Our Doctors
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Anthony L. Back, MDDr. Back treats patients with colorectal, liver, pancreatic, and stomach cancer. He has become the resident expert in communication between physicians and patients and acts as a mentor for many new physicians. Read more about Dr. Back and his work at SCCA.
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David R. Byrd, MDDr. Byrd is a UW professor of surgery, the section chief of surgical oncology, and the director of the Melanoma Center. He was the first surgeon to bring the sentinel lymph node biopsy technique to the Northwest. He is an expert in many surgical procedures, including the Whipple procedure used in pancreas cancer treatment.
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Gary N. Mann, MD, BChDr. Mann is a surgeon at UW Medicine specializing in general surgery, melanoma, endocrine neoplasia management, sarcoma, pancreas cancer, and molecular imaging of endocrine tumors.
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Shilpen A. Patel, MDDr. Patel is a radiation oncologist who specializes in the treatment of thoracic cancer, including lung, thymic, and tracheal tumors, tumors of the gastrointestinal system, and chest sarcoma.
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Venu G. Pillarisetty, MDDr. Pillarisetty is a surgical oncologist who cares for patients with pancreas cancer and other gastrointestinal malignancies.
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Robert J. Raish, MDDr. Raish cares for patients with gastrointestinal cancers and breast cancer at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and is an attending physician at Harborview Medical Center.
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Veena Shankaran, MDDr. Shankaran is a medical oncologist who specializes in caring for patients with pancreas and gastrointestinal cancers.
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Mika N. Sinanan, MD, PhDDr. Sinanan's focus is on the patient and his/her family, to work with them to create a surgical plan for care that suits their individual needs while offering the best chance of cure.
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Samuel H. Whiting, MD, PhDDr. Whiting cares for people who have colon, pancreatic, and liver cancer, working in partnership with them to treat their disease. Read more about Dr. Whiting and his work at SCCA.
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