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Dan German Blazer III, MD

Chief, Section of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division: 
Surgical Oncology
Section: 
Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery
Program: 
Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Duke Surgical Technique and Review (STAR) Course
General Surgery Residency Program
Hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) Fellowship
Office: 485 Seeley G.Mudd Bldg., Searle Center, Durham, NC 27710
Campus Mail: DUMC Box 3247 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710

Education and Training

  • M.D., Duke University, 1999

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Selected Grants

Publications

Moris, Dimitrios, Christel Rushing, Emily McCracken, Kevin N. Shah, Sabino Zani, Alexander Perez, Peter J. Allen, Donna Niedzwiecki, Laura J. Fish, and Dan G. Blazer. “Quality of Life Associated with Open vs Minimally Invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Prospective Pilot Study.” J Am Coll Surg 234, no. 4 (April 1, 2022): 632–44. https://doi.org/10.1097/XCS.0000000000000102.

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Eckhoff, Austin M., Ashton A. Connor, Julie K. M. Thacker, Dan G. Blazer, Harvey G. Moore, Randall P. Scheri, Sandhya A. Lagoo-Deenadayalan, et al. “A Multidimensional Bioinformatic Platform for the Study of Human Response to Surgery.” Ann Surg, March 3, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000005429.

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Evans, Daniel R., Alexander L. Lazarides, Mark M. Cullen, Jason A. Somarelli, Dan G. Blazer, Julia D. Visguass, Brian E. Brigman, and William C. Eward. “ASO Visual Abstract: Identifying Modifiable and Non-Modifiable Risk Factors of Readmission and Short-Term Mortality in Chondrosarcoma: A National Cancer Database Study.” Ann Surg Oncol 29, no. 2 (February 2022): 1411–12. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-10892-4.

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Evans, Daniel R., Alexander L. Lazarides, Mark M. Cullen, Jason A. Somarelli, Dan G. Blazer, Julia D. Visguass, Brian E. Brigman, and William C. Eward. “Identifying Modifiable and Non-modifiable Risk Factors of Readmission and Short-Term Mortality in Chondrosarcoma: A National Cancer Database Study.” Ann Surg Oncol 29, no. 2 (February 2022): 1392–1408. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-10802-8.

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Berger, Miles, Jeffrey N. Browndyke, Mary Cooter Wright, Chloe Nobuhara, Melody Reese, Leah Acker, W Michael Bullock, et al. “Postoperative changes in cognition and cerebrospinal fluid neurodegenerative disease biomarkers.” Ann Clin Transl Neurol 9, no. 2 (February 2022): 155–70. https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.51499.

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Rao, Sneha R., Alexander L. Lazarides, Bruce L. Leckey, Whitney O. Lane, Julia D. Visgauss, Jason A. Somarelli, David G. Kirsch, et al. “Extent of tumor fibrosis/hyalinization and infarction following neoadjuvant radiation therapy is associated with improved survival in patients with soft-tissue sarcoma.” Cancer Med 11, no. 1 (January 2022): 194–206. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.4428.

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Landa, Karenia, Robin Schmitz, Norma E. Farrow, Christel Rushing, Donna Niedzwiecki, Marcelo Cerullo, Garth S. Herbert, et al. “Surgical resection is associated with improved long-term survival of patients with resectable pancreatic head cancer compared to multiagent chemotherapy.” Hpb (Oxford), December 17, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpb.2021.12.007.

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Evans, Daniel R., Alexander L. Lazarides, Mark M. Cullen, Julia Dawn Visgauss, Jason A. Somarelli, Dan Blazer, Brian E. Brigman, and William C. Eward. “ASO Visual Abstract: Identifying Modifiable and Non-Modifiable Risk Factors of Readmission and Short-Term Mortality in Osteosarcoma-A National Cancer Database Study.” Ann Surg Oncol 28, no. Suppl 3 (December 2021): 449–50. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-10131-w.

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STARSurg Collaborative and COVIDSurg Collaborative, Felipe. “Death following pulmonary complications of surgery before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.” Br J Surg 108, no. 12 (December 1, 2021): 1448–64. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znab336.

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COVIDSurg Collaborative, I. N. S. P. I. R. E. -. F. L. O. “Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study.” Lancet Oncol 22, no. 11 (November 2021): 1507–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00493-9.

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