Nestor F. Esnaola, MD, MPH, MBA, FACS

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Surgical Oncology

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Clinical Expertise:

Liver metastases and primary liver cancer (HCC); Pancreatic cancer; Gallbladder masses/cancer; Bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma); Extremity and retroperitoneal (intra-abdominal/pelvic) sarcomas; Stomach cancer; Small bowel tumors/cancer; Colorectal cancer; Melanoma

Certifications:

The American Board of Surgery

Working with cancer patients is a privilege. Cancer patients and their families come to us at a time of great need, and as surgical oncologists we can have a tremendous impact in their lives. To be truly successful, surgical oncologists must work closely and collaboratively with referring physicians and other cancer specialists to ensure that patients receive prompt, personalized, multidisciplinary cancer care that addresses their clinical, emotional and social needs during diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and survivorship.

At academic medical centers like Temple and National Cancer Institute comprehensive cancer centers like Fox Chase, we are charged with reducing the burden of cancer in our society and tasked with making sure that all patients have access to cancer care that is more effective, less morbid, safer, and more humane. We do this by continually questioning, refining, and improving what we do—it is that type of applied research that allows us to provide better cancer care to more patients.

Medical Education

MBA, School of Business, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 2008;
MPH, Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA, 1998;
MD, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD, 1993

Residencies

General Surgery Resident, Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, MA

Fellowships

Surgical Oncology (Clinical Fellowship), U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX;
Surgical Oncology (Research Fellowship), UT-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX;
Transplantation Biology Research Fellow, Transplantation Biology Research Center Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, MA

Honors and Awards

Top Doctor, US News and World Report, 2012;
Best Doctors in America, 2007-12;
Selected Participant, State-of-the-Clinical-Science Meeting on Pancreas Cancer, National Cancer Institute, 2007;
Monthly Magnetic Physician Award, Medical University of South Carolina Nurse Alliance, 2007;
Selected Member, Association for Academic Surgery Program Committee, 2006-08;
Selected Participant, Southwest Oncology Group Young Investigators Training Course;
Resource Center for Minority Aging Research Scholar, Medical University of South Carolina;
NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Award, 2002-03, 2005-06;
Winner, Resident Clinical Research Competition, 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, 2001;
NIH National Research Service Award (Institutional NIH T32, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center), 2001

Professional Societies

Association for Academic Surgery - Institutional Representative;
American Association for Cancer Research;
American College of Surgeons - Fellow;
American Society of Clinical Oncology;
Society of Surgical Oncology

Research Interests

Dr. Esnaola completed a Master in Public Health at Harvard, and his current research focuses on racial/ethnic disparities in cancer care and outcomes as well as the clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of alternative staging and cancer treatment strategies. He currently serves a Co-Principal Investigator on a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health designed to test the impact of a statewide, nurse navigation intervention to improve surgical resection rates and improve survival in African Americans with potentially curable, non-small cell lung cancer.

He also completed a Master in Business Administration at the University of Tennessee and has a strong interest in ways to optimize perioperative processes of care and improve surgical quality and safety. As Leader of the Best Practices Initiative for American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, he developed several evidence-based, expert panel-rated Best Practice Guidelines designed to prevent common postoperative complications and potentially save lives, reduce hospital readmissions, and reduce costs of care.

Publications

Dr. Esnaola on PubMed

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

Girard LJ, Eguez I, Esnaola NF, Barnett L, El Maghraby A. Effect of Penetrating Keratoplasty Using Grafts of Various Sizes on Keratoconic Myopia and Astigmatism.
Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 1988; 14:541-47
Girard LJ, Esnaola NF. Girard Secondary Posterior-Chamber Intraocular Implant with Four Point Fixation.
Implants in Ophthalmology 1989; 3:48-50
Girard LJ, Esnaola NF, Sagahon E. Evisceration Implant of Proplast II: A Preliminary Report.
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1990; 6:139-40
Girard LJ, Eguez I, Soper JW, Soper M, Esnaola NF, Homsy CA. Buried Quasi-Integrated Enucleation Implant of Proplast II. A Preliminary Report.
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 6: 1990; 141-43
Girard LJ, Canizales R, Esnaola NF, Rand WJ. Subluxated (Ectopic) Lenses in Adults. Long-Term Results of Pars Plana Lensectomy-Vitrectomy by Ultrasonic Fragmentation with and without a Phacoprosthesis.
Ophthalmology 1990; 97:462-65
Girard LJ, Esnaola NF, Rao R, Barnett L, Rand WJ. Use of Grafts Smaller than the Opening for Keratoconic Myopia and Astigmatism: A Prospective Study.
Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 1992; 18:380-84
Girard LJ, Esnaola NF, Rao R, Barnett L, El Maghraby A, Canizales R. Allograft Rejection after Penetrating Keratoplasty for Keratoconus.
Ophthalmic Surgery 1993; 24:40-3
Schoeniger LO, Curtis W, Esnaola NF, Beck SC, Gardner T, Buchman TG. Myocardial Heat Shock Gene Expression in Pigs is Dependent on Superoxide Anion Generated at Reperfusion.
Shock 1994; 1:31-5
Yamada K, Shimizu A, Ierino FL, Utsugi R, Barth R, Esnaola N, Colvin RB, Sachs DH. Thymic Transplantation in Miniature Swine: I. Development and Function of the “Thymokidney”.
Transplantation 1999; 68(11):1684-92
Haller GW, Esnaola N, Yamada K, Wu A, Shimizu A, Hansen A, Ferrara VR, Allison KS, Colvin RB, Sykes M, Sachs DH. Thymic Transplantation Across a MHC Class I Barrier in Swine.
Journal of Immunology 1999; 163(7):3782-92
Gargollo P, Yamada K, Esnaola, NF, Fuchimoto Y, Newell KL, Sachs DH, Huang CA. Neuropathy in Miniature Swine Following Administration of the Mutant Diphtheria Toxin Based Immunotoxin, PCD#-CRM9.
Transplantation 2001; 72(5):818-22
Esnaola N, Rubin B, Fletcher C, Vasudevan N, Baldini E, Demetri G, Singer S. Response to Chemotherapy and Predictors of Survival in Adult Rhabdomyosarcoma.
Ann Surg 2001; 234(2):215-23
Esnaola NF, Lazarides SN, Mentzer SJ, Kuntz KM. Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Staging Strategies for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
J Clin Oncol 2001; 20(1):263-73
Esnaola NF, Cantor SB, Sherman SI, Lee JE, Evans DB. Optimal Treatment Strategy in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Decision Analysis.
Surgery 2001; 130(6):921-30
Vauthey JN, Lauwers GY, Esnaola NF, Do KA, Belghiti J, Mirza NQ, Curley SA, Ellis LM, Nagornery DM. Simplified Staging System for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
J Clin Oncol 2002; 20:1527-1536
Mirza NQ, Vlastos G, Meric F, Buchholz TA, Esnaola NF, Singletary SE, Kuere HM, Newman LA, Ames FC, Ross MI, Feig BW, Pollock RE, McNeese M, Strom E, Hunt KK. Predictors of Locoregional Recurrence Among Early Stage Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Breast-Conserving Therapy.
Ann Surg Onc 2002; 9(3):256-265
Esnaola NF, Lauwers GY, Mirza NQ, Nagorney DM, Doherty DA, Ikai I, Yamaoka Y, Regimbeau JM , Belghiti J, Curley SA, Ellis LM, Vauthey JN. Predictors of Microvascular Invasion in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Who Are Candidates for Orthotopic Liver Transplantation.
J Gastrointest Surg 2002; 6(2):224-232
Esnaola NF, Cantor SB, Johnson ML , Mirza AN, Miller AR, Curley SA, Crane CH, Cleeland CS, Janjan NA, Skibber JM. Pain and Quality of Life After Treatment in Patients with Locally Recurrent Rectal Cancer.
J Clin Oncol 2002; 20 (21):4361-4367
Esnaola NF, Mirza NQ, Lauwers GY, Ikai I, Regimbeau JM, Belghiti J, Yamaoka Y, Curley SA, Ellis LM, Nagorney DM, Vauthey JN. Comparison of Clinicopathologic Characteristics and Outcomes After Resection in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated in the United States, France, and Japan.
Ann Surg 2003; 238(5):711-9
Pawlik TM, Esnaola NF, Vauthey JN. Surgical treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: similar long term results despite geographic variations.
Liver Transpl 2004;10(2 Suppl 1):S74-80
Esnaola NF, Knott K, Finney C, Gebregziabher M, and Ford ME. Urban/Rural Residence Moderates Effect of Race on Receipt of Surgery in Patients with Nonmetastatic Breast Cancer.
Ann Surg Oncol 2008;15(7):1828-36
Esnaola NF, Stewart AK, Feig BW, Hunt KK, Skibber JM, Rodriguez-Bigas MA. Age, Race, and Ethnicity-Related Differences in the Treatment of Nonmetastatic Rectal Cancer: A Patterns of Care Study from the National Cancer Data Base.
Ann Surg Oncol 2008; 15(11):3036-47
Sapp H, Goetzl L, Creasman W, Kohler M, Underwood P, Esnaola NF. Combined Adverse Effect of African American Race and Deep Stromal Invasion on Survival Following Radical Hysterectomy for Cervical Cancer. Am J Obst Gyn 199(2):196.e1-7. Epub 2008.
Esnaola NF, Gebregziabher M, Knott K, Finney C, Silvestri GA, Reed CE, Ford ME. Underuse of Surgical Resection for Localized, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Among Caucasians and African Americans in South Carolina.
Ann Thor Surg 2008; 86(1):220-6
Esnaola NF, Hall BL, Hosokawa PW, Ayanian JZ, Henderson WG, Khuri SF, Zinner MJ, Rogers SO. Race and Surgical Outcomes: It is Not All Black and White.
Ann Surg 2008; 248(4):647-55
Esnaola NF, Gebregziabher M, Finney C, and Ford ME. Underuse of Surgical Resection in Black Patients with Nonmetastatic Colorectal Cancer: Location, Location, Location.
Ann Surg 2009; 250(4):549-57
Wilson JA, Lewin DN, Esnaola NF, Romagnuolo J. Adenocarcinoma arising from a gastric submucosal intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm.
Gastrointest Endosc 2010; 71(7):1298-9
Lehtinen J, Onicescu G, Kuhn KM, Cole DJ, Esnaola NF. Normothermia During Gastrointestinal Surgery: Holy Grail or False Idol?
Ann Surg 2010; 252(4):696-704
Esnaola NF, Cole DJ. Perioperative Normothermia During Major Surgery: Is It Important?
Adv Surg 2011; 45:249-63
Wright S, Armeson K, Hill B, Streck C, Leddy L, Cole D, Esnaola NF, Camp ER. The Role of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Select Sarcoma Patients: A Meta-analysis.
Am J Surg 2012 May 10. [Epub ahead of print]
Lawson EH, Hall BL, Esnaola NF, Ko CY. Identifying Worsening Surgical Site Infection Performance: Control Charts Versus Risk-Adjusted Rate Outlier Status.
Am J Med Qual 2012 Feb 9. [Epub ahead of print]
Esnaola NF, Ford ME. Racial Differences and Disparities in Cancer Care and Outcomes: Where’s the Rub?
Surg Onc Clin North Am 2012; 21:417-37, viii
Chow W, Rosenthal R, Merkow R, Ko C, Esnaola NF. Optimal Preoperative Assessment of the Geriatric Surgical Patient: A Best Practices Guideline from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program and the American Geriatrics Society.
JACS 2012; 215(4):453-66.
Yang Y, Mauldin P, Ebeling M, Hulsey T, Liu B, Thomas M, Camp E, Esnaola NF. Effect of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components on Recurrence and Survival in Colon Cancer Patients.
Cancer (in press)

BOOKS, MONOGRAPHS, CHAPTERS

Nonmelanoma skin cancer. By Nestor F. Esnaola, Keith M. Heaton. In: Feig BW, Berger DH, Fuhrman GM (eds.), The M.D. Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook, Second Edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2002
Factors Affecting Morbidity and Mortality of Liver Surgery. By Nestor F. Esnaola, Steven A. Curley. In: Cameron JL (ed), Current Surgical Therapy (9th Ed), Elsevier Mosby, Philadelphia, 2007.
Management of Locally Advanced and Recurrent Rectal Cancer. By Nestor F. Esnaola. In: Pollock RE, Curley SA, Ross MI, Perrier ND (eds.), Advanced Therapy in Surgical Oncology. BC Decker, Ontario, 2008.
Management of Cholangiocarcinoma. By Nestor F. Esnaola, E. Ramsay Camp, Steven A. Curley. In: Wayne J, Talamonti M (eds), Liver Directed Therapy for Primary and Metastatic Liver Tumors, 2nd Edition. Springer, New York (in press).
Radiofrequency Ablation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Nestor F. Esnaola, E. Ramsay Camp, Steven A. Curley. In: McMasters KM, Vauthey JN (eds), Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ (in press).
Liver. By Ana L. Gleisner and Nestor F. Esnaola. In: Makary MA (ed), General Surgery Review. Lippincott Williams & Wilins, Philadelphia, PA (in press).

ABSTRACTS

Esnaola NF, Lazarides SN, Mentzer SJ, Kuntz KM. Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Staging Strategies for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Oral presentation. American College of Surgeons Massachusetts Chapter Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, November 1998.
Wu A, Esnaola NF, Yamada K, Awwad M, Shimizu A, Huang C, Wain J, Zhao Y, Neville D, Cooper D, Sykes M, Sachs D. Xenogeneic Thymic Transplantation in a Pig-to-Nonhuman Primate Model. Published/not presented. Tranplantation Proceedings 31(1-2):957, 1999.
Esnaola NF, Cantor SB, Johnson ML, Miller AR, Janjan N, Curley SA, Skibber JM. Pain and Quality of Life in Patients with Locally Recurrent Rectal Cancer Treated with Palliation or Resection. Published/not presented. Proceedings of the Society of Surgical Oncology 54th Annual Cancer Symposium, Abstract #P116:63, 2001.
Wayne J, Hunt K, Ngo N, Esnaola NF, Bisanz A, Pisters P, Ellis L, Vauthey JN, Mansfield P, Curley SA, Skiber JM. The Rate of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) is Low in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Colorectal Cancer on Clinical Pathways. Published/not presented. Proceedings of the Society of Surgical Oncology 54th Annual Cancer Symposium, Abstract #P112:62, 2001.
Esnaola NF, Cantor SB, Doherty D, Johnson ML, Ellis V, Miller AR, Janjan N, Curley SA, Skibber JM. Patient Preferences Concerning Potential Health Outcomes After Treatment for Locally Recurrent Rectal Cancer. Published/not presented. Proceedings of the American Society of Surgical Oncology 20: 2001 (abstr 2618) 2001.
Esnaola NF, Cantor SB, Sherman SI, Lee JE, Evans DB. Optimal Treatment Strategy in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Decision Analysis. Oral presentation. 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2001.
Esnaola NF, Lauwers GY, Mirza NQ, Nagorney DM, Doherty DA, Ikai I, Yamaoka Y, Regimbeau JM, Belghiti J, Curley SA, Ellis LM, Vauthey JN. Predictors of Microvascular Invasion in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Who Are Candidates for Orthotopic Liver Transplantation. Oral presentation. 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2001.
Esnaola NF, Lazarides SN, Mentzer SJ, Kuntz KM. Health Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness of Mediastinoscopy in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Oral presentation. Society of Medical Decision Making, San Diego, California, October 2001.
Esnaola NF, Doherty D, Johnson ML, Ellis V, Miller AR, Janjan N, Curley SA, Skibber JM, Cantor SB. Comparison of Additive and Multiplicative Utility Functions to Predict the Utilities of Combined Health States. Poster presentation. Society of Medical Decision Making, San Diego, California, October 2001.
Esnaola NF, Lauwers GY, Nagorney DM, Ikai I, Yamaoka Y, Regimbeau JM, Belghiti J, Curley SA, Ellis LM, Vauthey JN. Clinicopathologic Characteristics and Predictors of Outcome after Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients without Hepatic Fibrosis or Cirrhosis. Oral presentation. 55th Annual Meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology, Denver, Colorado, March 2002.
Esnaola NF, Ross MI, Prieto VG, Mansfield PF, Lee JE, Gershenwald JE. Role of Intraoperative Frozen-Section Analysis of Cloquet's Node During Superficial Groin Dissection in Patients with Positive Inguinal Sentinel Lymph Nodes. Poster presentation. 55th Annual Meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology, Denver, Colorado, March 2002.
Scoggins CR, Esnaola NF, Ellis LM, Vauthey JN, Curley SA. Hepatic Resection in the Elderly is Not Associated with Increased Morbidity or Mortality Rates. Poster presentation. 55th Annual Meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology, Denver, Colorado, March 2002.
Esnaola NF, Mirza N , Lauwers G, Ikai I, Belghiti J,Yamaoka Y, Curley S, Ellis L, Nagorney D, Vauthey J. Comparison of Clinicopathologic Characteristics and Survival After Resection in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated at Eastern and Western Centers. Oral presentation. 5th World Congress of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Tokyo, Japan, April 2002.
Esnaola NF, Lauwers G, Mirza N , Ikai I, Belghiti J,Yamaoka Y, Curley S, Ellis L, Nagorney D, Vauthey J. Underlying Liver Damage, Not Hepatitis Serology, Determines Survival After Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Oral presentation. 5th World Congress of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Tokyo, Japan, April 2002.
Esnaola NF, Feig BW, Stewart AK, Hunt KK, Skibber JM, Rodriguez-Bigas MA. Disparities in Care Among Patients with Rectal Cancer: A Patterns of Care Study Using the National Cancer Data Base. Oral presentation. 56th Annual Meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology, Los Angeles, California, March 2003.
Esnaola NF, Finney C, Knott K, Lin H, Ford ME. Predictors of Resection and Conservative Surgery in Patients with Nonmetastatic Breast, Lung, or Colorectal Cancer in South Carolina. Oral presentation. Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, April 2006.
Esnaola NF, Knott K, Finney C, Gebregziabher M, and Ford ME. Urban/Rural Residence Moderates Effect of Race on Receipt of Surgery in Patients with Nonmetastatic Breast Cancer. Oral presentation. Society of Surgical Oncology's 60th Annual Cancer Symposium, Washington, DC, March 16, 2007.
Esnaola NF, Gebregziabher M , Knott K, Finney C, Silvestri G, Reed C, and Ford ME. Widening Racial Disparity in Surgical Treatment of Localized, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Oral presentation. Southern Thoracic Surgical Association 54th Annual Meeting, Bonita Springs, FL, November 8-10, 2007.
Sapp H, Goetzl L, Creasman W, Kohler M, Underwood P, Esnaola NF. Combined Adverse Effect of African American Race and Deep Stromal Invasion on Survival Following Radical Hysterectomy for Cervical Cancer. Oral presentation. 70th Program of the South Atlantic Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Sarasota, FL, January 17-20, 2009.
Esnaola NF, Gebregziabher M , Knott K, Finney C, and Ford ME. Socioeconomic Status Modulates Effect of Race on Use of Resection in Patients with Nonmetastatic Rectal Cancer. Poster presentation. ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, Orlando, FL, January 25-27, 2008.
Mastriani K, Weil B, Hardee E, Struthers K, Harvey S, Esnaola NF. Relative Benefit of Preoperative and Intraoperative Warming Interventions to Optimize Immediate Postoperative Normothermia. Oral presentation. 4th Annual AAS/SUS Academic Surgical Congress, Huntington Beach, CA, February 13-15, 2008.
Esnaola NF, Hall BL, Ayanian JZ, Henderson WG, Khuri SF, Zinner MJ, Rogers SO. Race and Surgical Outcomes: It’s Not All Black and White. Oral presentation. American Surgical Association, New York, NY, April 24-26, 2008.
Walker JP, Chaudhary U, Esnaola NF, Romagnuolo J, Hawes RH, Hoffman, B. Restaging and Assessment of Resectability of Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer By EUS After Neoadjuvant Therapy. Poster presentation. Digestive Disease Week, San Diego, CA, May 17-22, 2008.
Weil B , Mastriani K, Hardee E, Struthers K, Harvey S, Esnaola NF. Postoperative Normothermia – Are We There Yet? Oral presentation. ACS NSQIP National Conference, Boca Raton, FL, June 22-24, 2008.
Esnaola NF, Gebregziabher M, Finney C, and Ford ME. Underuse of Surgical Resection in Black Patients with Nonmetastatic Colorectal Cancer: Location, Location, Location. Oral presentation. American Surgical Association, Indian Wells, CA, April 23-25, 2009.
Lehtinen J, Esnaola NF. Normothermia During Gastrointestinal Surgery: Holy Grail or False Idol? Oral presentation. Perry V. Halushka MUSC Student Research Day, Charleston, SC, November 6, 2009.
Esnaola NF, Chaudhary UB, Garrett-Mayer E, O'Brien P, Camp ER, Thomas M, Cole DJ, Cole S, Montero A, Hoffman B, Romagnuolo J, Marshall DT. R0 Resection After Induction Gemcitabine/Oxaliplatin/Cetuximab +/- Capecitabine- Based Chemoradiation for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer. Poster presentation. 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology, St. Louis, MO, March 3-7 2010.
Camp ER, Vaena SG, Findlay VJ, Stokes JP, Hill EG, Lewin DN, Esnaola NF, Turner DP, Cole, DJ, Watson DK. The Role of Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition in Colorectal Cancer Chemotherapy Resistance. Poster presentation. 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology, St. Louis, MO, March 3-7 2010.
Lehtinen J, Onicescu G, Kuhn KM, Cole DJ, Esnaola NF. Normothermia During Gastrointestinal Surgery: Holy Grail or False Idol? Oral presentation. American Surgical Association, Chicago IL, April 8-10, 2010.
Yang J, Mauldin P, Ebeling M, Hulsey T, Thomas MB, Esnaola NF. Racial/ethnic differences in use of surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy for nonmetastatic colon cancer: Where's the rub? Published/not presented. American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, San Francisco, CA, January 2011.
Mansker D, Esnaola NF, Carneiro-Pla D. Impact of serum albumin levels on postoperative calcium values and treament of potential hypocalcemia following thyroidectomy. Oral presentation. 16th ASC meeting, Huntington Beach, CA, February 2011.
Sweeney RE, Harvey NR, Mansker DR, Wahlquist AH, Marshall DT, Cole DJ, Hill E, Esnaola NF, Camp ER. The Impact of Surgical Diversion Prior to Neoadjuvant Therapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer.” Oral presentation. Academic Surgical Congress, Huntington Beach, CA, Feb 2011.
Theruvath T, Vargas J, Stokes JP, Lawrence C, Esnaola NF. Afferent loop syndrome with cholangitis following pancreaticoduodenectomy: Endoscopic internal decompression as a bridge to safe surgery. Oral presentation. Southeastern Surgical Congress, Chattanooga, TN, Feb 2011.
Mansker DR, Sweeney RE, Wahlquist AH, Marshall DT, Cole DJ, Hill E, Esnaola NF, Camp ER. The Impact of Metabolic Syndrome and Components on Response to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation in Rectal Cancer Patients. Poster presentation. 64th Annual Meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, TX, March 2011.
Esnaola NF, Mauldin P, Ebeling M, Hulsey T, Liu B, Thomas M, Yang Y. Adjuvant chemotherapy for stage II colon cancer: Who (really) needs it? Published/not presented. American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, June 2011.
Yang Y, Mauldin P, Ebeling, Hulsey T, Camp ER, Liu B, Thomas MB, Reed C, Esnaola NF. Effect of metabolic syndrome and its components on survival in patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer. Published/not presented. American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, June 2011.
Camp ER, Lucas JT , Simpson K, Esnaola NF. Local excision and selective radical resection after neoadjuvant chemoradiation for rectal cancer. Published/not presented. American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, June 2011.
Ford ME, Esnaola NF, Finney C, Sterba KR, Jefferson MS, Zapka J. Racial Differences in Colorectal Cancer Surveillance in South Carolina. Poster presentation. Fourth American Association for Cancer Research Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, Washington, DC, September 18-21, 2011.
Ford ME, Esnaola NF, Finney C, Sterba KR, Jefferson MS, Zapka J. Racial Differences in Colorectal Cancer Surveillance in South Carolina. Poster presentation, Tenth International American Association for Cancer Research Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention and Control, Boston, MA, October 22-25, 2011.
Esnaola NF. What’s Driving the Rising Cost of Cancer Care? Oral presentation. 65th Annual Meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology, Orlando, FL, March 2012.