One primary benefit of an academic medical center is the team approach to clinical care. Your care team at UC San Diego Health will include colorectal surgeons, gastroenterologists, medical oncologists, and radiation oncologists who have specialized expertise and experience treating cancers of the colon, rectum, and anus. Their concentrated focus provides you with the latest and most comprehensive information and advances in the field.
Team Leaders
Sonia Ramamoorthy, MD
Paul Fanta, MD
Medical Oncology
Anjali Bharne, MD (sees patients in
Encinitas and
Vista clinics)
Gregory Botta, MD, PhD
Paul Fanta, MD
Derek Helton, MD, FACP (sees patients in
Encinitas and
Vista clinics)
Aaron Miller, MD, PhD
Hitendra Patel, MBBS
Tony Reid, MD, PhD
Peter Vu, MD, MS
Surgery
Benjamin Abbadessa, MD, FACS
Colorectal and anal surgery
Bard Cosman, MD
Colorectal and anal surgery
Samuel Eisenstein, MD
Colorectal and anal surgery
Shanglei Liu, MD
Colorectal and anal surgery
Nicole Lopez, MD
Colorectal and anal surgery
Lisa Parry, MD
Colorectal and anal surgery
Sonia Ramamoorthy, MD
Colorectal and anal surgery
Bryan Clary, MD
Colorectal liver metastases
Jason Sicklick, MD
Colorectal liver metastases
Joel Baumgartner, MD
HIPEC treatment for peritoneal carcinomatosis
Kaitlyn Kelly, MD
HIPEC treatment for peritoneal carcinomatosis
Andrew M. Lowy, MD, FACS
HIPEC treatment for peritoneal carcinomatosis
Jula Veerapong, MD
Colorectal surgery and
HIPEC treatment for peritoneal carcinomatosis
Gastroenterology
Thomas Savides, MD
Samir Gupta, MD
Radiation Oncology
Daniel Simpson
James Murphy, MD