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Ryan Merkow

Vice Chair, Quality and Safety · University of Chicago Medical Center

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History

Quality and Safety · University of Chicago Medical Center
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UChicago Medicine Health System · University of Chicago Medical Center
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University of Chicago Medical Center
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McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
2019–2020
Complex General Surgical Oncology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2017–2019
University of Colorado Hospitals
2014–2017
Surgery
University of Chicago Medical Center
2007–2014
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2003–2007
University of Western Ontario

Research

Underlying reasons associated with hospital readmission following surgery in the United States
JAMA · 2015 · First of 9 authors · 642 citations
Optimal preoperative assessment of the geriatric surgical patient: a best practices guideline from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program…
Journal of the American College of Surgeons · 2012 · 620 citations
Optimizing ACS NSQIP modeling for evaluation of surgical quality and risk: patient risk adjustment, procedure mix adjustment, shrinkage adjustment, and surgical focus
Journal of the American College of Surgeons · 2013 · 497 citations

Karl Bilimoria
96 papers · 35 as a resident
David Bentrem
73 papers
Clifford Ko
42 papers
Anthony Yang
36 papers
Ryan Ellis
22 papers · 22 as a resident
DO
David Odell
18 papers
Lauren Janczewski
14 papers · 14 as a resident
Brian Brajcich
13 papers · 13 as a resident
Rachel Joung
11 papers · 11 as a resident
Mary Mulcahy
10 papers
Casey Silver
9 papers · 9 as a resident
MD
Michael D'Angelica
9 papers

Grants

Targeted Quality Improvement Trial to Improve Post-Discharge VTE Chemoprophylaxis After Abdominal and Pelvic Cancer Surgery
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
Contact PI · $642.5K · University of Chicago
2026–2031
Development and Evaluation of an Iron Deficiency Anemia Contextually Adapted Intervention in Gastrointestinal Surgery
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R34
Contact PI · $257.7K · University of Chicago
2026–2029

Clinical trials

Testing Pump Chemotherapy in Addition to Standard of Care Chemotherapy Versus Standard of Care Chemotherapy Alone for Patients With Unresectable Colorectal Liver Metastases: The PUMP Trial
Site PI · Recruiting · Phase 3
ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
2023–2034