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Chief Medical Officer
As Chief Medical Officer of Fox Chase Cancer Center, Dr. Helstrom provides leadership, direction, and planning for the clinical activities of the hospital. He supervises quality, process, and performance improvement programs as well as the Tumor Registry and clinical analytics. In addition, he has responsibility for the Medical Staff Office.
Dr. Helstrom joined Fox Chase’s faculty in 2007 from the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, where he was an attending anesthesiologist in the vascular, thoracic, and neurosurgical services. He was appointed chief medicine officer in 2014.
Dr. Helstrom completed his residency in the department of anesthesiology and critical care at Massachusetts General Hospital. He received his medical degree from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver as well as an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
Dr. Helstrom is certified as a diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology. Among his professional activities, he is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the Society for Critical Care Medicine.
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The impact of an oncology urgent care center on healthcare utilization
D'Avella, C., Whooley, P., Milano, E., Egleston, B., Helstrom, J., Patrick, K., Edelman, M. & Bauman, J., Apr 1 2024, In: JNCI Cancer Spectrum. 8, 2, pkae009.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Transition to Value-based Healthcare: Development, Implementation, and Results of an Optimal Surgical Care Framework at a National Cancer Institute–designated Comprehensive Cancer Center
Lee, R. A., Masic, S., Bland, J., Handorf, E., Kutikov, A., Esnaola, N., Farma, J., Su, S., Ridge, J. A., Chu, C., Patel, S., Curcillo, P., Helstrom, J. L. & Uzzo, R. G., Jan 2024, In: European Urology Focus. 10, 1, p. 123-130 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Adverse Events Reported by Patients With Cancer After Administration of a 2-Dose mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine
Shulman, R. M., Weinberg, D. S., Ross, E. A., Ruth, K., Olszanski, A. J., Rall, G. F., Helstrom, J., Hall, M. J., Judd, J., Chen, D. Y. T., Uzzo, R. G., Dougherty, T. P., Williams, R., Geynisman, D. M., Fang, C. Y., Fisher, R. I., Strother, M., Huelsmann, E., Adige, S. & Whooley, P. D. & 11 others, , Feb 2022, In: Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN. 20, 2, p. 160-166 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Clinical Validation of an Alternative Specimen Collection Kit for SARS-CoV-2 Testing at Fox Chase Cancer Center
Baldwin, D. A., Gigli, C. R., Kwok, T., Connelly, S., Helstrom, J. L., Ebersole, B., Ross, E. A., Araten, M., Glickman, J., Glickman, R. & Horwitz, E. M., Sep 15 2022, In: Journal of Biomolecular Techniques. 33, 3, 3fc1f5fe.2008dbc6.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Is there a benefit to frozen section analysis at the time of partial nephrectomy?
Sterious, S. N., Simhan, J., Smaldone, M. C., Tsai, K. J., Canter, D., Wameedh, E., Li, T., Helstrom, J., Viterbo, R., Chen, D. Y. T., Greenberg, R. E., Kutikov, A., Al-Saleem, T. & Uzzo, R. G., Jun 2013, In: Canadian Journal of Urology. 20, 3, p. 6778-6784 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TUH-Jeanes Campus and Temple Health-Chestnut Hill Hospital Achieve Infection Prevention Milestones
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Findings from Fox Chase Cancer Center Yields New Data on Cancer (Transition To Value-based Healthcare: Development, Implementation, and Results of an Optimal Surgical Care Framework At a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer ...)
Kutikov, A., Uzzo, R. G., Patel, S. A., Farma, J. M., Helstrom, J. L. & Curcillo, P. G.
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Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple University Hospital Recertified Under ASCO's Quality Oncology Practice Initiative
Helstrom, J. L., Uzzo, R. G. & Edelman, M.
03/22/24 → 03/23/24
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