Kenneth K. Tanabe, MD
Deputy Clinical Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology
Program Director, Tucker Gosnell Center for Gastrointestinal Cancers
For Appointments
617-724-3868
Fax
617-724-3895
Office Address
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Division of Surgical Oncology
55 Fruit Street, YAW 7
Boston, MA 02114
Clinical Interests
Liver Surgery; Liver Cancer; Melanoma
Laboratory Interests
Gene Therapy
Hepatocellular transformation
Education
MD Degree: University of California, San Diego, CA, 1985
Postdoctoral Training
Residency: Surgery, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center, NY
Fellowship: Surgical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Board Certification
American Board of Surgery, 1991
Hospital Appointments
Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Surgical Director, Pigmented Lesion Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital
Surgeon, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Director, Division of Surgical Oncology Research Laboratories
Director, Liver Surgery Program
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Editorial Boards
Hepatobiliary Section Editor for Cancer
Gastrointestinal Cancer Section Editor for UpToDate
Hepatobiliary Section Editor for The Oncologist
Laboratory Research for Annals of Surgical Oncology
Recent Lectures
Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Symposium (2008): Liver tumor ablation. Chicago, IL.
Association of Academic Surgery and Society of University Surgeons Academic Congress State of the Art Lecture (2008): Cutting genes and livers. CA.
Keio University Graduate School of Medicine (2007): Development of HSV-1 oncolytic vectors for clinical trials.
5th International Symposium on Cancer Research and Chemotherapy (2006): Integration of chemotherapy and surgery for colon and rectal cancer.
International Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology (2006): Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Tumors
American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association Annual Meeting (2005): Radiofrequency ablation: past, present, future.
Japan Surgical Society Annual Meeting (2005): Surgical treatment of colorectal carcinoma liver metastases.
Harvard Medical School -- Percutaneous Tumor Ablation: Current Status and Future Directions (2005): RFA: The Hepatic Surgeon’s Perspective.
American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting (2004). Resection of non-colorectal carcinoma liver metastases.
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (2003): Adjuvant therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma.
MD Anderson Cancer Center 2nd Multidisciplinary Management of Gastrointestinal Malignancies (2004): Current state of viral oncolysis for colorectal carcinoma liver metastases.
Harvard Medical School Advances in Cancer Management for the Surgeon (2004): "Management of Liver Tumors."
The 84th Annual Meeting of the New England Surgical Society (2003). Surgery for melanoma.
International Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology: Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Tumors. 2006
5th International Symposium on Cancer Research and Chemotherapy: Integration of chemotherapy and surgery for colon and rectal cancer. 2006.
Honors & Awards
America's Top Doctors Award 2001-2008
Publications
150 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters
