Victoria M. Gershuni, MD, MSGM, MSTR
Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Active Surgeon, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Active Surgeon, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Surgeon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Department of Surgery
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 4th Fl. Silverstein Pvln.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 4th Fl. Silverstein Pvln.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-614-0092
Education:
BS (Magna cum Laude)
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2008.
MSGM (Global Medicine)
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2009.
MD
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 2014.
MSTR (Translational Research)
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2019.
Permanent linkBS (Magna cum Laude)
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2008.
MSGM (Global Medicine)
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2009.
MD
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 2014.
MSTR (Translational Research)
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2019.
Selected Publications
Grasty M, Gershuni V: Minimally invasive anti-reflux surgery. Illustrative Handbook of General Surgery, 2d Edition. Chen H (eds.). New York: Springer, 2024 (in press).Leon S, Rouhi AD, Perez JE, Alberstadt AN, Tewksbury CM, Gershuni VM, Altieri MS, Williams NN, Dumon KR: Bariatric surgery in patients with preoperative therapeutic anticoagulation: A 2015-2021 MBSAQIP database study. Surgery for Obesity & Related Disorders Aug. 8 2024 (Epub) Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2024.07.018.
Krasnovsky L, Weber AT, Gershuni V, Pettke E, Lewis JD: Preoperative exclusive enteral nutrition is associated with reduced skin and soft tissue and intra-abdominal infections in patients with Crohn's disease undergoing intestinal surgery: Results from a meta-analysis. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Jan. 23 2024 (Epub) Notes: doi: 10.1093/ibd/izad304.
Gershuni V, Wall-Wieler E, Liu Y, Zheng F, Altieri MS: Equity in bariatric surgery use: A cohort study. Surgery for Obesity & Related Diseases 20(6): 554-563, June 2024 Notes: Epub Jan. 8, 2024.
Damani R, Duda J, Chatterjee N, Maguire L, Wu G, Witschey W, Gershuni V: Pre-operative nutritional risk assessment should include CT-derived body composition measures to screen for risk of adverse outcomes among colectomy patients. Presented at the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, Baltimore, MD June 2024.
Jog A, Baldwin D, Wernsing D, Gershuni V, Hashimoto DA, Williams N, Dumon K, Altieri MS: Trends in bariatric surgery training: Bariatric operations performed by Fellowship Council trainees from 2012 to 2019. Surgery for Obesity & Related Disorders 20(6): 545-552, June 2024 Notes: Epub Dec. 27, 2023.
Vu PT, Chahine C, Chatterjee N, MacLean MT, Swago S, Bhattaru A, Thompson EW, Ikhlas A, Oteng E, Davidson L, Tran R, Hazim M, Raghupathy P, Verma A, Duda J, Gee J, Luks V, Gershuni V, Wu G, Rader D, Sagreiya H, Witschey WR; Penn Medicine Biobank: CT imaging-derived phenotypes for abdominal muscle and their association with age and sex in a medical biobank. Science Reports 14(1): 14807, June 26 2024.
Lee O, Dumon K, Williams N, Allison K, Tewksbury C, Lewis J, Wu G, Gershuni V: Characteristics of patients with weight recurrence following sleeve gastrectomy. Presented at the Academic Surgical Congress 2024, Washington, DC Feb. 2024.
Gershuni V, Wall-Wieler E, Liu Y, Zheng F, Altieri MS: Observational cohort investigating health outcomes and healthcare costs after metabolic and bariatric surgery: A study protocol. BMJ Open 14(1): e077143, Jan. 25 2024.
Huang B, DePaolo J, Judy RL, Shakt G, Witschey WR, Levin MG, Gershuni VM: Relationships between body fat distribution and metabolic syndrome traits and outcomes: A mendelian randomization study. PLoS ONE 18(10): e0293017, Oct. 26 2023.