Barry W. Feig, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgery
About Dr. Feig
Dr. Feig received his medical degree from the State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse, New York. Following a Residency in General Surgery and Research Fellowship at Northwestern University Medical School, Dr. Feig went on to complete a Trauma Fellowship at the University of Minnesota Hospitals and a Surgical Oncology Fellowship at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Surgical Oncology at UT, MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. His expertise and research interests include sarcoma, malignancies of the breast and gastrointestinal tract. He has been affiliated with MD Anderson Cancer Center since 1991 where, among other positions, he is currently the Chief of the Surgical Sarcoma Section in the Department of Surgical Oncology. As a leader in oncologic research, he has authored or co-authored over 200 publications in peer-review journals, and has been the lead or co-author of many textbook chapters spanning all disciplines of oncology.
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Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Sarah Rainbow Pesikoff Endowed Professorship in Sarcoma, Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, HOUSTON, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 1984 | SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY, USA, MD, Medicine |
| 1980 | Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, USA, 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
| 1996 | American Board of Surgery, Certificate of Added Qualification in Critical Care |
| 1991 | American Board of Surgery |
| 1985 | National Board of Medical Examiners |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Medical Director, Surgical Critical Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2010 - 2017
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
Institutional Committee Activities
Member of Program Planning Committee, Sarcoma Multidisciplinary Conference, 2013 - 2015
Representative for Department of Surgical Oncology, Faculty Senate, 2013 - Present
Member, Surgical Oncology Executive Committee, 2011 - Present
Member, Clinical Affairs Committee, 2009 - Present
Member, Infection Control Committee, 2008 - Present
Member, Mentoring Program for Faculty and Research Nurses, 2006 - Present
Content Expert, Surgical Site Infections Team - GI Surgical Specialist, 2006 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2014 | America's Top Doctors, 13th Edition, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd |
| 2014 | America's Top Surgeons, SLD Industries, Inc |
| 2013 | America's Top Doctors, Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd |
| 2013 | America's Top Doctors, 12th Edition, Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd |
| 2013 | Texas Super Doctors, Texas Monthly Magazine |
| 2013 | Top Doctors, Houstonian Magazine |
| 2012 | America's Top Surgeons |
| 2012 | Texas Super Doctors, Texas Monthly Magazine |
| 2012 | Best Doctors, Best Doctors, Inc |
| 2011 | Best Doctors, Best Doctors, Inc |
| 2011 | America's Top Surgeons, SLD Industries, Inc |
| 2011 | Texas Super Doctors, Texas Monthly Magazine |
| 2011 | Top Doctor, US News & World Report Health |
| 2010 | H Texas Magazine Top Doctors |
| 2010 | America's Top Doctors for Cancer |
| 2009 | Houston Top Doctor |
| 2009 | Houston Top Doctor, H Texas Magazine |
| 2009 | Best Doctors, Best Doctors, Inc |
| 2009 | America's Top Doctors, 9th Edition, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd |
| 2008 | America's Top Oncologists, Consumers' Research Council of America |
| 2008 | America's Top Doctors, 8th Edition |
| 2007 | America's Top Doctors 7th Edition |
| 2007 | Best Doctors, Best Doctors, Inc |
| 2006 | America's Top Doctors 6th Edition |
| 2006 | America's Top Doctors for Cancer, 2nd Edition |
| 2006 | Best Doctors, Best Doctors, Inc |
| 2005 | Best Doctors, Best Doctors, Inc |
| 2005 | America's Top Doctors 5th Edition |
| 2004 | America's Top Doctors 4th Edition |
| 2003 | America's Top Doctors 3rd Edition |
| 2002 | Who's Who in America |
| 2002 | Best Doctors, Best Doctors, Inc |
| 1994 | Travel Award Recipient , M. D. Anderson Department of Education |
| 1994 | Clinical Research Project Competition - 1st place-, 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
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Bednarski BK, Araujo DM, Yi M, Torres KE, Lazar A, Trent JC, Cormier JN, Pisters PW, Lev DC, Pollock RE, Feig BW, Hunt KK. Analysis of Prognostic Factors Impacting Oncologic Outcomes After Neoadjuvant Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Therapy for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors. Ann Surg Oncol 21(8):2499-505, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24639192.
- Massarweh NN, Chiang YJ, Xing Y, Chang GJ, Haynes AB, You YN, Feig BW, Cormier JN. Association Between Travel Distance and Metastatic Disease at Diagnosis Among Patients With Colon Cancer. J Clin Oncol 32(9):942-8, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24516014.
- Phatak UR, Kao LS, You YN, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Skibber JM, Feig BW, Nguyen S, Cantor SB, Chang GJ. Impact of Ileostomy-Related Complications on the Multidisciplinary Treatment of Rectal Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 21(2):507-512, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24085329.
- Russell MC, You YN, Hu CY, Cormier JN, Feig BW, Skibber JM, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Nelson H, Chang GJ. A novel risk-adjusted nomogram for rectal cancer surgery outcomes. JAMA Surg 148(8):1-9, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23803722.
- Boland GM, Chang GJ, Haynes AB, Chiang YJ, Chagpar R, Xing Y, Hu CY, Feig BW, You YN, Cormier JN. Association between adherence to national comprehensive cancer network treatment guidelines and improved survival in patients with colon cancer. Cancer 119(8):1593-601, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23280510.
- 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 20(4):1170-8, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23212760.
- Torres KE, Ravi V, Kin K, Yi M, Guadagnolo BA, May CD, Arun BK, Hunt KK, Lam R, Lahat G, Hoffman A, Cormier JN, Beig BW, Lazar AJ, Lev D, Pollock RE. Long-Term Outcomes in Patients with Radiation-Associated Angiosarcomas of the Breast Following Surgery and Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 20(4):1267-74, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23224828.
- Tzeng CW, Aloia TA, Vauthey JN, Chang GJ, Ellis LM, Feig BW, Curley SA, Skibber JM, Abdalla EK, You YN, Rodriguez-Bigas MA. Morbidity of Staged Proctectomy After Hepatectomy for Colorectal Cancer: A Matched Case-Control Analysis. Ann Surg Oncol 20(2):482-490, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22932858.
- 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, 2013. PMID: 23303140.
- 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, 2012. PMID: 23135578.
- 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, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22476818.
- 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, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21837530.
- 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, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22157065.
- 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, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21246524.
- 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, 2010. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19695792.
- 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, 2010. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19464823.
- 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, 2010. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19847569.
- 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, 2010. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19864936.
- 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, 2010. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19950130.
- 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 2009. PMID: 19288569.
- 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 2008. PMID: 18712449.
- 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, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18854565.
- 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, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18553367.
- 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, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18306370.
- 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 2007. PMID: 17985187.
Book Chapters
- 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. Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: New York, 347-415, 2012.
- 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.
- 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.
- Feig BW. Retroperitoneal sarcomas. In: Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2. W.B. Saunders Co: Philadelphia, PN, 369-377, 2003.
- Feig BW. Retroperitoneal Sarcomas. In: Surgical Oncology, An Algorithmic Approach. Springer, 390-395, 2003.
- 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.
- Solorzano CC, Ahearne PM, Leach SD, Feig BW. Invasive Breast Cancer. In: M.D. Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook. Lippincott Williams & Williams, 14-40, 2003.
- 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.
- Feig BW. Alternative Chemotherapeutic Approaches to Sarcomas. In: Atlas of Clinical Oncology, Soft Tissue Sarcomas. B. C. Decker Inc, 329-336, 2000.
- Berger DH, Feig BW, Fuhrman GM. Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. In: Handbook of Surgical Oncology. Little Brown and Co, 224-238, 1995.
- Feig BW, Berger DH. Invasive Breast Disease. In: Handbook of Surgical Oncology. Little Brown & Co, 12-37, 1995.
Books (edited and written)
- Feig BW, Ching DC. The M. D. Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook. In: 5th Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: New York, NY, 2012.
- Feig BW, Berger DH, Fuhrman GM. The M. D. Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook. In: 4th Edition, 2006.
- Feig BW, Berger DH, Fuhrman GM Editors. The M. D. Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook. Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins, 2003.
- Feig BW, Berger DH, Fuhrman GM Editors. The M. D. Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook. Lippincott, Williams, &Wilkins,, 1999.
- Berger DH, Feig BW, Fuhrman GM Editors. The M.D. Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook. Little, Brown & Co, 1995.