Richard Berri, MD
Dr. Richard Berri serves as the Chief of Surgical Oncology and Director of the Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) Program at Henry Ford St. John Hospital. He focuses on all abdominal malignancies, liver, pancreas, stomach, colorectal, bile duct, small bowel, appendix, sarcomas in the abdomen, and any complicated or metastatic intra-abdominal cancer. He has a particular interest in the surgical management of peritoneal cancers, including malignant peritoneal mesothelioma.[1]
Dr. Berri has personally performed hundreds of HIPEC procedures. He began the JFW GI Cancer Program and created the first comprehensive HIPEC program in Michigan.[1]
Education and Career
Dr. Berri earned his bachelor’s degree and his Master’s degree from the University of Michigan and then earned his medical degree from Wayne State University. He completed an internship and residency in General Surgery at St. John Hospital and then completed a fellowship in Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.[1]
After completing his medical education and training, Dr. Berri returned to Michigan to build Ascension’s hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy program.
Research
Dr. Berri has spent significant time and effort exploring outcomes following cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for the treatment of peritoneal malignancies. He has authored and co-authored over 30 research works, including the following:
Outcomes following cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) for peritoneal malignancies: 10 Year experience. Graham, I., Boston, A., Hayward, R., Berri, R.>; American Journal of Surgery. 2024 Feb 6
Extended duration chemoprophylaxis for venous thromboembolism following abdominopelvic oncologic surgery John J. Kanitra, John Holtrop, Ali Jawad, Richard Berri>; Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis. 2020 Jul 1
Benign multicystic peritoneal mesothelioma: literature review and update Momal Chand, Jacob Edens, Tayson Taixin Lin, Ian Jacob Anderson, Richard Berri>; Autopsy & Case Reports. 2020 Jun 5
