SarahPerryThayerMDPhD

Breast, Pancreas, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

Director, Feist Weiller Cancer Center; Carol Feist Endowed Chair for the Study of Cancer; LSU Health Shreveport

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Office
FWCC 1501 Kings Highway, 4th floor Rm B-416
Shreveport
Shreveport, LA 71103
Phone+1 318-813-1057

Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 2000 - 2001
Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1991 - 2000
Cornell University/ MSKCCPhD, Gene Regulations-Neuroscience, 1994 - 1999
University of Virginia School of MedicineClass of 1991

Carol Feist Endowed Chair for the Study of Cancer LSU Health, 2021
Merle M Musselman Centennial Professor of Surgery UNMC, 2014-2020
Castle Connolly Exceptional Women in Medicine 2019
UNMC Distinguished Scientist Award UNMC, 2017
NESS paper of the Year Award NESS, 2016
America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2012-2014
W. Gerald Austin Scholar in Academic Surgery MGH Harvard Medical School, 2002-2014
America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2011-2013
Investigators Award Best Publication Santa Cruz Biotechnology, 2004
Hirshberg Award Best Presentation APA, 2003
Phillip H Meyer, Annual Research Award for Visionary Research in Medical Imaging Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologist, 2002
Resident/Fellow Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching in Surgery Harvard Medical School, 2000
Sandoz Award in Recognition of Superior Academic Achievement and Contribution to Health Care Sandoz, 1991
Janet M Glasgow Memorial Award for Academic Achievement as SOM Valedictorian American Medical Women's Association, 1991
Alpha Omega Alpha University of Virginia, 1989
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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PubMed

967 citations
Potential role of intratumor bacteria in mediating tumor resistance to the chemotherapeutic drug gemcitabine.
Leore T. Geller, Michal Barzily-Rokni, Tal Danino, Oliver Jonas, Noam Shental
Science. 2017-09-15
139 citations
Improved contemporary surgical management of insulinomas: A 25-year experience at the Massachusetts general hospital
Mehrdad Nikfarjam, Andrew L. Warshaw, Lloyd Axelrod, Vikram Deshpande, Sarah P. Thayer
Annals of Surgery. 2008-01-01
1166 citations
Hedgehog is an early and late mediator of pancreatic cancer tumorigenesis
Sarah P. Thayer, Marina Pasca di Magliano, Patrick W. Heiser, Corinne M. Nielsen, Drucilla J. Roberts
Nature. 2003-10-23

Biobank CoreNational Cancer Institute2011
Core C: Biobank CoreNational Cancer Institute2006–2010
The Hedgehog Pathway And Pancreatic NeoplasiaNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2004–2008