William E Fisher, M.D., FACS

Professor, and Vice-Chair for Clinical Affairs

(832) 957-6500

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Positions

Professor, and Vice-Chair for Clinical Affairs: Department of Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

George L. Jordan, M.D. Chair in General Surgery: Baylor College of Medicine

Director, Elkins Pancreas Center: Baylor College of Medicine

President, Medical Staff: Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center

Chief, Surgery Service Line: Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center

Addresses

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center (Clinic): O’Quinn Medical Tower at McNair
1919 Old Spanish Trail
Houston, TX, 77054
United States
Phone: (832) 957-6500
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Education

BA from Wittenberg University: 06/1986 - Springfield, OH, United States

Residency at The Ohio State University: 06/1998 - Columbus, Ohio, United States

Research Fellowship at The Ohio State University: 06/1996 - Columbus, Ohio, United States

MD from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine: 06/1990 - Cincinnati, OH, United States

Certifications

American Board of Surgery

Honors & Awards

America’s Top Doctors for Cancer: Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.

Top 1% of doctors in the U.S.: U.S. News and World Report

“Texas Super Doctor”: Texas Monthly

Master Clinician Award for Excellence in Patient Care: Baylor College of Medicine

2010 DeBakey Distinguished Service Award: Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery

2019 George P. Noon Faculty Professionalism Award: Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery

Professional Interests

Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure)
Minimally invasive/laparoscopic/robotic pancreatic surgery
Pancreas cancer
Distal and central pancreatectomy
Pancreas resection
Surgical oncology
Common bile duct resection
Puestow procedure
Frey procedure
Laparoscopic pancreatectomy

Professional Statement

Dr. William E. Fisher is an internationally-known leader in pancreatic surgery. For over 20 years, his practice in Houston has been focused entirely on surgery for pancreatic tumors and cysts. Dr. Fisher has extensive experience in advanced minimally invasive robotic pancreas surgery. Dr. Fisher sees patients in the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center.

Never satisfied with good but striving to provide literally the best surgical care in the world is how best to describe Dr. Fisher. As Professor of Surgery and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, he participates in training the next generation of surgeons. He demonstrates to our residents and medical students, on a daily basis, the very best of all aspects of surgical care from the application of new techniques to an excellent bedside manner. He is constantly applying the very latest in medical technology balanced by his experience and a common sense approach. In short, he treats every patient exactly as he would expect a member of his immediate family to be treated.

Dr. Fisher has been a member of Baylor faculty since 1998 and in that time he has built one of the largest clinical programs for the surgical treatment of pancreatic disease in Texas with outstanding outcomes. He is internationally known for his clinical work as a pancreatic surgeon, as well as his basic science and clinical research work in pancreatic cancer. As Director of the Elkins Pancreas Center at Baylor College of Medicine he has helped develop and coordinates all of the clinical care for a large pancreatic cancer patient population as well as the basic science and clinical research related to pancreatic cancer being performed at Baylor.

Dr. Fisher’s clinical research program has been highlighted by his role as PI of two NIH-funded multicenter randomized clinical trials that generated practice changing impact on the use of drains during pancreatectomy, and the subsequent development of a multicenter pancreatic surgery outcomes consortium. His basic science lab has studied the influence of gastrointestinal hormones on pancreatic cancer growth, the relationship between diabetes and pancreatic cancer, and genomic analysis of pancreatic cancer, resulting in over 160 peer-reviewed publications.

Dr. Fisher is currently PI at BCM for the NIH Consortium to Study Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer. Dr. Fisher was also the driving force behind several large collaborative gene sequencing studies that lead to novel discoveries of the genetics of pancreatic cancer published in Nature. Dr. Fisher leads a team of research clinicians dedicated to translating discoveries from the bench to the bedside and has served as principal investigator on more than 15 clinical trials for patients with pancreatic cancer.Dr. Fisher has also significantly impacted numerous surgery residents who have gone on to make their own contributions to American surgery.

Websites

Elkins Pancreas Center

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In the News:

International Team Reports on Large-Scale Pancreatic Cancer Analysis

Dr. William Fisher Receives NIH Funding for Two Pancreas Cancer Studies

Drs. Fisher, Wall and Wesson Earn Master Clinician Awards

New study to shed light on microbiome’s relationship to pancreatic cancer

Houston researchers closer to unraveling mysteries of pancreatic cancer

How robotic-assisted Whipple surgery is changing pancreatic cancer care

9-Year Survivor Beats the Odds of Pancreatic Cancer

Videos

Meet Dr. William E. Fisher – Houston Pancreas Surgeon

Why Choose the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center

Pancreas surgeon Dr. William E. Fisher discusses the advantages of treatment at the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.

Pancreas Surgery – What to Expect

Pancreas surgeon Dr. William E. Fisher discusses the patient experience at Baylor Medicine’s Elkins Pancreas Center.

Selected Publications

Biankin AV, Waddell N, Kassahn KS, Gingras MC, Muthuswamy LB, Johns AL, Miller DK, Wilson PJ, Patch AM, Wu J, Chang DK, Cowley MJ, Gardiner BB, Song S, Harliwong I, Idrisoglu S, Nourse C, Nourbakhsh E, Manning S, Wani S, Gongora M, Pajic M, Scarlett CJ, G. " Pancreatic cancer genomes reveal aberrations in axon guidance pathway genes. " Nature. ; 491 (7424) : 399-405.
Pubmed PMID: 23103869.
Scarpa A, Chang DK, Nones K, Corbo V, Patch AM, Bailey P, Lawlor RT, Johns AL, Miller DK, Mafficini A, Rusev B, Scardoni M, Antonello D, Barbi S, Sikora KO, Cingarlini S, Vicentini C, McKay S, Quinn MCJ, Bruxner .. Fisher WE and et al.. " Corrigendum: Whole-genome landscape of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors " Nature. ;
Pubmed PMID: 28953865.
Bailey P, Chang DK, Nones K, Johns AL, Patch AM, Gingras MC, Miller DK, Christ AN, Bruxner TJ, Quinn MC, Nourse C, Murtaugh LC, Harliwong I, Idrisoglu S, Manning S, Nourbakhsh E, Wani S, Fink L, Holmes O, Chin V, Anderson MJ,… Fisher WE et al. " Genomic analyses identify molecular subtypes of pancreatic cancer " Nature. ;
Pubmed PMID: 26909576.
Van Buren G, Bloomston M, Hughes SJ, Winter J, Behrman SW, Zyromski NJ, Vollmer C, Velanovich V, Riall T, Muscarella P, Trevino J, Nakeeb A, Schmidt CM, Behrns K, Ellison EC, Barakat O, Perry KA, Drebin J, House M, Abdel-Misih S, et al...Fisher WE. " A Randomized Prospective Multicenter Trial of Pancreaticoduodenectomy With and Without Routine Intraperitoneal Drainage " Ann Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 24374513.
Fisher WE, Jordan GL. " Reply to Letter: A Randomized Prospective Multicenter Trial of Pancreaticoduodenectomy With and Without Routine Intraperitoneal Drainage " Ann Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 24887975.
Mohammed S, Sukumaran S, Bajgain P, Watanabe N, Heslop HE, Rooney CM, Brenner MK, Fisher WE, Leen AM, Vera JF. " Improving chimeric antigen receptor-modified T cell function by reversing the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment of pancreatic cancer " Mol Ther. ;
Pubmed PMID: 28129119.
LeMaire SA, Trautner BW, Ramamurthy U, Green SY, Zhang Q, Fisher WE, Rosengart TK. " An Academic Relative Value Unit System for Incentivizing the Academic Productivity of Surgery Faculty Members " Ann Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 30004925.
Mohammed S, Mendez-Reyes JE, McElhany A, Gonzales-Luna D, Van Buren G, Bland DS, Villafane-Ferriol N, Pierzynski JA, West CA, Silberfein EJ, Fisher WE. " Venous thrombosis following pancreaticoduodenectomy with venous resection " J Surg Res. ;
Pubmed PMID: 29907222.
Ecker BL, McMillan MT, Asbun HJ, Ball CG, Bassi C, Beane JD, Behrman SW, Berger AC, Dickson EJ, Bloomston M, Callery MP, Christein JD, Dixon E, Drebin JA, Castillo CF, Fisher WE, Fong ZV, Haverick E, Hollis RH, House MG, Hughtes SJ, Jamieson NB, et al. " Characterization and optimal management of high-risk pancreatic anastomoses during pancreatoduodenectomy " Ann Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 28594741.
McMillan MT, Soi S, Asbun HJ, Ball CG, Bassi C, Beane JD, Behrman SW, Berger AC, Bloomston M, Callery MP, Christein JD, Dixon E, Drebin JA, Castillo CF, Fisher WE, et al. " Risk-adjusted outcomes of clinically relevant pancreatic fistula following pancreatoduodenectomy: a model for performance evaluation " Ann Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 26727086.
Shah KP, Baugh KA, Brubaker LS, Van Buren G 2nd, Villafane-Ferriol N, McElhany AL, Mohamed S, Silberfein EJ, Hsu C, Massarweh NN, Tran Cao HS, Mendez-Reyes JE, Fisher WE. " Long-Term Assessment of Pancreatic Function After Pancreatectomy for Cystic Neoplasms " J Surg Res. ;
Pubmed PMID: 31740011.
Majumder S, Taylor WR, Yab TC, Berger CK, Dukek BA, Cao X, Foote PH, Wu CW, et al. " Novel Methylated DNA Markers Discriminate Advanced Neoplasia in Pancreatic Cysts: Marker Discovery, Tissue Validation, and Cyst Fluid Testing " Am J Gastroenterol. ;
Pubmed PMID: 31306149.
Ecker BL, Vollmer CM Jr, Behrman SW, Allegrini V, Aversa J, Ball CG, Barrows CE, Berger AC, Cagigas MN, Christein JD, Dixon E, Fisher WE, et al. " Role of Adjuvant Multimodality Therapy After Curative-Intent Resection of Ampullary Carcinoma " JAMA Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 31141112.
Villafane-Ferriol N, Baugh KA, McElhany AL, Van Buren G 2nd, Fang A, Tashakori EK, Reyes JEM, Cao HST, Silberfein EJ, Massarweh N, Hsu C, Barakat O, Schmidt C, Zyromski NJ, Dillhoff M, Villarreal JA, Fisher WE. " Evidence versus Practice in Early Drain Removal After Pancreatectomy " J Surg Res. ;
Pubmed PMID: 30694774.
Jalalabadi F, Shultz KP, Sussman NL, Fisher WE, Reece EM. " Initiating telehealth in a complex organization " Semin Plast Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 30357052.
Baugh KA, Tran Cao HS, van Buren G2nd, Silberfein EJ, Hsu C, Chai C, Barakat O, Fisher WE, and Massarweh NN. " Understaging of clinical stage I pancreatic cancer and the impact of multimodality therapy " Surgery. ;
Pubmed PMID: 30243481.
Fisher WE. " Intraperitoneal drainage and pancreatic resection " Adv Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 30098613.
Moskovic DJ, Hodges SE, Wu MF, Brunicardi FC, Hilsenbeck SG, Fisher WE. " Drain data to predict clinically relevant pancreatic fistula. " HPB (Oxford). 2010 Sep ; 12 (7) : 472-81.
Pubmed PMID: 20815856.
Fisher WE, Hodges SE, Wu MF, Hilsenbeck SG, Brunicardi FC. " Assessment of the learning curve for pancreaticoduodenectomy. " Am. J. Surg.. 2012 Jun ; 203 (6) : 684-90.
Pubmed PMID: 22079032.
Fisher WE, Chai C, Hodges SE, Wu MF, Hilsenbeck SG, Brunicardi FC. " Effect of BioGlue on the incidence of pancreatic fistula following pancreas resection. " J. Gastrointest. Surg.. 2008 May ; 12 (5) : 882-90.
Pubmed PMID: 18273671.
Liu SH, Smyth-Templeton N, Davis AR, Davis EA, Ballian N, Li M, Liu H, Fisher W, Brunicardi FC. " Multiple treatment cycles of liposome-encapsulated adenoviral RIP-TK gene therapy effectively ablate human pancreatic cancer cells in SCID mice. " Surgery. 2011 Apr ; 149 (4) : 484-95.
Pubmed PMID: 21295812.
Fisher WE, Hodges SE, Silberfein EJ, Artinyan A, Ahern CH, Jo E, Brunicardi FC. " Pancreatic resection without routine intraperitoneal drainage. " HPB (Oxford). 2011 Jul ; 13 (7) : 503-10.
Pubmed PMID: 21689234.
Shah D, Fisher WE, Hodges SE, Wu MF, Hilsenbeck SG, Charles Brunicardi F. " Preoperative prediction of complete resection in pancreatic cancer. " J. Surg. Res.. 2008 Jun 15; 147 (2) : 216-20.
Pubmed PMID: 18498873.
Fisher WE, Hodges SE, Yagnik V, Morón FE, Wu MF, Hilsenbeck SG, Raijman IL, Charles Brunicardi F. " Accuracy of CT in predicting malignant potential of cystic pancreatic neoplasms. " HPB (Oxford). 2008 ; 10 (6) : 483-90.
Pubmed PMID: 19088937.
Li M, Zhang Y, Liu Z, Bharadwaj U, Wang H, Wang X, Zhang S, Liuzzi JP, Chang SM, Cousins RJ, Fisher WE, Brunicardi FC, Logsdon CD, Chen C, Yao Q. " Aberrant expression of zinc transporter ZIP4 (SLC39A4) significantly contributes to human pancreatic cancer pathogenesis and progression. " Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 2007 Nov 20; 104 (47) : 18636-41.
Pubmed PMID: 18003899.
Katari UL, Keirnan JM, Worth AC, Hodges SE, Leen AM, Fisher WE, Vera JF. " Engineered T cells for pancreatic cancer treatment. " HPB (Oxford). 2011 Sep ; 13 (9) : 643-50.
Pubmed PMID: 21843265.
Brunicardi FC, Atiya A, Moldovan S, Lee TC, Fagan SP, Kleinman RM, Adrian TE, Coy DH, Walsh JH, Fisher WE. " Activation of somatostatin receptor subtype 2 inhibits insulin secretion in the isolated perfused human pancreas. " Pancreas. 2003 Nov ; 27 (4) : e84-9.
Pubmed PMID: 14576502.
Fisher WE, Berger DH. " Angiogenesis and antiangiogenic strategies in pancreatic cancer. " Int J Gastrointest Cancer. 2003 ; 33 (1) : 79-88.
Pubmed PMID: 12909740.
Li D, Tanaka M, Brunicardi FC, Fisher WE, Gibbs RA, Gingras MC. " Association between somatostatin receptor 5 gene polymorphisms and pancreatic cancer risk and survival. " Cancer. 2011 Jul 1; 117 (13) : 2863-72.
Pubmed PMID: 21692047.
Voidonikolas G, Kreml SS, Chen C, Fisher WE, Brunicardi FC, Gibbs RA, Gingras MC. " Basic principles and technologies for deciphering the genetic map of cancer. " World J Surg. 2009 Apr ; 33 (4) : 615-29.
Pubmed PMID: 19115029.
Bhama JK, Ogren JW, Lee T, Fisher WE. " Bouveret's syndrome. " Surgery. 2002 Jul ; 132 (1) : 104-5.
Pubmed PMID: 12110804.
Viney R, Fordan SV, Fisher WE, Ergun G. " Cecal volvulus after colonoscopy. " Am. J. Gastroenterol.. 2002 Dec ; 97 (12) : 3211-2.
Pubmed PMID: 12492222.
Tirone TA, Wang XP, Templeton NS, Lee T, Nguyen L, Fisher W, Brunicardi FC. " Cell-specific cytotoxicity of human pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells using rat insulin promoter thymidine kinase-directed gene therapy. " World J Surg. 2004 Aug ; 28 (8) : 826-33.
Pubmed PMID: 15457366.
Li M, Li W, Kim HJ, Yao Q, Chen C, Fisher WE. " Characterization of somatostatin receptor expression in human pancreatic cancer using real-time RT-PCR. " J. Surg. Res.. 2004 Jun 15; 119 (2) : 130-7.
Pubmed PMID: 15145694.
Yazawa K, Fisher WE, Brunicardi FC. " Current progress in suicide gene therapy for cancer. " World J Surg. 2002 Jul ; 26 (7) : 783-9.
Pubmed PMID: 11948367.
Feurino LW, Fisher WE, Bharadwaj U, Yao Q, Chen C, Li M. " Current update of cytokines in pancreatic cancer: pathogenic mechanisms, clinical indication, and therapeutic values. " Cancer Invest.. 2006 Nov ; 24 (7) : 696-703.
Pubmed PMID: 17118780.
Li M, Zhai Q, Bharadwaj U, Wang H, Li F, Fisher WE, Chen C, Yao Q. " Cyclophilin A is overexpressed in human pancreatic cancer cells and stimulates cell proliferation through CD147. " Cancer. 2006 May 15; 106 (10) : 2284-94.
Pubmed PMID: 16604531.
Voidonikolas G, Gingras MC, Hodges S, McGuire AL, Chen C, Gibbs RA, Brunicardi FC, Fisher WE. " Developing a tissue resource to characterize the genome of pancreatic cancer. " World J Surg. 2009 Apr ; 33 (4) : 723-31.
Pubmed PMID: 19137368.
Fisher WE. " Diabetes: risk factor for the development of pancreatic cancer or manifestation of the disease? " World J Surg. 2001 Apr ; 25 (4) : 503-8.
Pubmed PMID: 11396427.
Li M, Zhang Y, Bharadwaj U, Zhai QJ, Ahern CH, Fisher WE, Brunicardi FC, Logsdon CD, Chen C, Yao Q. " Down-regulation of ZIP4 by RNA interference inhibits pancreatic cancer growth and increases the survival of nude mice with pancreatic cancer xenografts. " Clin. Cancer Res.. 2009 Oct 1; 15 (19) : 5993-6001.
Pubmed PMID: 19755388.
Li M, Wang H, Li F, Fisher WE, Chen C, Yao Q. " Effect of cyclophilin A on gene expression in human pancreatic cancer cells. " Am. J. Surg.. 2005 Nov ; 190 (5) : 739-45.
Pubmed PMID: 16226951.
Liu SH, Davis A, Li Z, Ballian N, Davis E, Wang XP, Fisher W, Brunicardi FC. " Effective ablation of pancreatic cancer cells in SCID mice using systemic adenoviral RIP-TK/GCV gene therapy. " J. Surg. Res.. 2007 Jul ; 141 (1) : 45-52.
Pubmed PMID: 17512546.
Fisher WE, Muscarella P, Boros LG, Schirmer WJ. " Gastrointestinal hormones as potential adjuvant treatment of exocrine pancreatic adenocarcinoma. " Int. J. Pancreatol.. 1998 Dec ; 24 (3) : 169-80.
Pubmed PMID: 9873951.
Rodriguez JA, Li M, Yao Q, Chen C, Fisher WE. " Gene overexpression in pancreatic adenocarcinoma: diagnostic and therapeutic implications. " World J Surg. 2005 Mar ; 29 (3) : 297-305.
Pubmed PMID: 15696394.
Feurino LW, Zhang Y, Bharadwaj U, Zhang R, Li F, Fisher WE, Brunicardi FC, Chen C, Yao Q, Min L. " IL-6 stimulates Th2 type cytokine secretion and upregulates VEGF and NRP-1 expression in pancreatic cancer cells. " Cancer Biol. Ther.. 2007 Jul ; 6 (7) : 1096-100.
Pubmed PMID: 17568185.
Li M, Zhang Y, Feurino LW, Wang H, Fisher WE, Brunicardi FC, Chen C, Yao Q. " Interleukin-8 increases vascular endothelial growth factor and neuropilin expression and stimulates ERK activation in human pancreatic cancer. " Cancer Sci.. 2008 Apr ; 99 (4) : 733-7.
Pubmed PMID: 18307536.
Balentine CJ, Enriquez J, Fisher W, Hodges S, Bansal V, Sansgiry S, Petersen NJ, Berger DH. " Intra-abdominal Fat Predicts Survival in Pancreatic Cancer. " J. Gastrointest. Surg.. 2010 Nov ; 14 (11) : 1832-7.
Pubmed PMID: 20725799.
Reichenbach DJ, Tackett AD, Harris J, Camacho D, Graviss EA, Dewan B, Vavra A, Stiles A, Fisher WE, Brunicardi FC, Sweeney JF. " Laparoscopic colon resection early in the learning curve: what is the appropriate setting? " Ann. Surg.. 2006 Jun ; 243 (6) : 730-5; discussi.
Pubmed PMID: 16772776.
Obermeyer RJ, Fisher WE, Salameh JR, Jeyapalan M, Sweeney JF, Brunicardi FC. " Laparoscopic pancreatic cystogastrostomy. " Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2003 Aug ; 13 (4) : 250-3.
Pubmed PMID: 12960787.
Salameh JR, Sweeney JF, Graviss EA, Essien FA, Williams MD, Awad S, Itani KM, Fisher WE. " Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair during the learning curve. " Hernia. 2002 Dec ; 6 (4) : 182-7.
Pubmed PMID: 12424598.
Fisher WE. " Long-term treatment of streptozotocin-induced diabetes by continuous insulin minipump in the Syrian hamster. " Cell Transplant. ; 8 (5) : 561-5.
Pubmed PMID: 10580350.
Zhou G, Liu SH, Shahi KM, Wang H, Duan X, Lin X, Feng XH, Li M, Fisher WE, Demayo FJ, Dawson D, Brunicardi FC. " Negative regulation of pancreatic and duodenal homeobox-1 by somatostatin receptor subtype 5. " Mol. Endocrinol.. 2012 Jul ; 26 (7) : 1225-34.
Pubmed PMID: 22669743.
Li M, Yan S, Fisher WE, Chen C, Yao Q. " New roles of a neuropeptide cortistatin in the immune system and cancer. " World J Surg. 2005 Mar ; 29 (3) : 354-6.
Pubmed PMID: 15696397.
Balentine CJ, Enriquez J, Cruz G, Hodges S, Bansal V, Jo E, Ahern C, Sansgiry S, Petersen N, Silberfein E, Brunicardi FC, Berger DH, Fisher W. " Obesity does not increase complications following pancreatic surgery. " J. Surg. Res.. 2011 Oct ; 170 (2) : 220-5.
Pubmed PMID: 21514600.
Brunicardi FC, Gibbs RA, Wheeler DA, Nemunaitis J, Fisher W, Goss J, Chen C. " Overview of the development of personalized genomic medicine and surgery. " World J Surg. 2011 Aug ; 35 (8) : 1693-9.
Pubmed PMID: 21424870.
Brunicardi FC, Gibbs RA, Fisher W, Chen C. " Overview of the Molecular Surgeon Symposium on Personalized Genomic Medicine and Surgery. " World J Surg. 2009 Apr ; 33 (4) : 612-4.
Pubmed PMID: 19083052.
Li M, Yang H, Chai H, Fisher WE, Wang X, Brunicardi FC, Yao Q, Chen C. " Pancreatic carcinoma cells express neuropilins and vascular endothelial growth factor, but not vascular endothelial growth factor receptors. " Cancer. 2004 Nov 15; 101 (10) : 2341-50.
Pubmed PMID: 15476280.
Kono T, Hanazaki K, Yazawa K, Ashizawa S, Fisher WE, Wang XP, Nosé Y, Brunicardi FC. " Pancreatic polypeptide administration reduces insulin requirements of artificial pancreas in pancreatectomized dogs. " Artif Organs. 2005 Jan ; 29 (1) : 83-7.
Pubmed PMID: 15644089.
Liu S, Ballian N, Belaguli NS, Patel S, Li M, Templeton NS, Gingras MC, Gibbs R, Fisher W, Brunicardi FC. " PDX-1 acts as a potential molecular target for treatment of human pancreatic cancer. " Pancreas. 2008 Aug ; 37 (2) : 210-20.
Pubmed PMID: 18665085.
Feanny MA, Fagan SP, Ballian N, Liu SH, Li Z, Wang X, Fisher W, Brunicardi FC, Belaguli NS. " PDX-1 expression is associated with islet proliferation in vitro and in vivo. " J. Surg. Res.. 2008 Jan ; 144 (1) : 41502.
Pubmed PMID: 17583748.
Liu SH, Rao DD, Nemunaitis J, Senzer N, Zhou G, Dawson D, Gingras MC, Wang Z, Gibbs R, Norman M, Templeton NS, Demayo FJ, O'Malley B, Sanchez R, Fisher WE, Brunicardi FC. " PDX-1 Is a Therapeutic Target for Pancreatic Cancer, Insulinoma and Islet Neoplasia Using a Novel RNA Interference Platform. " PLoS ONE. 2012 ; 7 (8) : e40452.
Pubmed PMID: 22905092.
Liu SH, Patel S, Gingras MC, Nemunaitis J, Zhou G, Chen C, Li M, Fisher W, Gibbs R, Brunicardi FC. " PDX-1: Demonstration of oncogenic properties in pancreatic cancer. " Cancer. 2011 Feb 15; 117 (4) : 723-33.
Pubmed PMID: 20886630.
Bhama JK, Azad NS, Fisher WE. " Primary anorectal lymphoma presenting as a perianal abscess in an HIV-positive male. " Eur J Surg Oncol. 2002 Mar ; 28 (2) : 195-7.
Pubmed PMID: 11884058.
Zhang Y, Li M, Wang H, Fisher WE, Lin PH, Yao Q, Chen C. " Profiling of 95 microRNAs in pancreatic cancer cell lines and surgical specimens by real-time PCR analysis. " World J Surg. 2009 Apr ; 33 (4) : 698-709.
Pubmed PMID: 19030927.
Mohammed S, Fisher WE. " Quality metrics in pancreatic surgery. " Surg. Clin. North Am.. 2013 Jun ; 93 (3) : 693-709.
Pubmed PMID: 23632153.
Yao Q, Li M, Yang H, Chai H, Fisher W, Chen C. " Roles of cyclophilins in cancers and other organ systems. " World J Surg. 2005 Mar ; 29 (3) : 276-80.
Pubmed PMID: 15706440.
Chen C, Li M, Chai H, Yang H, Fisher WE, Yao Q. " Roles of neuropilins in neuronal development, angiogenesis, and cancers. " World J Surg. 2005 Mar ; 29 (3) : 271-5.
Pubmed PMID: 15696396.
Chen C, Li M, Yang H, Chai H, Fisher W, Yao Q. " Roles of thymosins in cancers and other organ systems. " World J Surg. 2005 Mar ; 29 (3) : 264-70.
Pubmed PMID: 15706436.
Fisher WE, Hodges SE, Cruz G, Artinyan A, Silberfein EJ, Ahern CH, Jo E, Brunicardi FC. " Routine nasogastric suction may be unnecessary after a pancreatic resection. " HPB (Oxford). 2011 Nov ; 13 (11) : 792-6.
Pubmed PMID: 21999592.
Li M, Becnel LS, Li W, Fisher WE, Chen C, Yao Q. " Signal transduction in human pancreatic cancer: roles of transforming growth factor beta, somatostatin receptors, and other signal intermediates. " Arch. Immunol. Ther. Exp. (Warsz.). ; 53 (5) : 381-7.
Pubmed PMID: 16314822.
Cotton RT, Li D, Scherer SE, Muzny DM, Hodges SE, Catania RL, Witkiewicz AK, Brody JR, Kennedy EP, Yeo CJ, Brunicardi FC, Gibbs RA, Gingras MC, Fisher WE. " Single nucleotide polymorphism in RECQL and survival in resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma. " HPB (Oxford). 2009 ; 11 (5) : 435-44.
Pubmed PMID: 19768149.
Celinski SA, Fisher WE, Amaya F, Wu YQ, Yao Q, Youker KA, Li M. " Somatostatin receptor gene transfer inhibits established pancreatic cancer xenografts. " J. Surg. Res.. 2003 Nov ; 115 (1) : 41-7.
Pubmed PMID: 14572771.
Fisher WE, Wu Y, Amaya F, Berger DH. " Somatostatin receptor subtype 2 gene therapy inhibits pancreatic cancer in vitro. " J. Surg. Res.. 2002 Jun 1; 105 (1) : 58-64.
Pubmed PMID: 12069503.
Li M, Wang X, Li W, Li F, Yang H, Wang H, Brunicardi FC, Chen C, Yao Q, Fisher WE. " Somatostatin receptor-1 induces cell cycle arrest and inhibits tumor growth in pancreatic cancer. " Cancer Sci.. 2008 Nov ; 99 (11) : 2218-23.
Pubmed PMID: 18823376.
Li M, Fisher WE, Kim HJ, Wang X, Brunicardi CF, Chen C, Yao Q. " Somatostatin, somatostatin receptors, and pancreatic cancer. " World J Surg. 2005 Mar ; 29 (3) : 293-6.
Pubmed PMID: 15706439.
Wang XP, Yazawa K, Yang J, Kohn D, Fisher WE, Brunicardi FC. " Specific gene expression and therapy for pancreatic cancer using the cytosine deaminase gene directed by the rat insulin promoter. " J. Gastrointest. Surg.. 2004 Jan ; 8 (1) : 98-108; discuss.
Pubmed PMID: 14746841.
Bhama JK, Haas MK, Fisher WE. " Spread of a pharyngeal cancer to the abdominal wall after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. " Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2001 Dec ; 11 (6) : 375-8.
Pubmed PMID: 11822863.
Zhou G, Gingras MC, Liu SH, Li D, Li Z, Catania RL, Stehling KM, Li M, Paganelli G, Gibbs RA, Demayo FJ, Fisher WE, Brunicardi FC. " The Hypofunctional Effect of P335L Single Nucleotide Polymorphism on SSTR5 Function. " World J Surg. 2011 Aug ; 35 (8) : 1715-24.
Pubmed PMID: 21249361.
Fisher WE. " The promise of a personalized genomic approach to pancreatic cancer and why targeted therapies have missed the mark. " World J Surg. 2011 Aug ; 35 (8) : 1766-9.
Pubmed PMID: 21222122.
Zhang Y, Feurino LW, Zhai Q, Wang H, Fisher WE, Chen C, Yao Q, Li M. " Thymosin Beta 4 is overexpressed in human pancreatic cancer cells and stimulates proinflammatory cytokine secretion and JNK activation. " Cancer Biol. Ther.. 2008 Mar ; 7 (3) : 419-23.
Pubmed PMID: 18094619.
Li M, Zhang Y, Zhai Q, Feurino LW, Fisher WE, Chen C, Yao Q. " Thymosin beta-10 is aberrantly expressed in pancreatic cancer and induces JNK activation. " Cancer Invest.. 2009 Mar ; 27 (3) : 251-6.
Pubmed PMID: 19194824.
Li M, Feurino LW, Li F, Wang H, Zhai Q, Fisher WE, Chen C, Yao Q. " Thymosinalpha1 stimulates cell proliferation by activating ERK1/2, JNK, and increasing cytokine secretion in human pancreatic cancer cells. " Cancer Lett.. 2007 Apr 8; 248 (1) : 58-67.
Pubmed PMID: 16828224.
McGuire AL, Oliver JM, Slashinski MJ, Graves JL, Wang T, Kelly PA, Fisher W, Lau CC, Goss J, Okcu M, Treadwell-Deering D, Goldman AM, Noebels JL, Hilsenbeck SG. " To share or not to share: a randomized trial of consent for data sharing in genome research. " Genet. Med.. 2011 Nov ; 13 (11) : 948-55.
Pubmed PMID: 21785360.
Li M, Zhang R, Li F, Wang H, Kim HJ, Becnel L, Yao Q, Chen C, Fisher WE. " Transfection of SSTR-1 and SSTR-2 inhibits Panc-1 cell proliferation and renders Panc-1 cells responsive to somatostatin analogue. " J. Am. Coll. Surg.. 2005 Oct ; 201 (4) : 571-8.
Pubmed PMID: 16183496.
Page CW, Barnes SA, Fisher WE. " Ulcer necessitans: a forgotten entity. " Surgery. 2000 May ; 127 (5) : 593-4.
Pubmed PMID: 10819071.
Bhama JK, Ogren J, Guinn G, Fisher WE. " Unique cause of duodenal obstruction by an abdominal aortic aneurysm. " J. Vasc. Surg.. 2001 Dec ; 34 (6) : 1130-2.
Pubmed PMID: 11743573.
Camacho D, Reichenbach D, Duerr GD, Venema TL, Sweeney JF, Fisher WE. " Value of laparoscopy in the staging of pancreatic cancer. " JOP. 2005 Nov ; 6 (6) : 552-61.
Pubmed PMID: 16286705.
Bhama JK, Guinn G, Fisher WE. " Venous aneurysm following construction of a polytetrafluoroethylene arteriovenous dialysis graft. " Ann Vasc Surg. 2002 Mar ; 16 (2) : 239-41.
Pubmed PMID: 11972260.
Sweeney AD, Fisher WE, Wu MF, Hilsenbeck SG, Brunicardi FC. " Value of pancreatic resection for cancer metastatic to the pancreas. " J. Surg. Res.. 2010 May 15; 160 (2) : 268-76.
Pubmed PMID: 20422750.
Fu X, Tao L, Li M, Fisher WE, Zhang X. " Effective treatment of pancreatic cancer xenografts with a conditionally replicating virus derived from type 2 herpes simplex virus. " Clin. Cancer Res.. 2006 May 15; 12 (10) : 3152-7.
Pubmed PMID: 16707615.
Cook J, Waddington A, Black D, Costescu D, Desjardins D, Duchesne E, LeBoeuf M, Malhotra U, Fisher W. " Intrauterine Contraception: Knowledge and Prescribing practices of Canadian Health Care Providers " J Obstet Gynaecol Can. ;
Pubmed PMID: 30898549.
Li M, Bharadwaj U, Zhang R, Zhang S, Mu H, Fisher WE, Brunicardi FC, Chen C, Yao Q. " Mesothelin is a malignant factor and therapeutic vaccine target for pancreatic cancer. " Mol. Cancer Ther.. 2008 Feb ; 7 (2) : 286-96.
Pubmed PMID: 18281514.
Patel SG, Zhou G, Liu SH, Li M, Jeong JW, DeMayo FJ, Gingras MC, Gibbs RA, Fisher WE, Brunicardi FC. " Microarray analysis of somatostatin receptor 5-regulated gene expression profiles in murine pancreas. " World J Surg. 2009 Apr ; 33 (4) : 630-7.
Pubmed PMID: 19137362.
Villafane-Ferriol N, Baugh KA, McElhany AL, Van Buren G 2nd, Fang A, Tashakori EK, Reyes JEM, Cao HST, Silberfein EJ, Massarweh N, Hsu C, Barakat O, Schmidt C, Zyromski NJ, Dillhoff M, Villarreal JA, Fisher WE. " Evidence versus Practice in Early Drain Removal After Pancreatectomy " J Surg Res. ;
Pubmed PMID: 30694774.
Jalalabadi F, Shultz KP, Sussman NL, Fisher WE, Reece EM. " Initiating telehealth in a complex organization " Semin Plast Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 30357052.
Baugh KA, Villafane N, Farinas C, Dhingra S, Silberfein EJ, Massarweh NN, Cao HT, Fisher WE, Van Buren G 2nd. " Pancreatic Incidentalomas: A management algorithm for identifying ectopic spleens " J Surg Res. ;
Pubmed PMID: 30694749.
Song X, Chen H, Zhang C, Yu Y, Chen Z, Liang H, Van Buren G2nd, McElhany AL, Fisher, WE, Lonard DM, O’Malley BW, Wang J. " SRC-3 Inhibition Blocks Tumor Growth of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma " Cancer Lett. ;
Pubmed PMID: 30423406.
Tolcher MC, Fisher WE, Clark SL. " Nonobstretric Surgery During pregnancy " Obstet Gynecol. ;
Pubmed PMID: 29995718.
Fisher WE. " Intraperitoneal drainage and pancreatic resection " Adv Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 30098613.
Van Buren G2nd, Bloomston M, Schmidt CR, Behrman SW, Zyromski MJ, Ball CG, Morgan KA, Hughes SJ, Karanicolas PJ, Allendorf JD, Vollmer CM Jr, Ly Q, Brown KM..et al. Fisher WE. " A prospective randomized multicenter trial of distal pancreatectomy with and without routine intraperitoneal drainage " Ann Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 28692468.
Eibl G, Cruz-Monserrate Z, Korc M, Petrov MS, Goodarzi MO, Fisher WE, Habtezion A, Lugea A, Pandol SJ, Hart PA, Andersen DK; Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes, and Pancreatic Cancer. " Diabetes mellitus and obesity as risk factors for Pancreatic Cancer " J Acad Nutr Diet. ;
Pubmed PMID: 28919082.
Sukumaran S, Watanabe N, Bajgain P, Raja K, Mohammed S, Fisher WE, Brenner MK, Leen AM, Vera JF. " Enhancing the potency and specificity of engineered T cells for cancer treatment " Cancer Discov. ;
Pubmed PMID: 29880586.
Villafane-Ferriol N, Shah RM, Mohameed S, Van Buren G 2nd, Barakat O, Massarweh NN, Tran Cao HS, Silberfein EJ, Hsu C, Fisher WE.. " Evidence Based management of drains following pancreatic resection:A systematic Review " Pancreas. ;
Pubmed PMID: 29232341.
Ecker BL, McMillan MT, Maggino L, Allegrini V, Asbun HJ, Ball CG, Bassi C, Beane JD, Behrman SW, Berger AC, Bloomston M, Callery MP, Christein JD, Dickson E, Dixon E, Drebin JA, Castillo CF, Fisher WE…et al. " Pancreatogastrostomy vs. pancreatojejunostomy: a risk-stratified analysis of 5316 pancreatoduodenectomies " J Gastrointest Surg. ;
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Villa-ferriol N, Van Buren G 2nd, Mendez-Reyes JE, McElhany AL, Massarweh NN, Silberfein EJ, Hsu C, Tran Cao HS, Schmidt C, Zyromski NJ, Dillhoff ME, Roch A, Oliva E, Smith AC, Zhang Q, Fisher WE. " Sequential drain amylase to guide drain removal following pancreatectomy " HPB. ;
Pubmed PMID: 29478737.
Abbruzzese JL, Andersen DK, Borrebaeck CAK, Chari ST, Costello E, Cruz-Monserrate Z, Eibl G, Engleman EG, Fisher WE, Habtezion A, Kim SK, et al.. " The interface of pancreatic cancer with diabetes, obesity, and inflammation research gaps and opportunities: summary of a national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases workshop " Pancreas. ;
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Tran Cao HS, Zhang Q, Sada YH, Silberfein EJ, Hsu C, Van Buren G2nd, Chai C, Katz MHG, Fisher WE, Massarweh NN. " Value of lymph node positivity in treatment planning for early stage pancreatic cancer " Surgery. ;
Pubmed PMID: 28666686.
Konduri V, Li D, Halpert MM, Liang D, Liang Z, Chen Y, Fisher WE, Paust S, Levitt JM, Yao QC, Decker WK. " Chemo-immunotherapy mediates durable cure of orthotopic KrasG12D/p53-/-pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma " Oncoimmunology. ;
Pubmed PMID: 27757308.
Mohammed S, Van Buren II G, McElhany A, Silberfein EJ, Fisher WE. " Delayed gastric emptying following pancreaticoduodenectomy: incidence, risk factors, and healthcare utilization " W J Gastrointest Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 28396720.
Hart PA, Topazian MD, Raimondo M, Cruz-Monserrate Z, Fisher WE, Lesinski GB, Steen H, Conwell DL. " Endoscopic pancreas fluid collection: methods and relevance for clinical care and translational science " Am J Gastroenterol. ;
Pubmed PMID: 27481304.
Barkun J, Fisher WE, Davidson G, Wakabayashi G, Besselink M, Pitt H, Holt J, Strasberg S, Vollmer C, Kooby D. " Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Resection Organizing Committee. Research considerations in the evaluation of minimally invasive pancreatic resection (MIPR) " HPB. ;
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Gilliland TM, Villafane-Ferriol N, Shah RM, Tran Cao HS, Massarweh NN, Silberfein EJ, Choi EA, Hsu C, McElhany AL, Barakat O, Fisher WE, Van Buren G. " Nutritional and metabolic derangements in pancreatic cancer and pancreatic resection " Nutrients. ;
Pubmed PMID: 28272344.
Yong LK, Lai S, Liang Z, Poteet E, Chen F, van Buren G, Fisher WE, Mo Q, Chen, Yao Q. " Overexpression of Semaphorin-3E enhances pancreatic cancer cell growth and associates with poor patient survival " Oncotarget. ;
Pubmed PMID: 27911862.
Mederos MA, Villafane N, Dhingra S, Farinas C, McElhany A, Fisher WE, Van Buren II G. " Pancreatic endometrial cyst mimics mucinous cystic neoplasm of the pancreas " W J Gastrointest. ;
Pubmed PMID: 28246486.
Scarpa A, Chang DK, Nones K, Corbo V, Patch AM, Bailey P, Lawlor RT, Johns AL, Miller DK, Mafficini A, Rusev B, Scardoni M, Antonello D, Barbi S, Sikora KO, Fisher WE, et al. " Whole-genome landscape of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours " Nature. ;
Pubmed PMID: 28199314.
Gingras MC, Covington KR, Chang DK, Donehower LA, Gill AJ, Ittmann MM, Creighton CJ, Johns AL, Shinbrot E, Dewal N, Fisher WE et al. " Ampullary cancers harbor ELF3 tumor suppressor gene mutations and exhibit frequent WNT dysregulation " Cell rep. ;
Pubmed PMID: 26804919.
Frank TS, Sun X, Zhang Y, Yang J, Fisher WE, Gingras MC, Li M. " Genomic profiling guides the choice of molecular targeted therapy of pancreatic cancer " Cancer Lett. ;
Pubmed PMID: 25890222.
McMillan MT, Allegrini V, Asbun HJ, Ball CG, Bassi C, Beane JD, Behrman SW, Berger AC, Bloomston M, Callery MP, Christein JD, Dickson E, Dixon E, Drebin JA, Fernandez-Del Castillo C, Fisher WE, et al. " Incorporation of procedure specific risk into the ACS-NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator improves the prediction of morbidity and mortality after pancreatoduodenectomy " Ann Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 27232260.
Khawja S, Mohammed S, Silberfein E, Musher B, Fisher WE, Van Buren II G. " Pancreatic Cancer Disparities in African Americans " Pancreas. ;
Pubmed PMID: 25872128.
McMillan MT, Vollmer CM Jr, Asbun HJ, Ball CG, Bassi C, Beane JD, Berger AC, Bloomston M, Callery MP, Christein JD, Dixon E, Drebin JA, Castillo CF, Fisher WE, et al. " The characterization and prediction of ISGPF grade C fistulas following pancreatoduodenectomy " J Gastrointest Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 26162925.
Candelaria NR, Addanki S, Zheng J, Nguyen-Vu T, Karaboga H, Dey P, Gabbi C, Vedin LL, Liu K, Wu W, Jonsson PK, Lin JZ, Su F, Bollu LR, Hodges SE, McElhany AL, Issazadeh MA, Fisher WE et al. " Antiproliferative effects and mechanisms of liver X receptor ligands in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells " PLoS One. ;
Pubmed PMID: 25184494.
Mohammed S, Van Buren G 2nd, Fisher WE. " Pancreatic cancer: advances in treatment " World J Gastroenterol. ;
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Van Buren G II, Fisher WE. " Pancreaticoduodenectomy without drains: interpretation of the evidence " Ann Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 25647060.
McMillan MT, Fisher WE, Van Buren G II, McElhany A, Bloomston M, Hughes SJ, Winter J, Behrman SW, Zyromski NJ, Velanovich V, Brown K, Morgan KA, Vollmer C. " The value of drains as a fistula mitigation strategy for pancreatoduodenectomy: something for everyone? Results of a randomized prospective multi-institutional study " J Gastrointest Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 25183409.
Yang J, Zhang Y, Cui X, Yao W, Yu X, Cen P, Hodges SE, Fisher WE, Brunicardi, FC, Chen C, Yao Q, Li M. " Gene profile identifies zinc transporters differentially expressed in normal human organs and human pancreatic cancer " Curr Mol Med. ;
Pubmed PMID: 23331012.
Fang Y, Yao Q, Chen Z, Xiang J, Fisher WE, Gibbs RA, Chen C. " Genetic and molecular alterations in pancreatic cancer: implications for personalized medicine " Med Sci Monit. ;
Pubmed PMID: 24172537.
Zhang Y, Yang J, Cui X, Chen Y, Zhu VF, Hagan JP, Wang H, Yu X, Hodges SE, Fang J, Chiao PJ, Logsdon CD, Fisher WE, Brunicardi C, Chen C, Yao Q, Fernandez-Zapico ME, Li M. " A novel epigenetic CREB-miR-373 axis mediates ZIP4-induced pancreatic cancer growth " EMBO Mol Med. ;
Pubmed PMID: 23857777.
Mohammed S, Evans C, Van Buren G, Hodges SE, Silberfein E, Artinyan A, Mo Q, Issazadeh M, McElhany AL, Fisher WE. " Treatment of bacteriobilia decreases wound infection rates after pancreaticoduodenectomy " HPB. ;
Pubmed PMID: 23992045.
Ross A, Mohammed S, Van Buren G, Silberfein EJ, Artinyan A, Hodges SE, Fisher WE. " An assessment of the necessity of transfusion during pancreaticoduodenectomy " Surgery. ;
Pubmed PMID: 239726656.
Marin-Muller C, Li D, Bharadwaj U, Li M, Chen C, Hodges S, Fisher WE, Mo Q, Hung MC, Yao Q. " A Tumorigenic Factor Interactome Connected Through Tumor Suppressor MicroRNA-198 in Human Pancreatic Cancer " Clin Cancer Res. ;
Pubmed PMID: 23972656.
Anurathapan U, Chan RC, Hindi HF, Mucharla R, Bajgain P, Hayes BC, Fisher WE, Heslop HE, Rooney CM, Brenner MK, Leen AM, Vera JF. " Kinetics of Tumor Destruction by Chimeric Antigen Receptor-modified T Cells " Mol Ther. ;
Pubmed PMID: 24213558.
Wang Y, Zhang Y, Yang J, Ni X, Liu S, Li Z, Hodges SE, Fisher WE, Brunicardi FC, Gibbs RA, Gingras MC, Li M. " Genomic sequencing of key genes in mouse pancreatic cancer cells " Curr Mol Med. ;
Pubmed PMID: 22208613.
Balentine CJ, Enriquez J, Cruz G, Hodges SE, Bansal V, Jo E, Ahern C, Sansgiry S, Petersen N, Silberfein EJ, Brunicardi FC, Berger DH, Fisher WE. " Obesity does not increase complications following pancreatic surgery " J Surg Res. ;
Pubmed PMID: 21514600.
Liu S, Zhou G, Yu J, Wu J, Nemunaitis J, Senzer N, Dawson D, Li Min, Fisher W, and Brunicardi C. " Notch1 Activation Up-Regulates Pancreatic and Duodenal Homeobx-1 " Genes. ;
Pubmed PMID: 24705209.
Rodriguez JA, Cotton RT, Guiteau JJ, Reid JG, Han Y, Nazareth L, Becker NS, Muzny DM, O’Mahony CA, Chen C, Fisher WE, Brunicardi FC, Goss A, Gibbs RA, Gingras MC. " Sequencing the full-length of the phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) gene in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using the 454 GS20 and illumina GA DNA sequencing platforms. " World J Surg. ;
Patel SG, Zhou G, Liu SH, Li M, Jeong JW, Demayo FJ, Gingras MC, Gibbs RA, Fisher WE, Brunicardi FC. " Microarray analysis of somatostatin receptor 5-regulated gene expression profiles in murine pancreas " World J Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 19137362.
Zhou G, Liu SH, Gingras MC, Li M, Catania R, Fisher WE, Gibbs RA, Brunicardi FC. " Regulation of PDX1 stability via ubiquitination is dependent upon the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) status of human somatostatin receptor subtype 5 (SSTR5). " J Surg Res. ;
Li M, Zhang Y, Bharadwa U, Zhai QJ, Ahern CH Fisher WE, Brunicardi FC, Logsdon CD, Chen C, Yao Q. " Down-regulation of ZIP4 by RNA interference inhibits pancreatic cancer growth and increases the survival of nude mice with pancreatic cancer xenografts " Clin Cancer Res. ;
Pubmed PMID: 19755388.
Li M, Bharadwaj U, Zhang R, Zhang S, Mu H, Fisher WE, Brunicardi FC, Chen C, Yao Q. " Mesothelin is a malignant factor and therapeutic vaccine target for pancreatic cancer " Mol Cancer Ther. ;
Pubmed PMID: 18281514.
Gingras MC, Liu SH, Zhou G, Li M, Catania R, Fisher WE, Gibbs RA, Brunicardi FC. " The identification of numerous somatic and germline mutations of PDX1 in pancreatic cancer using genomic analysis. " J Surg Res. ;
Zhang Y, Feurino LW, Zhai Q, Wang H, Fisher WE, Chan C, Yao Q, Li M. " Thymosin Beta 4 is overexpressed in human pancreatic cancer cells and stimulates proinflammatory cytokine secretion and JNK activation " Cancer Biol Ther. ;
Pubmed PMID: 18094619.
Li M, Zhang Y, Zhai Q, Feurino LW, Fisher WE, Chen C, Yao Q. " Thymosin beta-10 is aberrantly expressed in pancreatic cancer and induces JNK activation " Cancer Invest. ;
Pubmed PMID: 1914824.
Patel SG, Li Z, Gingras MC, Ballian N, Jeong J, Liu S-H, Wang X, DeMayo FJ, Gibbs RA, Fisher WE, Brunicardi FC. " Beta cell-specific SSTR5 gene ablation regulates insulin signaling, proliferation and oncogenesic genes: a microarray study. " J Surg Res. ;
Brunicardi FC, Sweeney JF, Fisher WE, Stadler RE, Krathen MS. " Acute pancreatitis caused by duodenal diverticula. " Surgical Rounds. ;
Fu X, Tao L, Li M, Fisher WE, Zhang X. " Effective treatment of pancreatic cancer xenografts with a conditionally replicating virus derived from type 2 herpes simplex virus " Clin Cancer Res. ;
Pubmed PMID: 16707615.
Peters MP, Ojeda HF, Reichenbach DJ, Camacho DR, Yong UC, Dominguez EP, Fisher WE, Sweeney JF. " Gastrostomy with anvil "dunk": a novel technique for gastrojejunostomy in the patient undergoing laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass " Surg Endosc. ;
Pubmed PMID: 16738984.
Obermeyer RJ, Fisher WE, Sweeney JF, Woods KL, Brunicardi FC. " Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for serous oligocystic adenoma. " Surgical Rounds. ;
Li M, Yang H, Chai H, Fisher WE, Wang X, Brunicardi FC, Yao Q. " Pancreatic carcinoma cells express neuropilins and vascular endothelial growth factor, but not vascular endothelial growth factor receptors " Cancer. ;
Pubmed PMID: 15476280.
Brunicardi, FC, Li Z, Li M, Liu S, Vasudevan SA, Lau CC, Gingras M, Gibbs RA, Fisher WE. " Somatostatin receptor 5 loss of heterozygosity and single nucleotide polymorphism in human pancreatic cancer and its effect on pancreatic cancer cell proliferation. " J Surg Res. ;
Brunicardi FC, Fisher WE. " Toward zero pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy with pancreaticogastrostomy. " Am J Surg. ;
Li M, Rodriguez J, Fisher WE, Zhang X, Chen C, Yao Q. " Viral vectors for pancreatic cancer gene therapy. " Gene Ther Mol Biol. ;
Melvin SW, Boros LG, Muscarella P, Brandes JL, Johnson JA, Fisher WE, Schirmer WJ. " Dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate inhibits pancreatic carcinoma cell proliferation in vitro and in vivo " Surgery. ;
Pubmed PMID: 9122868.
Fisher WE, McCullough PJ, Ray MB, Rogers DH Bell RH, Jr. " Diabetes enhances growth of pancreatic carcinoma cells " Surgery. ;
Pubmed PMID: 3400068.
Fisher WE. " Differences between ampullary, periampullary and pancreatic cancer. " World J Surg. ;
Fisher WE, Muscarella P, O’Dorisio TM, O’Dorisio MS, Kim JA, Doran TA, Sabourin CL, Schirmer WJ. " Expression of the somatostatin receptor subtype-2 gene predicts response of human pancreatic cancer to octreotide " Surgery. ;
Pubmed PMID: 8751588.
Fisher WE, McCullough PJ, Ramo OJ, Bell RH, Jr. " Further studies of enhanced growth of pancreatic carcinoma in diabetes " J Surg Res. ;
Pubmed PMID: 2191168.
Fisher WE, Holden CR, Salt WB. " Gallstone obstruction of the colon: Thorough treatment prevents serious complications " Postgrad Med. ;
Pubmed PMID: 1603755.
Muscarella P, Melvin WS, Fisher WE, Foor J, Ellison EC, Herman JG, Schirmer WJ, Hitchcock CL, DeYoung BR, Weghorst CM. " Genetic alterations in gastrinomas and nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: an analysis of p16/MTS1 tumor suppressor gene inactivation " Cancer Res. ;
Pubmed PMID: 9443399.
Fisher WE, Boros LG, O’Dorisio TM, O’Dorisio MS, Schirmer WJ. " GI hormonal changes in diabetes influence pancreatic cancer growth " J Surg Res. ;
Pubmed PMID: 7791356.
Fisher WE, Boros LG, Schirmer WJ. " Insulin promotes pancreatic cancer: Evidence for endocrine influence on exocrine pancreatic tumors " J Surg Res. ;
Pubmed PMID: 8661216.
Fisher WE, Brunicardi FC. " Islet amyloid polypeptide promotes pancreatic cancer growth. " Surg Forum. ;
Muscarella P, Boros LG, Fisher WE, Rink C, Melvin WS. " Oral dehydroepiandrosterone inhibits the growth of human pancreatic cancer in nude mice " J Surg Res. ;
Pubmed PMID: 9758731.
Fisher WE, Boros LG, Schirmer WJ. " Reversal of enhanced pancreatic cancer growth in diabetes by insulin " Surgery. ;
Pubmed PMID: 7638764.
Fisher WE, Boros LG, Tammaddon AK, O’Dorisio MS, O’Dorisio, TM, Schirmer WJ. " Somatostatin receptor status of pancreatic adenocarcinoma predicts response to somatostatin therapy in vitro and in vivo. " Surg Forum. ;
Fisher WE, Boros LG, O’Dorisio TM, O’Dorisio MS, Schirmer WJ. " The influence of diabetes on the growth of pancreatic cancer. " Surg Forum. ;
Fisher WE, Muscarella P, Boros LG, Schirmer WJ. " Variable effect of streptozotocin-diabetes on the growth of hamster pancreatic cancer (H2T) in the Syrian hamster and nude mouse " Surgery. ;
Pubmed PMID: 9526524.
Casciani F, Trudeau MT, Asbun HJ, Ball CG, Bassi C, Behrman SW, Berger AC, Bloomston MP, Callery MP, Christein JD, Falconi M, Fernandez-Del Castillo C, Dillhoff ME, Dickson EJ, Dixon E, Fisher WE, House MG, Hughes SJ, Kent TS, Malleo G, et al. " Surgeon experience contributes to improved outcomes in pancreatoduodenectomies at high risk for fistula development " Surgery. ;
Pubmed PMID: 33386129.
Trudeau MT, Casciani F, Ecker BL, Maggino L, Seykora TF, Puri P, McMillan MT, Miller B, Pratt WB, Asbun HJ, Ball CG, Bassi C, Behrman SW, Berger AC, Bloomston MP, Callery MP, Castillo CF, Christein JD, Dillhoff ME, Dickson EJ, Dixon E, Fisher WE, et al. " The Fistula Risk Score Catalog: Toward Precision Medicine for Pancreatic Fistula After Pancreatoduodenectomy " Ann Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 32541227.
Trudeau MT, Casciani F, Maggino L, Seykora TF, Asbun HJ, Ball CG, Bassi C, Behrman SW, Berger AC, Bloomston MP, Callery MP, Castillo CF, Christein JD, Dillhoff ME, Dickson EJ, Dixon E, Fisher WE, House MG, Hughes SJ, Kent TS, Malleo G, Salem RR, et al. " The Influence of Intraoperative Blood Loss on Fistula Development Following Pancreatoduodenectomy " Ann Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 33201132.
Ecker BL, Vollmer CM Jr, Behrman SW, Allegrini V, Aversa J, Ball CG, Barrows CE, Berger AC, Cagigas MN, Christein JD, Dixon E, Fisher WE, Freedman-Weiss M, Guzman-Pruneda F, Hollis RH, House MG, Kent TS, Kowalsky SJ, Malleo G, Salem RR, Salvia R, et al. " Role of Adjuvant Multimodality Therapy After Curative-Intent Resection of Ampullary Carcinoma " JAMA Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 31141112.