Evan S.K. Ong, MD, MS, FACS
Dr. Evan S. K. Ong is a surgical oncologist who practices at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Ong is a noted expert in combining cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy, a complex six-to-eighteen-hour procedure that has proven highly effective in extending survival for people diagnosed with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma.
Education and Career
Dr. Ong earned his medical degree at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. He then completed a General Surgery residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center and a Surgical Oncology fellowship at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York.[1]
- Adamas-Rappaport W, Benjamin MA, Teeple MK, Glazer ES, Sozanski J, Waer A, Poskus D, Ong E. A comparison of Unguided versus Guided Case-Based Instruction on the Surgery Clerkship. (accepted) J Surg Res
- . Kaplan SJ, Carroll JT, Chuu A, Nematollahi S, Adamas-Rappaport W, Ong E. Utilization of a Non-Preserved Cadaver to address deficiencies in Technical Skills during the third year of medical school. (accepted) World J Surg.
- Turaga K, Levine E, Barone R, Sticca R, Petrelli N, Lambert L, Nash G, Morse M, Abdel-Misih R, Alexander HR, Attiyeh F, Bartlett D, Bastidas A, Blazer T, Chu Q, Chung K, Dominguez-Parra L, Espat NJ, Foster J, Fournier K, Garcia R, Goodman M, Hanna N, Harrison L, Hoefer R, Holtzman M, Kane J, Labow D, Li B, Lowy A, Mansfield P, Ong E, Pameijer C, Pingpank J, Quinones M, Royal R, Salti G, Sardi A, Shen P, Skitzki J, Spellman J, Stewart J and Esquivel J. Consensus Guidelines from The American Society of Peritoneal Surface Malignancies on Standardizing the Delivery of Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) in Colorectal Cancer Patients in the United States. Annals of Surg Onc. June 2013.
- Nielsen VG, Nfonsam VN, Matika RW, Ong ES, Jie T, Warneke JA, Steinbrenner EB. Colon and Pancreas Tumors Enhance Plasma Coagulation Kinetics: Role of Hemeoxygenase-1. (submitted) June
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References
- Swedish. (N.D.). Evan S. K. Ong, MD, MS, FACS.
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