Drexel University College of Medicine

Dr. Ari Brooks was instrumental in the development of the following patient programs:

• Led the Cancer Committee at both Hahnemann and MCP hospital during evaluations by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. Both sites received full accreditation for three years.
• Developed a "virtual" multidisciplinary breast center at the Hahnemann and Graduate Hospital sites. The centers offer multidisciplinary evaluation and coordinated care for breast cancer patients. The centers also serve as an enrollment point for clinical studies in surgery.
• Built the infrastructure for the Drexel/Tenet Women's Health Project, a program that provides screening and treatment for breast and cervical cancer to uninsured women, funded by the Susan G. Komen Foundation and the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Healthy Woman Project. Has provided over 5,000 screening mammograms to date, diagnosing and treating 50 cancers that would have otherwise gone undetected.
• Introduced a program in minimally invasive surgery for end-stage GI cancers and hepatocellular cancer, including laparoscopic bypass and radiofrequency ablation.

Affiliated Hospitals: Hahnemann University Hospital; Cancer Treatment Centers of America; South Jersey Regional Hospital

Awards and Honors

• Named "Top Doctor" by Philadelphia magazine (2011, 2012, and 2013)
• Best Doctors (2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012)

Video

• Drexel Medicine Surgeon Discusses Different Types of Liver Cancer
• Meet Drexel Medicine's Chief of Surgical Oncology Ari Brooks, M.D.

In the News

• "Angelina Jolie’s Preventive Double Mastectomy Surgery"
  Interviewed
  NBC 10 (May 2013)
• "Drexel Physicians Named "Top Docs" by Philadelphia Magazine"
  (May 2, 2013)
• "Newsmakers the Week of 11/29/2012"
  Mentioned
  Jewish Exponent (November 2012)
• "Radiation-free breast exam"
  Featured
  Philadelphia Inquirer (October 2012)
• "Breast cancer diagnostics firm gets grant to advance "intelligent" device for early stage detection"
  www.medcitynews.com (August 20, 2012)
• "Drexel Physicians Named "Top Docs" by Philadelphia Magazine"
  (May 1, 2012)

Selected Research

"Portable Breast Cancer Sreener"
Co-Principal Investigator with Drs. Wan Shih, Wei-Heng Shih, Vanlila Swami
Coulter Foundation (2008-2010)

"Quantum Dots for Tumor Margin Detection"
Co-Principal Investigator with Drs. Wan Shih, Wei-Heng Shih, Vanlila Swami
Coulter Foundation (2009-2010)

"Surgical Site Infections Research Initiative"
Co-Investigator with Dr. Suresh Joshi
Tenet Foundation (2008)

"Portable Plasma Sterilizer"
Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Barbee
Coulter Foundation (April 2007 - April 2008)

"Magnetizable bone cement for local drug delivery"
Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Barbee
Coulter Foundation (April 2007 - April 2008)

"Development of the Drug Delivery Surgical Staple"
Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Wheatley
Coulter Foundation Translation Research (April 2007 - April 2008)

"Development and Testing of a Nano Scale Ultrasound Contrast Agent For Detection of Ovarian Cancer"
Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Wheatley
DrexelMed Translation Foundation Grant (February 2007 - February 2008)

"Non-Thermal Atmospheric Pressure Electrical Discharge Plasma for Non-Surgical Treatment of Skin Diseases"
Co-investigator with Drs Fridman, Friedman, and Gutsol
DARPA (September 2006 - September 2007)

"Drexel/Tenet Women's Health Project"
Principal Investigator
Susan G. Komen Foundation Philadelphia Affiliate (May 2006 - May 2007)

"Translation Research, Development of the Drug Delivery Surgical Staple"
Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Wheatley
Coulter Foundation (April 2006 - April 2007)

"Isolated single lung perfusion for directed gene therapy"
Principal Investigator
NIH, NRSA F32 CA68802

Academic Rank and Appointments

• Associate Professor of Surgery at Drexel University College of Medicine
• Adjunct Faculty at the Center for Women's Health
• Adjunct Faculty for Molecular Pathobiology at Drexel University College of Medicine
• Affiliate Faculty for the School of Biomedical Engineering at Drexel University

• General Surgery
• Surgical Oncology

• Surgical oncology

• Surgery - NYU Medical Center, New York, NY

• Surgical Oncology - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
• Clinical Research - Thoracic Oncology and Metabolism Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY