Horacio Asbun is a Surgical Oncologist and a General Surgeon in Plantation, Florida. Dr. Asbun is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Gastrointestinal Fistula, Ampullary Cancer, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery. Dr. Asbun is currently accepting new patients.

A talented surgeon and award-winning instructor and researcher, Laleh G. Melstrom, M.D., M.S., joined City of Hope, attracted by the opportunity to help develop breakthrough cures and treatments. Educated at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Melstrom received her medical degree at Cornell Medical College in New York City, continuing her training at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago and New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. She held professorships at both Cornell and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, before arriving in California. Dr Melstrom is certified in robotic surgery and specializes in the treatment of cancers of the liver, pancreas, melanoma and sarcoma. She has published over 120 scholarly articles and is a sought-after speaker at national and international conferences. Expertise: Liver Cancer, Pancreas Cancer, Metastatic Colon or Rectal Cancer to Liver, Hepatic Artery Infusion Pump, Cholangiocarcinoma, Neuroendocrine Tumors, Gallbladder Cancer, Melanoma, Sarcomas, Robotic SurgeryResearch Areas: Metastatic CRC, Melanoma, Bile Duct Cancer, Liver Cancer. Dr. Melstrom is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. Her top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Pancreatectomy, and Hepatectomy.

Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, MD, is a pediatric gastroenterologist and hepatologist who cares for children with pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis and liver disease. She specializes in performing pediatric liver transplants and total pancreatectomy and islet auto-transplants. Dr. Schwarzenberg is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. Her top areas of expertise are Childhood Pancreatitis, Chronic Pancreatitis, Hereditary Pancreatitis, Pancreatectomy, and Islet Cell Transplantation.

Jordan Winter is a Surgical Oncologist and a General Surgeon in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Winter is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Pancreatectomy. Dr. Winter is currently accepting new patients.

Yuman Fong is a Surgical Oncologist and a General Surgeon in Duarte, California. Dr. Fong has been practicing medicine for over 42 years and is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Colorectal Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Hepatectomy, and Pancreatectomy.

Gregory Beilman is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Beilman is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Pancreatitis, Childhood Pancreatitis, Hereditary Pancreatitis, Pancreatectomy, and Islet Cell Transplantation.

Amer Zureikat is a Surgical Oncologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Zureikat is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Islet Cell Tumor, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Pancreatectomy. Dr. Zureikat is currently accepting new patients.

Charles Yeo is an Oncologist and a General Surgeon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Yeo is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Pancreatectomy. Dr. Yeo is currently accepting new patients.

David Kooby is a Surgical Oncologist in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Kooby has been practicing medicine for over 32 years and is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Stomach Cancer, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Pancreatectomy.

Harish Lavu is an Oncologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Lavu is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Gastrointestinal Fistula, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Pancreatectomy. Dr. Lavu is currently accepting new patients.

Matthew Weiss is a Surgical Oncologist in Lake Success, New York. Dr. Weiss is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Pancreatectomy, and Hepatectomy.

Tara Kent is an Oncologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Kent is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. Her top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Gastrointestinal Fistula, Pancreatectomy, and Pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Richard Burkhart, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital with a focus on complex minimally-invasive surgery and research for cancers of the pancreas, liver and bile ducts. Dr. Burkhart received his medical degree from Boston University and completed his surgical residency and research fellowships at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia and the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Association of Cancer Research, the American College of Surgeons, the Society of Surgery for the Alimentary Tract, the Pancreas Club, and the Society of Surgical Oncology. Outside the operating room, Dr. Burkhart heads a multidisciplinary laboratory team dedicated to bringing next-generation precision medicine approaches into the routine clinical care of patients that we serve. He has a particular research interest in using personalized models of pancreas cancer, made from tumor during and immediately after surgical resection, to select the best chemotherapy for each patient to support long-term survival and improve rates of disease cure. The laboratory team, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute, the Lustgarten Foundation and Stand Up to Cancer, is also thankful to the many patients who have supported the work through philanthropic gift. Dr. Burkhart is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatectomy, and Pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Jin He, M.D., Ph.D., is a professor of surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and is the Division Chief of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary & Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology. Dr. He specializes in diseases and tumors of the pancreas, liver, bile duct, and gallbladder. He performs open as well as minimally invasive (robotic and laparoscopic) surgery, including the Whipple procedure. Dr. He received his medical degree from Beijing Medical University and a Ph.D. in oncology from Fudan University Shanghai Medical College. He completed the Halsted general surgery residency training at Johns Hopkins, followed by an ACGME accredited fellowship in complex general surgical oncology at Johns Hopkins. Dr. He is the John Cameron Professor of Alimentary Tract Diseases. Dr. He’s research focuses on personalized treatment through stratifying pancreatic tumors on their genetic features. He holds several patents in anti-cancer vascular targeting agents and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and lectured internationally. He serves on several national committees, including the NCCN panel on neuroendocrine tumors and the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology. Dr. He is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Pancreatectomy.

Dr. Cameron has had a long and distinguished career in alimentary tract diseases and specifically in pancreatic cancer. He has won worldwide acclaim for mastering the Whipple procedure. At the beginning of his career, the mortality rate from the Whipple procedure was nearly 30 percent. He has worked to lower that to 1 percent to 2 percent at Johns Hopkins. He has operated on more patients with pancreatic cancer and done more Whipple resections than any other surgeon in the world. In addition to maintaining a busy practice that focuses mainly on pancreatic surgery, he has been a leader in the surgical profession, serving as president of the American College of Surgeons, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Southern Surgical Association, Society of Clinical Surgery, Society of Surgical Chairmen, Halsted Society and American Surgical Association. He served as chief of surgery for The Johns Hopkins Hospital for nineteen years. Dr. Cameron obtained his undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1958, and his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1962. All of his training in General and Thoracic Surgery was obtained at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Cameron is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Pancreatic Islet Cell Tumor, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Pancreatectomy.

Charles Vollmer is a General Surgeon and a Surgical Oncologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Vollmer is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Gastrointestinal Fistula, Pancreatic Cancer, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Pancreatectomy. Dr. Vollmer is currently accepting new patients.

John Martinie is a Surgical Oncologist in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Martinie is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Gallbladder Cancer, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery. Dr. Martinie is currently accepting new patients.

Vikesh Singh is a gastroenterologist who specializes in pancreatology and pancreaticobiliary endoscopy. He evaluates and treats patients with inflammatory diseases of the pancreas, including acute and chronic pancreatitis and autoimmune pancreatitis as well as the complications of these diseases. After earning his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Singh remained at Johns Hopkins to complete residency training in internal medicine. He pursued fellowship training in gastroenterology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and earned a master’s degree in epidemiology from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. He then returned to Johns Hopkins, where he completed a two-year advanced endoscopy fellowship with a focus on pancreaticobiliary endoscopy. Dr. Singh has been on the faculty at Johns Hopkins since 2008, and rose to the rank of professor in 2021. His research interests include acute and chronic pancreatitis, autoimmune pancreatitis, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, and novel methods to evaluate and treat abdominal pain. Dr. Singh is a member of the board of directors of the National Pancreas Foundation, chair of the Pancreatic Disorders Section of the American Gastroenterological Association, a councilor for the International Association of Pancreatology and a member of the inaugural medical advisory board for the Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome Foundation. Dr. Singh is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency, Hereditary Pancreatitis, Acute Pancreatitis, Pancreatectomy, and Endoscopy.

Shishir Maithel is a Surgical Oncologist in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Maithel has been practicing medicine for over 26 years and is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Gallbladder Cancer, Gallbladder Disease, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Hepatectomy.

Kenneth Lee is a Surgical Oncologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Lee is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Islet Cell Tumor, Pancreatectomy, and Pancreaticoduodenectomy.