Charles H. Cha, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Surgical Specialty Gastrointestinal and Oncologic/General Surgery Email   charles.cha@yale.edu Phone   (203) 785-2380 Fax   (203) 785-2615 Office Address   Department of Surgery Yale University School of Medicine P.O. Box 208062 New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8062     Download CV

Clinical Interests: Surgery for benign and malignant disease of the liver, bile duct and pancreas. Surgery for gastric and esophageal cancer, sarcoma. Minimally invasive surgery (robotic and laparoscopic) for cancer.

Research Interests: Effects of angiogenesis on gastrointestinal malignancy. Investigation of gene silencing techniques to knockdown proliferation of hepatocellular carcinoma in vitro and in vivo. Determination of the diagnostic and therapeutic utility of angiogenic inhibitors for treatment of solid tumors. Clinical outcomes in surgery for sarcoma, hepatobiliary, gastric and esophageal malignancy.

Board Certifications

American Board of Surgery, 2002

Education

	B.S., Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 1990
	M.D., Honors, Northwestern University Medical School, 1995

Training

Resident
	General Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI 1999
Chief Resident
	General Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI 2001

Fellow
	Oncology and Surgery, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center 1999
Clinical Fellow
	Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 2003