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Professional information
Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS)
Research interests
Dr. Niraj Gusani's active current research focus involves the role of physical activity and prehabilitation in the outcomes of patients undergoing gastrointestinal cancer surgery and in cancer survivors. Other research interests include epidemiology and patterns of care in gastrointestinal malignancies and the measurement of quality and costs of care in oncologic surgery. Dr. Gusani has authored or co-authored more than 75 peer-reviewed publications and numerous book chapters and invited manuscripts.
Teaching and educational interests
Dr. Niraj Gusani teaches medical students, surgical residents and fellows at Penn State College of Medicine.
In collaboration with Dr. Jane Schubart, Dr. Gusani has worked to develop a cancer survivorship curriculum for primary care physicians. The series of web-based teaching modules is being used in Penn State’s Family and Community Medicine Residency and Internal Medicine Residency.
Clinical interests
Dr. Niraj Gusani is director of the multidisciplinary program for liver, pancreas and foregut tumors as well as the co-medical director for outpatient services within Penn State Cancer Institute and the Section of Surgical Oncology.
Dr. Gusani's clinical practice involves oncologic surgery for gastrointestinal tract and hepato-pancreato-biliary, adrenal, skin and soft-tissue malignancies, with a primary focus on diseases of the liver, pancreas and bile ducts.
Education/Academic qualification
MD, Perelman School of Medicine
… → May 1998
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Research Output
Conventionally fractionated radiation therapy versus stereotactic body radiation therapy for locally advanced pancreatic cancer (CRiSP): An international systematic review and meta-analysis
Tchelebi, L. T., Lehrer, E. J., Trifiletti, D. M., Sharma, N. K., Gusani, N. J., Crane, C. H. & Zaorsky, N. G., Jan 1 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Cancer.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2
Scopus
citations
Epidemiology of liver metastases
Horn, S. R., Stoltzfus, K. C., Lehrer, E. J., Dawson, L. A., Tchelebi, L., Gusani, N. J., Sharma, N. K., Chen, H., Trifiletti, D. M. & Zaorsky, N. G., Aug 2020, In : Cancer Epidemiology. 67, 101760.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Clinical trial accrual at initial course of therapy for cancer and its impact on survival
Zaorsky, N. G., Zhang, Y., Walter, V., Tchelebi, L. T., Chinchilli, V. M. & Gusani, N. J., Jan 1 2019, In : JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 17, 11, p. 1309-1316 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
1
Scopus
citations
Exceptional responders in oncology: A systematic review and meta-analysis of patient level data
Cummings, M., Lehrer, E. J., Drabick, J., Gusani, N. J., Trifiletti, D. M. & Zaorsky, N., Aug 1 2019, In : American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials. 42, 8, p. 624-635 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Exercise is medicine in oncology: Engaging clinicians to help patients move through cancer
Schmitz, K. H., Campbell, A. M., Stuiver, M. M., Pinto, B. M., Schwartz, A. L., Morris, G. S., Ligibel, J. A., Cheville, A., Galvão, D. A., Alfano, C. M., Patel, A. V., Hue, T., Gerber, L. H., Sallis, R., Gusani, N. J., Stout, N. L., Chan, L., Flowers, F., Doyle, C., Helmrich, S. & 5 others, , Nov 1 2019, In : CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians. 69, 6, p. 468-484 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
18
Scopus
citations