Erica Pettke, MD, MPH, FACS
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Colon and Rectal Surgery University City
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Schedule onlineCall 215-662-8664
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Associate Program Director, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
  • Associate Program Director, Medical Student Surgical Clerkship
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
  • Residency: Mount Sinai Morningside
  • Fellowship: Swedish Medical Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

368 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

October 2025
very attentive and friendly and knowledgeable
October 2025
the only outcome was that the doctor said we need to do an mri before she can give us any definitive direction forward. it was for the most part a wasted trip. someone should have notated the mri needs to be completed prior to the consultation with the surgeon. if you look at it from my perspective, i took a redeye flight from nevada home to be here in time for what i thought was a very important consultation on moving forward only to find out that there was no ability for the doctor to give any of that input until the mri is completed.
October 2025
very knowledgeable
October 2025
great doctor

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Pettke is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Goldberg, D, Pettke, E Global Perspectives on Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer: Epidemiology, Challenges, and Advances , Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery: 2025

Krasnovsky L, Weber AT, Gershuni V, Pettke E, Lewis JD. Preoperative Exclusive Enteral Nutrition Is Associated With Reduced Skin and Soft Tissue and Intra-abdominal Infections in Patients With Crohn's Disease Undergoing Intestinal Surgery: Results from a Meta-Analysis. , Inflamm Bowel Dis, 30(11): 2024,2105-2114

Shafique N, Susman CG, Tortorello GN, Dheer A, Pettke E, Karakousis GC. Changing colon cancer screening guidelines to age 45: Has it made a difference? , Surgery, 176(3): 2024,680-683

Jeffrey L. Roberson, MD Erica N. Pettke, MD, MPH, FACS Dietary Risk Factors: Fiber and Beyond , Clin Colon Rectal Surg: 2024

Ariel Nehemiah Pilot Feasibility Study of Physical Activity to Manage Bowel Dysfunction in Survivors of Rectal Cancer , Diseases of Colon and Rectum: 2024

Shantha Kumara H, Jaspreet S, Pettke E, Miyagaki H, Herath SA, Yan X, Cekic V, Whelan RL. Osteopontin levels are persistently elevated for 4 weeks following minimally invasive colorectal cancer resection , Surgical Innovation : 2022 (Epub)

Tong JK, Straker RJ, Pettke E, Shanmugan S, Saur NM, Aarons CB, Bleier JI, Mahmoud NN Exploring the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on patterns of colorectal surgical care , Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 65(5): 2022

Kumara HMCS, Addison P, Gamage DN, Pettke E, Shah A, Yan X, Cekic V, Whelan RL Sustained postoperative plasma elevations of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 following minimally invasive colorectal cancer resection , Molecular & Clinical Oncolody, 16(2): 2022,28

Shantha Kumara H, Miyagaki H, Herath SA, Pettke E, Yan X, Cekic V, Whelan RL Plasma MMP-2 and MMP-7 levels are elevated first month after surgery and may promote growth of residual metastases , World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology , 13(8): 2021,879-892

Heidelberg LS, Pettke EN, Wagner T, Angotti L An atypical case of necrotizing fasciitis secondary to perforated cecal cancer , Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2020(11): 2020,rjaa371