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Ghassan Abou-Alfa MD

Medical Oncologist; Asst. Professor of Medicine, Gastrointestinal Oncology

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

160 East 53rd Street
New York, New York 10022

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Specializes in gastrointestinal oncology, including primary liver cancer, pancreas, gallbladder, and bile duct tumors. Research focuses on improving the effectiveness of cancer therapy by incorporating small novel biological molecules that target cancer into the treatment of chemotherapy-resistant gastrointestinal malignancies, particularly hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancers.

Fereidoun Abtin MD

Interventional Radiologist

UCLA Medical Center

1245 16th St
Santa Monica, California 90404

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Specialist in thoracic oncological intervention. Well versed in lung biopsy and thermal ablation of primary and metastatic pulmonary tumors. Practices radiofrequency ablation (RFA), microwave ablation (MWA), and cryoablation of thoracic tumors.

Allison Aguado MD

Interventional Radiologist

Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

1600 Rockland Road
Wilmington, Delaware 19803

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Pediatric interventional radiologist who uses state-of-the-art radiology imaging equipment to perform minimally invasive procedures, which only require tiny incisions.

Federico Aucejo MD

Hepatobiliary and liver tranplant surgeon

Cleveland Clinic

9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44195

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Specialty interests include general surgery, liver transplantation, living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), pediatric liver transplantation and hepatocellular carcinoma.

Talia Baker MD

Associate Professor of Surgery Surgical Director, Liver Tumor Program, Surgical Director and Program Director, Liver Transplant Program

The University of Chicago Medicine

5841 S. Maryland Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60637

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Hepatobiliary and liver transplant surgeon; nationally renowned expert in living donor liver transplantation. In addition to transplantation, provides care for a full spectrum of liver issues, including liver tumors and liver cancer. Active researcher of liver transplant topics, such as downstaging complex hepatobiliary tumors to resectability.

Marina Baretti MD

Assistant Professor of Oncology

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

1650 Orleans Street
Room 186
Baltimore, Maryland 21287

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Specializes in oncology, with an interest in translational research and a growing expertise in the care of gastrointestinal (GI) cancer patients, collaborating closely with laboratory-based researchers to move laboratory findings into patients and bring novel compounds to the clinic. Previously developed a research program in hepatobiliary cancer at Johns Hopkins with her particular focus on studying the impact of epigenetic therapies as immune sensitizers. Actively involved with two current clinical trials designed specifically for FLC – one studying a therapeutic peptide vaccine in combination with checkpoint inhibition, and another studying the impact of glutamine antagonism on the cancer.

David Bartlett MD

System Chair of the Allegheny Health Network (AHN) Cancer Institute

Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute

311 W 24th St
Saint Vincent Professional Building Suite 101
Erie, Pennsylvania 16502

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Surgical oncologist, with focus on abdominal and liver cancers. Active researcher into treatment of advanced carcinomas in the peritoneal cavity; Developed Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemoperfusion (HIPEX), which delivers chemotherapy to patients with disease confined to peritoneal cavity.

Elizabeth Beierle MD

Surgical Director, Hepatobiliary Clinic; Charles D. McCrary Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery

University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine

1600 7th Ave. South
Clinic 14
Birmingham, Alabama 35233

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Specializes in pediatric surgical oncology, neonatal surgery, burn and trauma care.

Al Benson MD

Professor of Medicine (Hematology and Oncology)

Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

676 N Saint Clair
Arkes Family Pavilion Suite 850
Chicago, Illinois 60611

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Research primarily focused in the areas of gastrointestinal cancer clinical trials, cancer clinical trials, biologic therapies, phase I cancer clinical trials and cancer guideline development.

Anton Bilchik MD, PhD

Chief of General Surgery; Director, Center for Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Tumors

John Wayne Cancer Institute

2121 Santa Monica Blvd
Santa Monica, California 90401

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Areas of expertise includes pancreas and liver cancer

Adam Bodzin MD

Assistant Professor; Associate Director, General Surgery Residency Program

Jefferson University Hospitals

1100 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

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Transplant surgery

Ronald Busuttil MD, PhD

Distinguished Professor and Executive Chairman of the UCLA Department of Surgery

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

757 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, California 90095

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Liver and transplant surgery; Founding Chief of the Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation and Director of the Pfleger Liver Institute, which includes the Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center and the Dumont-UCLA Liver Cancer Center.

Robert Chin MD, PhD

Radiation Oncologist

UCLA Health - Santa Monica Medical Center

200 UCLA Medical Plaza
Suite B265
Los Angeles, California 90095

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MIchael Chioti MD

Surgical Oncology

Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center

2946 East Banner Gateway Drive
Gilbert, Arizona 85234

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Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology; Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery

Ki Young Chung MD

Hematology Oncology; Clinical Associate Professor

Prisma Health Cancer Institute Spartanburg / Clemson University

900 West Faris Road
Greenville, South Carolina 29605

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Co-directs the Institute for Translational Oncology Research (ITOR). Special interest in GI malignancies, especially colorectal and upper GI cancers, neuroendocrine carcinomas and hepatobiliary carcinomas.

Stephen D. Colquhoun MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

4501 X St.
Sacramento, California 95817

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Surgeon specializing in cancer of the liver, liver, biliary and pancreatic surgery. Former director of the Liver Transplant and Pancreaticobiliary Surgery Program at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles for 20 years.

Amber D'Souza MD

Clinic Physician

University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria / St. Jude Affiliate Clinic - Peoria

530 NE Glen Oak
Peoria, Illinois 61637

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Clinical interests include understanding molecular mechanisms of liver cancer and biology of high risk disease and targeted therapy for treatment of aggressive pediatric liver cancer.

Ronald DeMatteo MD, FACS

Chair, Department of Surgery

Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

3400 Civic Center Boulevard
West Pavilion, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

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Surgical Oncologist who specializes in treating diseases of the liver, bile duct, gallbladder, pancreas and abdominal sarcomas (GIST); His clinical research has focused on liver, bile duct, gallbladder, and pancreas cancers.

W. Jeffrey Edenfield MD

Medical Director - Institute for Translational Oncology Research

Prisma Health Cancer Institute-ITOR

900 West Faris Road
Greenville, South Carolina 29605

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Medical Director for the Institute for Translational Oncology Research, which includes conduct and oversight of phase I and first-in-human clinical trials for new cancer medications as well as management of the Biorepository Services at GHS Cancer Institute.

N. Joseph Espat MD

Chairman of the Department of Surgery, Chief of Surgical Oncology, and Director of the Cancer Center

Roger Williams Cancer Center

50 Maude Street
Providence,, Rhode Island 02908

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Clinical expertise includes liver surgery, pancreas surgery, abdominal wall reconstruction, HIPEC, radiofrequency and microwave ablation.

Douglas Farmer MD

Surgeon

UCLA Health

200 UCLA Medical Plaza
Suite 214
Los Angeles, California 90095

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Clinical interests include liver cancer resection and liver transplantation.

Cristina Ferrone MD

Chair, Department of Surgery

Cedars Sinai Medical Center

8700 Beverly Blvd
NT 8215
Los Angeles, California 90048

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Specializes in the care of patients with hepato-pancreatico-biliary (HPB) pathologies, some of the most difficult cases to treat in general surgery/surgical oncology. Academic practice is devoted to clinical care, teaching, research, and administration.

Richard Finn MD

Professor of Medicine

UCLA Health

2020 Santa Monica Blvd
Suite 600
Santa Monica, California 90404

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Splits his time between patient care and directing the Translational Research Laboratory in the Division of Hematology/Oncology. Research interests are focused in the development of targeted therapeutics for solid tumors across histologies and the development of these targeted agents in Hepato-biliary and breast cancers.

Yuman Fong MD

Chair and Professor, Department of Surgery

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

1500 East Duarte Road
Duarte, California 91010

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Internationally recognized expert in cancer of the liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts.

Wayne Furman MD

Oncology

St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place
MS 260, Room C6008
Memphis, Tennessee 38105

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Specializes in solid tumor treatment. Research interests include phase I clinical trials and therapy of childhood liver tumors.

Jessica Gartrell MD

Instructor, St. Jude Faculty

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place
MS 260, Room C6006
Memphis, Tennessee 38105

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Specializes in oncology. Member of St. Jude's Solid Tumor Division, which develops and tests novel therapeutic interventions for the treatment of pediatric solid tumors, specifically for those at high risk of treatment failure. Research interests include developing early phase clinical trials that lead to the identification of therapeutic biomarkers and novel combination therapies for high risk sarcomas and liver tumors.

David Gerber MD

Chief of Abdominal Transplant Surgery; George F. Sheldon, MD Distinguished Professor of Surgery

University of North Carolina School of Medicine

4025 Burnett Womack Building
Campus Box 7211
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599

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Solid organ transplantation, pediatric transplantation, living-related organ donation, stem cell and regenerative medicine, immunology, liver cancer, liver surgery, hepatobiliary, laparoscopic liver surgery; Gallbladder; liver transplantation; kidney transplantation

Evan Glazer MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine

910 Madison Ave
Suite 325
Memphis, Tennessee 38163

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Clinical and research focus is on pancreatic, liver, and biliary tract malignancies including multi-disciplinary care, clinical trials, and basic science research.

Ana Gleisner MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Surgery-Surgical Oncology

University of Colorado School of Medicine Cancer Center

1665 Aurora Ct
Aurora, Colorado 80045

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W. Larry Gluck MD

Medical Director of GHS Cancer Institute

Prisma Health / Greenville Health System

900 West Faris Road
Greenville, South Carolina 29605

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John Gordan MD, PhD

Gastrointestinal Oncologist

UCSF Health - Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology Clinic

1825 Fourth St
San Francisco, California 95158

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Gastrointestinal cancer specialist, caring for patients with hepatobiliary cancers, including fibrolamellar. Researches new therapies for hepatobiliary cancers and predictive biomarkers to better apply existing therapies.

Miral Grandhi MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

195 Little Albany Street
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903

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Specialist in gastrointestinal surgical oncology with a particular focus in hepatopancreaticobiliary (liver, pancreas, and bile duct) surgery and gastric (stomach) tumors. Board certified and trained in the latest surgical techniques for upper gastrointestinal malignancies, including both advanced laparoscopic and robotic techniques.

James Harding MD

Medical Oncologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

1275 York Avenue
New York, New York 10065

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Specializes in caring for people with liver cancer, gallbladder cancer, and bile duct cancer, as well as other gastrointestinal cancers. Research focused on finding new, effective therapies for gastrointestinal cancer, particularly primary liver and bile duct tumors.

William Harris MD

Associate Professor Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center

University of Washington Medicine / Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

1100 Fairview Ave. N.
Seattle, Washington 98109

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Specializes in caring for people with gastrointestinal cancers, including malignancies of the liver, bile ducts, gallbladder, pancreas, colon, rectum, anus, stomach and esophagus. His research focuses on new targeted therapies, immunotherapies, novel drug combinations and other experimental therapies for patients with liver and biliary-tract cancers. Other areas of expertise include analyzing treatment outcomes data for patients with gastrointestinal cancers, as well as the identification of new treatments for fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma.

Andras Heczey MD

Director, Liver Tumor Program; Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Texas Children's Hospital / Baylor College of Medicine

1102 Bates Ave.
Suite 1760.10
Houston, Texas 77030

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Research focuses on developing novel treatments for children with solid tumors by redirecting the immune system to attack cancer cells. As the Director of the Liver Tumor Center, Dr. Heczey has developed a strategy to target hepatoblastoma and hepatocellular carcinoma with genetically engineered T lymphocytes and he is currently optimizing this strategy for a smooth transition into the clinic.

Martin Hertl MD, PhD, FACS

Chief, Abdominal Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery

Tufts Medical Center

800 Washington Street.
Boston, Massachusetts 02111

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Biliary surgery, hepatobiliary cancer, liver cancer, liver surgery, liver transplantation, living donor liver transplantation

Cynthia Herzog MD

Professor, Department of Pediatrics Patient Care

MD Anderson Cancer Center

1515 Holcombe Blvd.
Houston, Texas 77030

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Martin Heslin

Executive Vice Chair of Surgery; Chief of Medical Staff; Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology

University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine

2000 6th Avenue South
Floor 3
Birmingham, Alabama 35233

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Extensive training in hepatobiliary, pancreatic, and colorectal surgery.

Joshua Honeyman MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics

Hasbro Children's Hospital / Brown Univ Medical School

2 Dudley St
Suite 190
Providence, Rhode Island 02905

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Pediatric surgeon at Hasbro Children’s Hospital and an assistant professor of surgery and pediatrics at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He specializes in pediatric oncology and genomic research.

Shiaowen David Hsu MD, PhD

Medical Oncologist; Associate Professor of Medicine; William Dalton Family Assistant Professor of Medical Oncology

Duke University School of Medicine

20 Duke Medicine Circle
Durham, North Carolina 27710

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Abhinav Humar MD

Thomas E. Starzl Professor in Transplantation Surgery

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

3459 5th Avenue
7 South
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213

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William Jarnagin MD

Chief, Hepatopancreatobiliary Service

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

1275 York Avenue
New York, New York 10065

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More than 20 years of experience in diagnosing and treating men and women with benign and malignant (cancerous) diseases of the liver, bile ducts, gallbladder, and pancreas. Most of his patients have primary liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, bile duct cancer, or colon cancer that has spread (metastasized) to the liver.

Roger Jenkins MD

Transplantation/General Surgery

Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

41 Mall Road
Burlington, Massachusetts 01805

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Clinical interests include benign and malignant tumors of the liver, hepatocellular carcinoma and
living donor and deceased donor liver transplantation

Ahmed Kaseb MD

Professor, Department of Gastrointestinal (GI) Medical Oncology

MD Anderson Cancer Center

1515 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, Texas 77030

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Research interests focused on liver cancer; Founder and Director, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Interdisciplinary Research Group (HIRG), Houston, TX.

Nitin Katariya MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery (Organ Transplantation)

Northwestern Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine

676 N. St. Clair St
Suite 232
Chicago, Illinois 60611

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Specializes in hepatobiliary surgery, liver transplantation, abdominal organ transplantation

Tomoaki Kato MD

Chief, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

51 West 51st Street
Suite: 380
New York, New York 10019

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Noted pioneer in multiple-organ transplantation, pediatric and adult liver transplantation. Dr. Kato is Surgical Director of Adult and Pediatric Liver and Intestinal Transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center and is a professor of surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Howard Katzenstein MD

Division Chief - Hematology/Oncology, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Nemours Children's Health System

807 Childrens Way
8th Floor
Jacksonville, Florida 32207

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Paul Kent MD

Medical Director

FibroFighters Foundation

Chicago, Illinois 60612

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Pediatric and young adult oncologist, with expertise in fibrolamellar. Board-certified in pediatric hematology-oncology. Retired Associate Professor of Hematology/Oncology at Rush University.

For more information, contact paulkentmd@fibrofighters.org.

Amy Kim MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Johns Hopkins Medicine

5450 Knoll North Drive
Suite 390
Columbia, Maryland 21045

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Specializing in hepatology, Dr. Kim sees patients with chronic viral hepatitis, autoimmune liver diseases, fatty liver disease, abnormal liver enzymes, cirrhosis, portal hypertension, hepatocellular carcinoma and liver transplantation. She has research interests in liver lesions and hepatocellular carcinoma, and is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology. Past recipient of joint Cancer Research Institute and Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation Research Fellowship.

Heung Bae Kim MD

Vice-Chair of Surgery for Clinical Operations; Director, Pediatric Transplant Center

Boston Children's Hospital

300 Longwood Avenue
Fegan, 3rd Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02115

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Director of the Pediatric Transplant Center at BCH. Under his leadership, the Pediatric Transplant Center has grown into one of the busiest and most comprehensive pediatric transplant centers in the country.

Peter Kingham MD, FACS

Surgeon; Director of Global Cancer Disparity Initiatives

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

1275 York Avenue
New York, Ohio 10065

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Specializes in benign and malignant disease of the liver, bile ducts, and gallbladder; pancreatic cancer; pancreas cysts; adrenal tumors; gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors; general surgical oncology.

Olga Kozyreva MD

Associate Medical Director, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

736 Cambridge Street
Brighton, Massachusetts 02135

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Specialist in colorectal, liver, pancreatic and stomach cancers

Jeremy Kratz MD

Assistant Professor

University of Wisconsin, Department of Medicine

600 Highland Avenue
Madison, Wisconsin 53792

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Specializes in oncology. with a focus on the diagnosis, management and treatment of patients with hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer. He also has a role in the developmental therapeutics team at the UW Carbone Cancer Center. Runs an independent research laboratory in the UW Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine, where his research interests included improving the modeling of patient-derived cancer organoids.

Razelle Kurzrock MD

Center Associate Director, Professor

Medical College of Wisconsin

8800 West Doyne Ave
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226

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Recognized as a world-renowned leader in precision oncology and rare cancer research, having authored over 950 scientific and medical publications. Chairs the Early Therapeutics and Rare Cancers Committee (SWOG NCI) — one of the largest clinical trials cooperative groups in the country. Principal investigator for more than 100 early-phase clinical trials, leading eight life-changing drugs to FDA approval. Currently running an innovative precision medicine trial (I-PREDICT) at the Medical College of Wisconsin that is open to fibrolamellar and other rare disease patients.

Michael La Quaglia MD, FACS, FRCS

Joseph H. Burchenal Chair in Pediatrics

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

1275 York Avenue
New York, New York 10065

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Pediatric surgery for the treatment of children and adolescents with cancer, including children with liver tumors. Chairperson of the Surgical Committee of the Children’s Oncology Group. Member and past chairman of the Pediatric Surgical Association Cancer Committee.

Sunyoung Lee MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Gastrointestinal (GI) Medical Oncology

MD Anderson Cancer Center

1515 Holcombe Blvd.
Houston, Texas 77030

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One of the main authors of the MD Anderson Manual of Medical Oncology on hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer) and biliary tract cancers (bile duct and gallbladder cancer) and a Principal Investigator (PI) and co-PI of clinical trials and research studies in the areas of liver, bile duct, and pancreas cancer, New PI for FCF-sponsored clinical trial at MD Anderson, working closely with Dr. A. Kaseb.

Keri Lunsford MD, PhD

Transplant Surgery

Rutgers Health - Ambulatory Care Center

140 Bergen Street
ACC Level E-1680
Newark, New Jersey 07103

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Clinical interests include liver transplant oncology, simultaneous liver kidney transplantation, and liver transplant futility. Dr. Lunsford has received funding from the Association of Women Surgeons and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIDDK for her translational research in the mechanism and impact of pre-transplant immune dysfunction in liver transplant recipient outcomes. She serves on several national and international committees and is well-published in the field of transplant surgery and immunology.

Robert Mayer MD

Medical Oncologist; Faculty Vice President for Academic Affairs at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

450 Brookline Avenue
Dana 1602
Boston, Massachusetts 02215

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Clinical interests center around gastrointestinal cancers, including liver cancer.

Laleh Melstrom MD

Assistant Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

500 East Duarte Road
Duarte, California 91010

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Specializes in the treatment of cancers of the liver, pancreas, melanoma and sarcoma.

Rebecka Meyers MD

Pediatric Surgical Oncologist

University of Utah Health

100 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City, Utah 84113

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International expert in hepatoblastoma and liver tumors, clinically specializes in pediatric surgical oncology. Driving force behind establishing the Pediatric Liver Transplant program at Primary Children’s in 1997 and served as the Pediatric Surgical Director of the Liver Transplant Program from 1997 to 2009. Served as chair of the national Children’s Oncology Group (COG) Liver Committee since 2008 and has led multiple national and international research investigations in the study of liver tumors in children.

George Miller MD

Surgical Oncologist; H. Leon Pachter, MD Professor of Surgery

NYU Medical Center

160 East 34th Street
9th Floor
New York, New York 10016

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Experienced hepatobiliary surgeon with an extensive background in the evaluation and treatment of people with liver, bile duct, and pancreatic tumors. Leads successful cancer research laboratory, where he investigates immunologic regulation of liver and pancreatic cancer.

David Nagorney MD

Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgeon; Surgical Oncologist

Mayo Clinic

201 W. Center St
Rochester, Minnesota 55902

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Allison O'Neill MD

Pediatric Oncologist; Clinical Director, Solid Tumor Center; Director of Medical Therapies, Liver Tumor Program

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

450 Brookline Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02215

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Leads the Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s pediatric Liver Tumor Program. Strong interest in translational research and a growing expertise in the care of pediatric solid tumor patients. Works closely with surgeons, interventional radiologists, and preclinical researchers to bring innovative care to patients with all types of primary liver tumors. Current Chair of the Liver Tumor Committee of the Children's Oncology Group, the most experienced organization in the world in clinical development of new therapeutics for children and adolescents with cancer.

Michael Ortiz MD

Pediatric Oncologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

1275 York Avenue
New York, New York 10065

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Specializes in treating rare pediatric tumors; kidney cancers, liver cancers, sarcomas; relapsed and refractory solid tumors in children and young adults.

Boris Pasche MD, PhD

Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Medical Center Boulevard
3rd Floor
Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157

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Specializes in the treatment of gastrointestinal tumors, esophageal cancer, gallbladder cancer, gastrointestinal cancers, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, stomach cancer, with precision medicine and targeted therapies.

Scott Paulson MD

Co-Director Gastrointestinal Research Program. US Oncology Network

Texas Oncology-Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center

3410 Worth St
Suite 400
Dallas, Texas 75246

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Co-director of the Gastrointestinal Research Program for The US Oncology Network, as well as the medical director for the Neuroendocrine Research and Treatment Center at Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center.

Timothy Pawlick MD, PhD

Professor

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

395 W 12th Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43210

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Surgical oncologist with a focus on treating patients with liver, gallbladder, pancreatic and neuroendocrine tumors. Serves as the surgeon-in-chief of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, the chair of the Department of Surgery in the College of Medicine and professor of surgery.

Research interests include better understanding the factors associated with prognosis and staging around gastrointestinal cancers, as well as studying patient-physician communication, patient engagement, and patient perception around the goals of cancer care.

Motaz Qadan MD, PhD

Gapontsev Family Endowed Chair in Surgical Oncology

Massachusetts General Hospital

55 Fruit Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02114

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Practice includes pancreatic and liver surgery operations.

Sean Ronnekleiv-Kelly MD, FACS

Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine

600 Highland Ave.
Madison, Wisconsin 53792

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Specializes in treating patients with gastrointestinal malignancies and sarcoma with a clinical focus on hepatic, biliary and pancreatic malignancy.

Erik Schadde MD, FACS

Associate Professor, Department of Surgery

Rush University Medical Center

1725 W. Harrison St.
Suite 161
Chicago, Illinois 60612

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Focused on treating patients with extensive liver tumors — both primary, as well as secondary.

Gabriel Schnickel MD

Surgical Director, Liver Transplantation; Associate Professor of Surgery

UC San Diego Health

4510 Executive Drive
La Jolla, California 92121

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Specializes in liver, kidney and pancreas transplant. His expertise includes treating liver cancer, bile duct cancer, liver cysts, and benign tumors of the liver. His research interests include factors influencing patient and graft survival following liver transplant; socioeconomic factors and impact on liver cancer diagnosis; and treatment and access to transplant.

Roderich Schwarz MD, PhD

Professor of Oncology, Department of Surgical Oncology; Co-Director, Liver and Pancreas Tumor Center

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Elm & Carlton Streets
Buffalo, New York 14263

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Surgical oncologist with a focus on pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, biliary cancer, gastric cancer and multivisceral resections. Special interests include quality of cancer care and multidisciplinary cancer care.

Perry Shen MD

Surgical Oncologist

Wake Forest Baptist Health

Medical Center Boulevard
4th Floor
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157

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Expertise includes liver surgery, hepatic lobectomy, hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) and radiofrequency ablation.

Ponnandal Somasundar MD

Associate Chief of Surgical Oncology

Roger Williams Cancer Center

50 Maude Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02908

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Clinical expertise in the areas of liver surgery, pancreas surgery, melanoma, thyroid cancer, colorectal surgery, HIPEC, and abdominal wall reconstruction.

Melanie Thomas MD, FACP, MSc

Duke Cancer Network, Medical Oncologist

Duke Cancer Network

1200 Pine Run Dr
Lumberton, North Carolina 28358

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Research focused on clinical trials of novel chemotherapy agents in cancers of the liver, gallbladder, biliary tract, pancreas, and colon. Involved in many Phase I trials of new drugs in all solid tumors. Currently, focusing on bringing clinical trials to underserved regions of NC and on cancer disparities research. Serves as a member of the National Cancer Institute Central Institutional Review Board (NCI CIRB), early phase emphasis.

Angela Trobaugh-Lotrario MD

Pediatric Oncologist

Providence Sacred Heart Children's Hospital

101 West 8th Avenue
Third Floor
Spokane, Washington 99204

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One of 5 doctors at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital who specialize in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Susanna Ulahannan MD

Assistant Professor, Section of Hematology/Oncology; Associate Director, Oklahoma TSET Phase I Program

Oklahoma University Medicine, Stephenson Cancer Center

800 NE 10th Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104

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Specializes in treatment of Gastrointestinal Cancers and Phase I Clinical Trials.

Khashayar Vakili MD

Surgical Director, Kidney, Liver, and Intestine and Multivisceral Transplant Programs

Boston Children's Hospital

300 Longwood Avenue
Fegan, 3rd Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02115

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Sanjeev Vasudevan MD

Attending Surgeon, Pediatric Surgery Service; Co-Director, Liver Tumor Program; Associate Professor

Texas Children's Hospital / Baylor College of Medicine

6701 Fannin Street
8th Floor
Houston, Texas 77030

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Specializes in pediatric surgical oncology. Dr. Vasudevan is the surgical lead of the Texas Children’s Liver Tumor Program and is actively involved in the liver cancer committee of the Children’s Oncology Group. Actively involved with taking care of patients with hepatoblastoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, embryonal sarcoma of the liver, benign tumors of the liver (mesenchymal hamartoma, hemangiomas, FNH, cysts), neuroblastoma, and renal tumors.

Jean-Nicolas Vauthey MD

Chief, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Section, Department of Department of Surgical Oncology

MD Anderson Cancer Center

1515 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, Texas 77030

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Past President of the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association. Dr. Vauthey’s clinical research focuses on methods to measure and to improve outcome after hepatic resection for hepatobiliary malignancies.

Christopher Wolfgang MD, MS, PhD

Director, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery; Professor

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21287

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Associate Professor of Surgery at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and an attending surgeon at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. His primary clinical interests are cancers and benign disease of the liver, pancreas, bile duct and gallbladder.

Mark Yarchoan MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Oncology

Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

401 N. Broadway
Baltimore, Maryland 21231

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Specialist in oncology, caring for patients with gastrointestinal cancers. Clinical activities focused on cancers of the liver, including hepatocellular carcinoma, biliary tract cancers, and fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma. Co-leads the Liver Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic. Directs laboratory research focused on the discovery of novel cancer immunotherapies for hepatobiliary cancers. Principal investigator for two current clinical trials designed specifically for FLC – one studying a therapeutic peptide vaccine in combination with checkpoint inhibition, and another studying the impact of glutamine antagonism on the cancer.

Raymond Yeung MD, FRCS, FACS

Professor of Surgery; Director of the Center for Advanced Minimally Invasive Liver Oncologic Therapy (CAMILOT); Deputy Director of the Seattle Translational Tumor Liver Cancer Program

University of Washington Medicine

1959 NE Pacific St
Seattle, Washington 98195

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Board certified surgeon and founder of the UW Medicine Liver Tumor Clinic, the first clinic of its kind in the Pacific Northwest, and founder of the UW Medicine Liver Tumor Clinic. Dr. Yeung’s clinical expertise is in the surgical treatment of tumors of the liver including the primary liver and bile duct cancers hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLCC) and cholangiocarcinoma, as well as cancer that has spread to the liver.