Specialty:
Surgical
Oncology
Faculty
Appointment: Assistant
Professor
School
of Medicine: University
of The Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1992
Research:
Medical
College of Pennsylvania, 1993 to 1995
Internship:
MCP
- Hahnemann University Hospitals, 1994 to 1995
Residencies:
MCP
- Hahnemann University Hospitals, 1995 to 2000
Fellowship:
Fox
Chase Cancer Center, 2000 to 2002
Certification:
American
Board of Surgery Board Certified, 2001
Administrative
Title: Associate
Scientist Comprehensive Cancer Center
Interests:
Neoplasms
of the gastrointestinal tract (esophagus, stomach, liver,
pancreas, bile duct, colon and rectum), soft tissue sarcoma,
and spleen. Endocrine diseases (thyroid, parathyroid, pancreas).
Multidisciplinary treatment of gastrointestinal cancers.
Research:
Molecular
genetics of gastrointestinal cancers; prognostic markers
in colorectal and pancreatic cancer.