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Office
119 Belmont St
Department Of Surgical Oncology
Worcester, MA 01605Phone+1 508-334-5202Fax+1 508-334-5089
Education & Training
- New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Surgery, 1980 - 1985
- Duke University School of MedicineClass of 1980
- Harvard UniversityA.B., Biology, Magna Cum Laude, 1976
Certifications & Licensure
- MA State Medical License 1986 - 2025
- CT State Medical License 1993 - 2014
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
- Gold DOC Arnold P. Gold Foundation, 2014
- Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2014
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Clinical Trials
- Evaluate The Toxicity And Feasibility Of Intra-Tumoral Injection Start of enrollment: 2007 Jul 01
- Intratumoral Injection Of Alpha-Gal Glycosphingolipids Start of enrollment: 2007 Mar 01
- A Phase II Study of the Effect of a Low Calorie Diet on Patients Undergoing Liver Resection Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 152 citationsPapillary thyroid carcinoma associated with papillary renal neoplasia: genetic linkage analysis of a distinct heritable tumor syndrome.Carl D. Malchoff, Mansoor Sarfarazi, Beatriz E. Tendler, Faripour Forouhar, Giles F. Whalen
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2000-05-01 - 36 citationsLateral transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy.Steven J. Shichman, C. D. A. Herndon, R. E. Sosa, Giles F. Whalen, D. C. MacGillivray
World Journal of Urology. 1999-02-01 - 224 citationsPancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors : The Impact of Surgical Resection on SurvivalJoshua S. Hill, James T. McPhee, Theodore P. McDade, Zheng Zhou, Mary E. Sullivan
Cancer. 2009-02-15
Journal Articles
- Phase 1 study to evaluate toxicity and feasibility of intratumoral injection of alpha-gal glycolipids in patients with advanced melanomaAlbertini 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 resectionLim 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 ImplementationCollins C, Cherng N, McDade T, Movahedi B, Emhoff T, Whalen G, LaFemina J, Dorfman J, J Trauma Manag Outcomes, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- AGI-134, a fully synthetic ?-Gal-based cancer immunotherapy that shows synergy with anti-PD-1 and favorable pre-clinicalpharmacokinetic and toxicity profilesSascha 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
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Lectures
- Melanoma: A surgical immunological storyUMass Memorial Health Care-Cancer Center of Excellence - 1/19/2012
- Rationale for rational follow-up of curatively resected cancerUMass Memorial Health Care-Cancer Center of Excellence - 1/7/2012
- Introducing the Division of Surgical Oncology and Complex GI Cancer Surgery at UMassFitchburg, MA - 1/25/2010
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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 WomanWhalen 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 - Join now to see all
Authored Content
- Invited CommentaryMay 2018
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