Derek Erstad, M.D.
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Derek Erstad, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Positions
- Assistant Professor of Surgery
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Division of Surgical Oncology
Baylor College of Medicine
- Assistant Program Director for Resident Skills Training
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General Surgery Residency
Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
Addresses
- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (Hospital)
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2002 Holcombe Blvd., OCL 112
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Education
- Fellowship at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Houston, TX
- Complex General Surgical Oncology
- Residency at Massachusetts General Hospital
- Boston, MA
- General Surgery
- MD from Harvard Medical School
- Boston, MA
- BA from College of Idaho
- Caldwell, Idaho
Certifications
- General Surgery
- American Board of Surgery
- Complex General Surgical Oncology
- American Board of Surgery
Professional Interests
- Gastrointestinal surgical oncology
- Hepatobiliary malignancies
Professional Statement
Derek Erstad, M.D., is a surgical oncologist and an assistant professor of surgery at Baylor College of Medicine and the Michael E. Debakey VA Medical Center. His surgical practice includes general surgical oncologic conditions with an emphasis on gastrointestinal malignancies including the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder, pancreas, stomach, small intestine, and colon.He is actively involved in research focused on gastrointestinal malignancies including the liver and pancreas. His research activities include scientific efforts to better understand the molecular and genetic mechanisms of cancer formation and treatment resistance, as well as clinical research designed to improve surgical treatments for cancer.
Dr. Erstad obtained his bachelor’s in chemistry from the College of Idaho where he was valedictorian. He then received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed his general surgery training at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He completed subspecialty training in complex general surgical oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
Dr. Erstad has received multiple teaching awards from Baylor College of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Massachusetts General Hospital, and he serves as an ad hoc reviewer for multiple cancer specific surgical and scientific journals.
Websites
Selected Publications
- Erstad DJ, Dasari A, Taggart MW, Kaur H, Konishi T, Bednarski BK, Chang GJ "Prognosis for Poorly Differentiated, High-Grade Rectal Neuroendocrine Carcinomas." Ann Surg Oncol.;
- Erstad DJ, Blum M, Estrella JS, Das P, Minsky BD, Ajani JA, Mansfield PF, Ikoma N, Badgwell BD "Navigating Nodal Metrics for Node-Positive Gastric Cancer in the United States: An NCDB-Based Study and Validation of AJCC Guidelines." J Natl Compr Canc Netw.;
- Erstad DJ, Sojoodi M, Taylor MS, Jordan VC, Farrar CT, Axtell AL, Rotile NJ, Jones C, Graham-O'Regan KA, Ferreira DS, Michelakos T, Kontos F, Chawla A, Li S, Ghoshal S, Chen YI, Arora G, Humblet V, Deshpande V, Qadan M, Bardeesy N, Ferrone CR, et al "Fibrotic Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy Predicts Survival in Pancreatic Cancer and Is Measurable with Collagen-Targeted Molecular MRI." Clin Cancer Res.;
- Erstad DJ, Tanabe KK "Prognostic and Therapeutic Implications of Microvascular Invasion in Hepatocellular Carcinoma." Ann Surg Oncol.;
- Wang J, Wang H, Ramsay IA, Erstad DJ, Fuchs BC, Tanabe KK, Caravan P, Gale EM "Manganese-Based Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Liver Tumors: Structure-Activity Relationships and Lead Candidate Evaluation." J Med Chem.;
- Erstad DJ, Sojoodi M, Taylor MS, Ghoshal S, Razavi AA, Graham-O'Regan KA, Bardeesy N, Ferrone CR, Lanuti M, Caravan P, Tanabe KK, Fuchs BC "Orthotopic and heterotopic murine models of pancreatic cancer and their different responses to FOLFIRINOX chemotherapy." Dis Model Mech.;
- Erstad DJ, Fuchs BC, Tanabe KK "Molecular signatures in hepatocellular carcinoma: A step toward rationally designed cancer therapy." Cancer.;
- Erstad DJ, Tanabe KK "Hepatocellular carcinoma: early-stage management challenges." J Hepatocell Carcinoma.;
- Nakagawa S, Wei L, Song WM, Higashi T, Ghoshal S, Kim RS, Bian CB, Yamada S, Sun X, Venkatesh A, Goossens N, Bain G, Lauwers GY, Koh AP, El-Abtah M, Ahmad NB, Hoshida H, Erstad DJ, et al "Molecular Liver Cancer Prevention in Cirrhosis by Organ Transcriptome Analysis and Lysophosphatidic Acid Pathway Inhibition." Cancer Cell.;
- Erstad DJ, Tumusiime G, Cusack JC, Jr "Prognostic and Predictive Biomarkers in Colorectal Cancer: Implications for the Clinical Surgeon." Ann Surg Oncol.;
Memberships
- American Medical Association
- American College of Surgeons
- Association for Academic Surgery
- American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
- Society for Surgical Oncology
- Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
- Association of VA Surgeons
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