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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 MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Medical Director, Surgical Critical Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Chief, Surgical Sarcoma Section, Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment

Professor, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

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

Postgraduate Training

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

Experience/Service

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1999-2005
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1994-1999
Junior Faculty Associate, Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1991-1994

Honors and Awards

2013 America's Top Doctors, Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd.
2013 America's Top Doctors, 12th Edition, Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd.
2012-2013 Best Doctors
2012 America's Top Surgeons
2012 Texas Super Doctors, Texas Monthly Magazine
2011-2012 Best Doctors
2011 America's Top Surgeons, SLD Industries, Inc.
2011 Texas Super Doctors, Texas Monthly Magazine
2011 Top Doctor, US News & World Report Health
2010 America's Top Doctors for Cancer
2010 Best Doctors
2010 H Texas Magazine Top Doctors
2009 America's Top Doctors, 9th Edition, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd
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
1989 Outstanding/Resident Teacher Award, Northwestern University Medical School
1982 Dean's Letter of Commendation, Upstate Medical Center
1980 Stanton Scholarship, Colgate University

Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons
Chairperson, South Texas Chapter, American College of Surgeons, 2002-2008
Fellow, 1998-present
Commission on Cancer, 1996-2011
Cancer Liaison Physician, 1996-2002
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Member, 1993-present
Association for Academic Surgery
Member, 1996-present
Connective Tissue Oncology Society
Member, 1995-present
Harris County Medical Society, TX
Member, 1996-present
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Member, 1996-present
Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons
Member, 2001-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 Houston Surgical Society, Houston, TX
Member, 2006-present
The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Member, 1996-present

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Park IJ, You YN, Skibber JM, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Feig B, Nguyen S, Hu CY, Chang GJ. Comparative Analysis of Lymph Node Metastases in Patients With ypT0-2 Rectal Cancers After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy. Dis Colon Rectum 56(2):135-41, 2/2013. PMCID: PMC3547326.
2. Chagpar R, Chiang YJ, Xing Y, Cormier JN, Feig BW, Rashid A, Chang GJ, You YN. Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Colon and Rectum: Prognostic Relevance and Comparative Performance of Current Staging Systems. Ann Surg Oncol. e-Pub 12/1/2012. PMID: 23212760.
3. You YN, Roses RE, Chang GJ, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Feig BW, Slack R, Nguyen S, Skibber JM. Multimodality salvage of recurrent disease after local excision for rectal cancer. Dis Colon Rectum 55(12):1213-9, 12/2012. PMID: 23135578.
4. Hyngstrom JR, Hu CY, Xing Y, You YN, Feig BW, Skibber JM, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Cormier JN, Chang GJ. Clinicopathology and Outcomes for Mucinous and Signet Ring Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: Analysis from the National Cancer Data Base. Ann Surg Oncol 19(9):2814-21, 9/2012. e-Pub 4/4/2012. PMID: 22476818.
5. You YN, Xing Y, Feig BW, Chang GJ, Cormier JN. Young-onset colorectal cancer: Is it time to pay attention? Arch Intern Med 172(3):287-9, 2/13/2012. e-Pub 12/12/2011. PMID: 22157065.
6. Dudeja V, Gay G, Habermann EB, Tuttle TM, Tseng JF, Feig BW, Al-Refaie WB. Do Hospital Attributes Predict Guideline-Recommended Gastric Cancer Care in the United States? Ann Surg Oncol 19(2):365-72, 2/2012. e-Pub 8/12/2011. PMID: 21837530.
7. Wray CJ, Benjamin RS, Hunt KK, Cormier JN, Ross MI, Feig BW. Isolated limb perfusion for unresectable extremity sarcoma: Results of 2 single-institution phase 2 trials. Cancer 117(14):3235-3241, 7/15/2011. e-Pub 1/18/2011. PMID: 21246524.
8. Das P, Delclos ME, Skibber JM, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Feig BW, Chang GJ, Eng C, Bedi M, Krishnan S, Crane CH. Hyperfractionatd accelerated radiotherapy for rectal cancer in patients with prior pelvic irradiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 77(1):60-5, 5/1/2010. e-Pub 8/19/2009. PMID: 19695792.
9. Crane CH, Eng C, Feig BW, Das P, Skibber JM, Chang GJ, Wolff RA, Krishnan S, Hamilton S, Janjan NA, Maru DM, Ellis LM, Rodriguez-Bigas MA. Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant Bevacizumab, Capecitabine, and Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 76(3):824-30, 3/1/2010. e-Pub 5/21/2009. PMID: 19464823.
10. Smith KD, Tan D, Das P, Chang GJ, Kattepogu K, Feig BW, Skibber JM, Rodriguez-Bigas MA. Clinical Significance of Acellular Mucin in Rectal Adenocarcinoma Patients With a Pathologic Complete Response to Preoperative Chemoradiation. Ann Surg 251(2):261-4, 2/2010. e-Pub 10/2009. PMID: 19864936.
11. Callender GG, Das P, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Skibber JM, Crane CH, Krishnan S, Delclos ME, Feig BW. Local excision after preoperative chemoradiation results in an equivalent outcome to total mesorectal excision in selected patients with T3 rectal cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 17(2):441-7, 2/2010. e-Pub 10/22/2009. PMCID: PMC3076509.
12. Al-Refaie WB, Gay G, Virnig BA, Tseng JF, Stewart A, Vickers SM, Tuttle TM, Feig BW. Variations in gastric cancer care: a trend beyond racial disparities. Cancer 116(2):465-75, 1/15/2010. e-Pub 11/2009. PMID: 19950130.
13. 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, 5/15/2009. e-Pub 3/2009. PMCID: PMC2716402.
14. Kesmodel SB, Ellis LM, Lin E, Chang GJ, Abdalla EK, Kopetz 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, 11/10/2008. e-Pub 10/14/2008. PMID: 18854565.
15. 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, 11/2008. e-Pub 8/19/2008. PMID: 18712449.
16. Al-Refaie WB, Tseng JF, Gay G, Patel-Parekh L, Mansfield PF, Pisters PW, 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, 8/1/2008. e-Pub 6/2008. PMID: 18553367.
17. Al-Refaie WB, Andtbacka RH, Ensor J, Pisters PW, Ellis TL, Shrout A, Hunt KK, Cormier JN, Pollock RE, Feig BW. Lymphadenectomy for isolated lymph node metastasis from extremity soft tissue sarcomas. Cancer 112(8):1821-1826, 4/15/2008. e-Pub 2/2008. PMID: 18306370.
18. 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, 1/2008. e-Pub 11/6/2007. PMID: 17985187.

Book Chapters
1. Silberfein EF, Chang GJ, You YN, Feig BW. Cancer of the Colon, Rectum, and Anus. In: The M.D. Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook, 5th Ed. 5th. Ed(s) Feig BW, Ching CD. Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: New York, 347-415, 2012.
2. Chang GJ, Feig BW. Cancer of the colon, rectum, and anus. In: The M. D. Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 261-319, 2006.
3. Zager JS, Soloranzo CC, Thomas E, Feig BW, Babiera GV. Invasive Breast Cancer. In: The M. D. Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 23-59, 2006.
4. Feig BW. Retroperitoneal sarcomas. In: Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 12, 2. W.B. Saunders Co. Philadelphia, PN, 369-377, 4/2003. ISBN: 12916460.
5. Rousseau DL, Midis GP, Feig BW. Cancer of the Colon, Rectum, and Anus. In: M.D. Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook. Lippincott Williams & Williams, 215-302, 2003.
6. Solorzano CC, Ahearne PM, Leach SD, Feig BW. Invasive Breast Cancer. In: M.D. Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook. Lippincott Williams & Williams, 14-40, 2003.
7. Feig BW. Retroperitoneal Sarcomas. In: Surgical Oncology, An Algorithmic Approach. Springer, 390-395, 2003.
8. Bilimoria MM, Feig BW. Abdominal Visceral Sarcomas. In: Soft Tissue Sarcomas. American Cancer Society: Atlas of Clinical Oncology. B. C. Decker Inc., 172-180, 2000.
9. Feig BW. Alternative Chemotherapeutic Approaches to Sarcomas. In: Atlas of Clinical Oncology, Soft Tissue Sarcomas. B. C. Decker Inc., 329-336, 2000.
10. Feig BW, Berger DH. Invasive Breast Disease. In: Handbook of Surgical Oncology. Little Brown & Co, 12-37, 1995.
11. Berger DH, Feig B, Fuhrman GM. Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. In: Handbook of Surgical Oncology. Little Brown and Co., 224-238, 1995.

Books (edited and written)
1. Feig BW, Ching DC. The M. D. Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook. In: 5th Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: New York, NY, 2012.
2. Feig BW, Berger DH, Fuhrman GM. The M. D. Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook. In: 4th Edition, 2006.
3. Feig B, Berger DH, Fuhrman GM Editors. The M. D. Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook. Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins, 2003.
4. Feig B, Berger DH, Fuhrman GM Editors. The M. D. Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook. Lippincott, Williams, &Wilkins,, 1999.
5. Berger DH, Feig B, Fuhrman GM Editors. The M.D. Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook. Little, Brown & Co., 1995.

Last updated: 3/18/2013