Sara Palazzo Ginzberg, MD, MSHP

About Dr. Ginzberg

Sara is a chief resident resident in General Surgery. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Ecology & Evolution from the University of Michigan in 2013. She spent a year working for Kaplan Test Prep and traveling prior to enrolling in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 2014. During her two years in the lab, she studied surgical quality improvement and disparities in cancer outcomes under the mentorship of Dr. Heather Wachtel. She plans to pursue a fellowship in Surgical Oncology.

Education

2021 - 2023
MSHP - University of Pennsylvania

2009 - 2013
BS - University of Michigan

Societies

2018 - present
American College of Surgeons

2018 - present
Pennsylvania Medical Society

2020 - present
Association of Women Surgeons

2021 - present
American Medical Association

2021 - present
Association for Academic Surgery

2021 - present
Society of Surgical Oncology

2022 - present
AcademyHealth

2022 - present
Society for Asian Academic Surgeons

2023 - present
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract

Awards

2023
Don Liu Humanism Hero in Surgery Award

2018
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

2018
Gold Humanism Honor Society

2018
Perelman School of Medicine Joel Gordon Miller Award

2013
Phi Beta Kappa

Research

2015
University of Pennsylvania Department of Family Medicine & Community Health
Tested feasibility of mobile application-based mood intervention, using patient-reported data as well as GPS mobility tracking, for pregnant women with depression.

2011 - 2013
Wessells Lab, University of Michigan Institute of Gerontology
Worked to establish D. melanogaster as a viable model organism for studying the effects of exercise; investigated the impact of diet and sex on exercise motivation and outcomes in flies.

Publications

1. Finn C, Sharpe JE, Krumeich LN, Ginzberg SP, Soegaard JM, Tong JK, Wachtel H, Fraker DL, Kelz RR. Utilization and Costs of Same-Day Surgery Versus Overnight Admission for Total Thyroidectomy: A Multi-State, All-Payer Analysis. Surgery. In Press.
2. Ginzberg SP, Kalva S, Wirtalla CJ, Passman JE, Cohen DL, Cohen JB, Wachtel H. Development of a Risk Prediction Model for Primary Aldosteronism in Veterans with Hypertension. Surgery. In Press.
3. Ginzberg SP, Krumeich LN. Surgical De-escalation in Medullary Thyroid Cancer: A Commentary. Oncologist. Sept 2023, Epub ahead of print.
4. Ginzberg SP, Wirtalla CJ, Keele LJ, Wachtel H, Kaufman EJ, Kelz RR. An Acute Care Surgeon’s Dilemma: Operative vs. Non-operative Management of Emergency General Surgery Conditions in Patients with Recent Colorectal Cancer Treatment. Am J Surg. Sept 2023, Epub ahead of print.
5. Ginzberg SP*, Edmonds CE*, Dako F, Donnell T, Washington AL, Elmore LC, Lee DJ, Vachani A, Mincarelli D, Zeballos Torrez C, McCormick TM, Rodriguez V, Nguyen V, Oliva C, Atherholt B, Gaiser R, Congiu L, Grant B, Englander BS, Guerra CE, Nunes LW. Together We Go Father: Improving Access to Cancer Screening Through a Multidisciplinary, One-Stop-Shop Approach. Acad Radiol. 2023:S1076-6332(23)00390-2. 
6. Ginzberg SP*, Gasior JA*, Passman JE, Soegaard Ballester JM, Finn CB, Karakousis GC, Kelz RR, Wachtel H. Disparities in Presentation, Treatment, and Survival in Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer. Ann Surg Onc. 2023;30(11):6788-6798.
7. Ginzberg SP, Gasior JA, Wachtel H. ASO Author Reflections: Applying the Lens of Equity to Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer. Ann Surg Onc. 2023;30(11):6799-6800.
8. Ginzberg SP, Roberson JL, Nehemiah A, Soegaard JM, Warshauer AK, Wachtel H, Erdman MS, Dlugosz KL, George LJ, Lynn JC, Martin ND, Myers JS. Time to Transfer as a Quality Improvement Imperative: Implications of a Hub-and-Spoke Health System Model on the Timing of Emergency Procedures. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2023;49(10):539-546.
9. Ginzberg SP, Soegaard Ballester JM, Wirtalla CJ, Pryma DA, Mandel SJ, Kelz RR, Wachtel H. Insurance-Based Disparities in Guideline-Concordant Thyroid Cancer Care in the Era of De-Escalation. J Surg Res. 2023;289:211-219.
10. Soegaard JM, Ginzberg SP, Stein J, Wachtel H, Mahmoud NN. Preoperative History and Physical Update Visits Offer Limited Clinical Value in Colorectal Surgery: A Retrospective Chart Review Study. Am J Surg. 2023;226(3):324-329.
11. Soegaard JM, Finn C, Ginzberg SP, Kelz RR, Wachtel H. Thyroid Cancer Pathologic Upstaging: Frequency and Related Factors. Am J Surg. 2023;226(2):171-175.
12. Ginzberg SP, Soegaard Ballester JM, Wirtalla CJ, Morales KH, Pryma DA, Mandel SJ, Kelz RR, Wachtel H. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Appropriate Thyroid Cancer Treatment, Before and After the Release of the 2015 American Thyroid Association Guidelines. Ann Surg Onc. 2023;30(5):2928-2937.
13. Ginzberg SP, Wachtel H. ASO Author Reflections: Achieving Equity in Thyroid Cancer Treatment – More Work Ahead. Ann Surg Onc. 2023;30(5):2938-2939.
14. Ginzberg SP, Kelz RR. Invited Commentary: Crisis preparedness: a systems-based framework for avoiding harm in surgery. JACS. 2022:235(4);622-623.
15. Hanna AN, Datta J, Ginzberg SP, Dasher K, Ginsberg GG, Dempsey DT. Laparoscopic Heller myotomy vs. per oral endoscopic myotomy: patient-reported outcomes at a single institution. JACS. 2018:226;465-472.
16. Maina IW, Belton TD, Ginzberg SP, Singh A, Johnson TJ. A decade of studying implicit racial/ethnic bias in healthcare providers using the implicit association test. Soc Sci Med. 2018:199;219-229.
17. Jayakumar KL, Larkin DJ, Ginzberg SP, Patel M. Personal financial literacy among U.S. medical students. MedEdPublish. 2017:6;35.
18. Bazzell B, Ginzberg SP, Healy L, Wessells RJ. Dietary composition regulates Drosophila mobility and cardiac physiology. J Exp Bio. 2013:216;859-868.
19. Tinkerhess MJ, Ginzberg SP, Piazza N, Wessells RJ. Endurance Training Protocol and Longitudinal Performance Assays for Drosophila melanogaster. J Vis Exp. 2012:61;3786.