MelanieOngchinMD
General Surgery • Pittsburgh, PASurgical Oncology (Other than Breast)
Assistant Professor of Surgery
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Office
UPMC Passavant
9100 Babcock Blvd, Ground fl
Pittsburgh, PA 15237Phone+1 412-748-3254- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Melanie Ongchin is a surgical oncologist in Pittsburgh, PA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Passavant, UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside - Shadyside. She received her medical degree from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and has been in practice 10 years. She specializes in surgical oncology (other than breast) and is experienced in biliary tract disease, pancreatic disease, malignant melanoma, surgical oncology (non-breast), and sarcomas.
Education & Training
UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 2012 - 2014
University at BuffaloResidency, Surgery, 2006 - 2012
Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolClass of 2006
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 2012 - 2024
NY State Medical License 2014 - 2020
NJ State Medical License 2017 - 2019- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- American Board of Surgery Complex General Surgical Oncology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- ASO Visual Abstract: Normal CEA Levels After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Cytoreduction with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemoperfusion Predict Improved Survival from...Hamed, A., Derby, J., Jelinek, M., Tatsuoka, C., Choudry, M., Nunns, G., Holtzman, M., Zureikat, A., Ahrendt, S., Pingpank, J., Ongchin, M., Bartlett, D., Wach, M.> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2024 Feb 14
- Normal CEA Levels After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Cytoreduction with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemoperfusion Predict Improved Survival from Colorectal Peritonea...Hamed, A., Derby, J., Jelinek, M., Tatsuoka, C., Choudry, M., Nunns, G., Holtzman, M., Zureikat, A., Ahrendt, S., Pingpank, J., Ongchin, M., Bartlett, D., Wach, M.> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2024 Apr 1
- Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing Improves the Prognostication of Patients with Disseminated Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasms (Pseudomyxoma Peritonei).Abigail I Wald, James F Pingpank, Melanie Ongchin, Lauren B Hall, Heather Jones, Shannon Altpeter, Michelle Liebdzinski, Ahmed B Hamed, Joshua Derby, Marina N Nikiforo...> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2023 Nov 1
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Press Mentions
Cancer Care – Close to HomeDecember 21st, 2020- Taking Liver Cancer Surgery to New LevelsNovember 9th, 2020
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Hospital Affiliations
- Shadyside CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh, Pennsylvania
UPMC PassavantPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
UPMC WilliamsportWilliamsport, Pennsylvania
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