SKILLED SURGEONS AND COLON CANCER SURVIVAL WITH KARL BILIMORIA, MD, AND BRIAN BRAJCICH, MD

Featuring: Karl Bilimoria, MD, ’08 MS, ’10 GME

Episode Summary

A recent Northwestern Medicine study published in JAMA Oncology found colon cancer patients whose surgery was performed by a highly skilled surgeon had a significantly lower risk of dying over five years compared to patients with a lower skilled surgeon. Study authors Karl Bilimoria, MD, and Brian Brajcich, MD, explain.

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This podcast was originally release via the Feinberg School of Medicine News Center in December 2020.

Karl Bilimoria, MD, ’08 MS, ’10 GME

Vice Chair for Quality, Department of Surgery
John Benjamin Murphy Professor of Surgery
Professor of Surgery in the Division of Surgical Oncology
Vice President for Quality and Information Services, NMHC
Director of the Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center of Northwestern University