VietHoangLeMD

Endocrine, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast), Minimally Invasive Surgery

Surgical Oncologist

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Office
411 Laurel St
Ste 2100
Des Moines, IA 50314
Phone+1 515-247-3266

Fax+1 515-643-8688

Dr. Viet H. Le is a surgical oncologist at the MercyOne Medical Center in Des Moines, IA. His areas of clinical focus are gastrointestinal oncology, hepatopancreatobiliary cancer, soft tissue sarcoma, endocrine surgery, melanoma and cutaneous malignancies. His public health interests are in oncology care models in the community, patient outcome research, and healthcare operational evaluation. He currently is an assistant clinical professor with the MercyOne surgical residency and is an affiliated faculty with Creighton University School of Medicine.

City of Hope National Medical CenterFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 2019 - 2020
Clemson UniversityMaster of Science, Applied Health Research and Evaluation, 2016 - 2019
Prisma Health/University of South Carolina SOM Greenville (Greenville)Residency, Surgery, 2010 - 2015
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityClass of 2010, Doctor of Medicine

PubMed

Survival and cancer recurrence after short-course perioperative probiotics in a randomized trial.
Jan Franko, Shankar Raman, Shiv Patel, Brandon Petree, Mayin Lin
Clinical Nutrition ESPEN. 2024-04-01
Robotic Resection of a Large Pelvic Schwannoma.
Jessica D Sedinkin, Viet H Le, May C Tee, Jan Franko, Mayin Lin
Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. 2024-03-01
3 citations
Signet ring cell carcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract: National trends on treatment effects and prognostic outcomes
Jan Franko, Viet H. Le, May C. Tee, Mayin Lin, Jessica D. Sedinkin
Cancer Treatment and Research Communications. 2021-10-11

Journal Articles

Chemotherapy-induced early transient increase and surge of CA 19–9 level in patients with pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Viet H. Le, Jan Franko, Benjamin I. Paz, Gagandeep Singh, Marwan Fakih, Vincent Chung, Cancer Treatment and Research Communications, 5/12/2021
Meckel’s diverticulum: the lead point of intrauterine intussusception with subsequent intestinal atresia in a newborn
Viet H. Le, Paul A. Perry, Allyson L. Hale, Robert L. Gates, John C. Chandler, Annals of Pediatric Surgery, 7/31/2016

Abstracts/Posters

Postoperative Delirium Among Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery Randomized to In-hospital Probiotics or Placebo
Franko, Jan MD, PhD, FACS; Raman, Shankar MBBS, FACS; Tee, May C. MD, MPH FACS; Le, Viet H. MD, FACS; Sedinkin, Jessica D. DO; Silva, Monica DO; Ferrel, Benjamin DO; F..., Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 11/1/2021
Chemotherapy associated liver injury and steatosis in Hispanic patients with colorectal cancer liver metastasis
L. W. Thornblade, V. H. Le, L. Lai, L. G. Melstrom, S. G. Warner, G. Singh, Y. Fong, M. G. Fakih, L. S. Trevino and M. Raoof, HPB, AHPBA 2021 ON-DEMAND ABSTRACTS, 8/2/2021
Can contrast-enhanced MRI using gadoxetate disodium (EOVIST) replace triphasic CT to derive future liver remnant?
Viet H. Le , Steven D. Trocha , Wesley B. Jones , Michael A. Devane , Brian P. McKinley, Journal of Clinical Oncology, 1/31/2017