Eugene Choi, M.D., FACS, FSSO
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Eugene Choi, M.D., FACS, FSSO
Associate Professor of Surgery
Positions
- Associate Professor of Surgery
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Division of Surgical Oncology
Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States
- Member
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Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States
- Operative Care Line Staff Surgeon
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Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Addresses
- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (Hospital)
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2002 Holcombe Blvd
5A-336
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 791-1414
- Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center (Clinic)
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O’Quinn Medical Tower at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center’s McNair Campus
1919 Old Spanish Trail7200 Cambridge St.
Houston, TX 77054
United States
Phone: (832) 957-6500
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Education
- BA from University of Chicago
- 12/1992 - Chicago, Illinois USA
- Biological Sciences
- MD from University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
- 06/1997 - Chicago, Illinois USA
- Residency at University of Chicago, Department of Surgery
- 06/1999 - Chicago, Illinois USA
- Fellowship at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- 06/2001 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
- Surgical Oncology Research
- Residency at University of Chicago
- 06/2004 - Chicago, Illinois USA
- Clinical Fellowship at The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
- 06/2007 - Houston, Texas USA
Certifications
- Certificate in Surgical Oncology
- Society of Surgical Oncology
- American Board of Surgery Certification
- American Board of Surgery
Honors & Awards
- American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant Recipient
- University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
- Clinical Excellence Award
- The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
- American Society of Clinical Oncology Foundation Merit Award
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Cancer Research Foundation Young Investigator Award
- Cancer Research Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
- Excellence in Clinical Teaching
- University of Chicago, Department of Surgery
- 2023 Star Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care
- Baylor College of Medicine
- 2023 Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Evaluation
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Top Doc 2024: Cancer Surgery
- Houstonia Magazine
Professional Interests
- Melanoma
- Skin and Soft Tissue Cancer
- HIPEC
- Wide Local Excision
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Skin Cancer
- Peritoneal surface malignancies
- Retroperitoneal sarcomas
Professional Statement
Eugene A. Choi, M.D., is a board-certified surgical oncologist specializing in the management of gastrointestinal cancers including gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, soft tissue sarcomas, including gastrointestinal tumors (GIST), melanoma, and peritoneal surface malignancies (mesothelioma).As a member of a multidisciplinary cancer care team, Dr. Choi works closely with other skilled specialists from medical and radiation oncology to offer the most complete care possible.
His research interests include the signaling mechanisms of solid tumor cancer metastasis, and development of novel drug therapies.
Dr. Choi earned his medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed a general surgery residency at the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he also served as administrative chief resident. Dr. Choi also completed a surgical oncology research fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania and a surgical oncology clinical fellowship at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. During his time at the University of Chicago, Dr. Choi held a faculty appointment in the section of general surgery and surgical oncology.
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Selected Publications
- Cohen EE, Zhu H, Lingen MW, Martin LE, Kuo WL, Choi EA, Kocherginsky M, Parker JS, Chung CH, Rosner MR "A Feed-forward Loop Involving Protein Kinase Calpha and microRNAs Regulates Tumor Cell Cycle." Cancer Re.. 2009 Jan;69(1):65-74. Pubmed PMID: 19117988
- Choi EA, Matthews "Chronic Pancreatitis In: Shackelford’s Surgery of the Alimentary Tract." 2010;
- Ganai S, Prachand VN, Posner MC, Alverdy JC, Choi E, Hussain M, Waxman I, Patti MG "Predictors of Unsuccessful Laparoscopic Resection of Gastric Submucosal Neoplasms." J Gastrointest Surg.. 2013 Feb;17(2):244-55. Pubmed PMID: 23225195
- Choi EA and Song DA "Skin Lesions In: Schwartz’s Principle of Surgery." 2014;
- Choi EA, Feig B. "Surgical Resection in Metastatic GIST." Current Oncology Reports. 2007 Jul;9(4):303-8. Pubmed PMID: 17588355
- Dudeja V, Choi EA, Al-Refaie Waddah "Total Gastrectomy for Cancer In: Operative Techniques in Surgery." 2014;
- Thomas RM, Aloia TA, Truty MJ, Choi EA, Curley SA, Vauthey JN, Abdalla EK "Treatment Sequencing Strategy for Hepatic Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma." HPB. 2014 Jul;16(7):677-85. Pubmed PMID: 24308564
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