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Office
2240 Gulf Fwy S
League City, TX 77573Phone+1 832-505-1800Fax+1 281-309-0419
Summary
- Dr. Luca Cicalese is a general surgeon in League City, TX. He received his medical degree from Sapienza University of Rome and has been in practice 27 years. He specializes in hepatobiliary surgery, pancreas, and transplantation and is experienced in alzheimer's disease, transplant surgery, hepatopancreatobiliary surgery, liver transplantation, and pancreatic and islet cell transplant surgery.
Education & Training
- UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Abdominal Transplant Surgery, 1995 - 1998
- Sapienza University of RomeBoard certification, Cum Laude, 1990 - 1995
- Sapienza University of RomeClass of 1990
- Convitto NazionaleMaturita' Classica, 1984
Certifications & Licensure
- FL State Medical License 2024 - 2026
- TX State Medical License 2018 - 2026
- LA State Medical License 2022 - 2025
- MA State Medical License 2002 - 2009
- IL State Medical License 1999 - 2005
- PA State Medical License 1996 - 1997
- General Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Texas super Doctor 2022
- Clinical Science Award (1st Place) Annual Fellows Conference: Advances in Organ Transplantation, 2013
- Selected as "one of the 10 most successful Italians in the US" "PRIMI DIECI" by Riccardo Lo Faro, 2013
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Clinical Trials
- Evaluate Tolerability of Myfortic®/Simulect® and Tacrolimus Without Steroids in Three Patient Populations Start of enrollment: 2011 Mar 01
- Evaluation of Mechanisms Responsible for Coma in Patients Affected by Fulminant, Acute and Chronic Hepatic Failure Start of enrollment: 2012 Feb 01
- Adipose Tissue Function After Pancreas Transplantation Start of enrollment: 2009 Sep 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 41 citationsEvaluation of INK4A promoter methylation using pyrosequencing and circulating cell-free DNA from patients with hepatocellular carcinomaGengming Huang, Joseph D. Krocker, Jason L. Kirk, Shehzad Merwat, Hyunsu Ju
Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. 2014-06-01 - 31 citationsBiology and function of glypican-3 as a candidate for early cancerous transformation of hepatocytes in hepatocellular carcinoma (Review).Mauro Montalbano, Jeremias Georgiadis, Ashlyn L. Masterson, Joshua T. McGuire, Janika Prajapati
Oncology Reports. 2017-03-01 - 31 citationsCombined liver and (heart-)lung transplantation in liver transplant candidates with refractory portopulmonary hypertension.Jacques Pirenne, Geert Verleden, Frederik Nevens, Marion Delcroix, Dirk Van Raemdonck
Transplantation. 2002-01-15
Journal Articles
- Evaluation of INK4A promoter methylation using pyrosequencing and circulating cell-free DNA from patients with hepatocellular carcinomaHuang G, Krocker JD, Kirk JL, Merwat SN, Ju H, Soloway RD, Wieck LR, Li A, Okorodudu AO, Petersen JR, Abdulla NE, Duchini A, Cicalese L, Rastellini C, Hu PC, Dong J, Clin Chem Lab Med, 1/1/2014
- Impact of Size in Pancreatic Islet Transplantation and Potential Interventions to Improve OutcomeZorzi D, Phan T, Sequi M, Lin Y, Freeman DH, Cicalese L, Rastellini C, Cell Transplantation, 1/18/2013
- Biomarker Discovery for Early Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Hepatitis C-infected PatientsMustafa MG, Petersen JR, Ju H, Cicalese L, Snyder N, Haidacher SJ, Denner L, Elferink C, Mol Cell Proteomics, 1/1/2013
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Liver Cancer in Texas: Environmental Risk Factors Contributing to Higher Incidence Rate.Zorzi D., Curcuru' G., Rhoads C., Gazis V., Rastellini C., Cicalese L., American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA), Miami, FL, 1/19/2014
- How Distance from Specialized Transplant Centers and Residence in Rural and Urban Setting affects Outcome of Liver Transplant Patients on Waitlist in the USA.Zorzi D., Jennings K., Rastellini C., Cicalese L., South Chapter American College of Surgeons, Austin, TX, 1/20/2013
- Analysis of Waiting List Mortality Rate of Liver Transplant Candidates with Increased Geographical Distance from the Transplant Center: Data from UNOS.Zorzi D, Rastellini C, Freeman DH, Elias G, Duchini A, Cicalese L., 2013 Annual Fellows Conference: Advances in Organ Transplantation, Cambridge, MA, 1/18/2013
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Lectures
- Development of an innovative international combined PhD program between UTMB and the University of Palermo.Houston, TX - 1/1/2013
- Surgical treatment for Liver Cancer.Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2013
- Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) epidemic and the effect of vaccine.Galveston, TX - 1/1/2012
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Other
- Love in the Lab.Rastellini C, Cicalese L, ABC 13 News
1/14/2012 - Open Journal: Texas Transplantation Center.Cicalese L, UTMB, KPFT 90.1 FM
Houston, TX - 1/1/2009 - Multiorgan transplantation.Cicalese L, UTMBT, KEYS 1440 AM
Corpus Christin, TX - 1/1/2009 - Join now to see all
Press Mentions
- Leading Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgeon, Luca Cicalese, MD, PhD, FACS Is to Be Recognized as a 2017 Top Doctor in Galveston, TexasNovember 15th, 2017
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