Mark Eckardt, MD

Assistant Professor, Surgery-Surgical Oncology

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Medical School
  • MD, University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
Undergraduate School
  • BA, College of the Holy Cross (MA)
Internship
  • Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program
Residency
  • Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program, Chief Resident, Surgery
Fellowships
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Program, Complex General Surgical Oncology
Languages
English
Department
Surgery-Surgical Oncology

Publications

  • Narayan RR, Eckardt MA, Wang BO, Fong ZV, Thompson CC, Wang J. Robot-Assisted Transduodenal Sphincteroplasty for Ampullary Stenosis After Roux-en-Y-Gastric Bypass. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Sep;32(9):6805-6806. PubMed PMID: 40392460
  • Eckardt MA, Siena NM, Copeland AR, McCaw TR, Shehata MS, Lofftus SY, Graham DS, Dao HB, Singh AS, Chmielowski B, Federman N, Kadera BE, Kalbasi A, Bernthal NM, Eilber FR, Dry SM, Nelson SD, Eilber FC, Crompton JG. Dedicated review of sarcoma pathology is necessary for corroborative diagnosis in nearly one half of referred patients. Surgery. 2025 Dec;188:109610. PubMed PMID: 41072121
  • Eckardt MA, Graham DS, Klingbeil KD, Lofftus SY, McCaw TR, Bailey MJ, Goldring CJ, Kendal JK, Kadera BE, Nelson SD, Dry SM, Kalbasi AK, Singh AS, Chmielowski B, Eilber FR, Eilber FC, Crompton JG. Lifelong Imaging Surveillance is Indicated for Patients with Primary Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 May;30(5):3097-3103. PubMed PMID: 36581724
  • Graham DS, Qorbani A, Eckardt MA, Klingbeil KD, Chen LY, Chopra S, Eilber FC, Dry SM. Does "Low-Grade" Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma Exist? The Role of Mitotic Index in Separating Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma From Cellular Well-differentiated Liposarcoma. Am J Surg Pathol. 2023 Jun 1;47(6):649-660. PubMed PMID: 37057834
  • Crompton JG, Armstrong WR, Eckardt MA, Seyedroudbari A, Tap WD, Dry SM, Abt ER, Calais J, Herrmann K, Czernin J, Eilber FC, Benz MR. (18)F-FLT PET/CT as a Prognostic Imaging Biomarker of Disease-Specific Survival in Patients with Primary Soft-Tissue Sarcoma. J Nucl Med. 2022 May;63(5):708-712. PubMed PMID: 34593596
  • Graham DS, Onyshchenko M, Eckardt MA, DiPardo BJ, Venigalla S, Nelson SD, Chmielowski B, Singh AS, Shabason JE, Eilber FC, Kalbasi A. Low Rates of Chemotherapy Use for Primary, High-Grade Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A National Cancer Database Analysis. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2020 Aug;18(8):1055-1065. PubMed PMID: 32755981
  • Graham DS, Russell TA, Eckardt MA, Motamedi K, Seeger LL, Singh AS, Bernthal NM, Kalbasi A, Dry SM, Nelson SD, Elashoff D, Levine BD, Eilber FC. Oncologic Accuracy of Image-guided Percutaneous Core-Needle Biopsy of Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors at a High-volume Sarcoma Center. Am J Clin Oncol. 2019 Oct;42(10):739-743. PubMed PMID: 31436746
  • Shurell-Linehan E, DiPardo BJ, Elliott IA, Graham DS, Eckardt MA, Dry SM, Nelson SD, Singh AS, Kalbasi A, Federman N, Bernthal NM, Eilber FC. Pathologic Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy is Associated With Improved Long-term Survival in High-risk Primary Localized Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors. Am J Clin Oncol. 2019 May;42(5):426-431. PubMed PMID: 30913092
  • Kawaguchi K, Higuchi T, Li S, Han Q, Tan Y, Igarashi K, Zhao M, Miyake K, Kiyuna T, Miyake M, Ohshiro H, Sugisawa N, Zhang Z, Razmjooei S, Wangsiricharoen S, Chmielowski B, Nelson SD, Russell TA, Dry SM, Li Y, Eckardt MA, Singh AS, Singh SR, Eilber FC, Unno M, Hoffman RM. Combination therapy of tumor-targeting Salmonella typhimurium A1-R and oral recombinant methioninase regresses a BRAF-V600E-negative melanoma. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2018 Sep 18;503(4):3086-3092. PubMed PMID: 30166061
  • Kiyuna T, Tome Y, Murakami T, Zhao M, Miyake K, Igarashi K, Kawaguchi K, Miyake M, Oshiro H, Higuchi T, Li Y, Dry SM, Nelson SD, Russell TA, Eckardt MA, Singh AS, Kanaya F, Eilber FC, Hoffman RM. Tumor-targeting Salmonella typhimurium A1-R arrests a doxorubicin-resistant PDGFRA-amplified patient-derived orthotopic xenograft mouse model of pleomorphic liposarcoma. J Cell Biochem. 2018 Sep;119(9):7827-7833. PubMed PMID: 29932244
  • Kiyuna T, Tome Y, Murakami T, Miyake K, Igarashi K, Kawaguchi K, Oshiro H, Higuchi T, Miyake M, Sugisawa N, Zhang Z, Razmjooei S, Wangsiricharoen S, Chmielowski B, Nelson SD, Russell TA, Dry SM, Li Y, Eckardt MA, Singh AS, Chawla S, Kanaya F, Eilber FC, Singh SR, Zhao M, Hoffman RM. A combination of irinotecan/cisplatinum and irinotecan/temozolomide or tumor-targeting Salmonella typhimurium A1-R arrest doxorubicin- and temozolomide-resistant myxofibrosarcoma in a PDOX mouse model. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2018 Nov 2;505(3):733-739. PubMed PMID: 30292411
  • Igarashi K, Kawaguchi K, Li S, Han Q, Tan Y, Murakami T, Kiyuna T, Miyake K, Miyake M, Singh AS, Eckardt MA, Nelson SD, Russell TA, Dry SM, Li Y, Yamamoto N, Hayashi K, Kimura H, Miwa S, Tsuchiya H, Singh SR, Eilber FC, Hoffman RM. Recombinant methioninase in combination with doxorubicin (DOX) overcomes first-line DOX resistance in a patient-derived orthotopic xenograft nude-mouse model of undifferentiated spindle-cell sarcoma. Cancer Lett. 2018 Mar 28;417:168-173. PubMed PMID: 29306021
  • Igarashi K, Kawaguchi K, Kiyuna T, Miyake K, Miyake M, Singh AS, Eckardt MA, Nelson SD, Russell TA, Dry SM, Li Y, Yamamoto N, Hayashi K, Kimura H, Miwa S, Tsuchiya H, Singh SR, Eilber FC, Hoffman RM. Tumor-targeting Salmonella typhimurium A1-R is a highly effective general therapeutic for undifferentiated soft tissue sarcoma patient-derived orthotopic xenograft nude-mouse models. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2018 Mar 18;497(4):1055-1061. PubMed PMID: 29481803
  • Miyake K, Murakami T, Kiyuna T, Igarashi K, Kawaguchi K, Li Y, Singh AS, Dry SM, Eckardt MA, Hiroshima Y, Momiyama M, Matsuyama R, Chishima T, Endo I, Eilber FC, Hoffman RM. Eribulin regresses a doxorubicin-resistant Ewing's sarcoma with a FUS-ERG fusion and CDKN2A-deletion in a patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) nude mouse model. J Cell Biochem. 2018 Jan;119(1):967-972. PubMed PMID: 28681998
  • Ajiboye RM, Eckardt MA, Hamamoto JT, Sharma A, Khan AZ, Wang JC. Does Age Influence the Efficacy of Demineralized Bone Matrix Enriched with Concentrated Bone Marrow Aspirate in Lumbar Fusions?. Clin Spine Surg. 2018 Feb;31(1):E30-E35. PubMed PMID: 28622184
  • Igarashi K, Kawaguchi K, Kiyuna T, Miyake K, Miyaki M, Yamamoto N, Hayashi K, Kimura H, Miwa S, Higuchi T, Singh AS, Chmielowski B, Nelson SD, Russell TA, Eckardt MA, Dry SM, Li Y, Singh SR, Chawla SP, Eilber FC, Tsuchiya H, Hoffman RM. Metabolic targeting with recombinant methioninase combined with palbociclib regresses a doxorubicin-resistant dedifferentiated liposarcoma. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2018 Dec 2;506(4):912-917. PubMed PMID: 30392912
  • Igarashi K, Kawaguchi K, Kiyuna T, Miyake K, Miyake M, Li Y, Nelson SD, Dry SM, Singh AS, Elliott IA, Russell TA, Eckardt MA, Yamamoto N, Hayashi K, Kimura H, Miwa S, Tsuchiya H, Eilber FC, Hoffman RM. Temozolomide regresses a doxorubicin-resistant undifferentiated spindle-cell sarcoma patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX): precision-oncology nude-mouse model matching the patient with effective therapy. J Cell Biochem. 2018 Aug;119(8):6598-6603. PubMed PMID: 29737543
  • Igarashi K, Li S, Han Q, Tan Y, Kawaguchi K, Murakami T, Kiyuna T, Miyake K, Li Y, Nelson SD, Dry SM, Singh AS, Elliott IA, Russell TA, Eckardt MA, Yamamoto N, Hayashi K, Kimura H, Miwa S, Tsuchiya H, Eilber FC, Hoffman RM. Growth of doxorubicin-resistant undifferentiated spindle-cell sarcoma PDOX is arrested by metabolic targeting with recombinant methioninase. J Cell Biochem. 2018 Apr;119(4):3537-3544. PubMed PMID: 29143983
  • Igarashi K, Kawaguchi K, Kiyuna T, Miyake K, Miyake M, Li S, Han Q, Tan Y, Zhao M, Li Y, Nelson SD, Dry SM, Singh AS, Elliott IA, Russell TA, Eckardt MA, Yamamoto N, Hayashi K, Kimura H, Miwa S, Tsuchiya H, Eilber FC, Hoffman RM. Tumor-targeting Salmonella typhimurium A1-R combined with recombinant methioninase and cisplatinum eradicates an osteosarcoma cisplatinum-resistant lung metastasis in a patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) mouse model: decoy, trap and kill chemotherapy moves toward the clinic. Cell Cycle. 2018;17(6):801-809. PubMed PMID: 29374999
  • Kawaguchi K, Han Q, Li S, Tan Y, Igarashi K, Kiyuna T, Miyake K, Miyake M, Chmielowski B, Nelson SD, Russell TA, Dry SM, Li Y, Singh AS, Eckardt MA, Unno M, Eilber FC, Hoffman RM. Targeting methionine with oral recombinant methioninase (o-rMETase) arrests a patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) model of BRAF-V600E mutant melanoma: implications for chronic clinical cancer therapy and prevention. Cell Cycle. 2018;17(3):356-361. PubMed PMID: 29187018
  • Kiyuna T, Murakami T, Tome Y, Igarashi K, Kawaguchi K, Russell T, Eckardt MA, Crompton J, Singh A, Bernthal N, Bukata S, Federman N, Kanaya F, Eilber FC, Hoffman RM. Labeling the Stroma of a Patient-Derived Orthotopic Xenograft (PDOX) Mouse Model of Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Soft-Tissue Sarcoma With Red Fluorescent Protein for Rapid Non-Invasive Imaging for Drug Screening. J Cell Biochem. 2017 Feb;118(2):361-365. PubMed PMID: 27357060
  • Russell TA, Eckardt MA, Murakami T, Elliott IA, Kawaguchi K, Kiyuna T, Igarashi K, Li Y, Crompton JG, Graham DS, Dry SM, Bernthal N, Yanagawa J, Kalbasi A, Federman N, Chmielowski B, Singh AS, Hoffman RM, Eilber FC. Clinical Factors That Affect the Establishment of Soft Tissue Sarcoma Patient-Derived Orthotopic Xenografts: A University of California, Los Angeles, Sarcoma Program Prospective Clinical Trial. JCO Precis Oncol. 2017;2017. PubMed PMID: 30613825
  • Murakami T, Singh AS, Kiyuna T, Dry SM, Li Y, James AW, Igarashi K, Kawaguchi K, DeLong JC, Zhang Y, Hiroshima Y, Russell T, Eckardt MA, Yanagawa J, Federman N, Matsuyama R, Chishima T, Tanaka K, Bouvet M, Endo I, Eilber FC, Hoffman RM. Effective molecular targeting of CDK4/6 and IGF-1R in a rare FUS-ERG fusion CDKN2A-deletion doxorubicin-resistant Ewing's sarcoma patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) nude-mouse model. Oncotarget. 2016 Jul 26;7(30):47556-47564. PubMed PMID: 27286459
  • Ajiboye RM, Hamamoto JT, Eckardt MA, Wang JC. Clinical and radiographic outcomes of concentrated bone marrow aspirate with allograft and demineralized bone matrix for posterolateral and interbody lumbar fusion in elderly patients. Eur Spine J. 2015 Nov;24(11):2567-72. PubMed PMID: 26169879
  • Mitton B, Seeger LL, Eckardt MA, Motamedi K, Eilber FC, Nelson SD, Eckardt JJ, Federman N. Image-guided percutaneous core needle biopsy of musculoskeletal tumors in children. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2014 Jul;36(5):337-41. PubMed PMID: 23588331
  • Kalous O, Conklin D, Desai AJ, Dering J, Goldstein J, Ginther C, Anderson L, Lu M, Kolarova T, Eckardt MA, Langerød A, Børresen-Dale AL, Slamon DJ, Finn RS. AMG 900, pan-Aurora kinase inhibitor, preferentially inhibits the proliferation of breast cancer cell lines with dysfunctional p53. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2013 Oct;141(3):397-408. PubMed PMID: 24091768
  • Eckardt MA, Bean A, Selch MT, Federman N. A child with gemcitabine-induced severe radiation recall myositis resulting in a compartment syndrome. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2013 Mar;35(2):156-61. PubMed PMID: 23274380
  • Logan JE, Mostofizadeh N, Desai AJ, VON Euw E, Conklin D, Konkankit V, Hamidi H, Eckardt M, Anderson L, Chen HW, Ginther C, Taschereau E, Bui PH, Christensen JG, Belldegrun AS, Slamon DJ, Kabbinavar FF. PD-0332991, a potent and selective inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6, demonstrates inhibition of proliferation in renal cell carcinoma at nanomolar concentrations and molecular markers predict for sensitivity. Anticancer Res. 2013 Aug;33(8):2997-3004. PubMed PMID: 23898052
  • Kremen TJ Jr, Bernthal NM, Eckardt MA, Eckardt JJ. Giant cell tumor of bone: are we stratifying results appropriately?. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2012 Mar;470(3):677-83. PubMed PMID: 22125240
  • Eckardt MA, Chang VY, Nelson SD, Federman N. Not all hemangiomas are benign--epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: an aggressive vascular lesion in children. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2011 Oct;28(7):622-4. PubMed PMID: 21787124
  • Eckardt MA, Chang VY, Rao NP, Federman N. Coexistence of translocation(1,19) and the Philadelphia chromosome in a child's first presentation of chronic myeloid leukemia in blast crisis treated with dasatinib. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2011 Nov;28(8):669-75. PubMed PMID: 22023462
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Practice Locations

University of Colorado Cancer Center - Anschutz Medical Campus
1665 Aurora Ct
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0300

Hospital Affiliation
  • University of Colorado Hospital
  • UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital

Center Affiliations

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Complex General Surgical Oncology
Conditions & Treatments
  • Surgery
  • Surgery - Complex Abdominal/Open Surgery
  • Surgery - Laparoscopic Surgery
  • Surgery - Robotic Surgery
  • Cancers - Melanoma
  • Cancers
  • Cancers - Sarcoma

School of Medicine

CU Anschutz

Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place

Campus Box C290

Aurora, CO 80045


303.724.5375