Steven K. Libutti, MD

Dr. Libutti is the William N. Hait Director of Rutgers Cancer Institute and the Senior Vice President of Oncology Services, RWJBarnabas Health. Along with his leadership roles he is also a surgical oncologist with expertise in the management of cancer of the liver, pancreas, gastrointestinal (GI) tract, thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands. He specializes in endocrine surgery and neuroendocrine tumors. Dr. Libutti strives to achieve a synergy between his clinical interests and his laboratory interests. For instance, when he is in the laboratory, he knows that he is studying the disease to help him become more effective at treating that disease. When he is in the clinic or the operating room, he is learning about the disease first hand by treating it. Dr. Libutti’s laboratory, which has been funded by the NCI for the past 20 years, studies the development and growth of neuroendocrine tumors in various models and strategies to develop novel cancer therapies through an understanding of the tumor microenvironment and blood vessel formation in tumors. After graduating magna cum laude from Harvard College, He received my medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. He remained at Presbyterian Hospital in New York where I completed my residency in surgery, followed by a fellowship at the NCI in surgical oncology and endocrine surgery. Before joining Rutgers Cancer Institute and RWJBarnabas Health he served as Director for the Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care in New York City and was a Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery and Professor in the Department of Genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System. He has served as the President of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons.

Clinical Interests:

Neuroendocrine tumors, thyroid cancer, parathyroid tumors, pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, minimally invasive surgery, and clinical trials.