Francis R. Spitz
Associate Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Division of Surgical Oncology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 4 Silverstein Pavilion
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 4 Silverstein Pavilion
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Office: 2156140448
Fax: 2156627476
Fax: 2156627476
Email:
fspitz@mail.med.upenn.edu
fspitz@mail.med.upenn.edu
Education
B.A.
Wesleyan University , 1985.
M.D. (?)
University of Connecticut, 1989.
B.A.
Wesleyan University , 1985.
M.D. (?)
University of Connecticut, 1989.
Post-Graduate Training
Research Fellow in Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1995-1996.
Resident in General Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA , 1989-1994.
Fellow in Surgical Oncology , University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1994-1997.
Research Fellow in Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1995-1996.
Resident in General Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA , 1989-1994.
Fellow in Surgical Oncology , University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1994-1997.
Certifications
American Board of Surgeons , 1994.
National Board of Medical Examiners , 1990.
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Surgeons , 1994.
National Board of Medical Examiners , 1990.
Selected Publications
Spitz F, Bouvet M, Yahanda A. : Hepatobilliary cancers. In The MD Anderson Surgical Handbook. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, (in press). Feig BW, Berger DH, Fuhrman GM (eds.). 2003.Spitz F, Fuhrman G, Berger D, Feig B. : Pancreatic adenocarcinoma. In The MD Anderson Surgical Handbook. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2003 (in press). Feig BW, Berger DH, Fuhrman GM (eds.). 2003.
Bauer TW, Spitz FR, Callans LS, Alavi A, Mick R, Weinstein SP, Bedrosian I, Fraker DL, Bauer TL, Czerniecki BJ. : Subareolar and peritumoral injection identify similar sentinel nodes for breast cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology 9(2): 169-176, March 2002.
Bedrosian I, Schlencker J, Spitz FR, Orel SG, Fraker DL, Callans LS, Schnall M, Reynolds C, Czerniecki BJ. : Magnetic resonance imaging-guided biopsy of mammographically and clinically occult breast lesions. Annals of Surgical Oncology 9(5): 457-461, June 2002.
Cantor BJ, Mick R, Spitz FR, Fraker DL, Alavi A, Czerniecki BJ. : Non-sentinel node involvement in patients with breast cancer. Society of Nuclear Medicine June 2002.
Hendren SK, Hahn SM, Spitz FR, Bauer TW, Bauer TW, Rubin Sc, Zhu T, Glatstein E, Fraker DL. : Phase II trial of debulking surgery and photodynamic therapy for disseminated intraperitoneal tumors. Annals of Surgical Oncology 8(1): 65-71, Jan/Feb 2001.
Maron D, Choi E, Spitz F. : Gene Therapy of Metastatic Disease. Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America 10(2): 449-460, April 2001.
Bauer TW, Hahn SM, Spitz FR, Kachur A, Glatstein E, Fraker DL. : Preliminary report of photodynamic therapy for intraperitoneal sarcomatosis. Annals of Surgical Oncology 8(3): 254-259, April 2001.
Tada H, Maron DJ, Choi EA, Barsoum J, Lei H, Xie Q, Liu W, Ellis L, Moscioni AD, Tazelaar J, Fawell S, Qin X, Propert KJ, Davis A, Fraker DL, Wilson JM, Spitz FR. : Systemic IFN-beta gene therapy results in long-term survival in mice with established colorectal liver metastases. Journal of Clinical Investigation 108(1): 83-95, July 2001.
Maron DJ, Tada H, Moscioni AD, Tazelaar J, Fraker DL, Wilson JM, Spitz FR. : Intra-arterial delivery of a recombinant adenovirus does not increase gene transfer to tumor cells in a rat model of metastatic colorectal carcinoma. Molecular Therapy: the Journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy 4(1): 29-35, July 2001.
