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Surgery / General Surgery - Hepatic, Biliary, Pancreatic, GI

Steven M. Strasberg, MD

Current Position
Pruett Professor of Surgery
Division of General Surgery
Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic and Gastrointestinal Surgery Section
Carl Moyer Departmental Teaching Coordinator

Specialty Areas
Hepatobiliary Pancreatic (HPB) Surgery
Biliary Surgery
Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Cancer
General Surgery
Gallbladder Surgery
Hepatobiliary Surgery
Pancreatic Cancer
Gastrointestinal Surgery
Pancreatic Surgery
Liver Surgery
Gastrointestinal Oncology

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Patients Seen At
Center for Advanced Medicine
GI Center
4921 Parkview Place, C, 8
St. Louis, MO  63110
314-362-7147
Fax:   314-222-6255
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Mailing Address
Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery
660 S. Euclid, Campus Box 8109
St. Louis, MO  63110

Areas of Clinical Interest
Benign and malignant conditions of the liver; pancreas, bile ducts and gallbladder; liver surgery, hepatobiliary malignancy, gallstones, bile duct reconstructive surgery, minimally invasive surgery for hepatobiliary conditions, Whipple procedure
Board Certification
General Surgery -- Certified

Medical Education
Medical School: University Of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, 1963
Residency: General Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, 1969
Fellowship: Surgical Research, 1971
Hospital Affiliations
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis Children's Hospital
Veteran's-John Cochran

Honors and Awards
Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2011-2013 (Best Doctors, Inc.)
Listed in America's Top Doctors, 2006-2012 (Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.)

Editorial Responsibilities

Editorial Board Member
Gastroenterology
HPB Surgery
Hepatology
Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Journal of Clinical and Investigative Medicine
Surgery and Transplantation
Transplantation

Selected or Recent Journal Articles
Strasberg SM, Phillips C. Use and Dissemination of the Brisbane 2000 Nomenclature of Liver Anatomy and Resections. Ann Surg. 2012 Aug 14.

Hamilton NA, Porembka MR, Johnston FM, Gao F, Strasberg SM, Linehan DC, Hawkins WG. Mesh reinforcement of pancreatic transection decreases incidence of pancreatic occlusion failure for left pancreatectomy: a single-blinded, randomized controlled trial. Ann Surg. 2012 Jun.

Hamilton NA, Liu TC, Cavatiao A, Mawad K, Chen L, Strasberg SS, Linehan DC, Cao D, Hawkins WG. Ki-67 predicts disease recurrence and poor prognosis in pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms. Surgery. 2012 Jul.

Strasberg SM, Sanchez LA, Hawkins WG, Fields RC, Linehan DC. Resection of tumors of the neck of the pancreas with venous invasion: the "Whipple at the Splenic Artery (WATSA)" procedure. J Gastrointest Surg. 2012 May.

Mitchem JB, Hamilton N, Gao F, Hawkins WG, Linehan DC, Strasberg SM. Long-term results of resection of adenocarcinoma of the body and tail of the pancreas using radical antegrade modular pancreatosplenectomy procedure. J Am Coll Surg. 2012 Jan.

Strasberg SM, Gouma DJ. 'Extreme' vasculobiliary injuries: association with fundus-down cholecystectomy in severely inflamed gallbladders. HPB (Oxford). 2012 Jan.

Strasberg SM, Bhalla S, Sanchez LA, Linehan DC. Pattern of venous collateral development after splenic vein occlusion in an extended Whipple procedure : comparison with collateral vein pattern in cases of sinistral portal hypertension. J Gastrointest Surg. 2011 Nov.

Strasberg SM, Hall BL. Postoperative morbidity index: a quantitative measure of severity of postoperative complications. J Am Coll Surg. 2011 Nov.

Porembka MR, Hawkins WG, Linehan DC, Gao F, Ma C, Brunt EM, Strasberg SM. Radiologic and intraoperative detection of need for mesenteric vein resection in patients with adenocarcinoma of the head of the pancreas. HPB (Oxford). 2011 Sep.

Hornick JR, Johnston FM, Simon PO, Younkin M, Chamberlin M, Mitchem JB, Azar RR, Linehan DC, Strasberg SM, Edmundowicz SA, Hawkins WG. A single-institution review of 157 patients presenting with benign and malignant tumors of the ampulla of Vater: management and outcomes. Surgery. 2011 Aug. 

Dandona M, Linehan D, Hawkins W, Strasberg S, Gao F, Wang-Gillam A. Influence of obesity and other risk factors on survival outcomes in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic cancer. Pancreas. 2011 Aug.

Khan AS, Hawkins WG, Linehan DC, Strasberg SM. A technique of gastrojejunostomy to reduce delayed gastric emptying after pancreatoduodenectomy. J Gastrointest Surg. 2011 Aug.

Strasberg SM, Dehdashti F. Role of FDG-PET staging in selecting the optimum patient for hepatic resection of metastatic colorectal cancer. J Surg Oncol. 2010 Dec 15.

Strasberg SM, Helton WS. An analytical review of vasculobiliary injury in laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy. HPB (Oxford). 2011 Jan.

Strasberg SM, Brunt LM. Rationale and use of the critical view of safety in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. J Am Coll Surg. 2010 Jul.
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