Peter W.T. Pisters, M.D . - Surgical Oncology

Dr. Pisters is board certified in surgery with his major clinical and laboratory interest being in pancreatic and biliary disease.

Education:

• Medical School: University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
• Residency (General Surgery): New York University Medical Center: Bellevue Hospital: New York, NY
• Research Fellowship (Surgical Oncology): Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: New York, NY
• Clinical Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Selected References :

1.Pisters PWT, Hudec WA, Lee JE, Raijman I, Lahoti S, Janjan NA, Rich TA, Crane CH, Wolff RA, Abbruzzese JL, Evans DB. Preoperative chemoradiation for patients with pancreatic cancer: Toxicity of endobiliary stents. J Clin Oncol 2000, 18:860-867.

2.Pisters PWT, Abbruzzese JL, Janjan NA, Cleary KR, Charnsangavej C, Goswitz MS, Rich TA, Raijman I, Wolff RA, Lenzi R, Lee JE, Evans DB. Rapid-fractionation preoperative chemoradiation, pancreaticoduodenectomy, and intraoperative radiation therapy for resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma. J Clin Oncol 1998; 16:3843-3850.

3. Pisters PWT, Lee JE, Evans DB. Standard forms of Pancreatic Resection. In: Reber HA. (ed.), Advances in Pancreatic Cancer. Totowa, New Jersey, Humana Press Inc., pp. 181-199, 1998.

4. Leach SD, Lee JE, Charnsangavej C, Cleary KR, Lowy AM, Fenoglio CJ, Pisters PWT, Evans, DB. Survival following pancreaticduodenectomy with resection of the superior mesenteric-portal vein confluence for adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head. Br J Surg 1998; 85:611-617.

5. Spitz FR, Abbruzzese JL, Lee JE, Pisters PWT, Lowy AM, Fenoglio CJ, Cleary KR, Janjan NA, Goswitz MS, Rich TA, Evans DB. Preoperative and postoperative chemoradiation strategies in patients treated with pancreaticoduodenectomy for adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. J Clin Onc 15:928-937, 1997