Moaven

FACULTY

Omeed Moaven

Assistant Professor - Clinical Surgery

Surgery/Interdisciplinary Oncology
Education & Training:
Clinical Fellowship Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship, 2018-2020
Wake Forest University 
Winston-Salem, NC
Post-Doctoral Fellowships:

Hodin Lab - Dept. of Surgery, 2011-2012
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School 
Boston, MA

Tanabe Lab - Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, 2014-2015
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Residency:

General Surgery Internship & Residency, 2012-2014
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

General Surgery Residency, 2015-2018
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Medical School:

Doctor of Medicine, 2000-2007
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Mashhad, Iran
Clinic Locations:

University Medical Center
2000 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
504.702.5700 (Scheduling line)
504.702.3311 (Cancer Center patient access representative)

 
Hospital Affiliations:
  • University Medical Center
  • LSU-LCMC Cancer Center
 
Clinical Interests:
  • Pancreas Cancer
  • Pancreatic cysts
  • Colorectal liver metastasis
  • Liver cancer
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  • Cholangiocarcinoma
  • Peritoneal surface malignancies
  • HIPEC
  • Gastric cancer
  • Colorectal cancer
  • Small intestinal cancers
  • Neuroendocrine tumors
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST)
  • Retroperitoneal Sarcoma
  • Benign pancreas
  • hepatobiliary disease
 
Research Interests:

Moaven Lab conducts a translational research program focused on investigating oncolytic virotherapy to improve response to immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer. His lab has designed novel oncolytic viruses being investigated to target and remodel pancreatic cancer tumor microenvironment and improve immune response against pancreatic cancer. He is interested in program development and has established the EMPOWER Program at the University Medical Center, which is "Evaluation, Multimodality Prehabilitation, and Oncology Support: a Well-being Enhancement Resource." EMPOWER program is a multidisciplinary prehabilitation program focused on improving patients' performance, physical, and nutritional status and providing psychosocial support for patients undergoing neoadjuvant treatment for HPB/GI malignancies, aiming to improve the outcomes of oncologic surgical resection. He is leading a team that is prospectively investigating the outcomes of this prehabilitation program. His clinical research also includes investigating disparities in HPB/GI malignancies.

 

Committees:

LSU-LCMC Cancer Center:

  • Clinical Trial Protocol Review and Monitoring
  • Clinical Research Oversight and Prioritization Committee (Chair)

University Medical Center:

  • Cancer Surgery Committee
  • Cancer Committee

 

Selected Publications:

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