Ian Wesley Folkert, MD, PhD
Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery
Headshot of Ian Wesley Folkert, MD, PhD

Ian Wesley Folkert, MD, PhD

Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery Perelman 3rd Floor
Headshot of Ian Wesley Folkert, MD, PhD
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

My education and training

  • University of Pennsylvania School of MedicineMedical School
  • University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency
  • University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer CenterFellowship
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Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

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

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Folkert IW, Mehran R, Sun R, Morris VK, Overman MJ, Kee B, Antonoff MB, Tzeng CW, Dasari A, Tran Cao H, Parseghian CM, Vilar E, Willis J, Newhook TE, Hofstetter W, Kopetz SE, Vauthey JN, Chun YS ASO Visual Abstract: Hepatectomy Plus Chemotherapy or Chemotherapy Alone for Resectable Liver and Unresectable Lung Metastases from Colorectal Adenocarcinoma (LUNA): A Randomized Phase II Trial , Annals of Surgical Oncology: 2026


Azari F, Kennedy GT, Folkert IW, Jones G, Chang A, Nadeem B, Chang AB, Conner A, Sullivan NT, Singhal S Fibroblast activation protein-targeted near-infrared labeling of cancer-associated fibroblasts in a non-small-cell lung cancer tumor microenvironment , Scientific Reports: 2026


Farooq MS, Vargas GM, Simons RA, Jona A, Shafique N, Folkert IW, Miura JT, Karakousis GC, Roses RE, Etherington MS Robotic surgery for small bowel neuroendocrine tumors is associated with greater nodal harvest compared to laparoscopic surgery , Surgery, 194: 2026,110165


Folkert IW, Day A, Damania A, Wong MC, Neilson T, Morgan R, Kopetz S, Smith JJ, Wargo JA, Ajami NJ, Shen JP, White MG Mapping the cellular landscape of intratumoral bacteria in colorectal cancer using single-cell transcriptomics , Cancer Research, 86(7_Supplement): 2026,4887-4887


Folkert IW, Chun YS ASO Author Reflections: Hepatectomy May Improve Survival in Patients with Resectable Liver and Unresectable Lung Metastases from Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: Results from the LUNA Trial , Ann Surg Oncol, 33(4): 2026,2943-2944


Folkert IW, Mehran R, Sun R, Morris VK, Overman MJ, Kee B, Antonoff MB, Tzeng CW, Dasari A, Tran Cao H, Parseghian CM, Vilar E, Willis J, Newhook TE, Hofstetter W, Kopetz SE, Vauthey JN, Chun YS Hepatectomy Plus Chemotherapy or Chemotherapy Alone for Resectable Liver and Unresectable Lung Metastases from Colorectal Adenocarcinoma (LUNA): A Randomized Phase II Trial , Ann Surg Oncol, 33(4): 2026,2899-2907


Azari F, Kennedy GT, Folkert IW, Jones G, Chang A, Conner A, Bernstein E, Nadeem B, Sullivan NT, Eruslanov E, Albelda S, Low P, Singhal S A fibroblast activation protein targeted optical tracer for identifying primary and metastatic sarcoma during resection , EJNMMI Res, 15(1): 2025,94


Folkert IW, Lie JJ, Bhutiani N, Das P, Song Y, Mansfield PF, Royal RE, Scally CP, Dineen SP, Fournier KF, Helmink BA Multidisciplinary management of locally advanced adenocarcinoma of the appendix , Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting: 2025


Haddad A, Lendoire M, Uppal A, Maki H, Folkert IW, Wang Y, Ayabe RI, Newhook TE, Chun YS, Tzeng CW, Vauthey JN, Tran Cao HS CEA Rebound After Discontinuation of Pre-Hepatectomy Chemotherapy Predicts Worse Outcomes After Resection of Colorectal Caner Liver Metastasis , Ann Surg Oncol, 32: 2025,1021-1032


Folkert IW, Molina Arocho WA, To TKJ, Devalaraja S, Molina IS, Shoush J, Mohei H, Zhai L, Akhtar MN, Kochat V, Arslan E, Lazar AJ, Wani K, Israel WP, Zhang Z, Chaluvadi VS, Norgard RJ, Liu Y, Fuller AM, Dang MT, Roses RE, Karakousis GC, Miura JT, Fraker DL, Eisinger-Mathason TSK, Simon MC, Weber K, Tan K, Fan Y, Rai K, Haldar M. An iron-rich subset of macrophages promotes tumor growth through a Bach1-Ednrb axis , J Exp Med, 221: 2024,e20230420


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