Robert D. Fry, M.D.
Emeritus Professor CE of Surgery
Chief, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Chair of Surgery, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Medical Director, Surgery Center of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Surgery
Contact information
UPHS - Pennsylvania Hospital
301 South 8th Street, Suite 4D
Garfield Duncan Building
Philadelphia, PA 19106
301 South 8th Street, Suite 4D
Garfield Duncan Building
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Education:
A.B. ((Biology))
Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK , 1968.
M.D.
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO , 1972.
Permanent linkA.B. ((Biology))
Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK , 1968.
M.D.
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO , 1972.
Selected Publications
Tichansky DS, Cagir B, Borrazzo E, Topham A, Palazzo J, Weaver EJ, Lange A, Fry RD: Risk of second cancers in patients with colorectal carcinoids. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum 45(1): 91-97, January 2002.Muller A, Edmonston TB, Corao DA, Rose DG, Palazzo JP, Becker H, Fry RD, Rueschoff J, Fishel R: Exclusion of breast cancer as an integral tumor of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer. Cancer Research 62(4): 1014-1019, February 2002.
Read TE, Mutch MG, Chang BW, McNevin MS, Fleshman JW, Birnbaum EH, Fry RD, Caushaj PF, Kodner IJ: Locoregional recurrence and survival after curative resection of adeno-carcinoma of the colon. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 195(1): 33-40, July 2002.
Rakinic J, Fry RD: Approaches, strategy, antibiotics and anastomoses. Chap. 14 in Shackleford’s Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 5th Edition, Vol. 5. Zuidema GD & Yeo CT (eds.). Philadelphia: WB Saunders Co. Page: 191-203, 2002.
Myerson, RJ, Singh, A, Birnbaum, EH, Fry RD, Fleshman JW, Kodner IR, Lockett MA, Picus J, Walz BJ, Read TE: Pretreatment clinical findings predict outcome for patients receiving preoperative radiation for rectal cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics 50(3): 665-74, July 2001.
Aumock A, Birnbaum EH MD, Fleshman JW MD, Fry RD MD, Gambacorta MA MD, Kodner IJ MD, Malyapa RS MD, Read TE MD, Walz BJ, Myerson RJ MD: Treatment of rectal adenocarcinoma with endocavitary and external beam radiation therapy, results for 199 patients with localized tumors. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics 51(2): 363-370, October 2001.
Read TE, Ogunbiyi OA, Fleshman JW, Birnbaum EH, Fry RD, Myerson RJ, Kodner IJ: Neoadjuvant external beam radiation and proctectomy for adenocarcinoma of the rectum. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum 44(12): 1778-90, December 2001.
Lange A, Rakinic J, Cagir B, Topham A, Fry RD: Subspecialization in colon and rectal surgery improves survival in patients with colorectal cancer. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum 44(4): A5, 2001.
Tichansky DS, Cagir B, Borrazzo E, Topham A, Weaver EJ, Palazzo J, Lange A, Fry RD: Risk of second cancers in patients with colorectal carcinoids. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum 44(4): A25-26, 2001.
Fry RD: Polyps of the colon and rectum. The Practice of General Surgery. Sarr MG and Bland KI (eds.). Philadelphia: WB Saunders Co. Page: 565-568, 2001.