Our Doctors
Patients receive a comprehensive evaluation and consensus recommendation on diagnosis followed by a personalized treatment plan from a panel of liver tumor specialists including surgical oncologists, medical oncologists, transplant hepatologists, surgeons, diagnostic and interventional radiologists, and pathologists. In this podcast, Liver Tumor Clinic team members talk about the latest in treatment news.
Smith Apisarnthanarax, MD
Radiation Oncology
Dr. Apisarnthanarax is a radiation oncologist with expertise in proton therapy at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
Request AppointmentRamasamy Bakthavatsalam, MBBS
Surgery
Dr. Bakthavatsalam is a UW associate professor of surgery and urology at University of Washington School of Medicine.
Request AppointmentRobert L. Carithers, MD
Hepatology
Dr. Carithers takes a team approach to provide optimum care to patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
Request AppointmentJeffrey Chou, MD, PhD
Medical Oncology
Dr. Chou is a medical oncologist who treats patients with gastrointestinal cancers.
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Medical Oncology
Dr. Coveler is a medical oncologist who treats cancers of the gastrointestinal system.
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Medical Oncology
Dr. William Harris specializes in caring for people with hepatobiliary, pancreatic, and gastrointestinal malignancies.
Request AppointmentEdward H. Lin, MD
Medical Oncology
Dr. Lin is a medical oncologist who specializes in treating gastrointestinal cancers. Read more about Dr. Lin and his work at SCCA.
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Surgery
Dr. Park is a surgical oncologist from University of Washington Medical Center who works with the pancreas cancer care team at SCCA and the liver tumor clinic at UW Medical Center.
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Radiation Oncology
Dr. Patel is a radiation oncologist who specializes in the treatment of thoracic cancer, including lung, thymic, and tracheal tumors, gastrointestinal cancers, and chest sarcoma at UW Medical Center.
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Surgical Oncology
Dr. Pillarisetty is a surgical oncologist who cares for patients with pancreas cancer and other gastrointestinal malignancies.
Request AppointmentJorge D. Reyes, MD, FACS, FAAP
Surgery
Dr. Reyes is a UW professor of surgery and chief of transplant surgery at UWMC. He specializes in liver transplantation, intestinal transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery in adults and children, as well as living donor liver transplantation and split liver transplantation. His research includes transplantation tolerance and techniques and strategies for enhancing organ availability and transplant outcomes.
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Pathology
Dr. Swanson is a pathologist on the gastrointestinal cancers team.
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Pathology
Dr. Westerhoff is a pathologist on the gastrointestinal cancers team.
Request AppointmentRaymond S. W. Yeung, MD, FRCS (C), FACS
Surgery
Dr. Yeung is a surgeon whose focus is the treatment of liver and bile duct tumors. He founded the Liver Tumor Clinic at UW Medical Center and actively investigates the molecular mechanisms related to cancer development. He also engages in basic research of tuberous sclerosis complex and lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
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