Charles Vollmer
Penn Gastrointestinal Surgery Perelman
Office
(215) 316-5151
Fax (215) 349-8195 3400 Civic Center Boulevard West Pavilion, 4th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19104
About
His practice at Penn Medicine encompasses both malignant and benign conditions of the pancreas and biliary system with a strong emphasis in care of pancreatic cancer, cysts, and pancreatitis.
He specializes in Pancreaticobiliary and other complex gastrointestinal surgery with a research focus in clinical outcomes assessment in high-acuity surgery – especially pancreatic fistula. He has authored over 200 manuscripts, 40 book chapters, and 3 books focusing on pancreaticobiliary diseases. He is active in multiple national and international surgical societies where he has served in numerous leadership positions including President of the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA) in 2019. He also currently sits on the Executive Committee of the IHPBA as its Treasurer-elect and was its Scientific Program Chair for the 2016 World Congress in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
He is a reviewer for numerous surgical specialty journals and is on the Editorial Boards of Annals of Surgery, British Journal of Surgery, Annals of Surgical Oncology, Surgery, HPB, the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery, and the Journal of Surgical Oncology. He is a member of the American Surgical Society, Society of Clinical Surgeons, and the Surgical Biology Club II. In 2008, he was honored to be the Josef Fischer Traveling Fellow in Academic Surgery for the Society of Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT) – an opportunity which allowed him to tour many of the top pancreatic surgical programs in Europe.
Education:
Dr. Vollmer’s collegiate education was at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He then received his MD degree from Jefferson Medical College in his hometown of Philadelphia. From there he received general surgical training at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital of the Washington University of St. Louis where he was elected into Alpha Omega Alpha. He studied gene therapy as a surgical oncology research fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the middle of his clinical training. After Chief Residency at Washington University, he matriculated to the internationally acclaimed Hepatobiliary and Solid Organ Transplantation Surgery Fellowship at the University of Toronto. He initiated his career as an attending surgeon at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School (2003 -2011).
Recognized by Best Doctors in America 2015 - 2018
Charles Vollmer
Dr. Vollmer is the Chief of the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, and the Director of Pancreatic Surgery at Penn Medicine. He also serves as the founding Co-Director of the Penn Pancreatic Cyst Multidisciplinary Program.His practice at Penn Medicine encompasses both malignant and benign conditions of the pancreas and biliary system with a strong emphasis in care of pancreatic cancer, cysts, and pancreatitis.
He specializes in Pancreaticobiliary and other complex gastrointestinal surgery with a research focus in clinical outcomes assessment in high-acuity surgery – especially pancreatic fistula. He has authored over 200 manuscripts, 40 book chapters, and 3 books focusing on pancreaticobiliary diseases. He is active in multiple national and international surgical societies where he has served in numerous leadership positions including President of the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA) in 2019. He also currently sits on the Executive Committee of the IHPBA as its Treasurer-elect and was its Scientific Program Chair for the 2016 World Congress in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
He is a reviewer for numerous surgical specialty journals and is on the Editorial Boards of Annals of Surgery, British Journal of Surgery, Annals of Surgical Oncology, Surgery, HPB, the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery, and the Journal of Surgical Oncology. He is a member of the American Surgical Society, Society of Clinical Surgeons, and the Surgical Biology Club II. In 2008, he was honored to be the Josef Fischer Traveling Fellow in Academic Surgery for the Society of Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT) – an opportunity which allowed him to tour many of the top pancreatic surgical programs in Europe.
Education:
Dr. Vollmer’s collegiate education was at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He then received his MD degree from Jefferson Medical College in his hometown of Philadelphia. From there he received general surgical training at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital of the Washington University of St. Louis where he was elected into Alpha Omega Alpha. He studied gene therapy as a surgical oncology research fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the middle of his clinical training. After Chief Residency at Washington University, he matriculated to the internationally acclaimed Hepatobiliary and Solid Organ Transplantation Surgery Fellowship at the University of Toronto. He initiated his career as an attending surgeon at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School (2003 -2011).
Recognized by Best Doctors in America 2015 - 2018
Primary Specialty
Surgeon
Practice
Penn Gastrointestinal Surgery Perelman
Gender
Male
Education
Jefferson Medical College
Training
Barnes-Jewish Hospital - Washington University, St. Louis
Accepting New Patients
Insurances Accepted
Aetna US Healthcare, Amerihealth Caritas, Amerihealth Caritas Medicare, Centivo Health Plan, Cigna, Cigna HealthSpring, Clover Health Plan, Devon Health Services (Americare), Gateway Health Plan, Geisinger Health Plan, Geisinger Medicaid, Global Medical Management, HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan, HealthPartners, HealthPartners Medicare, HealthSmart, Highmark Blue Shield, Homestead Smart Health Plans/Claim Watcher, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Humana / Choicecare, Humana / Medicare, Imagine Health 360, Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East), Keystone First, Keystone First Medicare, Multiplan, NJ Medicaid, NJ Qualcare, Oscar Health Plan of PA, Oxford Health Plan, PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare, PA Medicaid, PA Medicare, Provider Partners Health Plan, Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA, Tricare, United Healthcare, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, US Family Health Plan, Veterans Choice Program
Degrees
Medical Doctor
Admitting Hospitals
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Pennsylvania Hospital
Office Name
Penn Gastrointestinal Surgery Perelman
Services
cholecystectomy, excision of choledochal cyst, intestinal cancer surgery, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, liver surgery, pancreatectomy, pancreatic surgery, proximal pancreatectomy, radical subtotal pancreatectomy, splenectomy, stomach tumor surgery, surgical management of advanced hepato biliary cancer, surgical management of advanced pancreatic cancer, whipple procedure
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