Heather Wachtel
Associate Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Attending Surgeon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
4 Silverstein Pavilion, Dept. of Surgery
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Spruce Street
4 Silverstein Pavilion, Dept. of Surgery
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-615-3346
Fax: 215-662-7476
Fax: 215-662-7476
Publications
Education:
BA
Harvard University, 2003.
MD
Yale University School of Medicine, 2009.
MTR
University of Pennsylvania, 2023.
BA
Harvard University, 2003.
MD
Yale University School of Medicine, 2009.
MTR
University of Pennsylvania, 2023.
Post-Graduate Training
General Surgery Residency, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2009-2016.
Fellowship in Endocrine Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2016-2017.
Permanent linkGeneral Surgery Residency, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2009-2016.
Fellowship in Endocrine Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2016-2017.
Description of Itmat Expertise
HyperparathyroidismHyperthyroidism
Hypothyroidism
Aldosteronoma
Hyperaldosteronism
Pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma
Hypercortisolism
Adrenal malignancies
Description of Research Expertise
GenomicsAdrenal tumors
Bioinformatics
Selected Publications
Ginzberg SP, Gasior JA, Passman JE, Soegaard Ballester JM, Finn CB, Karakousis GC, Kelz RR, Wachtel H: Disparities in presentation, treatment, and survival in anaplastic thyroid cancer. Ann Surg Onc July 2023Wu X, Azizan EAB, Goodchild E, Garg S, Hagiyama M, Cabrera CP, Fernandes-Rosa FL, Boulkroun S, Kuan JL, Tiang Z, David A, Murakami M, Mein CA, Wozniak E, Zhao W, Marker A, Buss F, Saleeb RS, Salsbury J, Tezuka Y, Satoh F, Oki K, Udager AM, Cohen DL, Wachtel H, King PJ, Drake WM, Gurnell M, Ceral J, Ryska A, Mustangin M, Wong YP, Tan GC, Solar M, Reincke M, Rainey WE, Foo RS, Takaoka Y, Murray SA, Zennaro MC, Beuschlein F, Ito A, Brown MJ: Somatic intramembranous mutations of CADM1 in aldosterone-producing adenomas, and gap junction-dependent regulation of aldosterone production. Nat Gen 55(6): 1009-1021, Jun 2023
Rose MA, Miura J, Sharon C, Ermer JP, Karakousis GC, Wachtel H : Current patterns of treatment and outcomes in advanced melanoma at a single institution. J Surg Res 16(291): 25-33, June 2023
Ginzberg SP, Soegaard Ballester JM, Wirtalla CJ, Pryma DA, Mandel SJ, Kelz RR, Wachtel H: Insurance-Based Disparities in Guideline-Concordant Thyroid Cancer Care in the Era of De-Escalation. J Surg Res. 2(289): 211-219, May 2023
Amjad W, Trerotola SO, Fraker DL, Wachtel H: Tricks of the Trade: Techniques for Preoperative Localization in Reoperative Parathyroidectomy. Am J Surg April 2023
Wachtel H, Dickson P, Fisher SB, Kiernan CM, Solorzano CC.: Adrenal metastasectomy in the era of immune- and targeted therapy. Ann Surg Onc April 2023
Hung ML, Wachtel H, Cohen DL, Fraker DL, Trerotola SO. : Adrenal vein sampling results and surgical outcomes in patients with a normal plasma aldosterone concentration. J Vasc Intervent Radiol 34(3): 474-478, Mar 2023
Soegaard Ballester JM, Ginzberg SP, Stein J, Wachtel H, Mahmoud NN: Preoperative History and Physical Update Visits Offer Limited Clinical Value in Colorectal Surgery Am J Surg March 2023
Gaisor J, Kelz RR, Karakousis GC, Fraker DL, Wachtel H: Primary hyperparathyroidism in young adult patients. Ann Surg Onc Mar 2023
Ginzberg SP, Soegaard Ballester JM, Wirtalla CJ, Morales KH, Pryma DA, Mandel SJ, Kelz RR, Wachtel H: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Appropriate Thyroid Cancer Treatment, Before and After the Release of the 2015 American Thyroid Association Guidelines. Ann Surg Onc Feb 2023