Education

• M.D, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI, 1993
• Residency in General Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, 1993-1999
• Research Fellowship in Tumor Immunotherapy, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI, 1996-1997
• Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 1999-2001
• Hepatobiliary Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 2000-2001

Dr. Sharon Weber trained at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, with dual fellowships in surgical oncology and hepatobiliary. She specializes in benign and malignant disorders of the liver, pancreas and bile duct, in addition to gastric cancer, melanoma and sarcoma.

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Weber is actively involved in minimally invasive approaches to cancer treatment, including both laparoscopic pancreas and liver surgery. She has been invited as a speaker/moderator at many national meetings, including the American College of Surgeons, the American Hepatopancreaticobiliary Association, Society of Surgical Oncology, and Society of University Surgeons. She is currently the chief of the Surgical Oncology and the Chief of Surgery at the William S. Middleton VA.

Dr. Weber provides a wide range of services including Bile Duct Resection, Caudate Resection, Cryoablation, Cyst Fenestration (Unroof Liver Cyst), Frey Procedure, Gastrectomy - Partial or Total, Hemihepatectomy (Hepatectomy), Laparoscopic Liver Resection, Laparoscopic Pancreatectomy, Liver Resection, Liver Tumor Ablations, Melanoma Completion Lymph Node Dissection (Axillary and Groin), Melanoma Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy, Melanoma Wide Local Excision and Skin Closure, Obstructed Pancreatic Duct Drainage (Peustow Procedure), Pancreatic Head Resection, Pancreatic Pseudocysts Drainage, Pancreatic Resections, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, Radical Cholecystectomy, (show all). Radiofrequency Ablation, Right / Left Extended Hemihepatectomy (Hepatectomy), Right Hemihepatectomy, Wedge Resection of the Liver, and Whipple Procedure.

Research Interests

Dr. Weber conducts translational research at the UW Carbone Cancer Center evaluating novel tumor selective agents which may be promising for imaging and/or treating tumors. She also conducts clinical research evaluating prognosticators of outcome in patients with liver, bile duct, and liver tumors.

Active Clinical Trials

• A Phase II Study of Preoperative Gemcitabine and Erlotinib Plus Pancreatectomy and Postoperative Gemcitabine and Erlotinib for Patients With Operable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
  Principal Investigator(s): Sharon M Weber, MD
  Status: Recruiting
  [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00733746]
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• A Prognostic Study of Sentinel Node and Bone Marrow Micrometastases in Women With Clinical T1-2 N0 Breast Cancer
  Principal Investigator(s): Sharon M Weber, MD
  Status: Active, not recruiting
  [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00003854]
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• A Randomized Trial of Axillary Node Dissection in Women With Clinical T1-2 N0-1 M0 Breast Cancer Who Have a Positive Sentinel Node
  Principal Investigator(s): Sharon M Weber, MD
  Status: Active, not recruiting
  [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00003855]
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• A Randomized, Open Label, Parallel-group, Multi-center Trial to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of TachoSil® Versus Surgicel® Original for the Secondary Treatment of Local Bleeding in Adult and Pediatric Patients Undergoing Hepatic Resection Surgery
  Principal Investigator(s): Sharon M Weber, MD
  Status: Active, not recruiting
  [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01192022]
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Recent Publications

• Vein Involvement During Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Is There a Need for Redefinition of "Borderline Resectable Disease"?
  Kelly KJ, Winslow E, Kooby D, Lad NL, Parikh AA, Scoggins CR, Ahmad S, Martin RC, Maithel SK, Kim HJ, Merchant NB, Cho CS, Weber SM
  J. Gastrointest. Surg. 2013 Apr 26.
  [PubMed ID: 23620151]
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• Preoperative Classification of Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms: The Clinical Significance of Diagnostic Inaccuracy.
  Cho CS, Russ AJ, Loeffler AG, Rettammel RJ, Oudheusden G, Winslow ER, Weber SM
  Ann. Surg. Oncol. 2013 Apr 18.
  [PubMed ID: 23595223]
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• Wound Complications after Inguinal Lymph Node Dissection for Melanoma: Is ACS NSQIP Adequate?
  Glarner CE, Greenblatt DY, Rettammel RJ, Neuman HB, Weber SM
  Ann. Surg. Oncol. 2013 Jun; 20(6):2049-55.
  [PubMed ID: 23338482, PMC ID: 3657320]
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• Teach your children well: stage IV colorectal cancer and variability in practice patterns.
  Jarnagin WR, Chapman WC, Weber S
  Ann. Surg. Oncol. 2012 Nov; 19(12):3641-2.
  [PubMed ID: 22941168]
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• Factors influencing readmission after pancreaticoduodenectomy: a multi-institutional study of 1302 patients.
  Ahmad SA, Edwards MJ, Sutton JM, Grewal SS, Hanseman DJ, Maithel SK, Patel SH, Bentram DJ, Weber SM, Cho CS, Winslow ER, Scoggins CR, Martin RC, Kim HJ, Baker JJ, Merchant NB, Parikh AA, Kooby DA
  Ann. Surg. 2012 Sep; 256(3):529-37.
  [PubMed ID: 22868373]
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