Physician
General Surgery
Dr. George M. Fuhrman, MD
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George Fuhrman practices General Surgery. He went to medical school at Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine. He over the years received 5 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award", "New Orleans Best Doctors in the Category Surgical Oncology", "Best Doctors" and "Fellow (FACS)". Dr. George M. Fuhrman has written publications. He has 73 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'A core breast biopsy diagnosis of invasive carcinoma allows for definitive surgical treatment planning.' George Fuhrman accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- An Assessment of Margins after Lumpectomy in Breast Cancer Management.
- Perceptions of Graduating General Surgery Chief Residents: Are They Confident in Their Training?
- The evolution in management of patients with subcentimeter, node-negative, triple-negative breast cancer.
- Use of a Sestamibi-only Approach to Routine Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy.
- Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of breast cancer.
- Multidisciplinary breast management.
- Response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the breast predicts axillary nodal status.
- Miscellaneous disorders and their management in gastric surgery: volvulus, carcinoid, lymphoma, gastric varices, and gastric outlet obstruction.
- Gastric surgery.
- Program directors' views on general surgery resident travel for transplant rotations.
- Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy's Role in Triple Negative Breast Cancer.
- Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gangrenous cholecystitis.
- Professional values, value conflicts, and assessments of the duty-hour restrictions after six years: a multi-institutional study of surgical faculty and residents.
- A new professionalism? Surgical residents, duty hours restrictions, and shift transitions.
- History of the Georgia Baptist/Atlanta Medical Center surgical residency.
- Analysis of demographic and tumor characteristics of an inner city breast cancer patient population compared with patients treated in National Surgical Adjuvant Breast...
- Enhancing resident interest in a state surgical meeting.
- Transition from chief residency to specialty training: issues and solutions.
- Application submission date reflects applicant quality.
- Counting forward.
- An assessment of university versus independent general surgery program graduate performance on the American Board of Surgery examinations.
- Pro: SLNB in DCIS.
- 5-year follow-up after sentinel node mapping for breast cancer demonstrates better than expected treatment outcomes.
- Postlumpectomy Insertion of the MammoSite brachytherapy device using the scar entry technique: initial experience and technical considerations.
- The legacy of Allen Oldfather Whipple.
- Initial experience with surgical treatment planning in the newly diagnosed breast cancer patient at high risk for BRCA-1 or BRCA-2 mutation.
- Sentinel lymph node mapping and biopsy for ductal carcinoma in situ and other controversial indications.
- A comparison of methylene blue and lymphazurin in breast cancer sentinel node mapping.
- A comparison of total thyroidectomy and lobectomy in the treatment of dominant thyroid nodules.
- Postmastectomy radiation in patients with four or more positive nodes.
- Breast conservation therapy for invasive lobular carcinoma: the impact of lobular carcinoma in situ in the surgical specimen on local recurrence and axillary node status.
- Lessons learned from the initial 100 patient experience with sentinel lymph node mapping in the evaluation of breast cancer.
- Minimally invasive abdominal surgery.
- An argument against routine sentinel node mapping for DCIS.
- Analysis of local recurrence of midrectal cancer after low anterior resection and stapled anastomosis.
- Sphincter-preserving extended resection for locally advanced rectosigmoid carcinoma involving the urinary bladder.
- Blunt laryngeal trauma: classification and management protocol.
- Experience with perirectal fistulas in patients with Crohn's disease.
- Repair of aneurysms of the thoracic aorta: 12-year experience in a high-risk population.
- Complete hepatic venous isolation and extracorporeal chemofiltration as treatment for human hepatocellular carcinoma: a phase I study.
- Thin-section contrast-enhanced computed tomography accurately predicts the resectability of malignant pancreatic neoplasms.
- Managing unsuspected tumor invasion of the superior mesenteric-portal venous confluence during pancreaticoduodenectomy.
- Laparoscopic intestinal stomas.
- Hepatic arterial infusion of verapamil and doxorubicin with complete hepatic venous isolation and extracorporeal chemofiltration: pharmacological evaluation of reducti...
- Increased doxorubicin levels in hepatic tumors with reduced systemic drug exposure achieved with complete hepatic venous isolation and extracorporeal chemofiltration.
- The single indication for cystography in blunt trauma.
- Improved survival after resection of colorectal liver metastases.
- Rationale for en bloc vein resection in the treatment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma adherent to the superior mesenteric-portal vein confluence. Pancreatic Tumor Study G...
- Vascular resection and intraoperative radiation therapy during pancreaticoduodenectomy: rationale and technique.
- Appropriate management of atypical ductal hyperplasia diagnosed by stereotactic core needle breast biopsy.
- The etiology of intestinal obstruction in patients without prior laparotomy or hernia.
- Image-guided core-needle breast biopsy is an accurate technique to evaluate patients with nonpalpable imaging abnormalities.
- Esophageal resection for cancer.
- A core breast biopsy diagnosis of invasive carcinoma allows for definitive surgical treatment planning.
- Benign diagnosis by image-guided core-needle breast biopsy.
- Survival after resection of multiple bilobar hepatic metastases from colorectal carcinoma.
- Long-term results of wide-field brachytherapy as the sole method of radiation therapy after segmental mastectomy for T(is,1,2) breast cancer.
- Steep learning curve of laparoscopic splenectomy.
- Understanding patterns of failure in breast cancer treatment argues for a more thorough investigation of axillary lymph nodes in node negative patients.
- A better understanding of the term radial scar.
- A critical appraisal of treatment for T3N0 colon cancer.
- Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is superior to an open approach to treat primary hyperaldosteronism.
- A simple approach to nipple discharge.
- Biopsy technique has no impact on local recurrence after breast-conserving therapy.
- Image-guided breast biopsy.
- A mass on breast imaging predicts coexisting invasive carcinoma in patients with a core biopsy diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ.
- An analysis of sestamibi-positive versus -negative patients with primary hyperparathyroidism.
- "Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety": response of the Association of Program Directors in Surgery to the December 2008 Report of the Institu...
- Development of an industry relations policy by the association of program directors in surgery: a report from the finance committee.
- Stereotactic core needle breast biopsy is an accurate diagnostic technique to assess nonpalpable mammographic abnormalities.
- The role of CT angiography in the diagnosis of blunt traumatic thoracic aortic disruption and unsuspected carotid artery injury.
- A selective approach to regional lymphatics in melanoma.
Schools
Medical College of Georgia
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Mercer University
Procedures Preformed
- Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
- Biopsy of Breast
- Colectomy
- Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
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Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
- Oncology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award
- New Orleans Best Doctors in the Category Surgical Oncology
- Best Doctors
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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Orlando Health -
Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine
Hospital
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Ochsner Baptist -
Ochsner Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1215997564 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | FUHRMAN | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | GEORGE | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 701212429 | |
| NPPES Provider State | LA | |
| Specialty Description | Surgical Oncology | |
| Total Claim Count | 87.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1215997564 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | FUHRMAN |
| First Name Of The Provider | GEORGE |
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