Working to Eradicate Gynecologic Cancers

Dennis S. Chi, MD

Associate Member
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Dept. Surgery and Gynecology Service
1275 York Ave.
New York, NY
USA 10065


Biographical Sketch:
Dennis S. Chi, MD, FACOG, FACS, has served as a faculty member on the Gynecology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, since 1997. He is the Deputy Chief of the Gynecology Service, Director of the Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship, and Co-Director of the Pelvic Reconstruction Group at MSKCC. His experience research has led to numerous publications and international presentations on the surgical management of early, advanced, and recurrent gynecologic cancers. The main focus of his research has been evaluating ways to improve the surgical outcomes of women with advanced and recurrent ovarian cancer."

Papers:
21 A multicenter assessment of the ability of preoperative computed tomography scan and serum CA-125 to predict gross residual disease at primary debulking surgery for advanced ovarian, fallopian tube and peritoneal cancer 77 Outcomes of patients with stage I endometrial cancer in the sentinel lymph node era 91 A multicenter prospective assessment of surgical findings associated with suboptimal cytoreduction at primary debulking surgery for advanced ovarian, fallopian tube and peritoneal cancer 104 Improvement in rates of cytoreduction to no residual for stages IIIB-IV ovarian, fallopian tube and primary peritoneal cancer: a change in surgical approach and individualized surgeon feedback 109 Cost-effectiveness analysis of conventional laparoscopic versus robotically assisted laparoscopic adnexal surgery for benign indications performed by gynecologic oncologists 127 International study of primary mucinous ovarian carcinomas managed at tertiary medical centers 292 Combined preoperative and extended pharmacologic venous thromboembolic prophylaxis in patient undergoing surgery for advanced adnexal malignancies 315 Cost-effectiveness analysis of robotically assisted radical hysterectomy for newly diagnosed uterine cervical cancer 446 Predictive value of the age-adjusted Charlson comorbidity index on perioperative complications and survival in patients undergoing surgery for advanced ovarian cancer