Jennifer Tseng, MD, MPH

Emeritus Professor, 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 10/1/2026

    Kopkash K, Piltin M, Jakub J, Javid S, Flanagan MR, Aft R, Chiba A, Lal A, Brooks AD, Amersi F, Dekhne N, Tseng J, Farley C, Kadison A, Johnson J, Hwang RF. ASO Visual Abstract: A Prospective, Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) of the da Vinci SP Surgical System Versus Open Surgery in Nipple Sparing Mastectomy (NSM) Procedures for Patients with Breast Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2026 Oct; 33(11):9676-9677. PMID: 42493712.

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  • Published 9/7/2026

    Murillo A, Myers S, Romatoski KS, Ng SC, Kenzik K, Tseng JF, Miller CP, Sachs TE. Deviation Between Incidence Rates of Screenable Cancers and the Proportion of Late-Stage Disease. J Surg Res. 2026 Oct; 326:1115-1123. PMID: 42705135.

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  • Published 9/2/2026

    Timperley JB, Dilsaver DB, Pedersen MD, Hall A, Wade D, Reetz SR, Hazen J, Tseng JF, Walters RW, Al-Refaie WB. Beyond insurance coverage: the impact of Medicaid expansion on colorectal cancer surgery in the Midwest. J Gastrointest Surg. 2026 Nov; 30(11):102571. PMID: 42685928.

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  • Published 5/26/2026

    Hazen JK, Hall A, Timperley JB, Pedersen M, Brown E, Tseng JF, Singh A, Walters RW, Al-Refaie WB. Barriers beyond Medicaid: A Midwest study on pancreatic surgery access in the post-Affordable Care Act era. J Gastrointest Surg. 2026 Sep; 30(9):102468. PMID: 42203103.

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  • 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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Education

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

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