Chandrakanth Are, M.D., assistant professor of surgical oncology, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.
Name: Chandrakanth Are, M.D.
Title: Assistant professor of surgical oncology
Specialities: Gastrointestinal cancer, hepato-biliary cancer and pancreatic cancer
Previous positions: Instructor, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
Residency: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
Fellowship: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery
Research Interests: Role of TAM’s in prognostication of malignancies; development of animal models to understand patterns of metastasis; pathophysiological alterations associated with minimally invasive surgery during treatment of malignancies
Clinic Hours: In the Peggy Cowdery Center from 9 a.m. to noon
Phone: Check in desk — 559-5600; secretary — 559-8941; fax — 559-7900
Address: 984030 Nebraska Medical Center
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