Clinical Focus

• General Surgery

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Surgery

Current Research Interests

My research interests span the breath of my clinical practice. Areas of active research include the multidisciplinary treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma, technical aspects of minimally invasive pancreatic and liver surgery, and pre-operative therapy for "borderline" resectable pancreatic cancer (to bring more patients to surgery). I am also investigating trends in the management of hepatobiliary cancers in California, focusing on socioeconomic and instituional barriers to appropriate care.

Clinical Trials

• PII Combination SBRT with TACE for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recruiting
• Pancreatic Cancer and the Pre-Metastatic Liver Niche Recruiting
• Phase II Gemcitabine + Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Unresectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Recruiting
• Transarterial Chemoembolization vs CyberKnife for Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma Terminated

Publications

• Adult intestinal malrotation: when things turn the wrong way. Palmer OP, Rhee HH, Park WG, Visser BC. Dig Dis Sci. 2012; 57 (2): 284-7
• Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: Radiographic Calcifications Correlate with Grade and Metastasis. Poultsides GA, Huang LC, Chen Y, Visser BC, Pai RK, Brooke Jeffrey R, Park WG, Chen AM, Kunz PL, Fisher GA, Norton JA. Ann Surg Oncol. 2012
• Preoperative embolization of replaced right hepatic artery prior to pancreaticoduodenectomy. Cloyd JM, Chandra V, Louie JD, Rao S, Visser BC. J Surg Oncol. 2012
• Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Abelson JA, Murphy JD, Minn AY, Chung M, Fisher GA, Ford JM, Kunz P, Norton JA, Visser BC, Poultsides GA, Koong AC, Chang DT. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011
• Pancreatic endocrine tumors with major vascular abutment, involvement, or encasement and indication for resection. Norton JA, Harris EJ, Chen Y, Visser BC, Poultsides GA, Kunz PC, Fisher GA, Jensen RT. Arch Surg. 2011; 146 (6): 724-32