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David Stanley Medich, M.D.
Principal hospital base:
Allegheny General Hospital
Current professional and academic appointments (Include starting date):
| 1996 - Present: |
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Director and Attending Physician and Surgeon, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1996 - Present: |
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Associate Professor of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (Allegheny Campus) |
Undergraduate medical education (including dates and degrees):
| 1983 - 1987: |
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M.D., Ohio State University, Columbus, OH |
Postgraduate medical education (including dates of internships, residencies, fellowships, etc.):
| 1987 - 1988: |
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Intern, General Surgery, Hospitals of the University Health Center of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1988 - 1990: |
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Junior Resident, General Surgery, Hospitals of the University Health Center of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1990 - 1991: |
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Research Fellow, General Surgery, Hospitals of the University Health Center of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1991 - 1993: |
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Chief Resident, General Surgery, Hospitals of the University Health Center of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1993 - 1994: |
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Fellow, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH |
Resident teaching awards:
Arthur Murphy, Jr., Resident Teaching Award, 1998-1999.
Student teaching awards:
Golden Apple Award Recipient, 2001 - 2002. Drexel University College of Medicine (formerly MCP Hahnemann)
BASIC RESEARCH
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Internal Review Board Protocol: Sentinel Node Biopsy as a Means for the Identification of Micrometastasis in Colorectal Cancer at Allegheny General Hospital. Principal Investigator: David S. Medich |
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Internal Review Board Protocol: Elucidation of the Signal Transduction Pathways for tumor Growth Progression in Human Colon Cancer. Principal Investigator: Bhakta Ranjan Dey, Ph.D., Co-investigators, David S. Medich, M.D., and Stanley E. Shackney, M.D. |
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A Clinical Trial comparing 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) Plus Leucovorin (LV) and Oxaliplatin with 5-FU Plus LV for the Treatment of Patients with Stages II and III Carconoma of the Colon. Principal Investigator: Norman Wolmark, M.D., |
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NSABP |
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Co-Investigator, David S. Medich, M.D. |
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NSABP |
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
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Evidenced based Practice guidelines: 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. |
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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) No outside funding.
Celebrezze J, Medich D, Jones D. 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.
Pereira TC, Prichard JW, Khalid M, Medich DS, Silverman JF. Rectal pulse granuloma. Arch Pathol Lob Med. 2001 Jun;125(6):822-3.
Litwin DE, Darzi A, Jakimowicz J, Kelly JJ, Arvidsson D, Hansen P, Callery MP, Denis R, Fowler DL, Medich DS, O'Reilly MJ, Atlas H, Himpens JM, Swanstrom LL, arous EJ, Pattyn P, Yood SM, Ricciardi R, Sandor A, Meyers WC. Hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) with the HandPort system: initial experience with 68 patients. Ann Surg. 2000 May;231(5):715-23.
National/regional presentations
American College of Surgeons, Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter 48th Annual Meeting and Residents' Day, "Rectal Carcinoma: Clinical Update", Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA. April 20, 2002.
The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, 2001 Annual Meeting, "Colorectal Carcinoma - Clinical Update", Harrogate, London, June 24 - 27, 2001.
International Oncology Conference for Brazilian Oncologists, "Colorectal Carcinoma - Clinical Update", Pittsburgh, PA. May 17, 2001.
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, "Laparoscopy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Surgery for Crohn's Disease", Pittsburgh, PA. October 21, 2000.
Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, "Treatment of Colorectal Carcinoma", Pittsburgh, PA. March 29, 2000.
American College of Surgeons 84th Annual Clinical Congress, "Indeterminate Colitis", Orlando, FL. October 29, 1998.
Other presentations
Surgical Grand Rounds, "Lumpectomy. The Future of Rectal Cancer Surgery", Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA. January 21, 2003.
Allegheny General Hospital, GI/Liver Pathophysiology Series, "Surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Disease", Pittsburgh, PA, October 14, 2002.
Allegheny General Hospital, Laparoscopic Colectomy Workshop, "Technical Considerations", Pittsburgh, PA, August 2, 2002.
Allegheny General Hospital, Gastroenterology Conference, "Colorectal Physiology", Pittsburgh, PA, October 27, 1999.
Surgical Grand Rounds, "Colon and Rectal Surgery Case Presentation", Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, October 3, 2000.
Medical Grand Rounds, "Multidisciplinary Management of Rectal Cancer", Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, April 19, 2000.
Allegheny General Hospital, GI Pathophysiology Serices, "Rectal Cancer", Pittsburgh, PA, April 10, 2000.
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