Victoria Serpas Higbie, M.D.
Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Gastrointestinal (GI) Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2015 | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, USA, MD, Medicine |
| 2011 | Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, BS, Biological Sciences |
Postgraduate Training
| 2019-2022 | Clinical Fellowship, Medical Oncology/Hematology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
| 2015-2018 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
Board Certifications
| 2018 | Internal Medicine |
Honors & Awards
| 2020 | Merit Award Recipient, ASCO GI Cancers Symposium |
| 2018 - 2019 | Chief Medical Resident, Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2017 - 2018 | First Place Research Presentation, Texas SE Regional ACP Associate's Day |
| 2016 | Travel Grant, European Society of Medical Oncology |
| 2016 | Best Poster in Category, ESMO Congress |
Professional Memberships
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Member, 2019 - Present
American Society of Hematology
Member, 2019 - Present
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Stemmer A, Margalit O, Serpas V, Strauss G, Thomas J, Shah P, Tau N, Levanon K, Shacham-Shmueli E, Kopetz S, Overman M, Boursi B. Immunotherapy in mismatch repair-deficient metastatic colorectal cancer - Outcome and novel predictive markers. Eur J Cancer 198:113495, 2024. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38157568.
- Serpas Higbie V, Rogers J, Hwang H, Qiao W, Xiao L, Dasari A, Mola-Rudd K, Morris VK, Wolff RA, Raghav K, Huey R, Parseghian C, Willis J, Kopetz S, Overman MJ, Johnson B. Antibiotic exposure does not impact immune checkpoint blockade response in MSI-H/dMMR metastatic colorectal cancer: a single center experience. Oncologist 27(11):952-957, 2022. PMID: 35946836.
- Bhamidipati D, Colina A, Hwang H, Wang H, Katz M, Fournier K, Serpas V, Thomas J, Sun R, Wolff RA, Raghav K, Overman MJ.. Metastatic small bowel adenocarcinoma: role of metastasectomy and systemic chemotherapy. ESMO Open 6(3):100132, 2021.
- Serpas VJ, Raghav KP, Halperin DM, Yao J, Overman MJ.. Discrepancies in endpoints between clinical trial protocols and clinical trial registration in randomized trials in oncology. BMC Med Res Methodol 18(1):169, 2018.
Abstracts
- Victoria Serpas, Jane Rogers, Lianchun Xiao, Kerri Rola-Mudd, Arvind Dasari, Bryan Kee, Michael Overman, Benny Johnson. Impact of antibiotic exposure on the efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade in MSI-H metastatic CRC. ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancer Symposium, San Francisco, CA, 2020.
- Victoria Serpas , Kanwal Pratap Singh Raghav, Gauri R. Varadhachary, Robert A. Wolff, Michael J. Overman.. A retrospective study of anti-EGFR antibody therapy in small bowel adenocarcinoma. ASCO 2018 36, 2018.
Patient Reviews
Comments (66)
I just want to thank Dr. Higbee and all the staff, every one of them, they are so wonderful. And I thank God for them. Dr. Higbee was very calm and yesterday was very hard on me and she was there and she listened to me and she gave me some advice and she told me, you know,...
Exceptional. Empathetic Very intelligent and thorough.
very helpful, and has given me a clear goal to keep fighting this cancer
Very good care, I would have liked to have been here earlier, we had to wait for a meeting
Everyone at MDA have been absolutely wonderful! All the nurses and doctors took their time with me when I was in a very anxious state while waiting for my ct scan. They calmed my fears. Dr. Higbie and her staff have been professional, compassionate and caring. MDA...
Dr. Higbie, Ms. Rudd and Candi are exceptional. I drive from [City] for my surveillance checks because of this team - I greatly appreciate and trust them.
Very polite and attentive. Answered all my concerns with patience and knowledge. Very professional and kind.
Very knowledgeable, amounted to MD Anderson.
Dr. Higbie is my oncologist at MD Anderson and I appreciate everything she does. She explains things. She's very kind and her mannerisms are excellent. Patient response is excellent. I only have good things to say about Dr. Higbie, her staff and MD Anderson on the whole is...
Dr. Higbie and her staff and always pleasant, courteous and helpful. I have been a patient for 4 months so the familiarity is very nice. They are always caring, listen to everything with concern and schedule appointments or follow ups immediately. They are genuinely happy...
Dr. Victoria Higbee has been a great doctor and has treated me very good, thanks to her!
MD Anderson is a wonderful hospital and I think very well known. Not only that, the staff was very friendly all over. Blood work, CT scan, Dr. Victoria Higbie, wonderful person, was listening to me, advising me, everything very clearly. And she's a wonderful doctor and very...
Very professional, engaging and knowledgeable.
All good.
Thank you!
Excellent patient care by all employees at Woodlands MDA
The Physician, Nurses, Aids were professional, very concerned about my well being. They showed so much Patient Care and informed me I would be fine with the treatments .
Informative and yet, still listened
Went well
No complaints very good visit... Highly satisfied
Dr. Higbie was wonderful. She gave me all the information including the what ifs.
Cares about my wellbeing and alway encourages me. Friendly environment and I feel very comfortable when talking to everyone
Dr. Higbie was excellent. She explained things very, very well and she was easy to understand. She listened to me. I did not feel rushed at all. She was extremely knowledgeable and very thorough. Bye.
So far so good. I just established a relationship with her but am looking forward to working with her more.
Excellent as always
Yes, Dr. Higbie was very knowledgeable. She was very thorough. She was very detailed. She was very kind. She was very understanding. And she was just excellent, and I'm glad to have her as a doctor.
Very good
Dr higbie is great! Her expertise is very good and she strives to serve her patients at the highest level
I totally trust Dr. Higbie & her staff. She is attentive & I believe she cares about my well being!!
Dr Higbies team is excellent. They always spend time asking questions about my health and we just talk about things we have done between visits. I feel they care.not just about my health but about me.
I could not be more pleased with Dr. Higbie and her team! Excellent and personalized care; great listener; great communication; excellent knowledge.
Dr. Higbie and her team are always professional and a pleasure to deal with, other than the circumstances for which I am there!
From the beginning, once the referral was submitted - I did not have a good experience. The office that handles insurance verifications, made no effort to contact me concerning the insurance verification, there was little to no communication to ensure I was clear about the...
I feel my care team is always there for me.
One of the best Doctors and care about her patients.
Dr Victoria Higbie is an absolutely wonderful doctor. Her compassion and kindness along with her expertise made my first experience of chemotherapy go better than expected. We need more doctors like her in this world!
Dr. Higbie is the best cancer doctor anyone could ever ask for, and she makes what I'm going through easy.
Yeah, all my doctors at MD Anderson, I've been there for almost two years now, are outstanding, every single one. I've been Woodlands downtown, my oncologist, Dr. Peacock, who is my lead surgeon on everything. Dr. Higbie is my oncologist, and on and on. Nurses, everybody in...
She was excellent, great bedside manner!!
Wonderful Doctor. I felt completely confident in my care I have received! Thankful for her!
The provider is always on time and she explains everything so well and gives me advice on what else I could do. So comfortable with her. Her knowledge is wonderful and her nursing staff, Candy, the best. I would recommend her, Dr. Higbie and Candy, her nurse, above anyone...
Always a good experience.
Very good care
My care provider was awesome and very knowledgeable
Dr Higbie is a genius, very knowledgeable, compassionate and feels me as a patient. My wife is also impressed with her and explained to us treatment plans leading to my full recovery thus really making cancer a history for me.
It was a joy to talk with all the nurses and the PA. They definitely showed compassion and empathy as they discussed my situation.
I thought Dr. Higbie was extremely professional while also being sympathetic and really listening to my cares and concerns. It was an extremely positive visit.
It is okay
Thank you for your service
Impressive
CV information above last modified July 16, 2024