I’m honored to be part of the talented team at Fox Chase Cancer Center. As a surgeon with specialty training in both Surgical Oncology and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary surgery, I am focused on caring for people with benign, pre-cancerous, and malignant (cancerous) diseases of the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, and pancreas, as well as cancers that have spread to the liver from the colon.

I completed medical school and general surgery residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. During residency I completed a two-year research fellowship studying therapeutic resistance in pancreatic cancer, and I spent an additional two years completing a MS in Biomedical Informatics. The skills I gained during these research fellowships have been useful in almost every task I encounter, whether they are administrative, clinical, or research oriented.

My clinical training in Surgical Oncology was completed at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. In addition to training in the full breadth of surgical oncology, I spent my final year of training specifically focused on diseases of the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, and pancreas. This involved extensive training in robotic and laparoscopic approaches to remove tumors of the liver and pancreas, placement of hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy pumps for the treatment of colorectal liver metastases and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, and the use of heat (ablation) and electricity (irreversible electroporation) to treat colorectal liver metastases.

The most formative training I received, however, has been helping family members through cancer treatment. My priority is to help you and your family members through each stage of treatment with the same level of diligence, compassion and honesty that I would give to my own family. I chose to practice at Fox Chase not only because it is a storied institution with dedicated specialists providing the highest quality of care, but also because of the profound sense of camaraderie, team work, and institutional pride evident in every interaction here.