Associate Professor of surgical oncology, Co-Director Cutaneous Oncology, Fellowship Program Director

General Surgery

Dr. Jeffrey M. Farma practices General Surgery. He went to Temple University School of Medicine. He received 9 awards: "2014 Travelling Fellowship to Germany", "Regional Top Doctor", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Best Clinical Poster Presentation", "Surgery Resident Research Symposium Award", "H. Taylor Caswell Award", "ASCO Foundation Merit Award", "Fellow (FACS)" and "ASCO Merit Award". Jeffrey Farma is a published physician. He published 27 publications, including: 'Extensive portal venous gas: Unlikely etiology and outcome.' He accepts all Medicare patients.

Publications

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• Incidence of minimally invasive colorectal Cancer surgery at National Comprehensive Cancer Network centers.
• Absolute lymphocyte count: A potential prognostic factor for Merkel cell carcinoma.
• Challenges in the treatment of Angiosarcoma: a single institution experience.
• Outcomes in patients with mucosal Melanomas.
• A better prognosis for Merkel cell carcinoma of unknown primary origin.
• Partial stomach-partitioning gastrojejunostomy and the success of this procedure in terms of palliation.
• A collision of diseases: chronic lymphocytic leukemia discovered during lymph node biopsy for Melanoma.
• Association of Race and Socioeconomic Status and Outcomes of Patients with Rectal Cancer.
• Preoperative FDG-PET/CT Is an Important Tool in the Management of Patients with Thick (T4) Melanoma.
• Expression of the antiapoptotic protein survivin in colon Cancer.
• Outcome and Natural History of Patients with Stage IV Colorectal Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy Without Primary Tumor Resection.
• Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: how wide should we resect?
• Minimally invasive surgery for esophageal Cancer.
• PET/CT fusion scan enhances CT staging in patients with pancreatic Neoplasms.
• Proper margins of excision in Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: wide or narrow?
• Direct evidence for rapid and selective induction of tumor neovascular permeability by tumor necrosis factor and a novel derivative, colloidal gold bound tumor necrosi...
• Nonneoplastic celiac axis occlusion in patients undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy.
• Isolated hepatic perfusion: treating unresectable Liver metastases.
• Limited survival in patients with Carcinomatosis from foregut malignancies after cytoreduction and continuous hyperthermic peritoneal perfusion.
• Extensive portal venous gas: Unlikely etiology and outcome.
• Case report and literature review: Metastatic lobular carcinoma of the Breast an unusual presentation.
• Survival following intensive preoperative combined modality therapy with paclitaxel, cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil, and radiation in resectable Esophageal carcinoma: a pha...
• Cardiac tamponade.
• Complete response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in Esophageal carcinoma is associated with significantly improved survival.
• Interleukin-1beta induced vascular permeability is dependent on induction of endothelial tissue factor (TF) activity.
• Laparoscopic repair of diaphragmatic hernia after left ventricular assist device.

Schools

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• Temple University

Procedures Preformed

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• Colectomy
• Colon and Rectal Surgery
• Colon Cancer Screening
• Colon Surgery
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Conditions Treated

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• Adrenal Gland Cancer
• Anal and Rectal Cancer
• Anal Cancer
• Angiosarcoma of the Breast
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Doctors Specialties

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• Complex General Surgical Oncology
• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Personal Choice PPO
• Regional Pref Network EPO
• Regional Pref Network HMO
• Regional Pref Network HMO+
• Regional Pref Network POS+
• Regional Pref Network PPO
• Blue Card PPO
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• Commercial Insurance Company
• CoreSource
• Geisinger Health Plan
• Community Blue PPO
• Direct Access
• Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
• Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield POS
• Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Choice Care PPO
• Keystone Health Plan East HMO
• MagnaCare
• Medicare MCR
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• QualCare HMO
• QualCare PPO
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare

Awards

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• 2014 Travelling Fellowship to Germany
• Regional Top Doctor
• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• Best Clinical Poster Presentation
• Surgery Resident Research Symposium Award
• H. Taylor Caswell Award
• ASCO Foundation Merit Award
• Fellow (FACS)
• ASCO Merit Award

Education

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• Temple University Hospital
• Temple University School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Fox Chase Cancer Center-American Oncologic Hospital

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1417142795
NPPES Provider LastName		FARMA
NPPES Provider FirstName		JEFFREY
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		191112434
NPPES Provider State		PA
Specialty Description		General Surgery
Total Claim Count		57.0
Distinct Opioid Count		0.0
Opioid Claim Count		0.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.0

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1417142795
Last Name Of The Provider	FARMA
First Name Of The Provider	JEFFREY
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