UR Medicine Faculty
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(URMFG) consists of over 900 specialist and primary care providers spanning 19
departments.
URMFG is certified by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
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region. AHP offers a full range of care.
Dr. Linehan is CEO of the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry (SMD), and senior vice president for Health Sciences at the University of Rochester. Before that, he chaired URMC’s Department of Surgery for 10 years. A surgical oncologist and an a...
Dr. Linehan is CEO of the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry (SMD), and senior vice president for Health Sciences at the University of Rochester. Before that, he chaired URMC’s Department of Surgery for 10 years. A surgical oncologist and an accomplished researcher, Dr. Linehan is recognized for bringing new therapies to patients with difficult-to-treat cancers, and for his compassionate approach to care. He is also internationally renowned for his research into new immunotherapy treatments for pancreatic cancer; his laboratory has been continuously funded by the National Cancer Institute for nearly two decades. He specializes in treating cancers and benign surgical conditions of the liver, pancreas, gallbladder, and bile ducts.
Dr. Linehan attended Dartmouth College, graduated from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, then completed his internship and residency at Deaconess-Harvard Surgical Service. He was a research fellow at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Kristin Ann Carr Fellow in Surgical Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He went on to become a professor of Surgery at Washington University and chief of Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic and Gastrointestinal Surgery.
Faculty Appointments
Professor
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Department of Surgery, Oncology (SMD)
Dean, School of Medicine & Dentistry
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Dean's Office, SMD (SMD)
CEO, University of Rochester Medical Center
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Office of VP for Health Sciences (URMC)
Credentials
Residency & Fellowship
Fellowship, Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. 1997 - 1999
Fellowship, Surgery (General Surgery), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-Main Campus. 1996 - 1997
Dias Costa A, Väyrynen SA, Chawla A, Zhang J, Väyrynen JP, Lau MC, Williams HL, Yuan C, Morales-Oyarvide V, Elganainy D, Singh H, Cleary JM, Perez K, Ng K, Freed-Pastor W, Mancias JD, Dougan SK, Wang J, Rubinson DA, Dunne RF, Kozak MM, Brais L, Reilly E, Clancy T, Linehan DC, Chang DT, Hezel AF, Koong AC, Aguirre A, Wolpin BM, Nowak JA
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.. 2022 December 128 (23):5167-5179. Epub 1900 01 01.
Khazan N, Kim KK, Hansen JN, Singh NA, Moore T, Snyder CWA, Pandita R, Strawderman M, Fujihara M, Takamura Y, Jian Y, Battaglia N, Yano N, Teramoto Y, Arnold LA, Hopson R, Kishor K, Nayak S, Ojha D, Sharon A, Ashton JM, Wang J, Milano MT, Miyamoto H, Linehan DC, Gerber SA, Kawar N, Singh AP, Tabdanov ED, Dokholyan NV, Kakuta H, Jurutka PW, Schor NF, Rowswell-Turner RB, Singh RK, Moore RG
Journal of medicinal chemistry.. 2022 April 2865 (8):6039-6055. Epub 04/11/2022.
Rowswell-Turner RB, Singh RK, Urh A, Yano N, Kim KK, Khazan N, Pandita R, Sivagnanalingam U, Hovanesian V, James NE, Ribeiro JR, Kadambi S, Linehan DC, Moore RG
The Journal of immunology : official journal of the American Association of Immunologists.. 2021 May 15206 (10):2478-2488. Epub 04/26/2021.
Väyrynen SA, Zhang J, Yuan C, Väyrynen JP, Dias Costa A, Williams H, Morales-Oyarvide V, Lau MC, Rubinson DA, Dunne RF, Kozak MM, Wang W, Agostini-Vulaj D, Drage MG, Brais LK, Reilly E, Rahma OE, Clancy TE, Wang J, Linehan DC, Aguirre A, Fuchs CS, Coussens LM, Chang DT, Koong AC, Hezel AF, Ogino S, Nowak JA, Wolpin BM
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.. 2021 February 1527 (4):1069-1081. Epub 12/01/2020.
Mills BN, Connolly KA, Ye J, Murphy JD, Uccello TP, Han BJ, Zhao T, Drage MG, Murthy A, Qiu H, Patel A, Figueroa NM, Johnston CJ, Prieto PA, Egilmez NK, Belt BA, Lord EM, Linehan DC, Gerber SA
Cell reports.. 2019 October 829 (2):406-421.e5. Epub 1900 01 01.
Qian ZR, Rubinson DA, Nowak JA, Morales-Oyarvide V, Dunne RF, Kozak MM, Welch MW, Brais LK, Da Silva A, Li T, Li W, Masuda A, Yang J, Shi Y, Gu M, Masugi Y, Bui J, Zellers CL, Yuan C, Babic A, Khalaf N, Aguirre A, Ng K, Miksad RA, Bullock AJ, Chang DT, Tseng JF, Clancy TE, Linehan DC, Findeis-Hosey JJ, Doyle LA, Thorner AR, Ducar M, Wollison B, Laing A, Hahn WC, Meyerson M, Fuchs CS, Ogino S, Hornick JL, Hezel AF, Koong AC, Wolpin BM
JAMA oncology.. 2018 March 84 (3):e173420. Epub 03/08/2018.
Jin LX, Sanford DE, Squires MH, Moses LE, Yan Y, Poultsides GA, Votanopoulos KI, Weber SM, Bloomston M, Pawlik TM, Hawkins WG, Linehan DC, Schmidt C, Worhunsky DJ, Acher AW, Cardona K, Cho CS, Kooby DA, Levine EA, Winslow E, Saunders N, Spolverato G, Colditz GA, Maithel SK, Fields RC
Annals of surgical oncology.. 2016 August 23 (8):2398-408. Epub 03/22/2016.
Sausen M, Phallen J, Adleff V, Jones S, Leary RJ, Barrett MT, Anagnostou V, Parpart-Li S, Murphy D, Kay Li Q, Hruban CA, Scharpf R, White JR, O'Dwyer PJ, Allen PJ, Eshleman JR, Thompson CB, Klimstra DS, Linehan DC, Maitra A, Hruban RH, Diaz LA, Von Hoff DD, Johansen JS, Drebin JA, Velculescu VE
Nature communications.. 2015 July 76 :7686. Epub 07/07/2015.
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract.. 2011 August 15 (8):1468-71. Epub 02/24/2011.
Moo-Young TA, Larson JW, Belt BA, Tan MC, Hawkins WG, Eberlein TJ, Goedegebuure PS, Linehan DC
Journal of immunotherapy.. 2009 January 32 (1):12-21. Epub 1900 01 01.
Invited Editorial Commentary on " A simple algorithm based on preoperative variables can indicated the extent of hepatecomty for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhoitc patients
Cescon, et al.
Arch Surg. 2009; 144(1).
'Sideways': results of repair of biliary injuries using a policy of side-to-side hepatico-jejunostomy
Tan MC, Linehan DC, Hawkins WG, Siegel BA, Strasberg SM
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract.. 2007 September 11 (9):1112-9. Epub 07/11/2007.
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract.. 2007 January 11 (1):59-65. Epub 1900 01 01.
Peoples GE, Goedegebuure PS, Smith R, Linehan DC, Yoshino I, Eberlein TJ
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.. 1995 January 1792 (2):432-6. Epub 1900 01 01.
T-cells isolated from breast cancer patients recognize a HER2/neu derived tumor-associated antigen shared by several epithelial-based tumors
Linehan DC; Goedegebuure PS; Peoples GE; Eberlein TJ.
Surgical Forum. 1995; 46: 496-498.
Lysis of pancreatic cancer cells by tumor-specific T-cells is associated with tumor cell expression of HER2/neu
Peiper M; Linehan DC; Ganguly E; Douville C; Goedegebuure PS; Eberlein TJ.
1995; 46: 140-142.
Ovarian and breast cancer express shared antigenic peptides recognized by tumor-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocytes
Peoples GE; Smith RC; Linehan DC; Goedegebuure PS; Eberlein TJ.
Surgical Forum. 1994; 45: 565-567.
Ovarian and breast tumor-associated lymphocytes stimulated with an antigenic peptide derived from HER2/neu show enhanced cytotoxicity against autologous tumor
Linehan DC; Peoples GE; Parikh AS; Goedegebuure PS; Eberlein TJ.
Surgical Forum. 1994; 45: 568-570.
Books
Surgery of the Liver, Biliary Tract and Pancreas
(2007)
Authors: Linehan DC and Jarnagin WR
Publisher:
Elsevier, Philadelphia 2007
Malignant Liver Tumors: Current and Emerging Therapies
(2002)
Chapter: Thermal Ablation of Liver Tumors by Radiofrequency, Microwave, and Laser Therapy
Authors: Strasberg SM and Linehan DC
Publisher:
Bartlett and Barnes, Chicago 2002
Surgical Treatment: Evidence-Based and Problem Oriented
(2001)
Chapter: Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Authors: Linehan DC and Brennan MF
Publisher:
W Zuckschwerdt Verlag, Munch 2001
Surgical Research
(2001)
Chapter: Active Immunotherapy
Authors: Linehan DC; Amos K; Eberlein TJ
Publisher:
Academic Press, San Diego, CA 2001
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Concern the care provider showed for your questions or worries
4.8 stars
Care provider's efforts to include you in decisions about your care
4.9 stars
Explanations the care provider gave you about your problem or condition
4.8 stars
Likelihood of recommending this care provider to others
4.9 stars
Care provider's discussion of any proposed treatment (options, risks, benefits, etc.)
4.8 stars
Patient Comments
5.0 stars
Privileged to have David Linehan continue to care for me
Jul 10, 2024
5.0 stars
Everyone in this office is Extremely Caring And Knowledgeable. Very Much Appreciate All of Them
May 15, 2024
5.0 stars
I am very pleased with Dr. Linehan's care over the last 5 years.
Feb 23, 2024
5.0 stars
Showed interest in my overall health, and life in general.
Feb 13, 2024
5.0 stars
Dr. Linehan provides exceptional care!
Sep 13, 2023
5.0 stars
Dr. Linehan is absolutely the best. Very clear & concise information.
Jan 13, 2023
5.0 stars
Exceptional care follow-up.
Nov 03, 2022
5.0 stars
I was impressed w/the appointment process at the clinic - all individuals were coordinated w/each other. Dr. Linehan - his KNOWLEDGE, DEPTH of INFORMATION, excellent communication skills make her an excellent physician. Very impressed with Dr. Linehan.
Oct 27, 2022
5.0 stars
Excellent.
Aug 27, 2022
5.0 stars
Dr Linehan has been excellent from my first introduction of him!!!
Apr 24, 2022
5.0
Dr. Linehan is an exceptional physician/surgeon. This patient felt he had received the best and most expert care possible.
Mar 07, 2022
5.0
Dr. Linehan IS the BEST!! His team, without exception, are great!