Gary B. Korus, M.D., FACS Gastrointestinal Surgery
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Education
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Research
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Administrative/Clinical Offices: Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Department of Surgery
266 Wright Saunders Building
39th & Market Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19104 Administrative Assistant: Deborah Adcock Administrative Telephone: 215-662-9198 Administrative Fax: 215-243-4649
Attending Physician, Albert Einstein Medical Center Level I Trauma Service
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2001 - 2002
Director, Quality Assurance, Department of Surgery
Albert Einstein Medical Center/Jefferson Health System
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2004 - present
Active Physician, Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2004 - present
Attending Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Education/Training
1978 - 1982
B.A. - Brandeis University
Waltham, Massachusetts (American Studies)
1982 - 1983
New York Law School, New York, New York
1982 - 1983
New York Law School, New York, New York
1983 - 1984
Columbia University, New York, New York
(Premedical Sciences)
1985 - 1989
M.D. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio
Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments
1989 - 1990
Intern in General Surgery/Orthopedics
University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio
1990 - 1994
Resident in General Surgery
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
2003 - 2004
Fellow in Foregut/Bariatric Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin/ Froedtert Hospital
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Memberships/Societies
National/International Societies
American College of Surgeons
American Medical Association
American Society for Bariatric Surgery
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Society of American Gastrointestinal & Endoscopic Surgeons
Scientific Committees:
Society of American Gastrointestinal & Endoscopic Surgeons
Flexible Endoscopy Committee
Outcomes Committee
Research
Research Activity
A Randomized, Open Label, Pilot Assessment of the Effect of Protonix I.V. for Injection on Gastric pH in ICU Patients. Secondary Investigator.
A Multi-Center, Randomized, Double-Blind, Comparative Trial of Intravenous Merrem vs. Primaxim I.V. in the Treatment of Hospitalized Subjects with Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections. Secondary Investigator.
Potassium Dependence of Magnesium Cardioplegia. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Purification and Characterization of Heme Oxygenase and Cytochrome P-450 Reductase. PI: Dr. Attallah Kappas, Metabolism/Pharmacology Lab, The Rockefeller University.
Biological and Physicochemical Characterization of Human and Synthetic Interferons. PI: Dr. Mathilde Krim, Interferon Research Lab, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Publications
Abstracts, Last 3 Years
Bajaj S, Liu J, Kawamura O, Hofmann C, Rittmann T, Arndorfer RC, Korus G, Blom D, and Shaker R. Intra-operative measurement of gastroesophageal junction distensibility (GEJD): A new technique to evaluate fundoplication “tightness”. Digestive Disease Week, SSAT; New Orleans, LA, May 15-20, 2004.
Blom D, Liu J, Kawamura O, Hofmann C, Rittmann T, Arndorfer RC, Korus G, Derksen T, Shaker R. Effect of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication on gastroesophageal junction distensibility. 59th Annual Owen H. Wangensteen Surgical Forum, American College of Surgeons, New Orleans, LA, Oct. 10-14, 2004.
Bajaj S, Liu J, Kawamura O, Hofmann C, Rittmann T, Arndorfer RC, Korus G, Blom D, and Shaker R. Intra-operative measurement of gastroesophageal junction distensibility (GEJD): A new technique to evaluate fundoplication “tightness”. Accepted as poster presentation, Digestive Disease Week, SSAT; Chicago, IL May 14-18, 2005.
Korus G, Blum D, Liu J, Hofmann C, Massey B. Morbid obesity in patients with achalasia: A diagnostic and therapeutic conundrum. Accepted as poster presentation, Digestive Disease Week, SSAT; Chicago, IL May 14-18, 2005.
