Meet Surgical Oncologist Allan Tsung, MD

Allan Tsung, MD, is a cancer surgeon that sees patients with cancers affecting the liver, bile duct, and pancreas.
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My name is Allan Tsung, and I'm a cancer surgeon. I focus on cancers that go to the liver, bile duct, and pancreas. My father died of cancer when I was young, and that was unacceptable to me. Back then, the question I used to ask was, "Why can't we do better?" But now, as a cancer surgeon, the question I ask is, "How can I do better in helping my patients through this difficult journey?" My goal is to get my patients back to their families as soon as possible. That is why I focus on minimally invasive procedures, such as laparoscopic or robotic procedures for patients needing complex surgery for the liver, bile duct, and pancreas. From my standpoint, smaller incisions, decreased pain, shorter length of stay, that's going to return their lives back to normal as soon as possible.
I'm passionate about providing hope to all my cancer patients no matter what the stage is. Here at the University of Virginia, we work together as a team. The best cancer care is actually multidisciplinary care, meaning that we work collaboratively as a group of specialists focused on coming up with the right diagnosis, analyzing, as well as discussing all the innovative and personalized options for each individual patient.