Brendan C. Visser
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Surgery - General Surgery
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Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Stanford Cancer Center 875 Blake Wilbur Drive Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 498-6000 Fax (650) 736-4167Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 721-1693Administrative Contact Kate McGurk Administrative Associate Email Tel Work 650-736-1355Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- GI Oncology
- General Surgery
Honors and Awards
- John Collins Memorial Teaching Award, Annual faculty teaching award selected by entire body of general surgery residents (2010-2011)
Professional Education
| Residency: | UCSF CA (2005) |
| Fellowship: | University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh Royal (2006) |
| Medical Education: | UCSF CA (1999) |
| Board Certification: | General Surgery, American Board of Surgery (2006) |
| MD: | Univ. of Calif., San Francisco, Medicine (1999) |
| Resident: | Univ. Of Calif., San Francisco, General Surgery (2005) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Scientific Focus
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
- Not Recruiting Combination SBRT (Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy) With TACE (Transarterial Chemoembolization) for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Not Recruiting Prognostic Value of Baseline Computed Tomography (CT) Perfusion Parameters of Pancreatic Cancer for Patients Undergoing Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy or Surgical Resection
- Not Recruiting Transarterial Chemoembolization vs CyberKnife for Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Recruiting Phase II Gemcitabine + Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Unresectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Publications
- Complete resection of a rare intrahepatic variant of a choledochal cyst. J Pediatr Surg. 2013; (3): 652-4
- Hospital readmission after a pancreaticoduodenectomy: an emerging quality metric? HPB (Oxford). 2013; (2): 142-8
- Metabolomic-derived novel cyst fluid biomarkers for pancreatic cysts: glucose and kynurenine. Gastrointest Endosc. 2013
- Seventh edition (2010) of the AJCC/UICC staging system for gastric adenocarcinoma: is there room for improvement? Ann Surg Oncol. 2013; (5): 1631-8
- The epidemiology of idiopathic acute pancreatitis, analysis of the nationwide inpatient sample from 1998 to 2007. Pancreas. 2013; (1): 1-5
- Adult intestinal malrotation: when things turn the wrong way. Dig Dis Sci. 2012; (2): 284-7
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