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Barry W. Feig, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Chief, Sarcoma Surgery Section, Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

1984 SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY, MD
1980 Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, BA, Chemistry

Postgraduate Training

1991-1994 Fellow in Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Surgical Oncology, Houston, TX
1990-1991 Trauma Fellow, Department of Surgical Critical Care, University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics, Minneapolis, MN
1986-1987 Research Fellowship, Department of Gastrointestinal Physiology, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL
1984-1990 Resident, General Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL

Board Certifications

11/1996 American Board of Surgery, Certificate of Added Qualification in Critical Care
5/1991 American Board of Surgery
5/1985 National Board of Medical Examiners

Honors and Awards

2009 Houston Top Doctor
2009 Houston Top Doctor, H Texas Magazine
2008 America's Top Doctors, 8th Edition
2008 America's Top Oncologists, Consumers' Research Council of America
2007-2008 Best Doctors
2007 America's Top Doctors 7th Edition
2006-2007 Best Doctors
2006 America's Top Doctors 6th Edition
2006 America's Top Doctors for Cancer, 2nd Edition
2005-2006 Best Doctors
2005 America's Top Doctors 5th Edition
2004 America's Top Doctors 4th Edition
2003 America's Top Doctors 3rd Edition
2002-2005 Best Doctors
2002-2005 Who's Who in America
1994 Clinical Research Project Competition - 1st place-, M. D. Anderson Department of Education
1994 Travel Award Recipient, M. D. Anderson Department of Education
1993-1994 Basic Science Research Grant, M. D. Anderson Department of Education
1989 Outstanding/Resident Teacher Award, Northwestern University Medical School
1982 Dean's Letter of Commendation, Upstate Medical Center
1980 Honors in Chemistry, Colgate University
1980 Stanton Scholarship, Colgate University
1976-1980 Dean's List, Colgate University
1976-1980 Regents Scholarship, New York State

Professional Memberships

American Association for Clinical Research
Member, 1995-present
American College of Surgeons
Chairperson, South Texas Chapter, American College of Surgeons, 2002-2008
Fellow, 1998-present
Commission on Cancer, 1996-present
Cancer Liaison Physician, 1996-2002
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Member, 1993-present
Connective Tissue Oncology Society
Member, 1995-present
Greater Houston Society of Critical Care, TX
Member, 1996-present
Harris County Medical Society, TX
Member, 1996-present
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Member, 1996-present
Society of Surgical Oncology
Membership Committee, 2006-present
Society of University Surgeons
Member, 2001-present
South Texas Chapter, American College of Surgeons, TX
Member, 1997-present
Southwestern Surgical Society
Member, 1998-present
Texas Medical Association, TX
Member, 1996-present
The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Member, 1996-present

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Shen Y, Dong W, Feig BW, Ravdin P, Theriault RL, Giordano SH. Patterns of treatment for early stage breast cancers at the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center from 1997 to 2004. Cancer 115(10):2041-51, 2009. e-Pub 3/2009. PMID: 19288569.
2. Esnaola NF, Stewart AK, Feig BW, Skibber JM, Rodriguez-Bigas MA. Age-, race-, and ethnicity-related differences in the treatment of nonmetastatic rectal cancer: a patterns of care study from the national cancer data base. Ann Surg Oncol 15(11):3036-3047, 2008. e-Pub 8/2008. PMID: 18712449.
3. Al-Refaie WB, Andtbacka RH, Ensor J, Pisters PWT, Ellis T, Hunt KK, Cormier JN, Pollock RE, Feig BW. Lymphadenectomy for isolated lymph node metastasis from extremity soft tissue sarcomas. Cancer 112(8):1821-1826, 2008. e-Pub 2/2008. PMID: 18306370.
4. Kesmodel SB, Ellis LM, Lin E, Chang GJ, Abdalla EK, Kopez S, Vauthey JN, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Curley SA, Feig BW. Preoperative bevacizumab does not significantly increase postoperative complication rates in patients undergoing hepatic surgery for colorectal cancer liver metastases. J Clin Oncol 26(32):5254-5260, 2008. e-Pub 10/2008. PMID: 18854565.
5. Lim SJ, Feig BW, Wang H, Hunt KK, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Skibber JM, Ellis V, Cleary K, Chang GJ. Sentinel lymph node evaluation does not improve staging accuracy in colon cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 15(1):46-51, 2008. e-Pub 11/2007. PMID: 17985187.
6. Al-Refaie WB, Tseng JF, Gay G, Patel-Parekh L, Mansfield P, Pisters PWT, Yao JC, Feig BW. The impact of ethnicity on the presentation and prognosis in patients with gastric adenocarcinoma: results from the national cancer data base. Cancer 113(3):461-469, 2008. e-Pub 6/2008. PMID: 18553367.

Last updated: 9/16/2009