Christopher Aquina, MD
Surgeon
Digestive Health and Surgery
Overview
Christopher T. Aquina, MD, MPH is an experienced surgeon with a special interest in advanced or metastatic cancers originating from the appendix, colon, rectum, small intestine, and peritoneal surface and is an expert in treatment methods such as cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). After graduating from the College of the Holy Cross, Dr. Aquina earned his medical degree from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He then completed a general surgery residency at the University of Rochester Medical Center where he also earned a Master's in Public Health degree and completed a clinical research fellowship at the Surgical Health Outcomes & Research Enterprise. He went on to complete a complex general surgical oncology fellowship at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and a colon and rectal surgery fellowship at AdventHealth Orlando. In addition to his clinical work, he is an accomplished researcher with a focus on variation in quality of cancer care delivery and outcomes. His work has resulted in numerous presentations at national and international research conferences, publications within prestigious peer-reviewed journals, and awards from multiple professional organizations, including the American College of Surgeons, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the Society of Surgical Oncology, and the Appendix Cancer Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Research Foundation. Outside of work, he enjoys traveling, running, hiking, and sports.
Articles
A Scoping Review of the Classification, Diagnosis, and Management of Hepatic Adenomas
JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY
2022
Is robotic utilization associated with increased minimally invasive colorectal surgery rates? Surgeon-level evidence
SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY-ULTRASOUND AND INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES
2022
Impact of Delay in Adjuvant Therapy for Gallbladder Adenocarcinoma.
Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences
2022
Liver-Directed Treatment Options Following Liver Tumor Recurrence: A Review of the Literature
FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
2022
Social determinants of health Z-codes and postoperative outcomes after colorectal surgery: A national population-based study
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY
2022
Disparities in access to care among patients with appendiceal or colorectal cancer and peritoneal metastases: A medicare insurance-based study in the United States
FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
2022
ASO Visual Abstract: Disparities in Care Access to Liver-Directed Therapy Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis
ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
2022
Disparities in Care Access to Liver-Directed Therapy Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis
ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
2022
An assessment of left-digit bias in the treatment of older patients with potentially curable rectal cancer
SURGERY
2022
Variation in the volume-outcome relationship after rectal cancer surgery in the United States: Retrospective study with implications for regionalization.
Surgery
2021