Jennifer Tseng, MD, MPH
Emeritus Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Surgery

MD, University of California, San Francisco
MPH, Harvard School of Public Health
BS, Stanford University
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Dr. Tseng is a highly regarded surgical oncologist and gastrointestinal surgeon. She served as James Utley Professor and Chair of Surgery at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and Surgeon-in-Chief at Boston Medical Center from 2017 until January 2024.

Dr. Tseng is a deputy editor of JAMA Surgery, a councilor on the American Board of Surgery, and past-President of the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons and of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. She has published more than 150 peer-reviewed journal articles on reducing surgical risk, cancer biomarkers, and on developing models for cancer treatment sequencing strategies, with a strong focus on racial and socioeconomic disparities in care.

Dr. Tseng is also a dedicated educator of medical students and residents and has mentored numerous trainees throughout her career.


Health Care Utilization and Associated Costs Among Older Cancer Survivors
09/01/2022 - 09/30/2023 (Key Person / Mentor)
PI: Kelly M. Kenzik, MS PhD
American Cancer Society, Inc.




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2001 DEVELOPMENT OF PANCREATIC TUMOR VACCINES 5F32CA086420-02 3
2000 DEVELOPMENT OF PANCREATIC TUMOR VACCINES 1F32CA086420-01 3

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

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  1. Murillo A, Romatoski KS, Chung SH, Davis ES, Sawhney VS, Kenzik K, Ng SC, Tseng JF, Sachs TE. Adjusting for Population Differences in the National Cancer Database to Better Represent United States Cancer Cases: A Reference Tool for Researchers. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Apr 18.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40251365
     
  2. Schulz-Costello K, Fan F, Schmolze D, Arias-Stella JA, Taylor L, Tseng J, Afkhami M, Rand JG, Jones V, Farmah P, Han M. Solid basaloid adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast: A high-grade triple negative breast carcinoma which rarely responds to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Hum Pathol. 2025 Mar; 157:105760. PMID: 40147795
     
  3. Chung SH, Leung JL, Romatoski KS, Rasic G, Kobzeva-Herzog AJ, Tseng JF, Kenzik K, Sachs TE. The COVID-19 Pandemic and Delays in Melanoma Treatment: A National Cancer Database Study. J Surg Res. 2025 Apr; 308:141-152.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40090050
     
  4. Chang JH, Romatoski K, Torres MB, Sholevar CJ, Lindeman B, Gaskill C, Clark CN, Rocha F, Riall TS, Tseng JF, Davids JS, Pawlik TM, Walsh RM. GI Surgery Summit white paper: recruiting and training the next generation of surgeons. J Gastrointest Surg. 2025 Feb; 29(2):101896.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39580020
     
  5. Romatoski KS, Chung SH, Sawhney V, Papageorge MV, de Geus SWL, Ng SC, Kenzik K, Tseng JF, Sachs TE. Factors Associated With Surgical Management in Gallbladder Cancer-A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Medicare-Based Study. J Surg Res. 2024 Dec; 304:9-18.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39481161
     
  6. Shatsky RA, Trivedi MS, Yau C, Nanda R, Rugo HS, Davidian M, Tsiatis B, Wallace AM, Chien AJ, Stringer-Reasor E, Boughey JC, Omene C, Rozenblit M, Kalinsky K, Elias AD, Vaklavas C, Beckwith H, Williams N, Arora M, Nangia C, Roussos Torres ET, Thomas B, Albain KS, Clark AS, Falkson C, Hershman DL, Isaacs C, Thomas A, Tseng J, Sanford A, Yeung K, Boles S, Chen YY, Huppert L, Jahan N, Parker C, Giridhar K, Howard FM, Blackwood MM, Sanft T, Li W, Onishi N, Asare AL, Beineke P, Norwood P, Brown-Swigart L, Hirst GL, Matthews JB, Moore B, Symmans WF, Price E, Heditsian D, LeStage B, Perlmutter J, Pohlmann P, DeMichele A, Yee D, van 't Veer LJ, Hylton NM, Esserman LJ. Datopotamab-deruxtecan plus durvalumab in early-stage breast cancer: the sequential multiple assignment randomized I-SPY2.2 phase 2 trial. Nat Med. 2024 Dec; 30(12):3737-3747. PMID: 39277672
     
  7. Switalla KM, Boughey JC, Dimitroff K, Yau C, Ladores V, Yu H, Tchou J, Golshan M, Ahrendt G, Postlewait LM, Piltin M, Reyna CR, Matsen CB, Tuttle T, Wallace AM, Arciero CA, Lee MC, Tseng J, Son J, Rao R, Sauder C, Naik A, Howard-McNatt M, Lancaster R, Norwood P, Esserman LJ, Mukhtar RA. ASO Visual Abstract: Clipping the Positive Lymph Node in Patients with Clinically Node-Positive Breast Cancer Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Impact on Axillary Surgery in the ISPY-2 Clinical Trial. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Aug 13. PMID: 39138776
     
  8. Piltin MA, Norwood P, Ladores V, Mukhtar RA, Sauder CA, Golshan M, Tchou J, Rao R, Lee MC, Son J, Reyna C, Hewitt K, Kuerer H, Ahrendt G, Greenwalt I, Tseng J, Postlewait L, Howard-McNatt M, Jaskowiak N, Esserman LJ, Boughey JC. ASO Visual Abstract: Internal Mammary Lymphadenopathy Does Not Impact Oncologic Outcomes in Patients Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy-Results from the I-SPY2 Clinical Trial. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Aug 03. PMID: 39097555
     
  9. Romatoski KS, de Geus SWL, Miriyam B, Chung SH, Kenzik K, Papageorge MV, Rasic G, Ng SC, Tseng JF, Sachs TE. ASO Visual Abstract: Overall Volume of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Positively Impacts Gastric Cancer Outcomes at Centers with Low Gastrectomy Volume. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Aug; 31(8):4952-4953.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38842677
     
  10. Switalla KM, Boughey JC, Dimitroff K, Yau C, Ladores V, Yu H, Tchou J, Golshan M, Ahrendt G, Postlewait LM, Piltin M, Reyna CR, Matsen CB, Tuttle TM, Wallace AM, Arciero CA, Lee MC, Tseng J, Son J, Rao R, Sauder C, Naik A, Howard-McNatt M, Lancaster R, Norwood P, Esserman LJ, Mukhtar RA. Clipping the Positive Lymph Node in Patients with Clinically Node Positive Breast Cancer Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Impact on Axillary Surgery in the ISPY-2 Clinical Trial. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Oct; 31(11):7249-7259. PMID: 38995451; PMCID: PMC11452431; DOI: 10.1245/s10434-024-15792-x;
     
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Risk Reduction for Surgery
Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatitis
Cancer Prevention
Stomach Cancer
Pancreas
Stomach
Biliary Tract
Hereditary Cancer Syndromes
Pancreatic Cysts
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