Internal Medicine
AGH General Surgery Residency Program

AGH General Residency Program Home
About the Program
About the Region
Why AGH?

Find Out More...
Surgery Residents
Our Graduates
Faculty
Director's Statement
Residency Program Goals and Objectives
Core Curriculum
Surgical Subspecialties
Conferences
Stipends and Benefits
Research
Resident Resources
Application Information
Appointment Contract
Hotel Information
Links to Pittsburgh Information
Contact Information

Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship

Bariatric Surgery Fellowship

Susan G. Komen Interdisciplinary Breast Fellowship

Vascular Surgery Fellowship Program



James P. Celebrezze, Jr., M.D.

Principal hospital base:
Allegheny General Hospital

Current professional and academic appointments (Include starting date):

04/17/02 - present:   Assistant Professor of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine
08/15/00 - present:   Staff Surgeon, Allegheny General Hospital

Undergraduate medical education (including dates and degrees):

1990 - 1994:   M.D., Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH

Postgraduate medical education (including dates of internships, residencies, fellowships, etc.):

1994 - 1999:   General Surgery Residency, Akron City Hospital, Akron, OH
1999 - 2000:   Fellowship, Colon & Rectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

BASIC RESEARCH

Project:     Brown H, Celebrezze J, Medich D, Jones S. A Comparison of Clearing Technique to Standard Manual Lymph Node Dissection in Resection of Colon Cancers. Research in Progress.
Funding source:     No outside funding.

Prospective randomized trials:

Celebrezze JP, Bergamaschi R, Medich D, Jones S. Sigma Trial: Comparison of Lapraoscopic vs. Open Sigmoid Colectomy for Diverticulitis: A prospectively randomized trial. (Submitted for IRB approval) Funded by Ethicon

Celebrezze J, Medich D, Jones S. Functional and Manometic Comparison of Prospectively Randomized Coloplasty Pouch Construction in Low Colorectal and Coloanal Anastomosis Versus Straight and Colonic J Pouch Low Colorectal and Coloanal Anastomosis. (Multi-Institution) In progress.

Recent Publications and Presentations:

Peer-reviewed publications (i.e., journal articles)

Celebrezze J, Medich D. Rectal Ulceration as a Result of Prostatic Brachytherapy: A New clinical problem. Report of three cases. Dis Colon Rectum. In Press.

Celebrezze JP Jr., Pidala MJ, Porter JA, Slezak FA. Femoral neuropathy: an infrequently reported postoperative complication. Report of four cases. Dis Colon Rectum. 2000 Mar;43(3):419-22 (Review)

Celebrezze JP Jr., Cottrell DJ, Williams GB. Spontaneous splenic rupture due to isolated splenic peliosis. South Med J. 1998 Aug;91(8):763-4.

Other publications (i.e., non-peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, etc.)

Celebrezze JP Jr. What they don't teach you in fellowship! Dis Colon Rectum. 2002 Dec;45(12):1706-7.

National/regional presentations

Saad R, Liu Y, Nathan G, Celebrezze J. Endoglin (CD105) and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) as Prognostic Markers in Colon Cancer. Poster Presentation at United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting, March 2003.

Patel NA, Medich DS, Celebrezze JP, Jones SM, Parda DS. Chemotherapy Followed by Transanal Excision or Radical Surgery for Stage II-III Rectal Carcinoma. Oral Presentation, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery Annual Meeting, June 2003.

Patel NA, Medich DS, Celebrezze JP, Jones SM, Parda DS. Transanal Excision and Chemoradiotherapy for T2-3 Rectal Carcinoma. Poster Presentation, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery Annual Meeting, June 2003.

Other presentations

American Cancer Society, Golf for the Cure, "Colon Cancer: The Cause, The Cure, The Challenge", Kittanning, PA. May 19, 2003.

Course Director, Laparoscopic Colectomy Workshop: The Minimally Invasive Surgery Center. Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA. May 9, 2003.

Course Director, Lapraoscopic Colectomy Workshop: The Minimally Invasive Surgery Center. Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA. August 2, 2002.

Grand Rounds, Treatment of Colon and Rectal Cancers, Somerset Hospital, Somerset, PA. April 3, 2002.

Fecal Incontinence Treatment Options, Pittsburgh OB/Gyn Society, Pittsburgh, PA. March 4, 20.

Surgical Grand Rounds, Common Anorectal Problems: What Is and Isn't a Hemorrhoid. Allegheny General Hospital. Pittsburgh, PA. November 20, 2001.

Patient and Family IBD Educational Conference, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, "Colon Cancer and IBD: What are the Risks?", Pittsburgh, PA, October 20, 2001.

Patient and Family IBD Educational Conference, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, "Surgical Treatment of Crohn's Disease", Pittsburgh, PA, October 20, 2001.

GI Conference, "Common Anorectal Lesions", Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, October 8, 2001.

Grand Rounds, "Surgical Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Somerset Hospital, Somerset, PA,May 2, 2001.



> Back to Combined Faculty Listing



AGH General Surgery Residency Program Home | Disclaimer | Contact Webmaster

© West Penn Allegheny Health System. All rights reserved.