Daniel Cherqui, M.D. - Weill Cornell Medical College - A New York ...

Department of Surgery at NYP/Weill Cornell Medical Center
The Department of Surgery has a long tradition of surgical excellence and innovation. The Department
of Surgery is organized in seven Divisions, which include: General Surgery; Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
and Dentistry; Pediatric Surgery; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Kidney, Pancreas and Liver Transplantation;
Trauma, Critical Care and Burns and Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. General Surgery,
the largest division, is composed of seven sections: Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery; Breast
Surgery; Colorectal Surgery; Endocrine Surgery; GI Metabolic Surgery; Hepatobiliary Surgery and Surgical
Oncology. We have a fully accredited General Surgery and Colon and Rectal Residency Program,
and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery and Vascular Surgery Fellowships. Visit our website
www.cornellsurgery.org.
Fabrizio Michelassi, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Fabrizio Michelassi, M.D., F.A.C.S., is the Lewis Atterbury
Stimson Professor of Surgery and Chairman of the Department
of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and
Surgeon-in-Chief at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/
Weill Cornell Medical Center.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center,
located in New York City, is one of the leading academic
medical centers in the world, comprising the teaching hospital
NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medical College, the
medical school of Cornell University. NewYork-Presbyterian/
Weill Cornell provides state-of-the-art inpatient, ambulatory
and preventive care in all areas of medicine, and is committed
to excellence in patient care, education, research and community
service. Our physician-scientists have been responsible
for many medical and surgical advances and are engaged in
cutting-edge research from bench to bedside, developing new
treatments and prevention strategies. NewYork-Presbyterian
has been ranked the #1 hospital in the New York metropolitan
area since 1999, and is consistently ranked among the
best academic medical institutions in the nation, according to
U.S.News & World Report. Weill Cornell Medical College is
the first U.S. medical college to offer a medical degree overseas
and maintains a strong global presence in Austria, Brazil,
Haiti, Tanzania, Turkey and Qatar.
Weill Cornell Medical College and the Department of Surgery
at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
are proud to announce the appointment of
Daniel Cherqui, M.D.
Chief, Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation
Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College

Daniel Cherqui, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Hepatobiliary Surgery and
Liver Transplantation
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/
Weill Cornell Medical Center
525 E. 68th Street, Box 287
New York, NY 10065
Ph : 212-746-2127 • Fax 212-746-8948
Email: dac7027@med.cornell.edu
The Department of Surgery
at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell
Medical Center is pleased to announce the appointment
of Daniel Cherqui, M.D. as Professor of Surgery
and Chief of our newly-created section of Hepatobiliary
Surgery and Liver Transplantation. This program
expands New York-Presbyterian Hospital’s
Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation and
provides this vital service to more patients needing
liver transplantation.
An internationally-renowned and highly experienced
liver surgeon, Dr. Cherqui has contributed major
advances to the field , including pioneering work on
minimally invasive liver surgery and he was the first
to use laparoscopy in living donor liver transplantation.
Dr Cherqui has also contributed innovative
techniques for major resections that require open
abdominal surgery. This includes resection of large
tumors, multi-stage resections and resections that
bridge patients to liver transplantation.
Dr. Cherqui’s expertise includes the comprehensive surgical management of diseases of the liver, pancreas
and biliary tract, including management of primary and secondary liver cancer. Of note, in combination
with other surgical, medical and radiation oncologists, Dr. Cherqui offers surgical treatment to patients with
colorectal or endocrine cancers with synchronous liver metastases. Under Dr. Cherqui’s leadership, the new
hepatobiliary and liver transplant program at NYP/Weill Cornell provides patients with state-of-the-art,
personalized care for their liver disease through a multidisciplinary approach.
Background
E Chief, General Surgery, Hopital Henri Mondor, Paris, 2006
E Professor of Surgery, Hopital Henri Mondor, Paris, 1996
E Associate Professor of Surgery, Hopital Henri Mondor, Paris, 1992
E Chief, Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation and
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Hopital Henri Mondor, Paris, 1988
Research
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Research focused on hepatobiliary-pancreatic cancers and liver transplantation
160 peer-reviewed publications and 44 book chapters and reviews
Principle or Co- Principle Investigator in over 50 studies
Education
E MD, University of Paris, 1980
E General Surgery Residency, Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris, 1986
E Clinical Fellowship in Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation,
Paul Brousse Hospital, Paris, 1987
E Research and Clinical Fellowship in Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation,
University of Chicago, 1988
E Board Certified in General Surgery, France, 1988
E Master in Surgical Sciences Certificate, Academy of Paris, 1991