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J Smith, MD, General Surgery, Hershey, PA

JStanleySmithMD

General Surgery Hershey, PA

Breast, Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Professor of Surgery, Penn State College of Medicine

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  • Office

    500 University Dr
    Hershey, PA 17033
    Phone+1 800-233-4082

Summary

  • I am a board certified surgeon practicing surgical oncology and breast surgical oncology. I am also the Vice Chair of Quality and Patient Safety for the Department of Surgery here at Penn State Hershey.
    I formerly practiced Trauma and Critical care Surgery as well.

Education & Training

  • University of Maryland
    University of MarylandFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 1975 - 1976
  • UPMC Medical Education (Harrisburg)
    UPMC Medical Education (Harrisburg)Residency, Surgery, 1973 - 1975
  • UPMC Medical Education (Harrisburg)
    UPMC Medical Education (Harrisburg)Internship, Surgery, 1971 - 1972
  • Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
    Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 1971
  • Pennsylvania State University
    Pennsylvania State UniversityBS, Summa Cum Laude, 1966 - 1969

Certifications & Licensure

  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 1972 - 2024

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • America’s Top Oncologists Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2009
  • Life Member National Registry of Who’s Who, 2000
  • Excellence in Surgical Education Thomas V.N. Ballantine Memorial, 2000
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Midgut misfortune.  
    Smith JS, Patterson LT, Emergency Medicine 8(5):210 212
  • Hospital disaster planning and evacuation in relationship to nuclear disaster: the Three Mile Island lesson.  
    Smith JS, JWAEDM 3(2):93
  • Evaluation of inline blood/solution warmer.  
    ECRI, et al, Health Devices 25(10)
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Pilot Study of Cryo-assisted Lumpectomy for Small Ultrasound Visible Breast Cancers.
    Smith JS, Tafra L, The Society of Surgical Oncology 56th Annual Cancer Symposium, Los Angeles, California
  • Bronchoscopy-guided percutaneous tracheostomy (PET) in the intensive care unit; description of the technique, pitfalls and results.
    DaSilva MC, Stene JK, DeJong MJ, Mucha P, Strange RG, Blosser SL, Cooney RN, Smith JS, Trauma Care ’98, 11th Annual Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Symposium Vienna, Austria
  • Bronchoscopy-guided percutaneous tracheostomy in the surgical intensive care unit (SICU): review of 160 cases.
    DaSilva MC, Smith JS, Cooney RN, Bass TL, Blosser SA, 18th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine Brussels, Congress Center
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Lectures

  • Breast Cancer in Young Women. 
    Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  • Surgical Aspects of Early Breast Cancer and Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS). 
    Hershey, PA
  • Breast Cancer Surgical Techniques/Biopsy Techniques. 
    Penn State Hershey Medical Center
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