Cataldo Doria MD, PhD, MBA, FACS

Dr. Cataldo Doria is an internationally renowned surgeon who specializes in the treatment of patients with benign conditions and cancer of the liver, pancreas, and bile duct. Dr. Doria comes to Capital Health from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, where he served as the surgical director of the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center – Jefferson Liver Tumor Center at Jefferson Medical College and director of the Jefferson Transplant Institute. As director of the Capital Health Cancer Center, Dr. Doria oversees clinical operations including disease-specific clinical performance groups, clinical research, and cancer care advancements to ensure widespread access to the best possible patient care and outcomes.

As a hepato-pancreato-biliary surgeon focused on treating benign digestive conditions and cancers in the liver, pancreas and bile duct, Dr. Doria has pioneered new techniques for conditions that were once considered untreatable. He has helped develop and introduce a number of innovative procedures to treat cancer patients that were not previously available, including bloodless liver surgery, liver auto-transplantation, and robotic-assisted hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery. Where traditional liver surgery with a scalpel requires up to 10 units or more of blood, bloodless liver surgery employs an ultrasonic device to suction out liver cells, immediately followed by a probe that uses hot, sterile water to seal the liver's blood vessels upon contact. Surgical and recovery times are significantly reduced and patients are completely recovered within a month.

Dr. Doria received his medical degree at the University of Perugia School of Medicine, where he also completed his internship and residency. He completed a research fellowship and a clinical fellowship at the Pittsburgh Transplantation Institute, part of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Doria also completed a clinical fellowship in living donor liver transplantation at the Organ Transplantation Center, part of Asan Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea.