Physician

General Surgery

Mark J. Krasna works in the field of General Surgery. He studied medicine at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He has 3 awards "Fellow (FACS)", "Top MD" and "Super Doctor". Mark J. Krasna, MD is a published MD as well. He has 38 publications published. The latest was: ReCAP: Impact of Multidisciplinary Care on Processes of Cancer Care: A Multi-Institutional Study.

Publications

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• ReCAP: Impact of Multidisciplinary Care on Processes of Cancer Care: A Multi-Institutional Study.
• Radiographic and endosonographic staging in esophageal Cancer.
• Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Protocol 02-29: A Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant Therapy With Concurrent Chemotherapy and Full-Dose Radiation Therapy Followed by Surgi...
• Role of surgery following induction therapy for stage III non-small cell lung Cancer.
• Barrett's esophagus: treatments of adenocarcinomas II.
• Different Characteristics of Thymomas With and Without Myasthenia Gravis.
• The role of surgical treatment of hyperhidrosis.
• Ralph Lewis, MD: A pioneer in thoracic surgery.
• Gentle giant: Wilford Neptune, MD.
• Outcomes after trimodality therapy for esophageal Cancer: the impact of histology on failure patterns.
• Thoracoscopic sympathectomy.
• COUNTERPOINT: Pneumonectomy after chemoradiation: the risks of trimodality therapy.
• Biologic Lung volume reduction in advanced upper lobe emphysema: phase 2 results.
• Combined transcervical and unilateral-thoracoscopic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis: 2 years of follow-up.
• Long-term survival in patients with synchronous, solitary brain metastasis from non-small-cell lung Cancer treated with radiosurgery.
• Lung volume reduction surgery: technique, operative mortality, and morbidity.
• The role of thoracoscopy in the management of Cancer patients.
• Phase III trial of trimodality therapy with cisplatin, fluorouracil, radiotherapy, and surgery compared with surgery alone for esophageal Cancer: CALGB 9781.
• Nodal downstaging predicts survival following induction chemotherapy for stage IIIA (N2) non-small cell lung Cancer in CALGB protocol #8935.
• Nerve injury: injury to the recurrent laryngeal, phrenic, vagus, long thoracic, and sympathetic nerves during thoracic surgery.
• Promoter methylation and response to chemotherapy and radiation in esophageal Cancer.
• Less efficient g2-m checkpoint is associated with an increased risk of lung Cancer in African Americans.
• Multimodality treatment of esophageal Cancer.
• High-dose radiotherapy in trimodality treatment of Pancoast Tumors results in high pathologic complete response rates and excellent long-term survival.
• Outcome results of the 1996-1999 patterns of care survey of the national practice for patients receiving radiation therapy for carcinoma of the esophagus.
• Predictors of acute esophagitis in patients with non-small-cell Lung carcinoma treated with concurrent chemotherapy and hyperfractionated radiotherapy followed by surg...
• Thoracoscopic approach for spine deformities.
• Management of late distant metastases after trimodality therapy for esophageal Cancer.
• Operative techniques for Lung volume reduction surgery.
• Immunohistochemistry analysis of micrometastasis in pretreatment lymph nodes from patients with esophageal Cancer.
• Leukotriene A4 hydrolase in rat and human Esophageal adenocarcinomas and inhibitory effects of bestatin.
• The management of the patient undergoing combined modality therapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung Cancer.
• An analysis of multiple staging management strategies for carcinoma of the esophagus: computed tomography, endoscopic ultrasound, positron emission tomography, and tho...
• Thoracoscopy/laparoscopy in the staging of esophageal Cancer: Maryland experience.
• Clinical significance of micrometastasis in lung and esophageal Cancer: a new paradigm in thoracic oncology.
• Artificial neural networks and gene filtering distinguish between global gene expression profiles of Barrett's esophagus and esophageal Cancer.
• Thoracoscopic and laparoscopic lymph node staging in esophageal Cancer: do clinicopathological factors affect the outcome?

Schools

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• Sackler School Of Medicine Tel Aviv University

• Tel Hashoner Hospital

• Cmdnj Rutgers Med School

• New Eng Deaconess Harvard

Procedures Preformed

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• Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery
• Anti-Reflux Surgery
• Arthrodesis Surgery
• Brachytherapy
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Conditions Treated

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• Achalasia
• Acid Reflux
• Cancer
• Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
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Doctors Specialties

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• Cardiac Surgery
• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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• Medicare MCR

Awards

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• Fellow (FACS)
• Top MD
• Super Doctor

Education

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• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
• Tel Aviv University Sackler

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