JamesR.NitzkorskiMDFACS

General Surgery • Poughkeepsie, NY

Colon & Rectal Surgery, Melanoma, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast), Minimally Invasive Surgery

Surgical Oncologist Program Director, General Surgery Residency Nuvance Health Vassar Brothers Medical Center

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Office
7 Fox St
2nd Floor - Surgical Oncology
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Phone+1 845-483-6920

Fax+1 845-483-6922

Education & Training

Temple University Hospital/Fox Chase Cancer CenterFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 2009 - 2011
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/WestChief Residency, Surgery, 2008 - 2009
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/WestResidency, Surgery, 2005 - 2008
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/WestInternship, Surgery, 2004 - 2005
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloClass of 2004, MD, Cum Laude

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2006 - 2026
PA State Medical License 2009 - 2012
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctor Award Castle Connolly, 2018-2022
John A. Ridge, MD, PhD Fellowship Fox Chase Cancer Center, 2011
Oncology Trainee Travel Award ASCO- American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2010
Charles McBurney M.D. Prize in Surgery St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital, 2008
Fellow American College of Surgeons
Dean's Letter of Commendation University at Buffalo School of Medicine, 2004
Intern of the Year, Department of Surgery St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital, 2005
Winner, St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital Surgical Research Day St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital, 2007
Winner, St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital Research Fair St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital, 2008
Outstanding Senior Vascular Surgery Resident Award St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital, 2008
Outstanding Chief Vascular Surgery Resident St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital, 2009
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification eClinicalWorks EHR, eClinicalWorks LLC, 2013
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Clinical Trials

Rosuvastatin in Treating Patients With Stage I or Stage II Colon Cancer That Was Removed By Surgery Start of enrollment: 2010 Mar 01
Terminated
Phase 3
PROSPECT: Chemotherapy Alone or Chemotherapy Plus Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Undergoing Surgery Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 12
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2, Phase 3
S1505: Combination Chemotherapy or Gemcitabine Hydrochloride and Paclitaxel Albumin-Stabilized Nanoparticle Formulation Before Surgery in Treating Patients With Pancreatic Cancer That Can Be Removed by Surgery Start of enrollment: 2016 Jan 06
Completed
Phase 2
Tavo and Pembrolizumab in Patients With Stage III/IV Melanoma Progressing on Either Pembrolizumab or Nivolumab Treatment Start of enrollment: 2017 Oct 03
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Melanoma Margins Trial-II: 1cm v 2cm Wide Surgical Excision Margins for AJCC Stage II Primary Cutaneous Melanoma Start of enrollment: 2019 Dec 17
Recruiting
Phase 3
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

EHR-Driven Delivery of EPA Assessments Significantly Improves Participation.
Carolyn Chang, Jonathan Jesneck, Emily Lee, Karen Brasel, Mackenzie Cook
Journal of Surgical Education. 2024-11-01
Impact of facility type and volume in locally advanced esophageal cancer.
Zaid Muslim, Stephanie Stroever, Kostantinos Poulikidis, Cliff P Connery, James R Nitzkorski
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals. 2024-01-01
1 citations
Future Treatments in Melanoma.
Kathryn Wells, Vinesh Anandarajan, James Nitzkorski
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America. 2022-05-01

Books/Book Chapters

Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery
Chapter: PET for mediastinal restating of patients with non small cell lung cancer after induction therapy
Page 61 - 66Nitzkorski, J.R., Siriurapu, V., Scott, WSEditors: Ferguson, MK.Springer-Verlag, London2011

Abstracts/Posters

A Survival Comparison of Stage III Rectal Adenocarcinoma Down Staged by Preoperative Chemo-radiation with a Comparable Stage II Cohort
Siripurapu, V., Nitzkorski, J, 64th Annual Cancer Symposium, Society of Surgical Oncology, San Antonio, TX, 2011
Association of Race and Socioeconomic Status and Outcomes with Patients with Rectal Cancer
Nitzkorski, J.R., Willis, A.I., Farma, J.M., Cohen, S.J., Zhu, F., Nick, D.M., Sigurdson, E.R., ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, San Francisco, CA, 2011
Predicting Pathologic Response to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer using FDG PET/CT
Shanmugan S., Arrangoiz, R., Nitzkorski, J.R., Yu, J.Q., Konski, A.A., Farma, J.M., Sigurdson, E.R., ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, San Francisco, CA, 2011
Breast Cancer Histology and the Influence of the Hormonal Milieu
Nitzkorski, J.R., Zhu, F., Loveland-Jones, C.E., Sesa, L., Ross, E.A., Sigurdson, E.R., Bleicher, R.J., 6th Academic Surgical Congress, Huntington Beach, CA, 2011
Association of Race and Socioeconomic Status and Outcomes with Patients with Rectal Cancer
Nitzkorski, J.R., Willis, A.I., Farma, J.M., Cohen, S.J., Zhu, F., Nick, D.M., Sigurdson, E.R., 64th Annual Cancer Symposium, Society of Surgical Oncology, San Antonio, TX, 2011
Predicting Pathologic Response to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer using FDG PET/CT. Presented - 64th Annual Cancer Symposium
Shanmugan S., Arrangoiz, R., Nitzkorski, J.R., Yu, J.Q., Konski, A.A., Farma, J.M., Sigurdson, E.R., 64th Annual Cancer Symposium, Society of Surgical Oncology, San Antonio, TX, 2011
A Survival Comparison of Stage III Rectal Adenocarcinoma Down Staged by Preoperative Chemo-radiation with a Comparable Stage II Cohort
Siripurapu, V., Farma, J.M., Nitzkorski J.R., Sigurdson, E.R., 64th Annual Cancer Symposium, Society of Surgical Oncology, San Antonio, TX, 2011
Outcome and Natural History of Patients with Stage IV Colorectal Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy without Primary Tumor Resection
Nitzkorski, J.R., Farma, J.M., Matteotti, R., Siripurapu, V., Zhu, F., Sigurdson, E.R., 64th Annual Cancer Symposium, Society of Surgical Oncology, San Antonio, TX, 2011
Outcome and Natural History of Patients with Stage IV Colorectal Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy without Primary Tumor Resectio
Nitzkorski, JR, 64th Annual Cancer Symposium, Society of Surgical Oncology, San Antonio, TX, 2011
Predicting Pathologic Response to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer using FDG PET/C
Shanmugan S., Nitzkorski J, 64th Annual Cancer Symposium, Society of Surgical Oncology, San Antonio TX, 2011
Association of Race and Socioeconomic Status and Outcomes with Patients with Rectal Cancer
Nitzkorski, J, 64th Annual Cancer Symposium, Society of Surgical Oncology, San Antonio TX, 2011
Breast Cancer Histology and the Influence of the Hormonal Milieu
Nitzkorski J, 6th Academic Surgical Congress, Huntington Beach, CA, 2011
Predicting Pathologic Response to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer using FDG PET/C
Shanmugan, Nitzkorski, ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, San Francisco, CA, 2011
Association of Race and Socioeconomic Status and Outcomes with Patients with Rectal Cancer
Nitzkorski, ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, San Francisco, CA, 2011
Outcome and Natural History of Patients with Stage IV Colorectal Cancer Treated with or without Surgery after Receiving Chemotherapy
Nitzkorski, Conjoint Philadelphia Academy of Surgery and New York Surgical Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2010
Sphincter Preservation for Perirectal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors – A “Radical” Departure from Surgical Management in the Past
Nitzkorski, J.R., Watson, C., Von Mehren, M., 63rd Annual Cancer Symposium, Society of Surgical Oncology, St. Louis, MO, 2010
Outcome and Natural History of Patients with Stage IV Colorectal Cancer Treated with or without Surgery after Receiving Chemotherapy
Nitzkorski, J.R., Farma, J.M., Matteotti, R., Siripurapu, V., Zhu, F., Sigurdson, E.R., Conjoint Philadelphia Academy of Surgery and New York Surgical Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2010
Characteristics and Behavior of Invasive Breast Cancer Developed Despite Prior Oophorectomy
Nitzkorski, J.R., Zhu, F., Siripurapu, V., Burger, RA., Denlinger, CS., Sigurdson, ER., Freedman GM., Bleicher, RJ., American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2010
Pneumonectomy for Cancer in the Mid-Atlantic US: Trends and Outcomes over a Decade
Siripurapu, V., Stitzenberg, K.B., Nitzkorski, J.R., Lebenthal, A., Scott, W.J., Chest, Vancouver, 2010
Pneumonectomy for Cancer in the Mid-Atlantic US: Trends and Outcomes over a Decade
Sairipurapu, Nitzkorski, Chest, Vancouver, 2010
Sphincter Preservation for Perirectal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors – A “Radical” Departure from Surgical Management in the Past
Nitzkorski, 63rd Annual Cancer Symposium, Society of Surgical Oncology, St. Louis, 2010
Characteristics and Behavior of Invasive Breast Cancer Developed Despite Prior Oophorectomy
Nitzkorski, American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2010
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Cystjejunostomy and Choledochojejunostomy for a Pancreatic Pseudocyst with Biliary Obstruction
Nitzkorski, SAGES 2009 Surgical Spring Week, Phoenix, AZ, 2009
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Cystjejunostomy and Choledochojejunostomy for a Pancreatic Pseudocyst with Biliary Obstruction
Nitzkorski, J.R., Forrester, G., Teixeira, J., Kim, G., SAGES, Phoenix, AZ, 2009
A Novel Delayed Closure Technique after Operative Repair of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Nitzkorski, Eastern Vascular Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2007
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Lectures

Melanoma: What You Don’t Know May Kill You
College of Mount Saint Vincent, Bronx NY - 9/2017
Melanoma: Update on Immunotherapy
Vassar Brothers Medical Center Oncology Teaching Day, Culinary Institute - 5/2017
Nutrition in the Acutely Ill Hospital Patient
Vassar Brothers Medical Center Hospital Medicine Conference - 4/2017
Regional Therapies for Advanced Malignancy: Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) and Isolated Limb Infusion (ILI)
Vassar Brothers Medical Center - 11/2015
Reducing the Risk of Skin Cancer
Cornell University Cooperative Extension, Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program “Fruit School,” - 2/2015
Update in the Multimodality Treatment of Rectal Cancer
Vassar Brothers Medical Center - 6/2013
Oncology Teaching Day: Update in Gastrointestinal Oncology
Vassar Brothers Medical Center - 6/2012
An Argument Against Radiation Therapy for Patients with Stage IV Rectal Cancer
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA - 3/2011
Grand Rounds : Update in Pancreatic Cancer for the Surgeon
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY - 9/2010
Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
Grand Rounds - Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA - 8/2010
Update in Rectal Cancer Clinical Trials
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA - 2010
GERD: Malignancy and Surgical Implications
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA - 2010
Restaging the Mediastinum with PET/CT after Induction Therapy for Lung Cancer
Grand Rounds - Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA - 2010
Update in Thymoma
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA - 2009
Melanoma and Soft Tissue Malignancies
Grand Rounds - St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital, New York NY - 2009
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