Erica N Pettke, MD, MPH, FACS
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Associate Program Director, Colorectal Surgery Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania
Associate Program Director, Medical Student Surgical Clerkship, University of Pennsylvania
Co-Leader, GI Disease Team, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Division of Colorectal Surgery - Department of Surgery
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
4 Silverstein Pavilion
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
4 Silverstein Pavilion
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-2078
Education:
BS (Biology)
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2006.
MPH (Epidemiology)
George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2008.
MD
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 2013.
Permanent linkBS (Biology)
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2006.
MPH (Epidemiology)
George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2008.
MD
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 2013.
Selected Publications
Nehemiah A, Pettke EN, Appel S, Garcia DO, Bea JW, Thomson CA, Sun V, Krouse RS: Pilot Feasibility Study of Physical Activity to Manage Bowel Dysfunction in Survivors of Rectal Cancer. Diseases of Colon and Rectum 68(4): 483-490, April 2025.Goldberg, D, Pettke, E: Global Perspectives on Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer: Epidemiology, Challenges, and Advances. Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery 2025.
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. Inflamm Bowel Dis 30(11): 2105-2114, Nov 2024.
Shafique N, Susman CG, Tortorello GN, Dheer A, Pettke E, Karakousis GC.: Changing colon cancer screening guidelines to age 45: Has it made a difference? Surgery 176(3): 680-683, Sept 2024.
Jeffrey L. Roberson, MD Erica N. Pettke, MD, MPH, FACS: Dietary Risk Factors: Fiber and Beyond. Clin Colon Rectal Surg 2024.
Shantha Kumara H, Jaspreet S, Pettke E, Miyagaki H, Herath SA, Yan X, Cekic V, Whelan RL.: Osteopontin levels are persistently elevated for 4 weeks following minimally invasive colorectal cancer resection. Surgical Innovation Feb. 26 2022 (Epub) Notes: doi: 10.1177/15533506211067889.
Tong JK, Straker RJ, Pettke E, Shanmugan S, Saur NM, Aarons CB, Bleier JI, Mahmoud NN: Exploring the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on patterns of colorectal surgical care. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum 65(5), May 2022 Notes: Presented at the 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Tampa, FL, Apr. 30-May 4, 2022.
Kumara HMCS, Addison P, Gamage DN, Pettke E, Shah A, Yan X, Cekic V, Whelan RL: Sustained postoperative plasma elevations of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 following minimally invasive colorectal cancer resection. Molecular & Clinical Oncolody 16(2): 28, Feb. 2022 Notes: Epub Dec. 8, 2021.
Shantha Kumara H, Miyagaki H, Herath SA, Pettke E, Yan X, Cekic V, Whelan RL: Plasma MMP-2 and MMP-7 levels are elevated first month after surgery and may promote growth of residual metastases. World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology 13(8): 879-892, Aug. 15 2021.
Heidelberg LS, Pettke EN, Wagner T, Angotti L: An atypical case of necrotizing fasciitis secondary to perforated cecal cancer. Journal of Surgical Case Reports 2020(11): rjaa371, Nov. 10 2020 Notes: Case Report.