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Joel A. Okoli, MD, MPH, FACS
Professor of Clinical Surgery
Surgery - Division of Surgical Oncology
Location: Grady - 80 Jesse Hill Drive Atlanta Georgia 30303
Phone: (404)789-3900
E-mail: surgerydept@msm.edu
Education
POSTGRADUATE:
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine
Residency: General Surgery
State of New York Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Fellowship: Endoscopy & Vascular Access
State of New York Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Fellowship: Surgical Oncology & Endoscopy
MEDICAL SCHOOL:
Yale University
Degree: Doctor of Medicine
GRADUATE:
Yale University
Degree: Master of Public Health
UNDERGRADUATE:
Seattle University
Degree: Bachelor of Science Clinical Chemistry
Specialties
Benign and malignant diseases of the breast, small and large intestine, liver, pancreas, thyroid, parathyroid, parotid glands, soft tissue tumors, melanoma, and endoscopy.Board Certification
- American Board of Surgery
Publications
- Jingyao Xu1, Zerak Kabir, Kartik Aysola, Yuli Chai, Nina Wyatt, Shai Waldrip, Alexis Clark, Michelle Lee, Vaishali Reddy, Manan Shah, Eric Chang, Joel Okoli, E Shyam P Reddy and Veena N Rao* p21 WAF1/CIP1 is a Downstream target of ELK-1 Growth / Tumor Suppressor Pathway in Breast and Androgen independent Prostate Cancers Open Access Journal of Oncology and Medicine, July 30, 2021
- Xu J., Clark A., Qin Y., McLarty, K., Lanh S., Sandhu K., Eatman D., Okoli J., Reddy
S.P, Rao, V.N.
Mechanism Based Precision Diagnostics for BRCA1-Associated TNBC. International Journal of Chronic Diseases & Therapy, 2021 - White, B.N., Okoli, J, Dixon, J. B.,Yuan, L., Yang, S., Gabram-Mendola, S.G.A. Use of a portable infrared 3D scanning device measuring limb volume in a safety net hospital breast clinic. The Breast Journal, Feb 25, 2021
- Binkley, J. M., Stratford, P., Kirkpatrick, S., Farley, C. R., Okoli, J. A., Gabram, S. (2018). Estimating the Reliability and Validity of the Upper Extremity Functional Index in Women After Breast Cancer Surgery. Clinical Breast Cancer / Elsevier Inc.
- Xu, J., Shumate, C., Qin, Y., Reddy, V., Burnam, Y., Lopez, V., Okoli, J. A., Reddy, E., Rao, V. N. (2017). “A Novel Ubc9 -dependent Pathway Regulates SIRT1- ER-α Axis and BRCA1- Associated TNBC Lung Metastasis”. Integrated Molecular Medicine(2017), 4(4); 1-7.
- Turner, J., Liasis, L., Malletzis, G., Chase, A., E. P., Okoli, J. A., Rao, V. N., Clark, C. (2017). Prognostic Impact of Lymph Node Ratio in Obstructive Colorectal Cancer. Journal of Cancer Epidemiology & Treatment. .
- Turner, J., Lampros, L., Malietzis, G., Okoli, J. A., Reddy, E., Rao, V., Chase, A., Clark, C. (2017). Prognostic impact of lymph node ration in obstructive colorectal cancer. Journal of Cancer Epidemiology & Treatment, 1(4), 8-12.
- Lai, L., Binkley, J., Jones, V., Kirkpatrick, S., Furbish, C., Stratford, P., Thompson,
W., Sidhu, A., Farley, C., Okoli, J. A., Beech, D., Gabram, S. (2016). “Implementing
the Prospective Surveillance Model (PSM) of Rehabilitation for Breast Cancer Patients
with 1-Year Postoperative Follow-up, a Prospective, Observational Study”. Annuals of Surgical Oncology(Ann Surg Oncol (2016) 23:3379–3384).
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Honors and Awards
- 2019 ͼ Leonard Tow Gold Humanism in Medicine Award
- 2019 ͼ Outstanding Surgery Faculty Member
- ͼ, Department of Surgery, “In honor of Outstanding Performance and Dedicated Years of Service”; Awarded at 2018 Surgery Department Graduation, Commerce Club, Atlanta, GA
- 2018 ͼ Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award and Keynote Speaker
- 2017 ͼ, General Surgery Residency Program Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award
- Grady Health Systems - Recognized on the 2017 “Press Ganey Superstars Board” at Grady Hospital. A patient gave a testimony stating that, “He (Dr. Okoli) is a physician, teacher, and a mentor to me---he saved my life.”
- 2016 ͼ “Surgical Program Director’s Outstanding Faculty Award,” ͼ Department of Surgery
- “Biggest Smile Award” by MD Class of 2014 for dedication to student excellence