Vice Chair for Quality and Director of the Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center, Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
General Surgery
Dr. Karl Y. Bilimoria, MD
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Dr. Karl Y. Bilimoria is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine. Indiana University School of Medicine has a rank of 45 in research and a 47 in primary care He has 20 awards "Best Paper Award", "Excellence in Teaching Award", "Top-Rated Abstract in Measuring Quality and Value", "Top-Rated Abstract", "Top-Rated Scientific Abstract", "Highest-Ranked Abstract", "Faculty Scholar", "Kanavel Surgical Scholar Award and Scholarship", "Annual Resident Award for Surgical Research", "Society of Surgical Oncology - Best Clinical Research Paper", "Paper Competition Award", "Alpha Omega Alpha - Medical Honor Society", "Merit Award", "Outstanding Research Paper of the Year", "Best Clinical Research Presentation", "Edelstone-Bendix Outstanding Clinical Paper", "Recognition Award for Teaching Medical Students", "Rosenbower General Surgery Student Award and Scholarship", "Northwestern University Excellence in Research Award" and "Fellow". Doctor Karl Y. Bilimoria, MD is a published MD. He published 99 publications, including: 'Safety and Feasibility of Minimally Invasive Inguinal Lymph Node Dissection in Patients With Melanoma (SAFE-MILND): Report of a Prospective Multi-institutional Trial.' He accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Training High-Volume Melanoma Surgeons to Perform a Novel Minimally Invasive Inguinal Lymphadenectomy: Report of a Prospective Multi-Institutional Trial.
- Development of a Novel Composite Process Measure for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis.
- Adjusted Hospital Sentinel Lymph Node Positivity Rates in Melanoma: A Novel Potential Measure of Quality.
- Safety and Feasibility of Minimally Invasive Inguinal Lymph Node Dissection in Patients With Melanoma (SAFE-MILND): Report of a Prospective Multi-institutional Trial.
- Development of a model to predict Breast cancer survival using data from the National Cancer Data Base.
- Process improvement in surgery.
- Centralization of Penile Cancer Management in the US: a Combined Analysis of the American Board of Urology and National Cancer Data Base.
- Identification of Quality Measures for Performance of and Interpretation of Data From Esophageal Manometry.
- Patterns and Predictors of Chemotherapy Use for Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
- Hospital Characteristics Associated With Penalties in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program.
- Postoperative venous thromboembolism outcomes measure: analytic exploration of potential misclassification of hospital quality due to surveillance bias.
- Concerns about using the patient safety indicator-90 composite in pay-for-performance programs.
- Patient satisfaction, outcomes, and the need for Cancer-specific quality metrics.
- Risk of Discharge to Postacute Care: A Patient-Centered Outcome for the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Surgical Risk Calcul...
- Public reporting in surgery: an emerging opportunity to improve care and inform patients.
- Underlying reasons associated with hospital readmission following surgery in the United States.
- Association of the 2011 ACGME resident duty hour reform with general surgery patient outcomes and with resident examination performance.
- Reply to Letter: "Extended Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis After Colorectal Cancer Resection: A UK Perspective"
- Evaluation of hospital factors associated with hospital postoperative venous thromboembolism imaging utilisation practices.
- A Comparison of 2 Surgical Site Infection Monitoring Systems.
- Development of Quality Measures for the Care of Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.
- Beyond anatomic staging for Cancer.
- Effect of Wound Classification on Risk Adjustment in American College of Surgeons NSQIP.
- Effect of post-discharge venous thromboembolism on hospital quality comparisons following hip and knee arthroplasty.
- Association between hospital imaging use and venous thromboembolism events rates based on clinical data.
- Treatment trends, risk of lymph node metastasis, and outcomes for localized esophageal Cancer.
- A Case for Improving Measurement of Intraoperative Iatrogenic Injuries.
- The need to revisit VTE quality measures.
- Identification of Process Measures to Reduce Postoperative Readmission.
- Risk prediction tools in surgical oncology.
- Examination of national lymph node evaluation practices for adult extremity Soft tissue sarcoma.
- Current Challenges in Using Patient-Reported Outcomes for Surgical Care and Performance Measurement: Everybody Wants to Hear From the Patient, but Are We Ready to Listen?
- Cancer Recurrence: An Important but Missing Variable in National Cancer Registries.
- Relationship Between Cancer Center Accreditation and Performance on Publicly Reported Quality Measures.
- Impact of Hepatectomy Surgical Complexity on Outcomes and Hospital Quality Rankings.
- Comparing national Cancer registries: The national Cancer data base (NCDB) and the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) program.
- Surgeons' perceptions of public reporting of hospital and individual surgeon quality.
- Assessment of multimodality therapy use for extremity Sarcoma in the United States.
- National Assessment of Margin Status as a Quality Indicator after Pancreatic Cancer Surgery.
- Postoperative Complications Reduce Adjuvant Chemotherapy Use in Resectable Pancreatic Cancer.
- An Opportunity to Improve Informed Consent and Shared Decision Making: The Role of the ACS NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator in Oncology.
- Patient experiences after hospitalizations for elective surgery.
- Effect of Postoperative Complications on Adjuvant Chemotherapy Use for Stage III Colon Cancer.
- Adherence With Postdischarge Venous Thromboembolism Chemoprophylaxis Recommendations After Colorectal Cancer Surgery Among Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries.
- Evaluation of surveillance bias and the validity of the venous thromboembolism quality measure.
- The differential effect of BMI on prosthetic versus autogenous Breast reconstruction: A multivariate analysis of 12,986 patients.
- The Relationship between Preoperative Wound Classification and Postoperative Infection: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of 15,289 Patients.
- Acromioclavicular Joint Injuries in the National Football League: Epidemiology and Management.
- Efficiency of colorectal Cancer care among veterans: analysis of treatment wait times at veterans affairs medical centers.
- Overcoming specialty bias: another important reason for multidisciplinary management of Soft tissue sarcoma.
- An Opportunity to Ensure High-Quality Melanoma Care Through the Use of a Preoperative Treatment Algorithm.
- Surgical quality measurement: an evolving science.
- The influence of BMI on perioperative morbidity following abdominal hysterectomy.
- Comparison of Perioperative Outcomes in Outpatient and Inpatient Laparoscopic Hysterectomy.
- Development and Participant Assessment of a Practical Quality Improvement Educational Initiative for Surgical Residents.
- Differences in Patients, Surgical Complexity, and Outcomes After Cancer Surgery at National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Centers Compared to Other Hospitals.
- Comparing thirty-day outcomes in prosthetic and autologous Breast reconstruction: A multivariate analysis of 13,082 patients?
- Risk profiles and outcomes of total laparoscopic hysterectomy compared with laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy.
- Immediate two-stage tissue expander Breast reconstruction compared with one-stage permanent implant Breast reconstruction: A multi-institutional comparison of short-te...
- Validity and Feasibility of the American College of Surgeons Colectomy Composite Outcome Quality Measure.
- Assessment of advanced gastric Cancer management in the United States.
- A Multi-Institutional Perspective of Complication Rates for Elective Nonreconstructive Breast Surgery: An Analysis of NSQIP Data From 2006 to 2010.
- Validation of new readmission data in the american college of surgeons national surgical quality improvement program.
- The Cost-Effectiveness of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation is Superior to a Surgery-First Approach in the Treatment of Pancreatic Head AdenoCarcinoma.
- Treatment trends and predictors of adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapy for gastric adenoCarcinoma in the United States.
- Effect of Including Cancer-Specific Variables on Risk-Adjusted Hospital Surgical Quality Comparisons.
- Human ACellular Dermis versus Submuscular Tissue Expander Breast Reconstruction: A Multivariate Analysis of Short-Term Complications.
- Effect of including Cancer-specific variables on models examining short-term outcomes.
- Cost-effectiveness of treatment strategies for pancreatic head adenoCarcinoma and potential opportunities for improvement.
- Effect of histologic subtype on treatment and outcomes for esophageal Cancer in the United States.
- Use of Multimodality Neoadjuvant Therapy for Esophageal Cancer in the United States: Assessment of 987 Hospitals.
- Incorporation of Adjuvant Therapy into the Multimodality Management of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors of the Stomach in the United States.
- Early postoperative outcomes after Pancreaticoduodenectomy in the elderly.
- Postdischarge Venous Thromboembolism after Cancer Surgery: Extending the Case for Extended Prophylaxis.
- Wait times for Cancer surgery in the United States: trends and predictors of delays.
- Association of surgical care improvement project infection-related process measure compliance with risk-adjusted outcomes: implications for quality measurement.
- Interpretation of the C-Statistic in the Context of ACS-NSQIP Models.
- Use of sentinel lymph node biopsy for Melanoma in children and adolescents.
- Comparison of outcomes after laparoscopic versus open appendectomy for acute Appendicitis at 222 ACS NSQIP hospitals.
- Comparison of outlier identification methods in hospital surgical quality improvement programs.
- Effect of delay to operation on outcomes in adults with acute Appendicitis.
- Comparison of 30-day outcomes after emergency general surgery procedures: potential for targeted improvement.
- Effect of postdischarge morbidity and mortality on comparisons of hospital surgical quality.
- A common question revisited: can differences in clinical severity explain the volume-outcome relationship?
- Risk-based selective referral for Cancer surgery: a potential strategy to improve perioperative outcomes.
- Quality improvement for pancreatic Cancer care: is regionalization a feasible and effective mechanism?
- Nodal evaluation in Wilms' tumors: analysis of the national Cancer data base.
- Comparison of hospital performance in nonemergency versus emergency colorectal operations at 142 hospitals.
- Risk adjustment in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: a comparison of logistic versus hierarchical modeling.
- Variability in length of stay after colorectal surgery: assessment of 182 hospitals in the national surgical quality improvement program.
- National assessment of Melanoma care using formally developed quality indicators.
- Identification of specific quality improvement opportunities for the elderly undergoing Gastrointestinal surgery.
- Variability in reoperation rates at 182 hospitals: a potential target for quality improvement.
- Does surgical quality improve in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: an evaluation of all participating hospitals.
- Comparison of commission on Cancer-approved and -nonapproved hospitals in the United States: implications for studies that use the National Cancer Data Base.
- Effect of surgeon training, specialization, and experience on outcomes for Cancer surgery: a systematic review of the literature.
- Comparison of sentinel lymph node biopsy alone and completion axillary lymph node dissection for node-positive Breast cancer.
- Using the NCDB for Cancer care improvement: an introduction to available quality assessment tools.
Procedures Preformed
- Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
- Appendectomy, Open
- Axillary Lymph Node Dissection
- Biopsy of Breast
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Conditions Treated
- Anemia
- Appendicitis
- Basal Cell Carcinoma
- Breast Cancer
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Doctors Specialties
- Breast Surgical Oncology
- General Surgery
- Surgical Oncology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Best Paper Award
- Excellence in Teaching Award
- Top-Rated Abstract in Measuring Quality and Value
- Top-Rated Abstract
- Top-Rated Scientific Abstract
- Highest-Ranked Abstract
- Faculty Scholar
- Kanavel Surgical Scholar Award and Scholarship
- Annual Resident Award for Surgical Research
- Society of Surgical Oncology - Best Clinical Research Paper
- Paper Competition Award
- Alpha Omega Alpha - Medical Honor Society
- Merit Award
- Outstanding Research Paper of the Year
- Best Clinical Research Presentation
- Edelstone-Bendix Outstanding Clinical Paper
- Recognition Award for Teaching Medical Students
- Rosenbower General Surgery Student Award and Scholarship
- Northwestern University Excellence in Research Award
- Fellow
Education
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McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University -
Northwestern University -
Indiana University School of Medicine
Hospital
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital -
Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1427186774 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | BILIMORIA | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | KARL | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 60611 | |
| NPPES Provider State | IL | |
| Specialty Description | General Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 16.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1427186774 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | BILIMORIA |
| First Name Of The Provider | KARL |
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