Jennifer Tseng, MD, MPH

Professor Emerita, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Tseng serves as Trustee of the PRIA Ben and Rose Cole Pancreatic Cancer Research Foundation, as deputy editor of JAMA Surgery, and as section editor of UpToDate. From 2019-2025 she served on the American Board of Surgery as Director and then Councillor, and is a past-President of the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons and of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. From 2017 to 2024, Dr Tseng served as the James Utley Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery.

Publications

  • Published 12/1/2025

    Sadaka AH, Tseng JF, Itani KMF. Indications for and Optimal Management of Percutaneous Cholecystostomy Drainage: A Systematic Review. JAMA Surg. 2025 Dec 01; 160(12):1368-1377. PMID: 40900585.

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  • Published 8/23/2025

    Van Hassel J, Dimitroff K, Yau C, Mukhtar R, Boughey JC, Ladores V, Howard-McNatt MM, Jaskowiak N, Perlmutter J, DeMichele A, Yee D, Hylton N, Symmans WF, Veer LV, Rugo H, Esserman LJ, Shatsky R, Isaacs C, Kuerer H, Wallace AM, Prionas N, Tseng J, Reyna CR, Taunk N, Kesmodel S, Lee MC, Fox J, Piltin MA, Tchou J, Arciero CA, Postlewait LM, Sauder C, Rao R. Impact of Time to Surgery Post Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on Breast Cancer Outcomes: A Retrospective Study of Patients Enrolled in the I-SPY 2 Clinical Trial. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Oct; 32(11):8113-8126. PMID: 40849380.

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  • Published 8/5/2025

    Sawhney VS, Murillo A, Chugh PV, Ng SC, Sachs TE, Kenzik K, Tseng JF. The rise of gastrointestinal surgical fellowships. J Gastrointest Surg. 2025 Oct; 29(10):102161. PMID: 40768792.

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  • Published 7/28/2025

    Murillo A, Ng SC, Schroter SM, Tseng JF, Kenzik K, Sachs TE. The Real Safety Net Hospitals: High-Medicaid Hospitals Confer Worse Survival for Patients Undergoing Pancreas and Biliary Cancer Surgery. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Jul 28. PMID: 40719800.

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  • Published 6/20/2025

    Rasic G, Beaulieu-Jone BR, Chung SH, Romatoski KS, Kenzik K, Ng SC, Tseng JF, Sachs TE. Evaluating the Impact of Multi-Institutional Care in Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Nationwide Analysis. World J Surg. 2025 Jul; 49(7):1881-1890. PMID: 40542461.

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Websites

Education

  • University of California, San Francisco, MD
  • Harvard School of Public Health, MPH
  • Stanford University, BS

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