A. James Moser, MD
Dr. Moser directs active research projects in both basic science
and patient-centered research at the University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Moser is the Principal Investigator of the Biliary Physiology
Laboratory within the Departments of Surgery and Cell Biology,
and his laboratory is funded by the Natioanl Institute of Health.
His basic research lab studies the biology of the epithelial
lining of the gall bladder and bile ducts. Dr. Moser’s
clinical research involves novel forms of chemotherapy and radiation
for invasive tumors of the pancreas. He directs the clinical
research project for patients with locally advanced tumors of
the pancreas within the Division of Surgical Oncology and the
Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. This clinical research project
is funded by Pharmacia and studies preoperative irinotecan,
celecoxib, and radiation therapy as a method for improving the
care of patients with pancreas cancer. This clinical research
project also investigates tumor tissue from treated patients
in an effort to identify genetic factors wich may predict improved
survival following preoperative chemotherapy and radiation.
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