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Oscar (Joe) Hines, M.D.
Oscar (Joe) Hines, M.D.

Specialty:

Surgery General

General Information:

Gender:
Male
Language(s):
English

Affiliation(s):

Professor, Department of Surgery
Physician, Associate Chief, and Program Director, Department of Surgery, General Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery Program
Physician, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases/Gastroenterology, Pancreatic Disease, Esophageal Disorders Center, Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Pancreatic Cancer Program
Member, JCCC Signal Transduction and Therapeutics Program Area

Education:

Residency:
Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1991 - 1997
Internship:
Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1990 - 1991
Medical Degree:
M.D., University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 1990

Certification(s):

Medical Board Certification(s):
Surgery, American Board of Surgery, 1998, 2006

Contact Information:

Phone:
(310) 206-0441 Academic office
(310) 794-7788 Patient appointments
(310) 825-9427 Surgery scheduling
Email:
Website:

Practice Information:

Clinical Interest(s):
Adrenal Glands Cancer
Adrenal Glands Tumor (Benign)
Cholecystectomy
Colon Cancer
Colon Tumor (Benign)
Fundoplication
Gastrointestinal
General Surgery
Hepatobiliary
Hernia Repair (Epigastric Hernia)
Hernia Repair (Femoral Hernia)
Hernia Repair (Inguinal Hernia)
Hernia Repair (Umbilical Hernia)
Ilial-Pouch Anal Anastamosis
Laparoscopic Surgery
Oncology
Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic Tumor (Benign)
Parathyroid
Parathyroid Tumor (Bengin)
Rectal Cancer
Rectal Tumor (Benign)
Robotics
Stomach Cancer
Stomach Tumor (Benign)
Thyroid

Scientific Interest(s):

Dr. Oscar Joe Hines studies the impact of angiogenesis in pancreatic cancer. His work centers on the biology of VEGF and CXC chemokines in the pancreatic cancer biology.

Selected Cancer-Related Publications:

Büchler P, Reber HA, Tomlinson JS, Hankinson O, Kallifatidis G, Friess H, Herr I, Hines OJ. Transcriptional regulation of urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor by hypoxia-inducible factor 1 is crucial for invasion of pancreatic and liver cancer. Neoplasia. 2009 Feb;11(2):196-206.

O'Connell JB, Maggard MA, Manunga J Jr, Tomlinson JS, Reber HA, Ko CY, Hines OJ. Survival after resection of ampullary carcinoma: a national population-based study. Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Jul;15(7):1820-7. Epub 2008 Mar 28.

Buchler P, Reber HA, Roth MM, Shiroishi M, Friess H, Hines OJ. Target therapy using a small molecule inhibitor against angiogenic receptors in pancreatic cancer. Neoplasia. 2007; 9(2):119-27.

Kazanjian K, Reber HA, Hines OJ. Resection of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: results of 70 cases. Archives of Surgery. 2006; 141:765-770.

Eibl G, Takata Y, Boros LG, Liu J, Okada Y, Reber HA, Hines OJ. Growth stimulation of COX-2-negative pancreatic cancer by a selective COX-2 inhibitor. Cancer Res. 2005 Feb 1;65(3):982-90.