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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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ACS
ACS Fellow Since 2011

Jeffrey Farma, MD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

  • Soc of Surg Oncol
  • Am Soc of Col& Rec Surg
  • Soc for Surg Alim Tract
  • Assn for Acad Surg
  • Soc of Univ Surg

Additional Information

Gender

Male

Type of Practice

Academic medical center

General Surgery

333 Cottman Ave # C308

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Philadelphia, PA 19111

United States

Contact Information

Administrative Assistant
Name:Jessica Peralta

Biography

I am the Chair of Surgery and a Professor of Surgical Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. My clinical practice focuses on the care of patients with Melanoma, Sarcoma and GI malignancies.

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

  • abdominal pain
  • feeding tubes
  • gastric cancer
  • splenectomy

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

  • bile duct malignancies
  • bile duct surgery
  • cholecystectomy
  • gallbladder cancer
  • gallstone disease
  • hepatobiliary surgery
  • laparoscopic cholecystectomy
  • liver biopsy
  • liver surgery
  • liver/hepatic disease
  • pancreatic cancer
  • pancreatic cysts

Minimal Access Surgery

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

  • nevi
  • skin biopsy

Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer

  • anal cancer
  • biopsy of tumors
  • colectomy
  • colon cancer screening
  • colon surgery
  • colon/rectal cancer
  • colonic polyps
  • colostomy
  • Crohn's disease
  • diverticular disease
  • gastrointestinal cancer
  • ileostomy
  • laparoscopic colon surgery
  • Meckel's diverticulum
  • stomach cancer
  • ulcerative colitis

Minimally Invasive Procedures

  • fine needle aspiration/biopsy
  • laparoscopic surgery
  • robotic surgery

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

  • anal cancer/tumors
  • basal cell cancer
  • biopsy of tumors
  • bone and soft tissue cancer/tumors
  • colon cancer screening
  • colon cancer/polyps
  • colon/rectal cancer
  • endocrine cancer
  • gastrointestinal cancer/tumors
  • melanoma
  • neurofibromatosis
  • pancreatic cancer/tumors
  • pelvic tumors
  • skin cancer
  • stomach cancer/tumors

Hospital Appointments

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Philadelphia, PA

Attending

08/2009—Present

Academic Appointments

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Assistant Professor

08/2009—Present

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Associate Professor

12/2014—Present

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Professor

11/2019—Present