Eugene Choi, MD
Dr. Eugene Choi is a surgical oncologist and associate professor of surgery at the Baylor College of Medicine and the Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He has expertise in melanoma, skin and soft tissue cancer, wide local excision, retroperitoneal sarcoma, and the complex surgical technique known as cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy, which has proven to be very effective in treating peritoneal mesothelioma.
Education and Career
Dr. Choi earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Chicago, where he majored in Biological Sciences. He earned his medical degree at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, then completed his internship and residency in General Surgery at the University of Chicago, where he also served as administrative chief resident.
He 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.
Dr. Choi is currently a surgical oncologist and professor of surgery at Baylor College of Medicine and Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He is also a surgeon at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center.
He specializes in managing and treating gastrointestinal cancers, like peritoneal mesothelioma. He also treats gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, sarcomas, and melanoma.
Dr. Choi enjoys working as a member of a multidisciplinary team of medical and surgical oncologists and radiation oncologists to provide his patients with the best care possible.
Research
Dr. Choi’s research interests include understanding the signaling mechanisms of solid tumor cancer metastasis and the development of novel drug therapies.
His recent publications include:
- 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
