lessons from a single-institution database  
  Piperdi M, McDade TP, Shim JK, Piperdi B, Kadish SP, Sullivan ME, Whalen GF, Tseng JF, HPB (Oxford), 1/1/2010
• Surgery and radiation therapy for retroperitoneal and abdominal sarcoma: both necessary and sufficient?  
  Zhou Z, McDade TP, Simons JP, Ng SC, Lambert LA, Whalen GF, Shah SA, Tseng JF, Arch Surg, 1/1/2010
• Spontaneous hepatic hemorrhage secondary to prolonged use of oral contraceptives  
  Jaffar R, Pechet L, Whalen GF, Banner BF, Pathol Res Pract, 1/1/2010
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  Galili U, Albertini M, Sondel P, Wigglesworth K, Sullivan M, and Whalen GF, Cancers (Basel), 1/1/2010
• Malignant intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm: Are we doing the right thing?  
  Simons JP, Ng SC; Shah S, McDade T, Whalen G, Tseng J, Surg Res, 1/21/2009
• Cytoreductive Surgery and Intraperitoneal Hyperthermic Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis  
  Gammon, DC, Piperdi, B, Zybert, J, Wolfe, SH, Nguyen, E, Sbat, D, Pillarisetty, V, Sullivan, M, Whalen, G, Am J Health-Syst Pharm, 1/1/2009
• National Complication Rates after Pancreatectomy: Beyond Mere Mortality  
  Simons JP, Ng SC, Shah S, Whalen G, Tseng J, J Gastrointest Surg, 1/1/2009
• Images in Thyroidology A Case of Trabecular Adenoma of the Thyroid with Black Pigmentation  
  Vibhavasu S, Hongyi C, Whalen GF, Khan A, Torres M, Thyroid, 1/1/2007
• Issues and challenges with integrating patient-reported outcomes in clinical trials supported by the National Cancer Institute-sponsored clinical trials networks  
  Bruner DW, Bryan CJ, Aaronson N, Blackmore CC, Brundage M, Cella D, Ganz PA, Gotay C, Hinds PS, Kornblith AB, Movsas B, Sloan J, Wenzel L, Whalen G; National Cancer In..., J Clin Oncol, 1/1/2007
• Implementing Palliative Care Studies  
  Whalen GF, Kutner J, Byock I, Gerard D, Stovall E, Sieverding P, Ganz PA, Krouse RS, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 1/1/2007
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Books/Book Chapters

• An Internist’s Illustrated Guide to Gastrointestinal Surgery. 
  Editors: Wu GY, Aziz K, Whalen GF, Fiduccia L.Humana Press Inc, Totowa, NJ2003
• An Internist’s Illustrated Guide to Gastrointestinal Surgery. 
  Chapter: Hepatobiliary Surgery 
  Taggert J, Whalen GFHumana Press Inc, Totowa, NJ2003
• Current Diagnosis. 
  Chapter: Appendicitis 
  Flaherty JF and Whalen GFEditors: Conn RB, Borer WZ and Snyder JW.W.B.Saunders Co, Philadelphia, PA1997
• Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. 
  Chapter: Breast cancer: The Oncologic Surgeon's Perspective 
  Whalen GF, Osborne MEditors: Rees T, LaTrenta G.W.B.Saunders Co, Philadelphia, PA1994
• Wound Healing: Biochemical and Clinical Aspects. 
  Chapter: Angiogenesis in Wound Healing 
  Page 77 - 95Whalen GF, Zetter BEditors: Cohen IF, Lindblad B, Diegelmann R.W.B.Saunders Co, Philadelphia, PA1992
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Abstracts/Posters

• AGI-134, a fully synthetic ?-Gal-based cancer immunotherapy that shows synergy with anti-PD-1 and favorable pre-clinicalpharmacokinetic and toxicity profiles
  Sascha A. Kristian, Stephen M. Shaw, Kim Wigglesworth , Jenny Middleton , Melanie S. Glossop , Giles F. Whalen, Robert Old , Uri Galili , Mike Westby, and Chris Pickford, ASCO, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2016
• Multivisceral resection for malignant hepatic lesion is associated with increased morbidity.
  Friedrich A, Baratta K, Dinh K, Whalen G, LaFemina J, NESS; American College of Surgeons, Boston, MA, 2016; Washington, DC, 2016, 1/1/2016
• Multivisceral resection for gastric cancer is associated with increased morbiditiy and mortality.
  Freidrich A, Rouanet E, Dinh K, Whalen G, LaFemina J, SSO, Boston, MA, 1/1/2016
• Contemporary analysis of malignancies in women of child-bearing age: a NSQIP analysis.
  Rouanet E, Friedrich A, Dinh K, Baratta K, Whalen G, Santry H, LaFemina J, NESS, Boston, MA, 1/1/2016
• Effect of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on 30-day Morbidity and Mortality following Resection of Gastric Malignancy.
  Dinh K, Bathini V, Switzer B, Sullivan M, Whalen G, LaFemina J, Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, 1/1/2015
• Total Number of Chronic Illnesses, Rather than Specific Type or Category is Most Strongly Associated with Exocrine Pancreatic Cancer Risk
  T McDade, FA Anderson, J LaFemina, GF Whalen, American Society of Prevention Oncology, Arlington, VA, 1/10/2014
• Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Does Not Improve Disease-Specific Survival in Elderly Patients with Intermediate Thickness Melanoma
  K Dinh, M Maloney, D Goldberg, A Deng, M Sullivan, L Lambert, G Whalen, J LaFemina, NESS Annual Meeting; UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science 5th Annual Research Retreat, Worcester, MA, 2014; Stow, VT, 2014, 1/1/2014
• Incidental Findings on Chest CT for Trauma are Common and Infrequently Addressed
  N Cherng, C Collins, A Jaffe, T Emhoff, G Whalen, J LaFemina, J Dorfman, NESS 21st Annual Surgical Resident and Fellow Research Presentation Day, Worcester, MA, 1/1/2014
• Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Does Not Improve Disease-Specific Survival in Elderly Patients with Intermediate Thickness Melanoma
  K Dinh, M Maloney, D Goldberg, A Deng, M Sullivan, L Lambert, G Whalen, J LaFemina, NESS 21st Annual Surgical Resident and Fellow Research Presentation Day, Worcester, MA, 1/1/2014
• Phase I study to evaluate toxicity and feasibility of intratumoral injection of alpha-gal glycolipids in patients with advanced melanoma
  M Albertini, E Ranheim, C Zuleger, P Sondel, J Hank, A Bridges, M Newton, T McFarland, J Collins, E Clements, M Henry, H Neuman, S Weber, G Whalen, and U Galili, ASCO, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2014
• Tumor HPV status and Invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the anus: Outcomes from a single institution
  B Yalamarti, M George, L Hutchinson, E Cosar, L Maranda, B Switzer, G Whalen, V Bathini, ASCO, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2014
• Routine Intraoperative Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Monitoring during Thyroidectomy
  R Damle, K Dinh,, A Larkin, R Quinlan, G Whalen, NESS Annual meeting; 20th Annual NESS Surgical Resident and Fellow Research Presentation Day, Providence, RI, 2013; Hartford, CT, 2013, 1/22/2013
• Adequacy of Patients Education Regarding Abdominal Incidentalomas in Trauma Patients – A one year review
  C Collins, T McDade, H Santry, B Movahedi, T Emhoff, G Whalen, J LaFemina, J Dorfman, NESS 94th Annual Meeting, 1/20/2013
• Ampullary and Extraampullary Duodenal Adenocarcinomas Have Comparable Survival after Potentially Curative Resection
  K Dinh, V Bathini, B Switzer, V Kasturi, W Wassef, J Zivny, M Sullivan, G Whalen, J LaFemina, Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Boston, MA, 1/7/2013
• Breast Cancer in the Elderly: Diagnosis and Treatment.
  E Gates, A Larkin, A O’Connor, R Quinlan, G Vijayaraghavan, A Sharron, G Whalen, B Ward, Society for Surgical Oncology annual meeting, Washington, DC, 1/6/2013
• A pilot PHASE II Trial of Cetuximab, Gemcitabine, 5-Fluorouracil and radiation therapy in locally advanced non-metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma
  V Cetin, B Piperdi, V Bathini, W Walsh, S Yunus, J Tseng, G Whalen, W Wassef, S Kadish, TJ Fitzgerald, C Mikule, Y Wang, S Grossman, International Society of Gastrointestinal Society Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA, 1/1/2012
• Metastatic Mesothelioma to the Thyroid
  A Nagaraja, A Fischer, A Khan, M Toke, G Whalen, and M S Torres, A Nagaraja, A Fischer, A Khan, M Toke, G Whalen, and M S Torres, Framingham, MA, 1/1/2012
• Malignant composite pheochromoctyoma with neuroblastoma responsive to cyclophosphamide, vincristine and dacarbazine chemotherapy
  A Hai, N Aronin, JP Lock, G Whalen, L Lambert, C Keuker, A Khan, B Piperdi, Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 1/1/2011
• Giant Bilateral Adrenal Myelolipomas And Bilateral Testicular Adrenal Rest Tumors In A Patient With Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Due To 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency
  A Hai, N Aronin, G Whalen, M Blendea, NE-AACE Annual Meeting, Sturbridge, MA, 1/1/2011
• Quality Assurance Review Center (QARC): Role in Multi-Institutional Breast Trial
  J Moni, HT Le-Petross, JC Boughey, F Laurie1, R Hanusik, S Howley, DG Logan, M Bishop-Jodoin1, RM Simmons, MJ Ellis, K Hunt, MG Cicchetti, S Sioshansi1, RM Quinlan, ..., ASCO Breast Cancer Symposium, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2011
• Angiogenin and Leptin: Potential Targets for the Palliation of Peritoneal Ascites
  Erin K Cooley, Laura A Lambert, Barur Rajeshkumar, Alice Tran, Connie Wing-Ching Lee, Shimul Shah, Giles F Whalen, SSO Annual Meeting; New England Surgical Society Annual Meeting, Newport, RI, 2009; Louis, MO, 2010, 1/1/2010
• Role of Immunohistochemical Panel including Galectin-3, CK19, HBME1, CITED1 and IMP3 in the Classificationof Follicular Patterned Thyroid Tumors
  A. Khan, E. F. Cosar, A. Fischer, M. S. Torres, S. Arum, M. Safran, R. M. Quinlan, G. F. Whalen, International Thyroid Congress, Paris, France, 1/1/2010
• Computationally Enhanced Medical Decision Support for Pancreatic Cancer.
  Bodnari A, Matsumura T, Ruiz C, Murphy MM, Simons JP, Whalen GF, Tseng JF, AMIA Spring Congress, 1/1/2009
• National Complication Rates after Pancreatectomy: Beyond Mere Mortality.
  Simons JP, Shah SA, Ng S, Whalen GF, Tseng JF, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 50th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2009
• Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: A National Study.
  Arous EJ, McDade TP, Hill JS, Whalen GF, Tseng JF, American Hepato- Pancreato-Biliary Association, Miami Beach, FL, 1/1/2009
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Lectures

• Melanoma: A surgical immunological story 
  UMass Memorial Health Care-Cancer Center of Excellence - 1/19/2012
• Rationale for rational follow-up of curatively resected cancer 
  UMass Memorial Health Care-Cancer Center of Excellence - 1/7/2012
• Introducing the Division of Surgical Oncology and Complex GI Cancer Surgery at UMass 
  Fitchburg, MA - 1/25/2010
• Partnering in Cancer Care 
  Umass Memorial Health Care System, Worcester, MA - 1/20/2010
• Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC 
  Bay State Medical Center, Springfield, MA - 1/29/2009
• Rationale for Rational Ablation of Liver Metastases 
  St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Boston, MA - 1/10/2008
• Update on Parathyroidectomy 
  Henry Heywood Hospital, Gardner, MA - 1/31/2007
• Surgical Endocrinology III (The Pituitary, Adrenal Glands & MEN’s 
  UMass Medical School, Worcester, MA - 1/28/2007
• Palliative Surgery. 
  Berkshire Medical Center - 1/28/2006
• Palliative Surgery for GI Tumors 
  Harrington Hospital, Southbridge, MA - 1/28/2006
• Pancreatectomy for neoplasm: current national trends in mortality and disposition 
  San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2006
• The Stomach I 
  UMass Medical School, Worcester, MA - 1/1/2006
• Biliary tract cancer: disease demographics and current trends in surgical intervention 
  Miami, FL - 1/1/2006
• Sensible Workup and Management of Upper GI Malignancies 
  Harrington Hospital, Southbridge, MA - 1/1/2006
• A common sense approach to the work-up of cancer of the UGI Tract 
  Worcester, MA - 1/1/2005
• Surgical Resection of Colorectal Liver Metastases. 
  Newport, RI - 1/1/2003
• A Rationale for Rational Ablation of Malignant Liver Tumors. 
  Worcester, MA - 1/1/2003
• Results of non resectional therapy of liver metastases. 
  Waters Edge, Westbrook, CT - 1/26/2002
• Cryoablation of Liver Tumors 
  People's Republic of China - 1/1/2001
• Ablative Techniques for Liver Tumors 
  Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, Torrington, CT - 1/1/2001
• Assessment of Quality of Life 
  Rockville General Hospital, Rockville, CT - 1/1/2001
• Liver Lesions 
  UConn Health Center, Farmington, CT - 1/1/2001
• Laparoscopic Resection of Large Adrenal Tumors 
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2001
• Quality of Life as an Outcome, A Primer for Surgeons 
  Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ - 1/1/2001
• Innovations in Palliative Care Medicine 
  Mystic, CT - 1/1/2001
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Other

• Invited response to: Localized Adenocarcinoma in a Non-perforated Appendix. 
  Whalen GF, Correspondence Society of Surgeons, Collected Letters
  1/1/1999
• Invited response to: Synchronous Anastomotic and Hepatic Recurrences of Colon Carcinoma in a 65-Year Woman 
  Whalen GF, Correspondence Society of Surgeons, Collected Letters
  1/1/1997
• Invited response to: Management of a “Spindle Cell Neoplasm” of the Breast. 
  Whalen GF, Correspondence Society of Surgeons, Collected Letters
  1/1/1996
• Ennucleation of a Giant Cavernous Hemangioma of the Liver. Videotape Presentation at the 1995 Clinical Congress 
  Whalen GF, MacGillivray DC, Kurtzman SH, Am College of Surgeons
  New Orleans, LA - 1/24/1995
• Invited response to: Extent of Resection for Carcinoma of the Splenic Flexure of Colon Bound to the Spleen 
  Whalen GF, Correspondence Society of Surgeons, Collected Letters
  1/1/1995
• Invited response to: Debating the Sequence of Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy Following Operation for Breast Cancer 
  Whalen GF, Correspondence Society of Surgeons, Collected Letters
  1/1/1995
• Invited response to: Cancer Cure Rates for Resection of Metastases From Colorectal Carcinoma Be Improved? 
  Whalen GF, Correspondence Society of Surgeons, Collected Letters
  1/1/1994
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