Pancreatic Cancer

Our Experts

Doctors

• Dr. Emily Bergsland, gastrointestinal cancer specialist

• Dr. Alexander R Gottschalk, radiation cancer specialist

• Dr. Hobart Harris, gastrointestinal surgeon

• Dr. Kun (Kim) Huang, radiation cancer specialist

• Dr. Kimberly S. Kirkwood, pancreatic and gastrointestinal surgeon

• Dr. Andrew H. Ko, gastrointestinal cancer specialist

• Dr. W. Michael Korn, medical oncologist and gastroenterologist

• Dr. Richard M. Krieg, radiation cancer specialist

• Dr. Christian Bernard Mathy, gastroenterologist

• Dr. Eric K Nakakura, cancer surgeon

• Dr. James W Ostroff, gastroenterologist

• Dr. Jeanne M. Quivey, radiation cancer specialist

• Dr. Margaret A. Tempero, deputy director of the UCSF Hellen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

• Dr. Jonathan P. Terdiman, gastroenterologist

• Dr. Alan Venook, gastrointestinal cancer specialist

• Dr. Robert S. Warren, cancer surgeon

Nurses

Elizabeth Dito joined the Pancreatic Cancer program in 2001. She has over nine years of nursing experience including research and nursing management for the UCSF kidney, pancreas and liver transplant service. She specializes in patient and family education, symptom management and clinical research management. Dito earned her undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley and her nursing degree at USF.

Brian Schillinger has experience in a variety of clinical and research areas at UCSF Medical Center. He has also worked in a number of clinical research associate positions in the private and federal government biopharma industry. Schillinger joined the Pancreatic Cancer program in 2001. He earned his nursing degree from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.