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Kevin F. Staveley-O’Carroll, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS

Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery

NPI Number: 1679539803
Academic Office Location: Surgery UConn Health 263 Farmington Avenue Farmington, CT 06030-8073
Phone:	860-679-2626
Website(s):	Surgery

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Education & Training
Publications

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
BS	University of Notre Dame	Chemistry
MD	University of Oklahoma College of Medicine	Medicine
PhD	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Pharmacology and Molecular Biology
MBA	The Military College of South Carolina, The Citadel	Business Administration

Degree

Institution

Major

University of Notre Dame

Chemistry

University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

Medicine

PhD

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Pharmacology and Molecular Biology

MBA

The Military College of South Carolina, The Citadel

Business Administration

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Postdoctoral	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Oncology, Immunology, Pharmacology
Residency	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Surgery, (Chief 1998)
Fellowship	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Surgical Oncology

Training

Institution

Specialty

Postdoctoral

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Oncology, Immunology, Pharmacology

Residency

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Surgery, (Chief 1998)

Fellowship

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Surgical Oncology

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Marion S. DeWeese, MD, Excellence in Arts and Science in the Operating Room
Moses Gunn Distinguished Professor	University of Michigan
Visiting Professorship	Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Visiting Professorship	The University of Auckland
President	Association of Academic Surgeons
Gardner Smith Memorial Lecture	Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Guest Lecturer	Throckmorton Surgical Society
Pfizer Visiting Professorship in Oncology	Albany Medical College
Founding Director, Hepato-pancreatico-biliary Fellowship	Penn State University
Mentored Clinical Scientist Award
Franklin Martin, MD, FACS, Memorial Faculty Research Award	American College of Surgeons
Individual National Research Service Award
George D. Zuidema Research Award, (1993-1995)
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
Monogram Award Winner - Division I NCAA, Varsity Wrestling, (1982-1984)

Name of Award/Honor

Awarding Organization

Marion S. DeWeese, MD, Excellence in Arts and Science in the Operating Room

Moses Gunn Distinguished Professor

University of Michigan

Visiting Professorship

Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Visiting Professorship

The University of Auckland

President

Association of Academic Surgeons

Gardner Smith Memorial Lecture

Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

Guest Lecturer

Throckmorton Surgical Society

Pfizer Visiting Professorship in Oncology

Albany Medical College

Founding Director, Hepato-pancreatico-biliary Fellowship

Penn State University

Mentored Clinical Scientist Award

Franklin Martin, MD, FACS, Memorial Faculty Research Award

American College of Surgeons

Individual National Research Service Award

George D. Zuidema Research Award, (1993-1995)

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society

Monogram Award Winner - Division I NCAA, Varsity Wrestling, (1982-1984)

Journal Articles

Nanoliposome C6-Ceramide in combination with anti-CTLA4 antibody improves anti-tumor immunity in hepatocellular cancer.
Qi, Xiaoqiang; Wu, Feng; Kim, Sung Hoon; Kaifi, Jussuf T; Kimchi, Eric T; Snyder, Helena; Illendula, Anuradha; Fox, Todd; Kester, Mark; Staveley-O'Carroll, Kevin F; Li, Guangfu FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2022 Apr;36(4):e22250
Synergizing sunitinib and radiofrequency ablation to treat hepatocellular cancer by triggering the antitumor immune response.
Qi, Xiaoqiang; Yang, Ming; Ma, Lixin; Sauer, Madeline; Avella, Diego; Kaifi, Jussuf T; Bryan, Jeffrey; Cheng, Kun; Staveley-O'Carroll, Kevin F; Kimchi, Eric T; Li, Guangfu Journal for immunotherapy of cancer 2020 Oct;8(2):
Nanoliposome C6-Ceramide Increases the Anti-tumor Immune Response and Slows Growth of Liver Tumors in Mice.
Li, Guangfu; Liu, Dai; Kimchi, Eric T; Kaifi, Jussuf T; Qi, Xiaoqiang; Manjunath, Yariswamy; Liu, Xinjian; Deering, Tye; Avella, Diego M; Fox, Todd; Rockey, Don C; Schell, Todd D; Kester, Mark; Staveley-O'Carroll, Kevin F Gastroenterology 2018 Mar;154(4):1024-1036.e9
Galectin-1-driven upregulation of SDF-1 in pancreatic stellate cells promotes pancreatic cancer metastasis.
Qian, Dong; Lu, Zipeng; Xu, Qingcheng; Wu, Pengfei; Tian, Lei; Zhao, Liangtao; Cai, Baobao; Yin, Jie; Wu, Yang; Staveley-O'Carroll, Kevin F; Jiang, Kuirong; Miao, Yi; Li, Guangfu Cancer letters 2017 Jul;39743-51
Successful chemoimmunotherapy against hepatocellular cancer in a novel murine model.
Li, Guangfu; Liu, Dai; Cooper, Timothy K; Kimchi, Eric T; Qi, Xiaoqiang; Avella, Diego M; Li, Ningfei; Yang, Qing X; Kester, Mark; Rountree, C Bart; Kaifi, Jussuf T; Cole, David J; Rockey, Don C; Schell, Todd D; Staveley-O'Carroll, Kevin F Journal of hepatology 2017 Jan;66(1):75-85

Reviews

Driver Mutations in Pancreatic Cancer and Opportunities for Targeted Therapy.
Olaoba, Olamide T; Adelusi, Temitope I; Yang, Ming; Maidens, Tessa; Kimchi, Eric T; Staveley-O'Carroll, Kevin F; Li, Guangfu Cancers 2024 May;16(10):