Dr. David A. Geller, MD, FACS
Co-Director, UPMC Liver Cancer Center
Richard L. Simmons Professor of Surgery
University of Pittsburgh
Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
3459 Fifth Ave.
UPMC Montefiore, 7 South
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2582
412-692-2001
Fax: 412-692-2002
E-mail: gellerda@upmc.edu
Dr. Geller is the Richard L. Simmons Professor of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Co-Director of the UPMC Liver Cancer Center. As a hepatobiliary Surgical Oncologist, his clinical interests center on the evaluation and management of patients with liver cancers. He has pioneered laparoscopic liver resections, and has performed more than 170 of these cases. Most of these patients are discharged home on the second post-operative day with 4-5 bandaid-sized incisions. He also specializes in performing laparoscopic radiofrequency ablations of liver tumors. Dr. Geller is a member of many professional and scientific societies including the Society of Surgical Oncology, Society of University Surgeons, and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.
Dr. Geller has published 150 scientific papers and chapters. He is often a guest lecturer speaking on the management of liver tumors and has presented at more than 220 meetings or seminars. He has active research grants from the NIH, and is also the Principal Investigator on Industry-sponsored clinical trials for liver cancer.
Selected Publications:
- Are C, Fong Y, Geller DA. Laparoscopic liver resections. Advances in Surgery, 2005; 39:57-75.
- Geller DA, Tsung A, Maheshwari V, Rutstein L, Fung JJ, Marsh JW. Hepatic resection in 170 patients using saline-cooled radiofrequency coagulation. HPB, 2005, 7:208-213.
- Gamblin TC, Geller DA. Laparoscopic liver resection: 2005 update. Global Surgery- Future Directions 2005; p 82-85.
- Gamblin TC, Geller DA. Downstaging hepatocellular carcinoma prior to liver transplantation. Liver Transplantation, 2005; 11:1466-1468.
- Tsung A and Geller DA. Work-up of the incidental liver lesion. Advances in Surgery, 2005; 39: 331-341.
- Geller DA, Tsung A, Marsh JW, Dvorchik I, Gamblin TC, Carr BI. Outcome of 1,000 liver cancer patients evaluated at the UPMC liver cancer center. J of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2006; 10:63-68.
- Du Q, Park KS, Guo Z, He P, Nagashima M, Shao L, Sahai R, Geller DA, Hussain SP. Regulation of human NOS2 expression by wnt b-catenin signaling, Cancer Research, 2006; 66:7024-7031.
- Koffron, A, Geller DA, Gamblin TC, Abecassis M. Laparoscopic liver surgery – shifting the management of liver tumors. Hepatology, 2006; 44:1694-700.
- Steel J, Geller DA, Gamblin TC, Olek M, Carr BI. Depression, immunity, and survival in patients with hepatobiliary carcinoma. J Clin Oncology, 2007, In press.