The Department of Surgery

Ryan K. Schmocker, MD

Assistant Professor
Division of Surgical Oncology

Clinical Focus

Gastrointestinal Malignancies with a focus on Pancreas, Liver, and Biliary Diseases and Cancers

Research Focus

Outcomes of Complex Cancer Surgery, Quality and Systems Improvement, Resident Education

Education

Medical School
Northwestern University - Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 2011

Graduate School
Master of Science, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 2015

Residency
General Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 2018

Fellowship
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research Program, Madison, WI, 2015
Complex General Surgical Oncology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 2020

Certification

American Board of Surgery

Professional Affiliations

American College of Surgeons
Association for Academic Surgery
The Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
Society of Surgical Oncology

Current Publications

Schmocker RK, Enomoto LM, Low GK, McLoughlin JM, Casillas MA Jr, Antill AC, Heidel RE, Russ AJ..
Further distance from treating facility is associated with advanced colon cancer at presentation and increased mortality. Am Surg. 2024 Mar 29:31348241241613. doi: 10.1177/00031348241241613. Online ahead of print.

Eshmuminov D, Aminjonov B, Palm RF, Malleo G, Schmocker RK, Abdallah R, Yoo C, Shaib WL, Schneider MA, Rangelova E, Choi YJ, Kim H, Rose JB, Patel S, Wilson GC, Maloney S, Timmermann L, Sahora K, Rössler F, Lopez-Lopez V, Boyer E, Maggino L, Malinka T, Park JY, Katz MHG, Prakash L, Ahmad SA, Helton S, Jang JY, Hoffe SE, Salvia R, Taieb J, He J, Clavien PA, Held U, Lehmann K..
Folfirinox or gemcitabine-based chemotherapy for borderline resectable and locally advanced pancreatic cancer: A multi-institutional, patient-level, meta-analysis and systematic review. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Jul;30(7):4417-4428. doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-13353-2. Epub 2023 Apr 5.

Schmocker RK, Gray KD, Eric Heidel R, Vanterpool SG, McLoughlin JM..
A novel preoperative patient survey predicts adverse patient outcomes-implementation and preliminary results of the tennessee preoperative assessment tool. Am Surg. 2023 Jul;89(7):3192-3199. doi: 10.1177/00031348231157848. Epub 2023 Feb 28.

Eshmuminov D, Aminjonov B, Palm RF, Malleo G, Schmocker RK, Abdallah R, Yoo C, Shaib WL, Schneider MA, Rangelova E, Choi YJ, Kim H, Rose JB, Patel S, Wilson GC, Maloney S, Timmermann L, Sahora K, Rössler F, Lopez-Lopez V, Boyer E, Maggino L, Malinka T, Park JY, Katz MHG, Prakash L, Ahmad SA, Helton S, Jang JY, Hoffe SE, Salvia R, Taieb J, He J, Clavien PA, Held U, Lehmann K..
ASO visual abstract: Folfirinox or gemcitabine based chemotherapy for borderline resectable and locally advanced pancreatic cancer: a multi-institutional, patient-level meta-analysis and systematic review. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Jul;30(7):4431-4432. doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-13489-1.

He J, Schmocker R.
Neoadjuvant treatment and surgical resection are associated with survival in pancreatic cancer. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2021 Mar 12:S1072-7515(21)00129-0. [Epub ahead of print]

Schmocker RK, Wright MJ, Ding D, Javed AA, Cameron JL, Lafaro K, Burns WR, He J, Wolfgang CL, Burkhart RA.
Duodenal, ampullary, and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: Oncologic outcomes are driven by tumor biology and tissue of origin. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2021 Feb;123(2):416-424. Epub 2020 Oct 30.

Schmocker RK, Delitto D, Wright MJ, Ding D, Cameron JL, Lafaro KJ, Burns WR, Wolfgang CL, Burkhart RA, He J.
Impact of margin status on survival in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2020 Dec 16:S1072-7515(20)32526-6. Available in Scopus: Jan 2021. [Epub ahead of print]

Current Presentations

Balmer JC, Walker MG, McLoughlin JM, Schmocker RK. Combined endoscopic-laparoscopic pancreatic cystogastrostomy for a hostile abdomen Presented at Tennessee Chapter of American College of Surgeons; 2023 July-27; Spencer, TN .

Schmocker R. Management of Metastatic NET to the Liver. Presented at 10th Annual Big 4 Cancer Conference: Prostate Cncer, Neuroendocrine Tumors, Cellar Therapy, and Palliative Care; 2022 September-17; Pigeon Forge, TN.

Arroyave AJ, Antill AC, Schmocker RK, McLoughlin JM, Casillas MA, Heidel RE, Russ AJ. Racial disparities lead to differences in presentation of colon cancer in rural southeast region. Presented at Tennessee Chapter of the American College of Surgeons; 2021 Aug 6-8; Memphis, TN.