December 2020

ONCOLOGY

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 

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