UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center : JCCC Member Directory

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:	joehines@mednet.ucla.edu
Website:	http://www.pancreatic.org

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

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.