Assistant Professor of Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Mark Girgis is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Director of Robotic Surgery. He also has a joint appointment at the West LA VA Medical Center. His interests include robotic and minimally invasive approaches to surgical oncology and more specifically on gastric and pancreaticobiliary diseases in his clinical practice as well as research endeavors. He received advanced training in robotic surgery and surgical oncology in his fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh. He is one member of the group of pancreaticobiliary surgeons at UCLA that provide the highest level of care for their patients and leads the gastroesophageal tumor multidisciplinary program. He is committed to the improvement of cancer care through innovative technological advancements as well as ground breaking research. His research endeavors focus on developing novel small molecules targeting pancreas and gastric cancer for radioligand therapy and is part of a multidisciplinary group that collaborates on a variety of projects centered on developing new therapies for cancer patients.