Zhi Ven Fong MD MPH DrPH

PubMed

• International students in United States allopathic medical education: a mixed-methods analysis of institutional policies.
  Akila V Muthukumar, Zhi Ven Fong, Radek Buss, Santiago Rolon, Anai Kothari
  Medical Education Online. 2025-12-01
• Treatment modalities for solitary, small (≤3-cm) hepatocellular carcinoma: More than meets the eye.
  Lena K Egbert, Chee-Chee Stucky, Zhi Ven Fong
  Surgery. 2025-04-01
• Failure to Rescue After Resection of Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma: Can the Pig Fatten if Weighed More Often?
  Zhi Ven Fong, Julie Hallet
  Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2025-04-01

Journal Articles

• Single Stage Cholecystectomy at the time of Pancreatic Necrosectomy is Safe and Prevents Future Biliary Complications: A 10-year single institution experience with 217...  
  Fong ZV, Peev M, Fernandez-del Castillo C, Fagenholz PJ, 55th Annual Meeting at Digestive Disease Week (DDW), 1/1/2014
• Funding Mechanisms for Trainees  
  Association for Academic Surgery 2017 Fall Course., 1/21/2017
• Management of Small Asymptomatic Pancreas Neuroendocrine Tumors; State of the Literature  
  Research Committee Consensus Conference, America Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association 2017 Annual Meeting, 1/29/2017
• Reappraisal of Staging Laparoscopy for Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A Contemporary Analysis of 1001 Patients  
  Fong ZV, Alvino DML, Fern�ndez-Del Castillo C, Mehtsun WT, Pergolini I, Warshaw AL, Chang DC, Lillemoe KD, Ferrone CR., 70th Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) Annual Cancer Symposium, 51st Annual Pancreas Club, 1/6./2017
• Discordance between Perioperative Antibiotic Treatment and Wound Infection Cultures in Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Multicenter 5-year Study  
  Fong ZV, McMillan MT, Marchegiani G, Sahora K, Malleo G, De Pastena M, Lee GC, Ferrone CR, Bassi C, Lillemoe KD, Vollmer CM, Fern�ndez-del Castillo C., 49th Annual Pancreas Club, May 15-16, 2015, Washington, DC and short oral presentation at the 56th Annual Meeting at Digestive Disease Week (DDW), 1/17/2015
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Books/Book Chapters

• Current Surgical Therapy 
  Chapter: The Management of Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis. 
  Fong ZV, Warshaw AL, Fagenholz, PJ.Editors: Cameron JL, Cameron AM.ElsevierEdition 13th,2018
• Surgical Decision Making 
  Chapter: Periampullary Carcinoma. 
  Fong, ZV, Lillemoe KD.Editors: Schulick RD.ElsevierEdition 6th,2018
• Primary and Metastatic Liver Tumors: Treatment Strategy and Evolving Therapies 
  Chapter: Patient Selection Guidelines for Resection and Liver-Directed Therapies: Non-colorectal, Non-neuroendocrine Liver Metastases 
  Fong ZV, Poultsides GA, Qadan MSpringer Publishing2017
• Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and Transplant Surgery: Practical Management of Dilemmas 
  Chapter: A stable patient POD 7 from a Whipple is ready for discharge but has a high likelihood for readmission. What should you do? 
  Fong ZV, Fern�ndez-del Castillo, C.Beaux Books PublishingEdition 1st,2017
• Early National Experience with Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Is This Really a Short Learning Curve? 
  Fong ZV, Chang DC, Ferrone CR, Lillemoe KD, Fernandez Del Castillo C2016
• The Pancreas 
  Chapter: Management of Recurrence of Cystic Neoplasms. 
  Fong ZV, Wolfgang, CL, Lillemoe, KDWiley-Blackwell publishersEdition 3rd,2016
• Current Surgical Therapy 
  Chapter: Ablation of Colorectal Liver Metastases 
  Fong ZV, Tanabe, KT.Editors: Cameron JL, Cameron AM.ElsevierEdition 12th,2016
• Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. 
  Chapter: Natural History and Prognosis of Localized GIST in the Pre- and Post-Imatinib Eras. 
  Fong ZV, Mullen, JT.Springer2016
• Clinical Decision Support: Surgery 
  Chapter: Bile Duct Injury. 
  Fong ZV, Lillemoe, KD.Editors: Lillemoe K, de Moya M, House M, Hutter M.Decision Support in Medicine, LLC, Wilmington, DE2016
• Clinical Decision Support: Surgery 
  Chapter: Common Bile Duct Stones 
  Fong ZV, Hutter, MMEditors: Lillemoe K, de Moya M, House M, Hutter M.Decision Support in Medicine, LLC, Wilmington, DE2016
• Difficult Decisions in Surgery 
  Chapter: Immediate or Delayed Repair of Bile Duct Injury Recognized Postoperatively? 
  Fong ZV, Lillemoe, KDEditors: Jeffrey B Matthews, J Michael Millis.Springer, UK2015
• Pancreatic Cancer, Cystic Neoplasm, Endocrine and Inflammatory Tumors of the Pancreas � The Clinical Evidence of Diagnosis and Management 
  Chapter: Standards of Oncologic Pancreatic Surgery. 
  Fong ZV, Lillemoe, KD.Editors: Beger, HG, Makao A, Neoptolemos JP, Peng SY, Sarr, MG..Wiley-Blackwell publishersEdition 1st,2013
• Early Drain Amylase Value Predicts the Occurrence of Pancreatic Fistula After Pancreaticoduodenectomy. 
  Fong ZV, Fern�ndez-Del Castillo C.2016
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Abstracts/Posters

• 30-year Review of Surgical Resection and Intraoperative Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Rectosigmoid and Rectal Carcinoma.
  Fong ZV, Furfaro DM, Shellito PC, Berger DL, Szymonifka J, Wo JY, Hong TS, Cusack Jr JC., 67th Annual Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) Annual Cancer Symposium, Phoenix, Arizona, 1/12/2014
• High Quality Pancreas Protocol Computed Tomography Frequently Overestimates the Extent of Disease in Resectable Periampullary Cancers.
  Fong ZV, Lavu H, Kennedy EP, Koniaris, LG, Rosato EL, Yeo CJ, Winter JM., 65th Annual Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) Annual Cancer Symposium, Orlando, Florida, 1/21/2012

Lectures

• Is Cholecystectomy Safer to be Performed in the Third Trimester or during the Post-partum Period? A Population-based Study of Pregnant Females in California 
  Palm Beach, FL - 1/2./2018
• Diminished Survival in Patients with Bile Leak and Ductal Injury: Management Strategy and Outcomes. 
  Hot Springs, VA - 1/3./2017
• Health-related Quality of Life and Functional Outcomes in 5-year Survivors After Pancreaticoduodenectomy 
  Philadelphia, PA - 1/20/2017
• Potential impact of a volume pledge on spatial access: A population-level analysis of patients undergoing pancreatectomy 
  Washington, DC - 1/16/2016
• Early Drain Removal: The Middle Ground between the Drain versus No Drain Debate in Patients undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy. 
  Chicago, IL - 1/2./2014
• Understanding Hospital Readmissions after Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Can we prevent them? A 10-year contemporary experience with 1173 patients at the Massachusetts Gener... 
  Orlando, FL, 2013; New York, NY, 2014 - 1/26/2014
• A Dual-Institution Randomized Controlled Trial of Remnant Closure after Distal Pancreatectomy: Does the Addition of Falciform Patch and Fibrin Glue Improve Outcomes? 
  San Diego, CA - 1/18/2012
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