About VUMC Health Care Services Schools Research Library Search Vanderbilt Medical Center Vanderbilt Medical Center Vanderbilt University Medical Center [Button Map -- See bottom of page for text links]

 

Department of Surgery Faculty

Division of Surgical Oncology

Department of Surgery

Section of Surgical Sciences

VUMC


Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Vanderbilt Endocrine Surgery Center


DIVISION OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
AND ENDOCRINE SURGERY

Nipun Merchant, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Dr. Merchant's clinical practice encompasses all aspects of Surgical Oncology, with a special interest in gastrointestinal malignancies. His research interests include the identification of molecular markers of colorectal cancer.

Education

Dr. Merchant received his undergraduate degree from New York University and medical degree from State University of New York at Brooklyn.

Postdoctoral Training

Dr. Merchant completed his General Surgery residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia and completed a fellowship in Surgical Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Most recently, he was on faculty at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Johns Hopkins University Medical School. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery.

Publications
Review some of Dr. Merchant's abstracts on PubMed.

Dr. Merchant's CV is available in Adobe PDF format. For a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader, follow the link below.


e-mail: Nipun Merchant
phone: (615) 322-2391
fax: (615) 343-4598
mail address:
Division of Surgical Oncology
597 Preston Research Building
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN 37232-6860




[ VUMC Home | About VUMC | Health Care Services | Schools | Research | Search ]

Copyright © 2006, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
URL: http://www.mc.Vanderbilt.Edu/surgery/surgonc/facmerchant.htm
For More Information: <
Section Web Support>
Last Modified: Wednesday, March 29, 2006
<
webmaster@www.mc.Vanderbilt.Edu>