John C. Kucharczuk, M.D., FACS

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Carole and Stuart Potter Associate Professor in BRCA Clinical Care
Active Surgeon, Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania
Active Surgeon, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Surgeon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Member of Resident Work Hours Task Force, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Faculty Annual Giving Appeal Committee, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Chairman, Thoracic Oncology Service Line, Penn Medicine - University of Pennsylvania Health System
Department: Surgery

Contact information
Division of Thoracic Surgery
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
14th Floor South, PCAM
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2156624988
Fax: 2156156562
Education:
BCE (Chemical Engineering)
Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 1987.

Georgetown University, College of Arts and Science, Washington, DC , 1988.
MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1992.
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Description of Research Expertise

Adjuvant Treatment for Lung cancer-clinical trials
Trimodality Treatment for Esophgeal cancer-clinical trials
Quality Outcome Measures in Thoracic Surgery
Benchmarking Outcomes in Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgery Education

Description of Clinical Expertise

Surgery for Lung Cancer
Surgery For Esophgeal Cancer
Surgery of Mediasinal Disease
Surgery for Pleural Disease and Mesothelioma
Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Repair and Management of Esophageal Perforations
Complex Sugical resections for locally advanced lung and esophgeal cancer

Description of Other Expertise

Dr. Kucharczuk completed medical School, a general Surgery Residency and thoracic Surgery Training all at the University of Pennsylvania. His clinical and research interests focus on general thoracic surgery. He has expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of benign and malignant diseases of the chest including lung cancer, esophageal cancer, mesothelioma, and mediastinal tumors. He performs a high volume of traditional and minimally invasive thoracic surgical procedures at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He is an active member of the Thoracic Oncology Research Laboratory, serves as the educational coordinator for the Thoracic Surgery Service and is involved in a number of basic as well clinical research projects.

Selected Publications

Kucharczuk JC, Kaiser LR: Bronchoplastic procedures. Robb & Smith's Operative Surgery. Oxford, UK: Butterworth & Heineman Ltd. 2023 (in press).

Kucharczuk JC, Kaiser LR: Flexible and rigid bronchoscopy. Robb & Smith's Operative Surgery. Oxford, UK: Butterworth & Heineman Ltd. 2023 (in press).

Simone CB, Yegya-Raman N, Manjunath S, Verma V, Shabason JE, Xu L, Cengel KA, Levin WP, Berman AT, Christodouleas JP, Aggarwal C, Cohen RB, Langer CJ, Pechet TT, Singal S, Kucharczuk JC, Rengan R, Feigenberg SJ: Prospective feasibility and phase I/II trial of preoperative proton beam therapy with concurrent chemotherapy for resectable stage IIIA or superior sulcus non-small cell lung cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics May 16 2023 (Epub) Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.05.016.

Azari F, Zhang K, Kennedy G, Bou-Samra P, Chang A, Nadeem B, Chang A, Galandarova A, Ibrahimli A, Karimov Z, Din A, Kucharczuk J, Doraid J, Pechet T, Delikatny E, Singhal S: Prospective validation of tumor folate receptor expression density with the association of pafolacianine fluorescence during intraoperative molecular imaging-guided lung cancer resections. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging 50(8): 2453-2465, July 2023 Notes: Epub Mar. 11, 2023.

Kennedy GT, Azari FS, Chang A, Nadeem B, Bernstein E, Segil A, Din A, Desphande C, Okusanya O, Keating J, Predina J, Newton A, Kucharczuk JC, Singhal S: Single-institution experience of 500 pulmonary resections guided by intraoperative molecular imaging. Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery 165(6): 1928-1938.e1, June 2023 Notes: Epub Jan. 30, 2023.

Kim KN, Heintz J, Yegya-Raman N, Cohen R, Kegelman T, Cengel K, Marmarelis M, Sun L, Langer C, Aggarwal C, Singh A, Singhal S, Kucharczuk J, Robinson K, Feigenberg S: Toxicities and deaths from intercurrent disease following contemporary postoperative radiotherapy in resected non-small-cell lung cancer. Clinical Lung Cancer 24(2): e78-e86, Mar. 2023 Notes: Epub Dec. 25, 2022.

Kennedy GT, Azari FS, Bernstein E, Deshpande C, Kucharczuk JC, Delikatny EJ, Singhal S: Three-dimensional near-infrared specimen mapping can identify the distance from the tumor to the surgical margin during resection of pulmonary ground glass opacities. Molecular Imaging & Biology 25(1): 203-211, Feb. 2023 Notes: Epub July 13, 2022.

Azari F, Kennedy G, Bernstein E, Delikatny J, Lee JYK, Kucharczuk J, Low PS, Singhal S: Evaluation of OTL38-generated tumor-to-background ratio in intraoperative molecular imaging-guided lung cancer resections. Molecular Imaging & Biology 25(1): 85-96, Feb. 2023 Notes: Epub June 8, 2021.

Azari F, Kennedy G, Zhang K, Bernstein E, Chang A, Nadeem B, Segil A, Desphande C, Delikatny J, Kucharczuk J, Singhal S: Effects of light-absorbing carbons in intraoperative molecular imaging-guided lung cancer resections. Molecular Imaging & Biology 25(1): 156-167, Feb. 2023 Notes: Epub Mar. 15, 2022.

Azari F, Meijer RPJ, Kennedy GT, Hanna A, Chang A, Nadeem B, Din A, Pèlegrin A, Framery B, Cailler F, Sullivan NT, Kucharczuk J, Martin LW, Vahrmeijer AL, Singhal S: Carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule type 5 receptor-targeted fluorescent intraoperative molecular imaging tracer for lung cancer: A nonrandomized controlled trial. JAMA Network Open 6(1): e2252885, Jan. 3 2023.

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