Cancers Treated:
Specializing In:
- Advanced and recurrent rectal carcinoma
- Colorectal metastases to liver
- Tumors affecting liver, biliary tract, pancreas, colon
- Robot-assisted surgery of liver, biliary tract, pancreas and colon
- Recurrent rectal cancer and Intra-operative radiation therapy
Research Interests:
- Translational research on the epidermal growth factor receptors and ligands
Positions
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Professor of Oncology
- Department of Surgical Oncology
Background
Education and Training
- 1977-1981 - MD - University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
- 1973-1977 - BS with Distinction, Chemistry and Zoology, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Residency
- 1982-1988 - General surgery, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC
Fellowship
- 1991-1993 - Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- 1988-1991 - Research Fellow, Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, National Cancer Institute (NIH-NCI), Bethesda, MD
Board Certification
- 1991-2021 Diplomate of American Board of Surgery
Professional Memberships
- American College of Surgeons
- Society of Surgical Oncology
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
- American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
- American Association for Cancer Education
Professional Experience
- 2019-2022 - Director of the Multi-Departmental Robotics Programs Oversight Committee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
- 2004-2022 Member of the North Carolina Cancer Hospital Executive Committee
- 2001-2020 - Director of the Gastro-Intestinal Multidisciplinary Oncology Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
- 2003-2014 - Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
- 1994-1999 - Director of the Cancer Education Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
- 1993-2022 - Faculty in the Department of Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
- 1981-1982 - Director of Medical Boat Clinic on the Mamore River between Bolivia and Brazil
Honors & Awards
- Phi Beta Kappa - George Washington University
- 1987 - Outstanding Surgical Chief Resident, George Washington University
- 1998, 2003, 2008 - Teacher of the year at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- James Newsome Endowed Professor in Surgical Oncology, The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
