Adam Walchak, MD

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Assistant Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology

Specialties

  • Reconstructive Plastic Surgery

Areas of Expertise

Breast Cancer, Skin Cancer, Melanoma, Head & Neck Cancer

Distinctions

Clinical Locations

  • Fox Chase Cancer Center
    333 Cottman Avenue
    Philadelphia, PA 19111
    Phone: 888-369-2427
  • Fox Chase Cancer Center - Voorhees
    502 Centennial Blvd
    Suite 7
    Voorhees, NJ 08043
    Phone: 888-369-2427

Educational Background

  • Fellowship, Orthopaedic Hand and Microsurgery, Integris Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 2018
  • Residency, Plastic Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, 2017
  • Residency, General Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 2014
  • MD, Drexel College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2009
  • MS, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 2005
  • BS, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 2003

Certifications

  • American Board of Plastic Surgery

Memberships

  • Pennsylvania Medical Society, 2018
  • American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 2017
  • American Society for Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery, 2014

Honors & Awards

  • Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors, 2024-2026
  • Consultant of the Year Award: CCMC Emergency Department, 2019
  • Adrian E. Flatt Fellows Scholarship: awarded to young surgeons interested in pursuing higher education in the field of hand surgery, 2017
  • Leo M. Davidoff Society Award: Outstanding Chief Resident achievement in teaching of medical students, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Division of Plastic Surgery, 2017
  • H. Taylor Caswell, M.D., Award: Outstanding Chief Resident achievement in surgical education of residents, Temple University Hospital, Department of Surgery, 2014

Selected Publications

  • Wu T, Walchak A, Rayan G. “Congenital thumb-index web space deficiency”. Hand (N Y). 2019 Mar 21:1558944719837694. doi: 10.1177/1558944719837694. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Weingarten M, Papazoglou E, Zubkov L, Zhu L, Vorona G, Walchak A. “Measurement of optical properties to quantify healing of chronic diabetic wounds”. Wound Repair and Regeneration. May-June 2006;14(3):364-370.
  • Walchak A. “Expression of Cathepsin K in the involuting mouse mammary gland”. Villanova Press, defended undergraduate thesis Spring 2003.

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