Department of Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

09/26/2025

✨ Celebrating National APC Week ✨
We're shining the spotlight on Eika Barriera-Justiniano, MSN, AGACNP-BC, from the Central Region, who was honored with a Jefferson Health APC Clinical Practice Award. 🌟👏
Eika was joined by Drs. Charles and Theresa Yeo and Dr. Avinoam Nevler at the award ceremony 💙

09/03/2025

Congratulations to Eika Barriera-Justiniano on being recognized as an exceptional Advanced Practice Clinician (APC) at Jefferson Health. Eika is a key member of our multidisciplinary team treating and related diseases at Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Jefferson ⭐️

Profile: jeffersonhealth.org/find-a-doctor/b/barriera-justiniano-eika

08/07/2025

Lung surgeon Dr. Olugbenga Okusanya discusses the impact of race and gender on lung cancer survival in the most recent research roundup from Jefferson News: bit.ly/4lP2zm8

08/07/2025

Congratulations to Hien Dang, PhD (2nd from left, back row) for receiving a Sidney Kimmel Medical College Bridge Funding Award for her promising liver cancer research 👏

Dr. Dang is the J. Wallace Davis and Gail G. Davis Assistant Professor of Surgery in our department. Learn more about her research: www.jefferson.edu/DangLab

Thomas Jefferson University proudly announces the recipients of the 2025-2026 Sidney Kimmel Medical College Bridge Funding Awards.

These grants work to ensure that the University’s highly successful and well-recognized faculty members are sustained as they pursue and secure research funding.

Jefferson will support 12 researchers, with awards ranging from $25,000 to $100,000. Join us in congratulating these exceptional faculty members!

👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/4mg27x9

06/23/2025

We're pleased to share that our Chair of Surgery is serving as the Vice President of the American Surgical Association (ASA) 👏

The prestigious American Surgical Association has named Dr. Charles J. Yeo, the Samuel D. Gross Professor at Sidney Kimmel Medical College, its 2025-2026 vice president. A decorated Jefferson Health physician, Dr. Yeo has authored more than 680 peer-reviewed publications and performed over 1,900 Whipple procedures.

His election reflects both his individual excellence and Jefferson’s continuing legacy of leadership in surgery, dating to ASA founder Dr. Samuel D. Gross and past-president Dr. John H. Gibbon Jr. Congrats, Dr. Yeo, on this well-deserved honor!

👉 Click to read more: https://bit.ly/3FOGXXA

06/19/2025

Please follow our new Instagram account to learn about our Plastic Surgery practice in Center City and enter the giveaway: www.instagram.com/jeffersonhealthplasticsurgery/

05/15/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Charles J. Yeo on performing 1300 Whipple Procedures to date at Jefferson Health. Patients with have better outcomes at hospitals that regularly treat the disease. Learn more about our Pancreas, Biliary and Related Cancer Center: https://jefferson.edu/pancreas

05/13/2025

Save the Date for this FUNdraiser on June 6 at Ardmore Music Hall. Since 2022, Tester Construction Gives (TCGives) has been a generous supporter of the Jefferson Molecular Profiling of Pancreatic Cancer Program and patient assistance services at Jefferson Health Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Jefferson

For more information regarding the event: secure.qgiv.com/for/testerconstructiongives/event/soundsofsummer/

05/13/2025

Congratulations to the 50+ Jefferson Surgery physicians recently named 2025 Top Docs™ by Castle Connolly in Philadelphia Magazine🌟

Learn more: https://bit.ly/42TM28j

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05/02/2025

Ralph Sharp and his wife Debbie joined Dr. Richard Zheng (center) and our nurse practitioners Eika Barriera-Justiniano and Nicole Pocetti at the last weekend, hosted by Philadelphia - Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) 💜

05/02/2025

Last Saturday, Team Jefferson participated in the Annual in Philadelphia's beautiful Fairmount Park, hosted by Philadelphia - Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) and sponsored by Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Jefferson 💜

It's not too late to donate to this important cause: bit.ly/4cVJkUi

03/17/2025

Please mark your calendars for APRIL 26 and JOIN US at Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park for , the ultimate walk to END ! 🤩

Register for free today, and JOIN TEAM JEFFERSON: https://secure.pancan.org/site/TR/PurpleStride/PurpleStride?team_id=61599&pg=team&fr_id=2967