James L. Abbruzzese, MD

As a medical oncologist at the Duke Cancer Institute, my focus for many years has been on challenging cancer, particularly pancreatic cancer. We are learning and making progress, and with the collaborations, we build with radiation oncologists, surgeons, our imaging colleagues, and others, we're able to do things today that we could not do 10 years ago. I enjoy interacting directly with patients, particularly sharing with them what the pictures of their diseases look like – in my practice we use a lot of scans to show us what we're dealing with and then trying to relate that information to patients in an understandable way, and talk about the different options that are available to them. In my spare time, I like to run, work in my yard, and fish. After doing mostly saltwater fishing when I lived in Houston, I'm looking forward to exploring my freshwater options in this area.