Top experts by indication / Oncology
Most active experts in Hepatobiliary Cancer
2026 edition, data as of October 26, 2026
361 key opinion leaders in the directory are tagged to Hepatobiliary Cancer. The tables below rank them by one public measure each: registered trials, citations, NIH awards and congress contributions. Each is a count from a named source, not a judgment about the person, and every row links a profile where the count can be checked.
Most registered trials
Registered clinical trials in this indication on which the person is a listed investigator, counted from ClinicalTrials.gov. 235 of the 361 people tagged to this indication have this count on record; the 25 highest are listed. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov.
| # | Expert | trials |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim GretenNational Institutes of Health, MD | 13 trials |
| 2 | Andrew ZhuMassachusetts General Hospital, MA | 11 trials |
| 3 | David HsiehTX | 7 trials |
| 4 | Vaibhav SahaiUniversity of Michigan, MI | 7 trials |
| 5 | Richard KimMoffitt Cancer Center, FL | 7 trials |
| 6 | Amit SingalUT Southwestern Medical Center, TX | 6 trials |
| 7 | Daniel ChangMI | 5 trials |
| 8 | Mehmet AkceAL | 5 trials |
| 9 | Richard FinnUniversity of California, Los Angeles, CA | 5 trials |
| 10 | Daneng LiCity of Hope, CA | 5 trials |
| 11 | Renuka IyerRoswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, NY | 5 trials |
| 12 | Mitesh BoradMayo Clinic, AZ | 5 trials |
| 13 | Devalingam MahalingamNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, IL | 5 trials |
| 14 | Aiwu HeColumbia University in the City of New York, NY | 5 trials |
| 15 | Steven AlbertsMayo Clinic, MN | 5 trials |
| 16 | David SteffinBaylor College of Medicine, TX | 4 trials |
| 17 | Yehuda PattUniversity of New Mexico, NM | 4 trials |
| 18 | Melanie ThomasSC | 4 trials |
| 19 | Apostolia TsimberidouThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 4 trials |
| 20 | Lynn FeunUniversity of Miami, FL | 4 trials |
| 21 | Anthony El-KhoueiryUSC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, CA | 4 trials |
| 22 | Theodore HongMassachusetts General Hospital, MA | 4 trials |
| 23 | Nilofer AzadJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD | 4 trials |
| 24 | Robert MartinUniversity of Louisville School of Medicine, KY | 4 trials |
| 25 | Amit MahipalUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, MN | 4 trials |
Most cited
Citations to the person's whole published record in OpenAlex, not only their work in this indication, among the people with at least two registered trials in it. 61 of the 361 people tagged to this indication have at least 2 registered trials in it and this count on record; the 25 highest are listed. Source: OpenAlex.
| # | Expert | citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Razelle KurzrockMedical College of Wisconsin, WI | 88,610 citations |
| 2 | Richard FinnUniversity of California, Los Angeles, CA | 83,997 citations |
| 3 | Andrew ZhuMassachusetts General Hospital, MA | 79,839 citations |
| 4 | Al BensonNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, IL | 74,238 citations |
| 5 | Mitesh BoradMayo Clinic, AZ | 60,996 citations |
| 6 | Scott KopetzThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 59,091 citations |
| 7 | Tim GretenNational Institutes of Health, MD | 54,882 citations |
| 8 | Amit SingalUT Southwestern Medical Center, TX | 48,718 citations |
| 9 | Alan VenookUniversity of California, San Francisco, CA | 43,039 citations |
| 10 | Jordan BerlinVanderbilt University Medical Center, TN | 40,633 citations |
| 11 | Hedy KindlerUniversity of Chicago, IL | 39,455 citations |
| 12 | Nancy KemenyMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY | 37,022 citations |
| 13 | Jennifer TemelMassachusetts General Hospital, MA | 36,476 citations |
| 14 | Patricia LorussoYale School of Medicine, MI | 34,992 citations |
| 15 | Andrea CercekMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY | 33,805 citations |
| 16 | Afshin DowlatiUniversity Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, OH | 32,821 citations |
| 17 | Vivek SubbiahStanford University School of Medicine, CA | 32,217 citations |
| 18 | Nilofer AzadJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD | 30,922 citations |
| 19 | Albert KoongThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 29,925 citations |
| 20 | Alexander SpiraVirginia Cancer Specialists, VA | 29,600 citations |
| 21 | Steven AlbertsMayo Clinic, MN | 24,526 citations |
| 22 | Apostolia TsimberidouThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 24,111 citations |
| 23 | Theodore HongMassachusetts General Hospital, MA | 23,847 citations |
| 24 | Milind JavleThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 22,987 citations |
| 25 | Anthony El-KhoueiryUSC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, CA | 22,591 citations |
Most NIH awards
NIH awards on the person's record in NIH RePORTER, across all of their funded work, among the people with at least two registered trials in this indication. 46 of the 361 people tagged to this indication have at least 2 registered trials in it and this count on record; the 25 highest are listed. Source: NIH RePORTER.
| # | Expert | awards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | William CarsonThe Ohio State University, OH | 19 awards |
| 2 | Scott KopetzThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 13 awards |
| 3 | Jennifer TemelMassachusetts General Hospital, MA | 10 awards |
| 4 | Amit SingalUT Southwestern Medical Center, TX | 10 awards |
| 5 | James EconomouCA | 9 awards |
| 6 | Al BensonNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, IL | 8 awards |
| 7 | Jordan BerlinVanderbilt University Medical Center, TN | 8 awards |
| 8 | Yoon KimIL | 7 awards |
| 9 | Anthony ShieldsMI | 6 awards |
| 10 | Afshin DowlatiUniversity Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, OH | 6 awards |
| 11 | Hedy KindlerUniversity of Chicago, IL | 6 awards |
| 12 | Steven AlbertsMayo Clinic, MN | 6 awards |
| 13 | Yun YenCA | 5 awards |
| 14 | Anthony El-KhoueiryUSC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, CA | 5 awards |
| 15 | Nilofer AzadJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD | 5 awards |
| 16 | Albert KoongThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 4 awards |
| 17 | Rachna ShroffUniversity of Arizona College of Medicine, AZ | 4 awards |
| 18 | Andrea CercekMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY | 4 awards |
| 19 | Patricia LorussoYale School of Medicine, MI | 4 awards |
| 20 | Steven CohenPA | 3 awards |
| 21 | Eugene KoayThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 3 awards |
| 22 | Theodore HongMassachusetts General Hospital, MA | 3 awards |
| 23 | Mitesh BoradMayo Clinic, AZ | 3 awards |
| 24 | Adam YoppUT Southwestern Medical Center, TX | 3 awards |
| 25 | Alan VenookUniversity of California, San Francisco, CA | 3 awards |
Most congress contributions
Congress abstracts and presentations attributed to the person and verified by DOI, across every meeting the directory tracks, among the people with at least two registered trials in this indication. 29 of the 361 people tagged to this indication have at least 2 registered trials in it and this count on record; the 25 highest are listed. Source: Congress abstracts, DOI-verified.
| # | Expert | contributions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony El-KhoueiryUSC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, CA | 275 contributions |
| 2 | Patricia LorussoYale School of Medicine, MI | 272 contributions |
| 3 | Theodore HongMassachusetts General Hospital, MA | 250 contributions |
| 4 | Siqing FuThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 241 contributions |
| 5 | Milind JavleThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 228 contributions |
| 6 | Albert KoongThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 221 contributions |
| 7 | Jennifer TemelMassachusetts General Hospital, MA | 202 contributions |
| 8 | Afshin DowlatiUniversity Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, OH | 201 contributions |
| 9 | Amit MahipalUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, MN | 189 contributions |
| 10 | Hedy KindlerUniversity of Chicago, IL | 163 contributions |
| 11 | Al BensonNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, IL | 160 contributions |
| 12 | Jordan BerlinVanderbilt University Medical Center, TN | 156 contributions |
| 13 | Davendra SohalUniversity of Cincinnati, OH | 144 contributions |
| 14 | Andrea CercekMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY | 142 contributions |
| 15 | Richard KimMoffitt Cancer Center, FL | 141 contributions |
| 16 | Steven AlbertsMayo Clinic, MN | 138 contributions |
| 17 | Aiwu HeColumbia University in the City of New York, NY | 134 contributions |
| 18 | Rachna ShroffUniversity of Arizona College of Medicine, AZ | 133 contributions |
| 19 | Anwaar SaeedUniversity of Pittsburgh, KS | 123 contributions |
| 20 | Nilofer AzadJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD | 121 contributions |
| 21 | Devalingam MahalingamNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, IL | 116 contributions |
| 22 | Vaibhav SahaiUniversity of Michigan, MI | 108 contributions |
| 23 | Tim GretenNational Institutes of Health, MD | 93 contributions |
| 24 | Daneng LiCity of Hope, CA | 81 contributions |
| 25 | Roxana DroncaMayo Clinic, FL | 70 contributions |
Emerging
19 of the 361 carry the Emerging flag: publication and trial activity rising over the recent three years, in the top ten percent for growth among specialty peers at a similar career stage. Listed A to Z, not ranked; the flag is a yes or nothing, never a score. How the flag is computed.
| Alina AllenMayo Clinic, MN |
| Olivia AranhaWashington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO |
| Marina BarettiJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD |
| Stephane ChampiatThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX |
| Paul GaglioRutgers New Jersey Medical School, NJ |
| Phillip GarfinJazz Pharmaceuticals, CA |
| Spiros HiotisIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY |
| Theodore HongMassachusetts General Hospital, MA |
| Udai KammulaUniversity of Pittsburgh, PA |
| Theodore LawrenceUniversity of Michigan, MI |
| Heinz-Josef LenzUSC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, CA |
| Daniel NussbaumNC |
| Suzanne SchiffmanAllegheny Health Network, PA |
| Kevin SoaresMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY |
| Achuthan SourianarayananeMedical College of Wisconsin, WI |
| Corinne SummersSeattle Children's Hospital, WA |
| Apostolia TsimberidouThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX |
| Jennifer WoHarvard University, MA |
| Janghee WooWA |
How these tables are computed
The cohort is every profile in the directory tagged to Hepatobiliary Cancer, from the person's registered trials and published research. Only indications with at least 200 tagged people get a page; a smaller cohort would say more about the tag than about the people in it. Each table sorts the cohort by one count, highest first, with no weighting, no blending and no editorial pass. Ties are broken by the profile's stable internal id so the same counts always give the same order. A person with no count on record is left out of that table, not ranked last.
Citations, NIH awards and congress contributions are counts over a person's whole record, not their work in this indication alone, so those three tables are limited to the indication's investigators: people with at least 2 registered trials in it. Without that rule the most cited people in a cohort are the ones whose careers span many diseases, which is a fact about their careers, not about this field. The registered-trials table is the indication-scoped count itself and has no such limit.
The counts are recomputed on every publish and the page carries the date of the publish it was built from. Previous editions are superseded, not archived.
What is deliberately absent
Reported industry payments are on every profile but are not a table here: a count of payers is a fact, and ranking people by it reads as a judgment. Prescribing volume is part of the paid workspace. The directory's influence tier is a judgment and never orders a public page. Sources and methodology.
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