UCSF is a nationally-recognized Center of Excellence in the treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumors. Our team includes surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, radiologists, cardiologists, endocrinologists, symptom management, genetic counselors, nutritionists, psychologists and social workers.
Emily Bergsland, MD, FACP (Director)
Dr. Emily Bergsland is a gastrointestinal oncologist who specializes in the care of patients with neuroendocrine tumors.
Thomas Hope, MD
Dr. Thomas Hope is an Assistant Professor in Residence in the Abdominal Imaging and Nuclear Medicine sections at UCSF and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Rahul Aggarwal, MD
Dr. Rahul Aggarwal is a genitourinary cancer specialist with expertise in neuroendocrine carcinoma of the prostate.
Mekhail Anwar, MD, PhD
Dr. Anwar is a Radiation Oncologist who specializes in the multimodality treatment of malignancies.
Carlos U. Corvera, MD, FACS
Dr. Corvera is a surgical oncologist who has extensive experience in the treatment of benign and malignant hepatobiliary disease and neuroendocrine tumors.
Mary Feng, MD
Dr. Feng's research focuses on technical and biological methods to individualize and adapt radiotherapy for each patient with pancreas and liver cancer.
Nicholas Fidelman, MD
Dr. Fidelman is an interventional radiologist who specializes in the treatment of liver metastases.
Matthew A. Gubens, MD, MS
Dr. Matthew Gubens is a thoracic oncologist, who specializes in the treatment of lung cancers, including small cell lung cancer.
Hyunseok Kang, MD
Dr. Hyunseok "Hyu" Kang is a head and neck medical oncologist who specializes in medullary thyroid carcinoma.
Wesley Kidder, MD
Dr. Wesley Kidder is a medical oncologist specializing in neuroendocrine tumors and other GI malignancies.
Angela Laffan, MS, NP
Angela Laffan is a nurse practitioner, assistant director of the Gastrointestinal Oncology Survivorship Program, and director of the NET Wellness Clinic.
Courtney Lawhn Heath, MD
Dr. Courtney Lawhn Heath is a radiologist who specializes in nuclear radiology and PRRT.
Connie Li, NP, MSN
Connie Li is a nurse practitioner who cares for patients with gastrointestinal cancers and has particular experience in treating neuroendocrine tumors.
Sheila Lindsay, MS, NP
Sheila Lindsay is a nurse practitioner who manages the side effects of gastrointestinal cancer and its treatments, and runs our small NET clinic.
Umesh Masharani, MD, MB
Dr. Masharini is an endocrinologist whose expertise includes functional neuroendocrine tumors.
Clare Mulvey, MD
Dr. Claire K. Mulvey specializes in lung neuroendocrine cancers, including typical and atypical carcinoid tumors, large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma and small cell lung cancer.
Eric Nakakura, MD, PhD
Dr. Eric Nakakura is a cancer surgeon who specializes in tumors of the liver, pancreas, bile ducts and gastrointestinal tract, including neuroendocrine tumors.
Sorbarikor Piawah, MD, MPH
Dr. Sorbarikor Piawah is a gastrointestinal oncologist with a special interest in colorectal cancer as well as neuroendocrine tumors (cancer cells arising from the endocrine and nervous systems).
Additional members
- Michael Lister, RN
- Rebecca Mirro, RN, BSN, OCN
Interdisciplinary Team
Additionally, members from the following departments coordinate NET treatment and care:
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