Dr. Dennis J. Hsu

Dennis Hsu, MD, is a medical oncologist and physician-scientist at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. Board-certified in internal medicine and medical oncology, Dr. Hsu specializes in caring for people with gastrointestinal cancers. His areas of clinical expertise include colorectal cancer, appendix cancer, small bowel cancer, pancreas cancer, biliary tract, and anal cancer. Dr. Hsu graduated with a degree in engineering physics from the University of California, Berkeley and received his medical degree from Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. As a medical student, he spent an additional year at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. where he studied cell-signaling in colon cancer. Dr. Hsu completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and subsequently his medical oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.Dr. Hsu believes that cancer care should be driven by science and evidence-based medicine, and that his job is to deliver the highest possible level of care in a way that takes into consideration each patient’s personal values and preferences. He provides inpatient and outpatient care at UPMC Shadyside and UPMC Hillman’s Shadyside location, in addition to his research responsibilities. Dr. Hsu’s research interests explore how cancer cells survive under harsh environments, more recently focusing on how nutritional limitations affect cancer behavior. A major objective of Dr. Hsu’s research is to bring observations in the lab forward to advance cancer treatments. Thus far, Dr. Hsu’s research career has been supported by a Young Investigator Award from ASCO as well as from the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. Dr. Hsu also collaborates with fellow scientists in UPMC Hillman’s Cancer Biology and Cancer Therapeutics Programs.

Dr. Hsu is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Colorectal Cancer, Familial Colorectal Cancer, Lynch Syndrome, and Pancreatic Cancer.

Dr. Hsu is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine and American Board Of Internal Medicine. He is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 19 peer reviewed articles. Dr. Hsu is currently accepting new patients.