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Office
7 Fox St
2nd Floor - Surgical Oncology
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601Phone+1 845-483-6920Fax+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
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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
- PROSPECT: Chemotherapy Alone or Chemotherapy Plus Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Undergoing Surgery Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 12
- 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
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 84 citationsImmunohistochemical expression of folate receptor α in colorectal carcinoma : patterns and biological significanceJinru Shia, David S. Klimstra, James R. Nitzkorski, Philip S. Low, Mithat Gonen
Human Pathology. 2008-04-01 - 1 citationsFuture Treatments in Melanoma.Kathryn Wells, Vinesh Anandarajan, James Nitzkorski
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America. 2022-05-01 - 3 citationsPembrolizumab and tavokinogene telseplasmid electroporation in metastatic melanomaYonatan Dollin, Jason Rubin, Richard D. Carvajal, Helene Rached, James R. Nitzkorski
International Journal of Surgery Case Reports. 2020-01-01
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- A Survival Comparison of Stage III Rectal Adenocarcinoma Down Staged by Preoperative Chemo-radiation with a Comparable Stage II CohortSiripurapu, 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 CancerNitzkorski, 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/CTShanmugan 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
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Lectures
- Melanoma: What You Don’t Know May Kill YouCollege of Mount Saint Vincent, Bronx NY - 9/2017
- Melanoma: Update on ImmunotherapyVassar Brothers Medical Center Oncology Teaching Day, Culinary Institute - 5/2017
- Nutrition in the Acutely Ill Hospital PatientVassar Brothers Medical Center Hospital Medicine Conference - 4/2017
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Press Mentions
- Norwalk Hospital to Collect Plasma for Coronavirus TreatmentApril 28th, 2020
Committees
- Medical Director, Nutrition Committee, Vassar Brothers Medical Center
- Surgical Oncologist, Cancer Cluster Committee, Vassar Brothers Medical Center
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