Fred A Luchette, MD
Surgery, General, Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
Provider Groups
Loyola Medicine Physician
Loyola Physician Partners
Primary Contact
(888)584-7888
Appointments (New Patients Welcome)
Provider Groups
Loyola Medicine Physician
Loyola Physician Partners
Primary Contact
(888)584-7888Services & Specialties
Areas of Specialization
- Surgery
- Surgery, General
- Surgical Critical Care
Locations & Contact
Primary Location
Loyola Outpatient Center
2160 S First Ave
Maywood
, IL 60153
Loyola Medicine Burr Ridge
6800 N Frontage Rd
Burr Ridge
, IL 60527
Additional Resources
Education & Certifications
Education
Residency:
State University of New York at Buffalo
Education:
University of Louisville Hospital
(1981)
Board Certifications
Surgical Critical Care, Surgical Critical Care, American Board of Surgery Subspecialty (1990)
Surgery, General, Surgery, American Board of (1987)
Provider Groups
Loyola Medicine Physician
Loyola Physician Partners
Publications
- Locally Advanced Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus: Is Esophagectomy Associated with Improved Overall Survival? Kramer, S. P.; Swanson, J.; Fernando, M.; Park, S.; Verm, R.; Abdelsattar, Z.; Cohn, T.; Luchette, F. A.; Baker, M. S.; Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- Locally advanced pancreatic cancer: Is surgical palliation associated with improved clinical outcome relative to medical palliation? Kramer, S. P.; Tonelli, C.; Luchette, F. A.; Swanson, J.; Abdelsattar, Z.; Cohn, T.; Baker, M. S.; American journal of surgery
- Does commission on cancer (CoC) accreditation mitigate the effect of care fragmentation on clinical outcome in localized rectal cancer? Park, S. S.; Verm, R. A.; Abdelsattar, Z. M.; Kramer, S.; Swanson, J.; Fernando, M.; Cohn, T.; Luchette, F. A.; Baker, M. S.; American journal of surgery
- Clinical stage T2N0M0 rectal adenocarcinoma: Is radical resection associated with improved overall survival in patients with low-risk histology? Kramer, S. P.; Swanson, J.; Fernando, M.; Park, S.; Verm, R.; Abdelsattar, Z.; Cohn, T.; Luchette, F. A.; Baker, M. S.; Surgery
- Association between COVID-19 diagnosis and postoperative outcomes in sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: A national cohort study. Swanson, J.; Baker, M. S.; Fernando, M.; Luchette, F. A.; Cohn, T.; American journal of surgery
- Fragmented care in localized pancreatic cancer: Is commission on cancer accreditation associated with improved overall survival? Park, S. S.; Verm, R. A.; Abdelsattar, Z. M.; Kramer, S.; Swanson, J.; Fernando, M.; Cohn, T.; Luchette, F. A.; Baker, M. S.; Surgery
- Rectal neuroendocrine tumors: Can they be observed? Kramer, S. P.; Tonelli, C.; Abdelsattar, Z.; Cohn, T.; Luchette, F. A.; Baker, M. S.; Surgery
- Early-Stage Ampullary Cancer: Is Local Excision an Effective Alternative to Radical Resection? Swanson, J.; Littau, M.; Tonelli, C.; Cohn, T.; Luchette, F. A.; Abdelsattar, Z.; Baker, M. S.; Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- Association of Resident Independence With Short-term Clinical Outcome in Core General Surgery Procedures. Tonelli, C. M.; Cohn, T.; Abdelsattar, Z.; Luchette, F. A.; Baker, M. S.; JAMA surgery
- Laparoscopic and robotic paraesophageal hernia repair in United States veterans: Clinical outcomes and risk factors associated with reoperation recurrence. Tonelli, C. M.; Baker, M. S.; Luchette, F. A.; Cohn, T.; American journal of surgery
- Contributions of Surgical Critical Care Program Directors Society to the training of surgeons. Ali, Y.; Davis, K.; Chiu, W.; Cioffi, W.; Luchette, F.; Tisherman, S.; Spain, D.; The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
- Use of a national registry to define a composite quality metric for rectal cancer. Tonelli, C. M.; Kulshrestha, S.; Singer, M.; Pawlik, T. M.; Luchette, F. A.; Abdelsattar, Z. M.; Baker, M. S.; American journal of surgery
- A matched cohort comparison of endoscopic resection, chemoradiation and esophagectomy in the treatment of early-stage esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Swanson, J.; Littau, M.; Tonelli, C.; Cohn, T.; Luchette, F. A.; Abdelsattar, Z.; Baker, M. S.; American journal of surgery
- Is local excision an appropriate treatment modality in patients presenting with early-stage (cT1 N0 M0) rectal adenocarcinoma? Roat-Shumway, S.; Tonelli, C.; Singer, M.; Cohn, T.; Luchette, F. A.; Abdelsattar, Z.; Baker, M. S.; Surgery
- The role of endoscopic resection in early-stage esophageal adenocarcinoma: Esophagectomy is associated with improved survival in patients presenting with clinical stage T1bN0 disease. Swanson, J.; Littau, M.; Tonelli, C.; Cohn, T.; Luchette, F. A.; Abdelsattar, Z.; Baker, M. S.; Surgery
- The benefit of liver transplant beyond Milan criteria: An analysis using the National Cancer Database. Kim, P.; Littau, M.; Baker, T. B.; Abdelsattar, Z.; Tonelli, C.; Bunn, C.; Kulshrestha, S.; Luchette, F. A.; Scaglione, S.; Baker, M. S.; Surgery
- Comparative effectiveness of stereotactic body radiation therapy versus surgery for stage I lung cancer in otherwise healthy patients: An instrumental variable analysis. Littau, M. J.; Freeman, R.; Vigneswaran, W. T.; Luchette, F. A.; Baker, M. S.; Raad, W.; Abdelsattar, Z. M.; Loyola Thoracic Outcomes Group; JTCVS open
- Contemporary Matched-Cohort Comparison of Surgical Approach to Inguinal Hernia Repair: Are Minimally Invasive Approaches Associated with Higher Rates of Recurrence? Tonelli, C. M.; Lorenzo, I.; Bunn, C.; Kulshrestha, S.; Abdelsattar, Z. M.; Cohn, T.; Luchette, F. A.; Baker, M. S.; Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- Variation in Hospital Cost and 1-Year Episodes of Care after Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair. Kulshrestha, S.; Penton, A.; Luchette, F. A.; Baker, M. S.; Abdelsattar, Z. M.; Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- Are Residents Able to Perform a Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy with Acceptable Outcomes When the Attending Is Not Scrubbed? Tonelli, C. M.; Lorenzo, I.; Bunn, C.; Kulshrestha, S.; Cohn, T.; Abdelsattar, Z.; Luchette, F. A.; Baker, M. S.; Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- Professionalism of Admitting and Consulting Services and Trauma Patient Outcomes. Cooper, W. O.; Hickson, G. B.; Guillamondegui, O. D.; Cannon, J. W.; Charles, A. G.; Hoth, J. J.; Alam, H. B.; Tillou, A.; Luchette, F. A.; Skeete, D. A.; Domenico, H. J.; Meredith, J. W.; Brennan, T. M. H.; Smith, B. P.; Kelz, R. R.; Biesterveld, B. E.; Busuttil, A.; Jopling, J. K.; Hopkins, J. R.; Emory, C. L.; Sullivan, P. G.; Martin, R. S.; Howerton, R. M.; Cryer, H. M.; Davidson, H. A.; Gonzalez, R. P.; Spain, D. A.; Annals of surgery
- Low and moderate grade retroperitoneal liposarcoma: Is adjuvant radiotherapy associated with improved survival in patients undergoing R1 resection? Littau, M. J.; Bunn, C.; Kim, P.; Kulshrestha, S.; Tonelli, C.; Abdelsattar, Z. M.; Luchette, F. A.; Baker, M. S.; American journal of surgery
- Small-sized gastrointestinal stromal tumors: Is there an association between expectant management and overall survival? Patel, D. J.; Bunn, C.; Kulshrestha, S.; Tonelli, C.; Littau, M.; Kim, P.; Luchette, F.; Abdelsattar, Z.; Baker, M. S.; American journal of surgery
- Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: Is there a role for liver transplantation? Kim, P.; Littau, M.; Baker, T. B.; Abdelsattar, Z.; Tonelli, C.; Bunn, C.; Kulshrestha, S.; Luchette, F. A.; Baker, M. S.; Surgery
- Resectable intrahepatic and hilar cholangiocarcinoma: Is margin status associated with survival? Littau, M. J.; Kim, P.; Kulshrestha, S.; Bunn, C.; Tonelli, C.; Abdelsattar, Z. M.; Luchette, F. A.; Baker, M. S.; Surgery
- Does resident autonomy in colectomy procedures result in inferior clinical outcomes? Tonelli, C. M.; Lorenzo, I.; Bunn, C.; Kulshrestha, S.; Agnew, S. P.; Abdelsattar, Z. M.; Luchette, F. A.; Baker, M. S.; Surgery
- Supervised independence in elective inguinal hernia repairs performed by surgical residents is not associated with compromised short clinical outcome or rates of reoperation for recurrence. Lorenzo, I. L.; Tonelli, C. M.; Bunn, C.; Kulshrestha, S.; Agnew, S. P.; Cohn, T. D.; Abdelsattar, Z. M.; Baker, M. S.; Luchette, F. A.; American journal of surgery
- Textbook oncologic outcome in pancreaticoduodenectomy: Do regionalization efforts make sense? Kulshrestha, S.; Sweigert, P. J.; Tonelli, C.; Bunn, C.; Luchette, F. A.; Abdelsattar, Z. M.; Pawlik, T. M.; Baker, M. S.; Journal of surgical oncology
- Assessment of Textbook Outcome After Surgery for Stage I/II Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Kulshrestha, S.; Vigneswaran, W. T.; Pawlik, T. M.; Baker, M. S.; Luchette, F. A.; Raad, W.; Abdelsattar, Z. M.; Freeman, R. K.; Grenda, T.; Lubawski, J.; Loyola Thoracic Outcomes Group; Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
- Is positive histologic surgical margin associated with overall survival in patients with resectable gallbladder cancer? Littau, M. J.; Kulshrestha, S.; Bunn, C.; Kim, P.; Luchette, F. A.; Baker, M. S.; Surgery open science
- Trends in utilization of whole-body computed tomography in blunt trauma after MVC: Analysis of the Trauma Quality Improvement Program database. Bunn, C.; Ringhouse, B.; Patel, P.; Baker, M.; Gonzalez, R.; Abdelsattar, Z. M.; Luchette, F. A.; The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
- State-Level Examination of Clinical Outcomes and Costs for Robotic and Laparoscopic Approach to Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair. Kulshrestha, S.; Janjua, H. M.; Bunn, C.; Rogers, M.; DuCoin, C.; Abdelsattar, Z. M.; Luchette, F. A.; Kuo, P. C.; Baker, M. S.; Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- A Leg to Stand on: Trauma Center Designation and Association with Rate of Limb Salvage in Patients Suffering Severe Lower Extremity Injury. Bunn, C.; Kulshrestha, S.; Di Chiaro, B.; Maduekwe, U.; Abdelsattar, Z. M.; Baker, M. S.; Luchette, F. A.; Agnew, S.; Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- Red blood cell distribution width and outcome in trauma patients. Brown, M.; Nassoiy, S.; Plackett, T.; Luchette, F.; Posluszny, J.; Journal of osteopathic medicine
- The importance of the margin of resection and radiotherapy in retroperitoneal liposarcoma. Littau, M. J.; Kulshrestha, S.; Bunn, C.; Agnew, S.; Sweigert, P.; Luchette, F. A.; Baker, M. S.; American journal of surgery
- The importance of the margin of resection and external radiation in non-lipomatous retroperitoneal sarcoma. Littau, M. J.; Kulshrestha, S.; Bunn, C.; Agnew, S.; Sweigert, P.; Luchette, F. A.; Baker, M. S.; American journal of surgery
- Unhealthy alcohol and drug use is associated with an increased length of stay and hospital cost in patients undergoing major upper gastrointestinal and pancreatic oncologic resections. Kulshrestha, S.; Bunn, C.; Gonzalez, R.; Afshar, M.; Luchette, F. A.; Baker, M. S.; Surgery
- Application of machine learning to the prediction of postoperative sepsis after appendectomy. Bunn, C.; Kulshrestha, S.; Boyda, J.; Balasubramanian, N.; Birch, S.; Karabayir, I.; Baker, M.; Luchette, F.; Modave, F.; Akbilgic, O.; Surgery
- Biliary Enteric Reconstruction After Biliary Injury: Delayed Repair Is More Costly Than Early Repair. Sweigert, P. J.; Eguia, E.; Nelson, M. H.; Bunn, C.; Kulshrestha, S.; Luchette, F. A.; Baker, M. S.; The Journal of surgical research
- Nuances of Surgical Care for the Elderly. Luchette, F. A.; Barraco, R. D.; Clinics in geriatric medicine
- So many commitments with so little time: Can our profession survive? Luchette, F. A.; Surgery
- Superusers: Drivers of health care resource utilization in the national trauma population. Gil, L. A.; Kothari, A. N.; Brownlee, S. A.; Ton-That, H.; Patel, P. P.; Gonzalez, R. P.; Luchette, F. A.; Anstadt, M. J.; Surgery
- Adhesive Bowel Obstruction Following Urologic Surgery: Improved Outcomes with Early Intervention. Blackwell, R. H.; Kothari, A. N.; Shah, A.; Gange, W.; Quek, M. L.; Luchette, F. A.; Flanigan, R. C.; Kuo, P. C.; Gupta, G. N.; Current urology
- Impact and treatment success of new-onset atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate development in the surgical intensive care unit. Brown, M.; Nassoiy, S.; Chaney, W.; Plackett, T. P.; Blackwell, R. H.; Luchette, F.; Engoren, M.; Posluszny, J.; The Journal of surgical research
- The National Trauma Data Bank story for emergency department thoracotomy: How old is too old? Gil, L. A.; Anstadt, M. J.; Kothari, A. N.; Javorski, M. J.; Gonzalez, R. P.; Luchette, F. A.; Surgery
- Trying to Improve on Good Is Not Always Better. Plackett, T. P.; Luchette, F. A.; Critical care medicine
- "Right place at the right time" impacts outcomes for acute intestinal obstruction. Kothari, A. N.; Liles, J. L.; Holmes, C. J.; Zapf, M. A.; Blackwell, R. H.; Kliethermes, S.; Kuo, P. C.; Luchette, F. A.; Surgery
- Injury in the aged: Geriatric trauma care at the crossroads. Kozar, R. A.; Arbabi, S.; Stein, D. M.; Shackford, S. R.; Barraco, R. D.; Biffl, W. L.; Brasel, K. J.; Cooper, Z.; Fakhry, S. M.; Livingston, D.; Moore, F.; Luchette, F.; The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
- Cervical spine clearance when unable to be cleared clinically: a pooled analysis of combined computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Plackett, T. P.; Wright, F.; Baldea, A. J.; Mosier, M. J.; Thomas, C.; Luchette, F. A.; Ton-That, H. H.; Esposito, T. J.; American journal of surgery
- Caring for the geriatric surgical patient. Luchette, F. A.; The Surgical clinics of North America
- Can't have one without the other: component separation plus mesh for repairing difficult incisional hernias. O'Halloran, E. B.; Barwegen, C. J.; Dombrowski, J. M.; Vandevender, D. K.; Luchette, F. A.; Surgery
- The role of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α in response to injury and hypoxia*. Baldea, A. J.; Luchette, F. A.; Critical care medicine
- Contemporary management of flail chest. Vana, P. G.; Neubauer, D. C.; Luchette, F. A.; The American surgeon
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for biliary dyskinesia: Which patients have long term benefit? Wybourn, C. A.; Kitsis, R. M.; Baker, T. A.; Degner, B.; Sarker, S.; Luchette, F. A.; Surgery
- Surgical critical care workforce--are all intensivists created equal? Luchette, F. A.; JAMA surgery
- A practical cost-effective management strategy for gallstone pancreatitis. Tabone, L. E.; Conlon, M.; Fernando, E.; Yi, S.; Sarker, S.; Fisichella, P. M.; Luchette, F. A.; American journal of surgery
- Cholera: something old, something new. Sigman, M.; Luchette, F. A.; Surgical infections
- Commentary on "Spinal versus general anesthesia for day-case laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a prospective randomized study". Luchette, F. A.; Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A
- A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to assess the effect of recombinant human erythropoietin on functional outcomes in anemic, critically ill, trauma subjects: the Long Term Trauma Outcomes Study. Luchette, F. A.; Pasquale, M. D.; Fabian, T. C.; Langholff, W. K.; Wolfson, M.; American journal of surgery
- To 'gram or not'? Indications for intraoperative cholangiogram. Tabone, L. E.; Sarker, S.; Fisichella, P. M.; Conlon, M.; Fernando, E.; Yi, S.; Luchette, F. A.; Surgery
- The ribs or not the ribs: which influences mortality? Jones, K. M.; Reed, R. L.; Luchette, F. A.; American journal of surgery
- A review of available prosthetics for ventral hernia repair. Shankaran, V.; Weber, D. J.; Reed, R. L.; Luchette, F. A.; Annals of surgery
- Not yet ready for prime time. Luchette, F. A.; The Journal of surgical research
- Endovascular grafts for treatment of traumatic injury to the aortic arch and great vessels. Hershberger, R. C.; Aulivola, B.; Murphy, M.; Luchette, F. A.; The Journal of trauma
- Use of human acellular dermal matrix for hernia repair: friend or foe? Candage, R.; Jones, K.; Luchette, F. A.; Sinacore, J. M.; Vandevender, D.; Reed, R. L.; Surgery
- The management of the trauma patient with medically-altered coagulation. Abood, G. J.; Luchette, F. A.; The American surgeon
- Broken bones and orthopedist groans: can an acute care surgeon fix both? Endorf, F. W.; Esposito, T. J.; Reed, R. L.; Luchette, F. A.; Gamelli, R. L.; The Journal of trauma
- Medicare's "Global" terrorism: where is the pay for performance? Reed, R. L.; Luchette, F. A.; Esposito, T. J.; Pyrz, K.; Gamelli, R. L.; The Journal of trauma
- Clinician vs mathematical statistical models: which is better at predicting an abnormal chest radiograph finding in injured patients? Dillard, E.; Luchette, F. A.; Sears, B. W.; Norton, J.; Schermer, C. R.; Reed, R. L.; Gamelli, R. L.; Esposito, T. J.; The American journal of emergency medicine
- Comparison of routine chest radiograph versus clinician judgment to determine adequate central line placement in critically ill patients. Abood, G. J.; Davis, K. A.; Esposito, T. J.; Luchette, F. A.; Gamelli, R. L.; The Journal of trauma
- Do we need neurosurgical coverage in the trauma center? Esposito, T. J.; Luchette, F. A.; Gamelli, R. L.; Advances in surgery
- Nutritional gain versus financial gain: The role of metabolic carts in the surgical ICU. Davis, K. A.; Kinn, T.; Esposito, T. J.; Reed, R. L.; Santaniello, J. M.; Luchette, F. A.; The Journal of trauma
- Socioeconomic factors, medicolegal issues, and trauma patient transfer trends: Is there a connection? Esposito, T. J.; Crandall, M.; Reed, R. L.; Gamelli, R. L.; Luchette, F. A.; The Journal of trauma
- Trauma surgeons practice what they preach: The NTDB story on solid organ injury management. Hurtuk, M.; Reed, R. L.; Esposito, T. J.; Davis, K. A.; Luchette, F. A.; The Journal of trauma
- Cardiac herniation due to blunt trauma: early diagnosis facilitated by CT. Wielenberg, A. J.; Demos, T. C.; Luchette, F. A.; Bova, D.; AJR. American journal of roentgenology
- Ventilator-associated pneumonia after combined burn and trauma is caused by associated injuries and not the burn wound. Eckert, M. J.; Wade, T. E.; Davis, K. A.; Luchette, F. A.; Esposito, T. J.; Poulakidas, S. J.; Santaniello, J. M.; Gamelli, R. L.; Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association
- Predictors of the need for nephrectomy after renal trauma. Davis, K. A.; Reed, R. L.; Santaniello, J.; Abodeely, A.; Esposito, T. J.; Poulakidas, S. J.; Luchette, F. A.; The Journal of trauma
- Ventilator-associated pneumonia, like real estate: location really matters. Eckert, M. J.; Davis, K. A.; Reed, R. L.; Esposito, T. J.; Santaniello, J. M.; Poulakidas, S.; Gamelli, R. L.; Luchette, F. A.; The Journal of trauma
- Reasons to omit digital rectal exam in trauma patients: no fingers, no rectum, no useful additional information. Esposito, T. J.; Ingraham, A.; Luchette, F. A.; Sears, B. W.; Santaniello, J. M.; Davis, K. A.; Poulakidas, S. J.; Gamelli, R. L.; The Journal of trauma
- Combined percutaneous and angiographic thrombosis of a traumatic hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm in a child. Malaisrie, S. C.; Borge, M. A.; Glynn, L.; Santaniello, J. M.; Esposito, T. J.; Davis, K. A.; Luchette, F. A.; The Journal of trauma
- Old fashion clinical judgment in the era of protocols: is mandatory chest X-ray necessary in injured patients? Sears, B. W.; Luchette, F. A.; Esposito, T. J.; Dickson, E. L.; Grant, M.; Santaniello, J. M.; Jodlowski, C. R.; Davis, K. A.; Poulakidas, S. J.; Gamelli, R. L.; The Journal of trauma
- Half-a-dozen ribs: the breakpoint for mortality. Flagel, B. T.; Luchette, F. A.; Reed, R. L.; Esposito, T. J.; Davis, K. A.; Santaniello, J. M.; Gamelli, R. L.; Surgery
- Neurosurgical coverage: essential, desired, or irrelevant for good patient care and trauma center status. Esposito, T. J.; Reed, R. L.; Gamelli, R. L.; Luchette, F. A.; Annals of surgery
- Ventilator-associated pneumonia in injured patients: do you trust your Gram's stain? Davis, K. A.; Eckert, M. J.; Reed, R. L.; Esposito, T. J.; Santaniello, J. M.; Poulakidas, S.; Luchette, F. A.; The Journal of trauma
- Medicare's bundling of trauma care codes violates relative value principles. Reed, R. L.; Luchette, F.; Davis, K. A.; Esposito, T. J.; Poulakidas, S.; Santaniello, J.; Silver, G.; Pyrz, K.; Gamelli, R.; The Journal of trauma
- Urgent airways after trauma: who gets pneumonia? Eckert, M. J.; Davis, K. A.; Reed, R. L.; Santaniello, J. M.; Poulakidas, S.; Esposito, T. J.; Luchette, F. A.; The Journal of trauma
- Ten year experience of burn, trauma, and combined burn/trauma injuries comparing outcomes. Santaniello, J. M.; Luchette, F. A.; Esposito, T. J.; Gunawan, H.; Reed, R. L.; Davis, K. A.; Gamelli, R. L.; The Journal of trauma
- Mechanism of injury does not predict acuity or level of service need: field triage criteria revisited. Santaniello, J. M.; Esposito, T. J.; Luchette, F. A.; Atkian, D. K.; Davis, K. A.; Gamelli, R. L.; Surgery