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Dr. Venook is a Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, where he leads the Gastrointestinal Oncology clinical program and is the Associate Chief in the Division of Medical Oncology. A nationally-recognized expert in colorectal and liver cancers, Dr. Venook received a BA degree from Rutgers University in 1976 and graduated from the UCSF School of Medicine in 1980. He spent two years in the Public Health Service following internship, and completed his training in Internal Medicine at UC Davis and his Hematology and Oncology training at UCSF. He has been on the faculty at UCSF since 1988. The focus of Dr. Venook's research is developing and refining methods of treating tumors in the liver with directed approaches, including infusional chemotherapy or biological agents. He is also an expert in the management of cancer patients with liver disease. | 