Frederick T. Drake, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Surgery
Biography
Dr. Drake received his Medical Degree from the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, UT and a Master of Public Health from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. He completed a residency in General Surgery at University of Washington Medical Center and a Fellowship in Endocrine Surgery at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) in San Francisco, CA.
He is board certified by the America Board of Surgery. His research and clinical interests include: general surgery and endocrine surgery (including surgery for diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands), improving outcomes for common surgical diseases, innovations in surgical education and improving access to surgical care in the developing world.
Education
- University of Utah School of Medicine, MD
- University of Washington School of Public Health, MPH
- Princeton University, AB
Publications
- Published on 3/5/2025
Beaulieu-Jones BR, Laudon AD, Duraiswamy S, Yang F, Chen E, Flum DR, Lerner K, Evans H, Charboneau A, Simianu VV, Thompson L, Azar F, Valdes V, Narsule C, Sanchez SE, Drake FT. A Multicenter Assessment of the Accuracy of Claims Data in Appendicitis Research. Ann Surg. 2025 Mar 05. PMID: 40040610.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/17/2024
Laudon AD, Beaulieu-Jones BR, Gitonga B, Yang FF, Chen E, Flum DR, Lerner K, Evans HL, Thompson L, Azar FK, Charboneau A, Simianu VV, Sanchez SE, Drake FT. Power Has Pitfalls: (In)accuracy of Administrative Data for Nonoperative Management of Appendicitis. J Surg Res. 2024 Oct; 302:428-436. PMID: 39153365.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/1/2024
Drake FT, Sanchez SE. Acute Appendicitis-What's Old Is New Again. JAMA Surg. 2024 Jul 01; 159(7):735-736. PMID: 38630482.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/17/2024
Woods AP, Feeney T, Gupta A, Knapp PE, McAneny D, Drake FT. Prospective Study of a System-Wide Adrenal Incidentaloma Quality Improvement Initiative. J Am Coll Surg. 2024 May 01; 238(5):961-970. PMID: 38116951.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/13/2024
Annesi CA, Woods AP, Kim NE, Pearce EN, Merrill AL, McAneny D, Drake FT. Limited English Proficiency and Graves' Disease at an Urban Safety Net Hospital. J Surg Res. 2024 Apr; 296:56-65. PMID: 38219507.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2024
Ortoleva J, Drake FT, Moor A, Ortega R. Hematoma with Airway Compromise after Thyroidectomy. Anesthesiology. 2024 Jan 01; 140(1):142-143. PMID: 37931008.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/27/2023
Kang H, Drake FT, McAneny D, Lee SL. False-positive Imaging for Papillary Thyroid Cancer Caused by Intraosseous Hemangiomas. JCEM Case Rep. 2023 Sep; 1(5):luad102. PMID: 37908210.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/1/2023
Chung SH, de Geus SWL, Shewmaker G, Romatoski KS, Drake FT, Ko NY, Merrill AL, Hirsch AE, Tseng JF, Sachs TE, Cassidy MR. ASO Visual Abstract: Axillary Lymph Node Dissection is Associated with Improved Survival for Men with Invasive Breast Cancer and Sentinel Node Metastasis. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Sep; 30(9):5621-5622. PMID: 37202569.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/6/2023
Beninato T, Duh QY, Long KL, Kiernan CM, Miller BS, Patel S, Randle RW, Wachtel H, Zanocco KA, Zern NK, Drake FT. Challenges and controversies in adrenal surgery: A practical approach. Curr Probl Surg. 2023 Sep; 60(9):101374. PMID: 37770163.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/19/2023
Chung SH, de Geus SWL, Shewmaker G, Romatoski KS, Drake FT, Ko NY, Merrill AL, Hirsch AE, Tseng JF, Sachs TE, Cassidy MR. Axillary Lymph Node Dissection is Associated with Improved Survival Among Men with Invasive Breast Cancer and Sentinel Node Metastasis. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Sep; 30(9):5610-5618. PMID: 37204557.
Read at: PubMed
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