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Dr. Ryan Merkow is a board certified surgical oncologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. His clinical practice focuses on complex upper gastrointestinal malignancies including pancreas, liver, biliary, gastric, small bowel, metastatic colorectal as well as peritoneal surface cancers. He is experienced in the application of regional therapeutic techniques, including hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) and liver directed chemotherapy. Dr. Merkow uses advanced minimally invasive surgical techniques including robotic surgery when appropriate. In addition to his clinical practice, he is a health services researcher in the Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center (SOQIC) in the Center for Healthcare Studies at Northwestern University with a focus on surgical outcomes, quality improvement and patient safety.
Certifications and Licenses
| General Surgery | |
| Complex General Surgical Oncology |
Training Experience
| 2010 | Residency, University of Colorado School of Medicine |
| 2013 | Postdoctoral Fellowship, American College of Surgeons |
| 2015 | Residency, University of Chicago |
| 2017 | Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
Education/Academic qualification
MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
… → 2012
MD, University of Colorado
… → 2007
Keywords
- Health Policy
- Health Services Research
- Liver Cancer
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Outcome Measures
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Patient Safety
- Patient-Centered Care
- Quality Improvement
- Robotic Surgery
- Digestive Cancer (esophagus, stomach, colon, rectum)
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Grants 2013 2021
Adaptation, Design and Implementation of a Patient-Centered, Post-Surgical, Post-Discharge Monitoring System after Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery
Platanias, L. C. & Merkow, R. P.
1/1/19 → 12/31/21
Project: Research project
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Research
Neoplasms
Research Personnel
Government Agencies
Evaluating the Implementation of a Multi-Component Quality Collaborative
Bilimoria, K. Y., Chung, J. W., Hedges, L. V., Johnson, J., Merkow, R. P., O'Leary, K. J. & Yang, A. D.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
3/1/16 → 12/31/20
Project: Research project
Curricula
Education
Feedback
Costs
New Approach to Measuring and Improving Surgical Cancer Quality
Bentrem, D. J., Bilimoria, K. Y., Butt, Z. & Merkow, R. P.
American Cancer Society, Illinois Division, Inc.
7/1/13 → 12/31/15
Project: Research project
Neoplasms
Quality Improvement
Risk Adjustment
Cancer Care Facilities
Neoadjuvant Therapy
Research Output 2006 2019
Assessment of hospital-level adjusted breast cancer sentinel lymph node positivity rates
Berger, E. R., Bilimoria, K. Y., Kinnier, C. V., Minami, C. A., Bethke, K. P., Hansen, N. M., Merkow, R. P., Winchester, D. P. & Yang, A. D., Jan 1 2019, In : Journal of Surgical Oncology. 119, 1, p. 101-108 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
Breast Neoplasms
Survival
Sentinel Lymph Node
Process Assessment (Health Care)
Risk factors for post-pancreaticoduodenectomy delayed gastric emptying in the absence of pancreatic fistula or intra-abdominal infection
Ellis, R. J., Gupta, A. R., Hewitt, D. B., Merkow, R. P., Cohen, M. E., Ko, C. Y., Bilimoria, K. Y., Bentrem, D. J. & Yang, A. D., Jan 1 2019, In : Journal of Surgical Oncology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Intraabdominal Infections
Pancreatic Fistula
Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Gastric Emptying
Odds Ratio
Defining the Content for a Quality and Safety in Surgery Curriculum Using a Nominal Group Technique
Kelz, R. R., Sellers, M. M., Merkow, R. P., Aggarwal, R. & Ko, C. Y., Jan 1 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Surgical Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Curriculum
surgery
resident
Safety
curriculum
2
Citations
(Scopus)
Does Second Reader Opinion Affect Patient Management in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma?
Corrias, G., Huicochea Castellanos, S., Merkow, R., Langan, R., Balachandran, V., Ragucci, M., Carollo, G., Mancini, M., Saba, L. & Mannelli, L., Jul 1 2018, In : Academic Radiology. 25, 7, p. 825-832 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Adenocarcinoma
Referral and Consultation
Neoplasm Staging
Surgeons
Research Ethics Committees
Evaluating the Impact of the Venous Thromboembolism Outcome Measure on the PSI 90 Composite Quality Metric
Blay, E., Huang, R., Chung, J. W., Yang, A. D., DeLancey, J. O., Merkow, R. P., Barnard, C. & Bilimoria, K. Y., Jan 1 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Venous Thromboembolism
Patient Safety
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Odds Ratio
Confidence Intervals