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management clinical trials for liver cancer of liver tumors , laparoscopic liver resections , 200 co-director , upmc liver cancer center university of pittsburgh medical center geller_3-21-2011-1 . jpg david geller
 dr. david a. geller , md , facs hepatobiliary surgical oncology
david geller

dr. david geller is the richard l. simmons professor of surgery at the university of pittsburgh school of medicine , and co-director of the upmc liver cancer center .
as a hepatobiliary surgical oncologist , his clinical interests center on the evaluation and management of patients with liver cancer .
he has pioneered laparoscopic liver resections , and has performed more than 300 of these cases .
most of these patients are discharged home on the second post-operative day with 4-5 band-aid-sized incisions .
he also specializes in performing laparoscopic radiofrequency ablations of liver tumors .
dr. geller is a member of many professional and scientific societies including the american surgical association , society of surgical oncology , society of university surgeons -lrb- past president 2010 -rrb- , and the american society of transplant surgeons .
