James Wallis Marsh Jr. , MD, MBA

Professor and Chairman

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Surgery

Classification:

Clinical Faculty

Member

Organization:

West Virginia University WVU Cancer Institute

Department:

WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs

Classification:

Faculty

• MD, University of Arkansas
• MBA, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh

Education
Bachelor of Science – University of Arkansas
Doctor of Medicine – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Masters of Business Administration – University of Pittsburgh

Post Graduate Training
General Surgery Residency – St. Paul Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Renal Transplantation Fellowship – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Liver Transplantation Fellowship – Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh

Board Certification
General Surgery – 1985 (Recert. 1994, 2003, 2013)

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Cheek SM, Sucandy I, Tsung A, Marsh JW, Geller DA. Evidence supporting laparoscopic major hepatectomy. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2016 May;23(5):257-9.
• Ocuin LM, Miller-Ocuin JL, Novak SM, Bartlett DL, Marsh JW, et al. Robotic and open distal pancreatectomy with celiac axis resection for locally advanced pancreatic body tumors: a single institutional assessment of perioperative outcomes and survival. HPB (Oxford). 2016 Oct;18(10):835-842.
• Singhi AD, Liu TC, Roncaioli JL, Cao D, Zeh HJ, et al. Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres and Loss of DAXX/ATRX Expression Predicts Metastatic Disease and Poor Survival in Patients with Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. Clin Cancer Res. 2017 Jan 15;23(2):600-609.
• Buettner S, Koerkamp BG, Ejaz A, Buisman FE, Kim Y, et al. The effect of preoperative chemotherapy treatment in surgically treated intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma patients-A multi-institutional analysis. J Surg Oncol. 2017 Mar;115(3):312-318.
• Ackerman J, Abegglen R, Scaife M, Peitzman A, Rosengart M, et al. Beware of the interval cholecystectomy. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017 Jul;83(1):55-60.
• Reames BN, Ejaz A, Koerkamp BG, Alexandrescu S, Marques HP, et al. Impact of major vascular resection on outcomes and survival in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: A multi-institutional analysis. J Surg Oncol. 2017 Aug;116(2):133-139.
• Singhi AD, McGrath K, Brand RE, Khalid A, Zeh HJ, Chennat JS, Fasanella KE, Papachristou GI, Slivka A, Bartlett DL, Dasyam AK, Hogg M, Lee KK, Marsh JW, Monaco SE, Ohori NP, Pingpank JF, Tsung A, Zureikat AH, Wald AI, Nikiforova MN.  Preoperative next-generation sequencing of pancreatic cyst fluid is highly accurate in cyst classification and detection of advanced neoplasia. Gut. 2018 Dec;67(12):2131-2141. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-313586. Epub 2017 Sep 28. PubMed PMID: 28970292; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6241612.
• Buettner S, Galjart B, van Vugt JLA, Bagante F, Alexandrescu S, et al. Performance of prognostic scores and staging systems in predicting long-term survival outcomes after surgery for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. J Surg Oncol. 2017 Dec;116(8):1085-1095.
• Wright GP, Perkins S, Jones H, Zureikat AH, Marsh JW, et al. Surgical Resection Does Not Improve Survival in Multifocal Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: A Comparison of Surgical Resection with Intra-Arterial Therapies. Ann Surg Oncol. 2018 Jan;25(1):83-90.
• Beard RE, Wang Y, Khan S, Marsh JW, Tsung A, et al. Laparoscopic liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in early and advanced cirrhosis. HPB (Oxford). 2018 Jan 6;PubMed PMID: 29317157.
• Buettner S, Spolverato G, Kimbrough CW, Alexandrescu S, Marques HP, Lamelas J, Aldrighetti L, Gamblin TC, Maithel SK, Pulitano C, Weiss M, Bauer TW, Shen F, Poultsides GA, Marsh JW, IJzermans JNM, Koerkamp BG, Pawlik TM. The impact of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio among patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Surgery. 2018 Sep;164(3):411-418. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.05.002. Epub 2018 Jun 11. PubMed PMID: 29903509.
• Beard RE, Ripepi AJ, Lee KW, Marsh JW, Tsung A, et al. The Top Ten Most Treacherous Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies We Have Ever Done. J Gastrointest Surg. 2018 Feb;22(2):363-365.
• Sucandy I, Cheek S, Tsung A, Marsh JW, Geller DA. Minimally invasive liver resection for primary and metastatic liver tumors: influence of age on perioperative complications and mortality. Surg Endosc. 2018 Apr;32(4):1885-1891.
• Furlan A, Almusa O, Yu RK, Sagreiya H, Borhani AA, et al. A radiogenomic analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma: association between fractional allelic imbalance rate index and the liver imaging reporting and data system (LI-RADS) categories and features. Br J Radiol. 2018 Apr 4;:20170962.
• Coleman KC, Warner RL, Bardes JM, Wilson A, Inaba K, Borgstrom D, Marsh JW, Grabo DJ.  Successful management of injuries to the portal triad: a 2019 east master class video presentation.  J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 Mar 8. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002253. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 30865155 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
• Buettner S, Ten Cate DWG, Bagante F, Alexandrescu S, Marques HP, Lamelas J, Aldrighetti L, Gamblin TC, Maithel SK, Pulitano C, Margonis GA, Weiss M, Bauer TW, Shen F, Poultsides GA, Marsh JW, IJzermans JNM, Pawlik TM, Koerkamp BG.  Survival after Resection of Multiple Tumor Foci of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma.  J Gastrointest Surg. 2019 Mar 18. doi: 10.1007/s11605-019-04184-2. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30887301 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
• Singhi AD, Nikiforova MN, Chennat J, Papachristou GI, Khalid A, Rabinovitz M, Das R, Sarkaria S, Ayasso MS, Wald AI, Monaco SE, Nalesnik M, Ohori NP, Geller D, Tsung A, Zureikat AH, Zeh H, Marsh JW, Hogg M, Lee K, Bartlett DL, Pingpank JF, Humar A, Bahary N, Dasyam AK, Brand R, Fasanella KE, McGrath K, Slivka A.  Integrating next-generation sequencing to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)-obtained biliary specimens improves the detection and management of patients with malignant bile duct strictures.  Gut. 2020 Jan;69(1):52-61. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2018-317817. Epub 2019 Apr 10. PubMed PMID: 30971436; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6943248
• Zeh H, Bahary N, Boone BA, Singhi AD, Miller-Ocuin JL, Normolle DP, Zureikat AH, Hogg ME, Bartlett DL, Lee KK, Tsung A, Marsh JW, Murthy P, Tang D, Seiser N, Amaravadi RK, Espina V, Liotta L, Lotze MT.  A Randomized Phase II Preoperative Study of Autophagy Inhibition With High-Dose Hydroxychloroquine and Gemcitabine/Nab-Paclitaxel in Pancreatic Cancer Patients.  Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Mar 10. pii: clincanres.4042.2019. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-4042. [Epub ahead of print]  PMID: 32156749

Selected Book Chapters
Marsh JW, Holtzman MP, Dvorchik I.  Living-Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.  In: Living Donor Transplantation.  Tan HP, Marcos A, Shapiro R (eds.).  Informa Healthcare, NY, NY.  2007.  Chapter 20, p227-234.
Marsh JW and Starzl TE.  Techniques of Liver Replacement.  In: Blumgart’s Surgery of the Liver, Biliary Tract, and Pancreas, 5th Edition.  Jarnagin, et al (eds).  Elsevier, 2010.  Chapter 99.
Marsh JW, Lopez-Solis RC, Hughes CB.  Techniques of Liver Replacement.  In: Blumgart’s Surgery of the Liver, Biliary Tract, and Pancreas, 5th Edition.  Jarnagin, et al (eds).  Elsevier, 2017.  Chapter 119.

Professional Organizations
American Surgical Association
Southern Surgical Association
Society of Surgical Oncology
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
IHPBA/AHPBA
Central Surgical Association
Association for Academic Surgery
American College of Surgeons

Medical Specialties

• Surgical Oncology (Cancer)

Special Training

• Residency, General Surgery
  St. Paul Hospital, Dallas, TX
• Residency, Diagnostic Radiology
  Mayo Clinic
• Fellowship, Kidney Transplant
  Mayo Clinic
• Fellowship, Liver Transplant
  University of Pittsburgh