Appointment Locations:

Providence Liver Cancer Clinic

Providence Portland Cancer Center

4805 NE Glisan, Suite 6N50

Portland, OR 97213

Providence Liver Cancer Clinic

Providence St. Vincent's Cancer Center

9135 SW Barnes Road, Suite 261

Portland, OR 97225

Schedule an appointment

At either location by calling 503-215-8650

Education & Training

B.A., summa cum laude, Sociology and Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1992-1997

Université de Saint-Louis, Sénégal, West Africa, 1994-1995

M.D., University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, 1999-2003

General Surgery Internship and Residency, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, 2003-2010

Research Fellowship, Division of Liver Diseases, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 2006-2008

Teaching Resident, Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 2006-2008

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Fellowship, Providence Portland Medical Center (PPMC), Portland, OR, 2010-2012

Masters in Clinical Research, Human Investigations Program, Oregon Health & Sciences University, 2011-current

Honors & Awards

Basic Science Award, Portland Surgical Society, 2012

Arnold P. Gold Resident Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award, 2009

Alpha Omega Alpha, Honor Society, 2008

American Liver Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, 2007-2008

Participant, AACR Molecular Biology in Clinical Oncology Workshop, 2007

Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society, 2005

Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Award, 2003

Dean’s Scholar, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1999-2003

Fulbright Scholar, U.S. Department of State, Sénégal, West Africa, 1997

Flinn Scholar, University of Arizona, 1992-1997

Research/Presentations

American College of Surgeons, Oregon/Washington (2012): Myeloid Dysregulation in Pancreatic and Ampullary Carcinoma. Sunriver, OR

Portland Surgical Society (2012): Translational Tumor Immunology in Hepatobiliary Surgery: Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. Portland, OR

Society for Immunology of Cancer (2011): Use of Fresh Whole Blood to Identify Expansions in Granulocytes and Monocytes in Patients with Pancreatic and Ampullary Adenocarcinoma (poster). Washington,D.C.

American Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Association (2011): Complications of Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Pancreatectomy: An Early Experience. Miami, FL

Head to Toe Conference, Critical Care Education Committee of Providence Portland Medical Center (2011): Pancreatic and Liver Cancer. Portland, OR

Publications

1. Circulating and intratumoral macrophages in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: correlation with therapeutic approach. Newell P, Cottam B, Savage T, Hammill C, Wolf R, Bifulco C, Xiao HD, Crocenzi T, Hansen P, Crittenden M, Gough M. Am J Surg. 2013 May;205(5):534-40. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.02.002. PMID: 23592159 [PubMed - in process] 
2. Crittenden, MR, Cottam B, Savage T, Nguyen C., Newell P, Gough M. (2012) Expression of NF-κB p50 in Tumor Stroma Limits the Control of Tumors by Radiation Therapy. PLoS ONE 7(6): e39295. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039295
3. Pippa Newell and Paul Hansen (2012) Laparoscopic Liver Resection. SAGES Manual, Vol. II, Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery Procedures. Editors: Carol Scott-Conner, Nihn Nguyen, Nat Soper. Springer.
4. Augusto Villanueva, Pippa Newell, Yujin Hoshida. (2010) Inherited Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology 24 (2010) 725-734.
5. Augusto Villanueva, Yujin Hoshida, Carlo Battiston, Victoria Tovar, Daniela Sia, Clara Alsinet, Helena Cornella, Arthur Liberzon, Masahiro Kobayashi, Hiromitsu Kumada, Swan N. Thung, Jordi Bruix, Philippa Newell, Craig April, Jian–Bing Fan, Sasan Roayaie, Vincenzo Mazzaferro, Myron E. Schwartz and Josep M. Llovet. (2011) Combining Clinical, Pathology, and Gene Expression Data to Predict Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Gastroenterology 140 (2011) 1501-1512. PMCID: PMC3081971
6. Yujin Hoshida, Sebastian Nijman, Masahiro Kobayashi, Jennifer A. Chan, Jean-Philippe Brunet, Derek Y. Chiang, Augusto Villanueva, Philippa Newell, Kenji Ikeda, Masashi Hashimoto, Goro Watanabe, Scott Friedman, Hiromitsu Kumada, Josep M. Llovet, Todd R. Golub. (2009) Integrative transcriptome analysis reveals common molecular subclasses of human hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Research, Sep 15; 69(18):7385-92.
7. Pippa Newell*, Sara Tofannin*, Augusto Villanueva, Derek Chiang, Beatriz Minguez, Laia Cabellos, Radoslav Savic, Yujin Hoshida, Kiat Hon Lim, Pedro Melgar, Steven Yea, Judit Peix, Kemal Deniz, Isabel Fiel, Swan Thung, Clara Alsinet, Victoria Tovar, Vincenzo Mazzaferro, Sasan Roayaie, Myron Schwartz, Scott Friedman, Josep Llovet. (2009) Ras Pathway Activation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Anti-tumoral Effect of Combined Sorafenib and Rapamycin in vivo. Journal of Hepatology Oct; 51(4):725-33. PMCID: PMC2970800. Reviewed in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology 6, 689 (December 2009).
8. Derek Y. Chiang, Augusto Villanueva, Yujin Hoshida, Judit Peix, Philippa Newell, Beatriz Minguez, Amanda LeBlanc, Diana Donovan, Swan Thung, Manel Sole, Victoria Tovar, Clara Alsinet, Alex Ramos, Jordi Barretina, Sasan Roayaie, Myron Schwartz, Samuel Waxman, Jordi Bruix, Vincenzo Mazzaferro, Azra Ligon, Vesna Najfeld, Scott Friedman, William Sellers, Matthew Meyerson, Josep Llovet. (2008) Focal gains of VEGFA and molecular classification of hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Research, 68(16):6779-88. PMCID: PMC2587454
9. Philippa Newell, Augusto Villanueva, Scott L Friedman, Kazuhiko Koike, Josep M Llovet. (2008) Experimental models in hepatocellular carcinoma. Journal of Hepatology, 48 (5): 858-79
10. Scott M. Wilhelm, Lila Adnane, Philippa Newell, Augusto Villanueva, Josep M. Llovet and Mark Lynch. (2008) Preclinical overview of sorafenib, a multikinase inhibitor that targets both Raf and a. VEGF and PDGF receptor tyrosine kinase signaling. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 7: 3129-3140
11. Augusto Villanueva, Derek Chiang, Pippa Newell, Judit Peix, Swan Thung, Clara Alsinet, Victoria Tovar, Sasan Roayaie, Beatriz Minguez, Manel Sole, Carlo Battison, Stijn van Laarhoven, Maria I. Fiel, Analisa Di Feo, Yujin Hoshida, Steven Yea, Sara Toffanin, Alex Ramos, John Martignetti, Vincenzo Mazzaferro, Jordi Bruix, Samuel Waxman, Myron Schwartz, Matthew Meyerson, Scott L. Friedman, Josep M. Llovet. (2008) Pivotal Role of mTOR Signaling in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Gastroenterology, 135 (6): 1972-1983. PMCID: PMC2678688
12. Pippa Newell, Augusto Villanueva, Josep M. Llovet. (2008) Molecular targeted therapies in hepatocellular carcinoma: From pre-clinical models to clinical trials. Journal of Hepatology, 49(1): 1-5
13. Villanueva A, Newell P, Chiang DY, Friedman SL, Llovet JM. (2007) Genomics and signaling pathways in hepatocellular carcinoma. Seminars of Liver Diseases, 27(1):55-76
14. Newell P, Harris S, Aufses A Jr, Ellozy S. (2008) Student perceptions of medical errors: incorporating an explicit professionalism curriculum in the third-year surgery clerkship. Journal of Surgical Education. Mar-Apr; 65 (2):117-9
15. Nada Gligorov, Ph.D., Pippa Newell, M.D., Jason Altilio, M. Phil., Mike Collins, M. Phil, Amanda Favia, Leah Rosenberg, Rosamond Rhodes. (2009) Dilemmas in Surgery: Medical Ethics Education in the Surgery Rotation. Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine 76: 297-305

Other Activities

American Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association

American College of Surgeons

Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer

International Liver Cancer Association