John C. Kucharczuk, MD
Thoracic Surgery
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John C. Kucharczuk, MD

Thoracic Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
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About me

  • Director, Thoracic Oncology Network, Abramson Cancer Center
  • Director, Integrated Thoracic Oncology Program
  • Carole and Stuart Potter Associate Professor in BRCA Clinical Care

My education and training

  • University of Pennsylvania School of MedicineMedical School
  • University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency
  • University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship

Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

1256 reviews

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Anonymous
September 2026
Seemed extremely competent
Anonymous
September 2026
Dr Kucharczuk is friendly. Caring, professional and knowledgeable. He is the best.
Anonymous
September 2026
Everything went great
Anonymous
September 2026
Very knowledgeable attentive and makes you feel comfortable

Insurance accepted

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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. Kucharczuk is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Wang W, Scholes D, Roy M, Singhal S, Kucharczuk J, Jarrar D, Predina J, Pechet T, Sun L, Singh AP, Cohen RB, Langer CJ, Aggarwal C, Marmarelis ME EMBER-Lung: Electronic medical record boosting molecular testing in early stage NSCLC , Journal of Clinical Oncology, 43(16 Suppl): 2025


Krupp K, Leung G, Simon C, Kucharczuk J, Predina J, Hashimoto DA Per oral transthoracic rendezvous for endoscopic closure of persistent gastropleural fistula that failed surgical management , VideoGIE, 10(5 Suppl): 2025,S5


Soegaard Ballester JM, Kucharczuk JC Esophageal-pericardial and esophageal-atrial fistulae , Thoracic Surgery Clinics, 34(4): 2024,395-403


Bou-Samra P, Chang A, Guo E, Azari F, Kennedy G, Din A, Pechet T, Jarrar D, Kucharczuk J, Predina J, Delikatny J, Low PS, Singhal S Histology and lung nodule fluorescence in intraoperative molecular imaging with pafolacianine , Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports, 2(3): 2024,432-437


Azari F, Kennedy G, Bou-Samra P, Din A, Zhang K, Chang A, Ibrahimli A, Galandarova A, Kucharczuk J, Singhal S First in human prospective validation of intraoperative artificial intelligence guided diagnosis of indeterminate lung nodules , Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 18(11 Suppl): 2023,S137


Simone CB, Yegya-Raman N, Manjunath S, Verma V, Shabason JE, Xu L, Cengel KA, Levin WP, Berman AT, Christodouleas JP, Aggarwal C, Cohen RB, Langer CJ, Pechet TT, Singal S, Kucharczuk JC, Rengan R, Feigenberg SJ Prospective feasibility and phase I/II trial of preoperative proton beam therapy with concurrent chemotherapy for resectable stage IIIA or superior sulcus non-small cell lung cancer , International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 117(3): 2023,683-689


Kennedy GT, Azari FS, Chang A, Chang A, Bou-Samra P, Desphande C, Delikatny EJ, Eruslanov E, Kucharczuk JC, Rice DC, Singhal S A pH-activatable nanoprobe labels diverse histologic subtypes of human lung cancer during resection , Molecular Imaging & Biology, 25(5): 2023,824-832


Azari F, Kennedy GT, Chang A, Bernstein E, Nadeem B, Pèlegrin A, Cailler F, Sullivan NT, Kucharczuk J, Singhal S Glycoprotein receptor CEACAM5-targeted intraoperative molecular imaging tracer in non-small cell lung cancer , Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 116(3): 2023,631-641


Azari F, Zhang K, Kennedy G, Bou-Samra P, Chang A, Nadeem B, Chang A, Galandarova A, Ibrahimli A, Karimov Z, Din A, Kucharczuk J, Doraid J, Pechet T, Delikatny E, Singhal S Prospective validation of tumor folate receptor expression density with the association of pafolacianine fluorescence during intraoperative molecular imaging-guided lung cancer resections , European Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging, 50(8): 2023,2453-2465


Kennedy GT, Azari FS, Chang A, Nadeem B, Bernstein E, Segil A, Din A, Desphande C, Okusanya O, Keating J, Predina J, Newton A, Kucharczuk JC, Singhal S Single-institution experience of 500 pulmonary resections guided by intraoperative molecular imaging , Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, 165(6): 2023,1928-1938.e1