One primary benefit of an academic medical center is the team approach to clinical care. The GI cancer care team at UC San Diego Health includes gastroenterologists, medical oncologists, and general and minimally invasive surgery experts who have specialized expertise and experience treating cancers of the digestive tract, liver, pancreas and bile ducts. Their concentrated focus provides you with the latest and most comprehensive information and advances in the field.
Medical Oncology
Anjali Bharne, MD (sees patients in Encinitas and Vista)
Gregory Botta, MD, PhD
Adam Burgoyne, MD, PhD
Paul Fanta, MD
Derek Helton, MD, FACP (sees patients in Encinitas and Vista)
Shumei Kato, MD
Aaron Miller, MD, PhD
Hitendra Patel, MBBS
Tony Reid, MD, PhD
Peter Vu, MD, MS
Surgical Oncology
Joel Baumgartner, MD
Appendiceal and pancreatic cancer
Cancers that have metastisized to the abdomen
(HIPEC treatment)
Michael Bouvet, MD
Thyroid, liver, esophageal, stomach, and pancreatic cancer
Bryan Clary, MD
Cancers of the liver, pancreas, bile ducts and gallbladder
Samuel Eisenstein, MD
Colorectal and anal cancer
Nicole Lopez, MD
Colorectal and anal cancer
Santiago Horgan, MD
Esophageal cancer
Minimally invasive surgery
Andrew M. Lowy, MD, FACS
Cancers of the appendix, liver, pancreas, and GI tract
Cancers that have metastisized to the abdomen (HIPEC treatment)
Lisa Parry, MD
Colorectal and anal cancer
Sonia Ramamoorthy, MD
Colorectal and anal cancer
Jason Sicklick, MD
Cancers of the liver, bile duct, gallbladder, and pancreas
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) and sarcomas
Jula Veerapong, MD
Cancers of the appendix, colorectal cancer and sarcomas
Cancers that have metastisized to the abdomen (HIPEC treatment)
Rebekah R. White, MD, FACS
Cancers of the liver, bile duct, pancreas, stomach and upper GI tract
Diagnostic Imaging
Claude Sirlin, MD
Radiation Oncology
James Murphy, MD
Daniel Simpson, MD
Cancer Genetics
Lisa Madlensky, PhD, CGC
Gastroenterology
Syed Abbas Fehmi, MD, MSc
Mary Lee Krinsky, DO
Wilson Kwong, MD
Thomas John Savides, MD