Catherine E Sharoky, MD, MSCE, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia
Active Surgeon, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Active Surgeon, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Surgeon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Medical Student Clerkship Site Director, Emergency Surgery Service , University of Pennsylvania
Emergency Surgery Service Performance Improvement Medical Director, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Associate Fellowship Director, Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care & Emergency Surgery
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
51 N. 39th St., Ste. 120 MOB
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
51 N. 39th St., Ste. 120 MOB
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-7323
Fax: 215-243-4679
Fax: 215-243-4679
Education:
BA (Journalism & Mass Communication, U.S. History)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2006.
MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2013.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology Concentration in Bioethics)
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2018.
Permanent linkBA (Journalism & Mass Communication, U.S. History)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2006.
MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2013.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology Concentration in Bioethics)
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2018.
Selected Publications
Roberson JL, Passman JE, Aloupis M, Caballero-Tilleria Y, Audia A, Ramirez MR, Quinones PM, Kim P, Kaufman EJ, Sharoky CE.: Association between a 6-h feeding protocol and postprocedure hospital length of stay following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in hospitalized adults: A before-and-after cohort study. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 49(2): 222-228, Feb 2025.Roberson JL, Gasior JA, Ginzberg SP, Bakillah E, Passman J, Shreve L, Sharoky CE, Nadolski G, Courtright KR, Kaufman EJ: The impact of palliative decompressive gastrostomy tube placement on patients and their caregivers: A mixed methods analysis. Annals of Surgical Oncology 31(10): 6931-6938, Oct. 2024 Notes: Epub July 31, 2024.
Bakillah E, Micale C, Rosenthal JW, Grabill M, Sharoky C: The burden of emergency general surgery hospitalization on patients and informal caregivers: A qualitative study. Quickshot Oral Presentation at the American College of Surgeons 2024 Clinical Congress, San Francisco, CA Oct. 2024.
Bakillah E, Micale C, Grabill M, Rosenthal JW, Bilger A, Martin N, Sharoky C: The second victim in emergency surgery: The toll of hospitalization on informal caregivers Poster Quickshot presentation at the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma National Meeting, Las Vegas NV Sept. 2024.
Haddad DN, Meredyth N, Hatchimonji J, Merulla E, Matta A, Saucier J, Sharoky CE, Bass GA, Pascual JL, Martin ND: Racial disparities in end-of-life suffering within surgical intensive care units. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open 9(1): e001367, Sept. 3 2024.
Roberson JL, Caballero-Tilleria Y, Ramirez MR, Audia A, Martinez-Quinones P, Kim P, Sharoky CE: Feeding faster: Standardizing time from gastrostomy to goal enteral feeding. Quickshot Presentation at the 19th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Washington, DC Feb. 2024.
Hatchimonji JS, Bakillah E, Kaufman EJ, Dowzicky PM, Braslow BM, Kalapatapu VR, Reilly PM, Sharoky CE: The open abdomen in mesenteric ischemia: A tool for patients undergoing revascularization. World Journal of Surgery 48(2): 331-340, Feb. 2024 Notes: Epub Jan. 3, 2024.
Cabulong A, Sharoky CE: The palliative care effect: Frailty and do not resuscitate in emergency general surgery. Quickshot Presentation at the 19th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Washington, DC Feb. 2024.
Bakillah E, Sharoky CE, Haddad D, Bader A, Liu Y, Martin ND, Kaufman E, Hatchimonji J: Failure to rescue in the geriatric surgical population: A literature review. Current Geriatrics Reports 13: 70-77, Feb. 14 2024 Notes: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13670-024-00408-9.
Sharoky CE, Reilly PM: Initial assessment and airway management. Fischer's Mastery of Surgery, Eighth Edition. Ellison EC, Upchurch GR Jr. (eds.). New York: Wolters Kluwer, Page: 2449-2461, 2024.