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Office
1 Hoag Dr, Bldg 41
Newport Beach, CA 92663Phone+1 949-764-6665Fax+1 949-764-5607
Summary
- Ronald Wolf, M.D., F.A.C.S., is a board-certified surgical oncologist who specializes in treating liver, bile duct and pancreatic cancer at Hoag Family Cancer Institute.
His clinical interests include pancreatic adenocarcinoma, colon and rectal cancers that have metastasized to the liver, surgical treatment for bile duct tumors and cysts and surgery for soft tissue sarcoma.
Previously, Dr. Wolf served as Professor of Clinical Surgery in the Department of Surgery, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery/Islet Cell Transplantation at UC Irvine School of Medicine and Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. Prior to that, he served as Medical Director of Hepatic and Pancreatic Surgery at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland, Oregon, and as the Medical Director of Liver and Pancreas Surgery at Providence Cancer Center, also in Portland.
Dr. Wolf received his medical degree from Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, followed by an internship and two residencies in general surgery at UC Davis. He then completed a fellowship in surgical oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, where he also served as a clinical research fellow. Later, he helped direct surgical resident and fellowship-level postgraduate training programs in Portland.
Dr. Wolf has co-authored more than 80 clinical presentations throughout his career and is a committee member of several national organizations including the American College of Surgeons, the Society of Surgical Oncology and the AHPBA Americas Hepatopancreatobiliary Association.
Education & Training
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 1994 - 1995
- University of California Davis HealthResidency, Surgery, 1987 - 1994
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Hepatobiliary Surgery, 1990 - 1992
- Oregon Health and Science University School of MedicineClass of 1987
- University of OregonB.S., Biology, 1979 - 1983
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2017 - 2026
- OR State Medical License 1995 - 2025
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Golden Scalpel Teaching Award Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, 1996, 2000, 2010
- Clinical Faculty Teaching Award OHSU Department of Surgery, 1999, 2008
- Outstanding Chief Resident of the Year University of California Davis Medical Center, 1994
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Clinical Trials
- Rosuvastatin in Treating Patients With Stage I or Stage II Colon Cancer That Was Removed By Surgery Start of enrollment: 2010 Mar 01
- Chemoimmunotherapy and Radiation in Pancreatic Cancer Start of enrollment: 2013 Jul 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 80 citationsImpact of lymph node status in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma treated by major hepatectomy: a review of the National Cancer Database.Zeljka Jutric, W. Cory Johnston, Helena M. Hoen, Pippa Newell, Maria A. Cassera
HPB. 2016-01-01 - 3 citationsValidating biologic age in selecting elderly patients with pancreatic cancer for surgical resection.Anthony J Scholer, Rebecca Marcus, Mary Garland-Kledzik, Shu-Chin Chang, Adam Khader
Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2023-03-01 - 40 citationsAnalysis of 340 Patients with Solid Pseudopapillary Tumors of the Pancreas: A Closer Look at Patients with Metastatic DiseaseZeljka Jutric, Yelena Rozenfeld, Jan Grendar, Chet W. Hammill, Maria A. Cassera
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2017-03-15
Journal Articles
- Association of Immunologic Markers with Survival in Upfront Resectable Pancreatic CancerEphraim S Tang, Michael J Gough, Philippa H Newell, Paul Daniel Hansen, Ronald F Wolf, JAMA
- Novel Simulation Device for Targeting Tumors in Laparoscopic Ablation: A Learning Curve StudyJutric Z, Grendar J, Brown WL, Cassera MA, Wolf RF, Hansen PD, et al, Surg Innov, 1/1/2017
- Validation of Fistula Risk Score calculator in diverse North American HPB practicesGrendar J, Jutric Z, Leal JN, Ball CG, Bertens K, Dixon E, et al, HPB (Oxford), 1/1/2017
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Books/Book Chapters
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Member
- Member
- Americas Hepatopancreatobiliary Association - AHPBAMember
- Pacific Coast Surgery Association - PCSAMember
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