Martin McCarter, MD
Professor, Surgery-Surgical Oncology

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Medical School:
  • MD, University of Vermont College of Medicine (1992)
Undergraduate School:
  • AB, Dartmouth College (NH) (1987)
Internship:
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) Program (1993)
Residency:
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) Program, Chief Resident, Surgery (1999)
Fellowships:
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Program, Surgery (2001)
Languages: English
Department: Surgery-Surgical Oncology

Professional Titles

  • Surgical Director for the Esophageal and Gastric Multidisciplinary Clinic

Recognition & Awards

  • Top Doctor in Denver (2012-2022), 5280 Magazine (2022)
    Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"
  • Best Doctors in America (2013-2020), Best Doctors in America (2020)
    Peer nominated national program
  • Presidential Citation for Meritorious Service, University of Colorado Hospital (2019)
  • Outstanding Full-Time Physician of the Year, University of Colorado Hospital (2008)
  • The Ben Eiseman, MD Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, University of Colorado School of Medicine (2006)

Research Interests

My research interests are primarily focused on understanding and overcoming tumor induced immune suppression. Along with my research colleagues, we have active investigations intent on discovering how tumors shut down the immune response to the cancer, and more importantly, find ways to prevent this from occurring. I lead investigator initiated clinical trials developing treatments that enhance a patient's own immune response against tumors. In addition, I work closely with other cancer researchers in developing and applying targeted and immunotherapies therapies for GI tumors, Melanoma and Sarcoma.

Teaching

  • Professor of Surgery (2012)
    School of Medicine, Surgery
    Dr. McCarter’s clinical interests focus on the surgical treatment of melanoma, sarcoma and gastrointestinal cancer. The practice of surgical oncology continues to evolve with the integration of multiple treatment options designed to best suit the individual patient situation. Dr. McCarter is a leading proponent of involving the patient in the multidisciplinary care process. He is committed to advancing medical knowledge through both clinical and translational research and is an active participant in many national and local trials. Current research interests include tumor induced immunosuppression in melanoma and targeted therapies for cancer. He leads investigator initiated clinical trials based on his laboratory studies to enhance a patient's own immune response to the tumor. The education of students, residents and future surgeons is a critical component of his practice.

Publications

  • Eljilany I, Saghand PG, Chen J, Ratan A, McCarter M, Carpten J, Colman H, Ikeguchi AP, Puzanov I, Arnold S, Churchman M, Hwu P, Conejo-Garcia J, Dalton WS, Weiner GJ, El Naqa IM, Tarhini AA. The T Cell Immunoscore as a Reference for Biomarker Development Utilizing Real-World Data from Patients with Advanced Malignancies Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Oct 10;15(20). PubMed PMID: 37894280
  • Katsnelson EN, Spengler A, Domenico J, Couts KL, Loh L, Gapin L, McCarter MD, Tobin RP. Dysfunctional States of Unconventional T cell Subsets in Cancer. J Leukoc Biol. 2023 Oct 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37837379
  • Wei AZ, Chen LN, Orloff M, Ariyan CE, Asgari M, Barker CA, Buchbinder E, Chandra S, Couts K, Frumovitz MM, Futreal A, Gershenwald JE, Hanna EY, Izar B, LeBlanc AK, Leitao MM Jr, Lipson EJ, Liu D, McCarter M, McQuade JL, Najjar Y, Rapisuwon S, Selig S, Shoushtari AN, Yeh I, Schwartz GK, Guo J, Patel SP, Carvajal RD. Proceedings from the Melanoma Research Foundation Mucosal Melanoma Meeting (December 16, 2022, New York, USA). Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2023 Nov;36(6):542-556. PubMed PMID: 37804122
  • Pratap A, Qualman A, Garrett H, Westbrook L, The E, Mitra S, Cordero M, Monge KM, Idrovo JP, Chauhan A, Cheng L, Cohen MJ, Mungo B, Wani S, Meguid RA, McCarter MD, Meng X. Silencing Glypican-1 enhances the antitumor effects of Pictilisib via downregulating PI3K/Akt/ERK signaling in chemo-resistant esophageal adenocarcinoma. Mol Cell Oncol. 2023;10(1):2238873. PubMed PMID: 37649964
  • Palmer WH, Leaton LA, Campos Codo A, Crute B, Roest J, Zhu S, Petersen J, Tobin RP, Hume PS, Stone M, van Bokhoven A, Gerich ME, McCarter MD, Zhu Y, Janssen WJ, Vivian JP, Trowsdale J, Getahun A, Rossjohn J, Cambier J, Loh L, Norman PJ. Polymorphic KIR3DL3 expression modulates tissue-resident and innate-like T cells. Sci Immunol. 2023 Jun 30;8(84):eade5343. PubMed PMID: 37390222
  • Gergen AK, Stuart CM, Byers S, Vigneshwar N, Madsen H, Johnson J, Oase K, Garduno N, Marsh M, Pratap A, Mitchell JD, David EA, Randhawa S, Meguid RA, McCarter MD, Stewart CL. ASO Visual Abstract: Prospective Evaluation of a Universally Applied Laparoscopic Gastric Ischemic Preconditioning Protocol Prior to Esophagectomy with Comparison to Historical Controls. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Sep;30(9):5828-5829. PubMed PMID: 37355517
  • Stuart CM, Gergen AK, Byers S, Vigneshwar N, Madsen H, Johnson J, Oase K, Garduno N, Marsh M, Pratap A, Mitchell JD, David EA, Randhawa SK, Meguid RA, McCarter MD, Stewart CL. ASO Author Reflections: Gastric Ischemic Preconditioning Prior to Esophagectomy: Laparoscopic Gastric Ischemic Preconditioning. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Sep;30(9):5826-5827. PubMed PMID: 37294387
  • Wang C, Ma A, McNutt ME, Hoyd R, Wheeler CE, Robinson LA, Chan CHF, Zakharia Y, Dodd RD, Ulrich CM, Hardikar S, Churchman ML, Tarhini AA, Singer EA, Ikeguchi AP, McCarter MD, Denko N, Tinoco G, Husain M, Jin N, Osman AEG, Eljilany I, Tan AC, Coleman SS 4th, Denko L, Riedlinger G, Schneider BP, Spakowicz D, Ma Q. A bioinformatics tool for identifying intratumoral microbes from the ORIEN dataset. bioRxiv. 2023 May 24. PubMed PMID: 37292990
  • Wheeler CE, Coleman SS 4th, Hoyd R, Denko L, Chan CHF, Churchman ML, Denko N, Dodd RD, Eljilany I, Hardikar S, Husain M, Ikeguchi AP, Jin N, Ma Q, McCarter MD, Osman AEG, Robinson LA, Singer EA, Tinoco G, Ulrich CM, Zakharia Y, Spakowicz D, Tarhini AA, Tan AC. The tumor microbiome as a predictor of outcomes in patients with metastatic melanoma treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. bioRxiv. 2023 May 25. PubMed PMID: 37292921
  • Gergen AK, Stuart CM, Byers S, Vigneshwar N, Madsen H, Johnson J, Oase K, Garduno N, Marsh M, Pratap A, Mitchell JD, David EA, Randhawa S, Meguid RA, McCarter MD, Stewart CL. Prospective Evaluation of a Universally Applied Laparoscopic Gastric Ischemic Preconditioning Protocol Prior to Esophagectomy with Comparison with Historical Controls. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Sep;30(9):5815-5825. PubMed PMID: 37285095
  • Turner JA, Fredrickson MA, D'Antonio M, Katsnelson E, MacBeth M, Van Gulick R, Chimed TS, McCarter M, D'Alessandro A, Robinson WA, Couts KL, Pelanda R, Klarquist J, Tobin RP, Torres RM. Lysophosphatidic acid modulates CD8 T cell immunosurveillance and metabolism to impair anti-tumor immunity. Nat Commun. 2023 Jun 3;14(1):3214. PubMed PMID: 37270644
  • Le ELH, Lamping E, Helmkamp L, Bone J, McCarter M, Kounalakis N, Stewart C. Analysis of Time Between Skin Lesion and Lymph Node Biopsies and Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients With Melanoma. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 May 1;6(5):e2311472. PubMed PMID: 37133865
  • Stuart CM, Dyas AR, Byers S, Velopulos C, Randhawa S, David EA, Pritap A, Stewart CL, Mitchell JD, McCarter MD, Meguid RA. Social vulnerability is associated with increased postoperative morbidity following esophagectomy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Oct;166(4):1254-1261. PubMed PMID: 37119966
  • Hoskins EL, Samorodnitsky E, Wing MR, Reeser JW, Hopkins JF, Murugesan K, Kuang Z, Vella R, Stein L, Risch Z, Yu L, Adebola S, Paruchuri A, Carpten J, Chahoud J, Edge S, Kolesar J, McCarter M, Nepple KG, Reilley M, Scaife C, Tripathi A, Single N, Huang RSP, Albacker LA, Roychowdhury S. Pan-cancer Landscape of Programmed Death Ligand-1 and Programmed Death Ligand-2 Structural Variations. JCO Precis Oncol. 2023 Jan;7:e2200300. PubMed PMID: 36623238
  • Lai SH, Vogel JD, Vemuru S, Messersmith W, Lieu C, McCarter MD, Birnbaum E, Chapman BC. Improved Survival After Adjuvant Therapy in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Patients With Pathologic Complete Response. Dis Colon Rectum. 2023 Jul 1;66(7):983-993. PubMed PMID: 36602514
  • Carter BM, Bronsert MR, Wilky BA, McCarter MD. Mucosal Ulceration in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor is an Independent Predictor of Progression-Free Survival. J Surg Res. 2023 Apr;284:221-229. PubMed PMID: 36587482
  • Dyas AR, Stuart CM, Bronsert MR, Schulick RD, McCarter MD, Meguid RA. Minimally invasive surgery is associated with decreased postoperative complications after esophagectomy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Jul;166(1):268-278. PubMed PMID: 36577613
  • Leonard LD, Beaty L, Thomas M, Quinn C, Colborn KL, de Araujo TB, Torphy RJ, Assumpção LR, Olino K, Studts CR, Rodriguez Franco S, McCarter M, Stewart C, Gleisner AL. Unmeasured factors are associated with the use of completion lymph node dissection (CLND) in melanoma. J Surg Oncol. 2023 Mar;127(4):716-726. PubMed PMID: 36453464
  • Madsen HJ, Lambert-Kerzner A, Mucharsky E, Gergen AK, Dyas AR, McCarter M, Stewart C, Pratap A, Mitchell J, Randhawa S, Meguid RA. Barriers and Facilitators in Implementation of an Esophagectomy Care Pathway: a Qualitative Analysis. J Gastrointest Surg. 2023 Feb;27(2):213-221. PubMed PMID: 36443554
  • Tobin RP, Cogswell DT, Cates VM, Davis DM, Borgers JSW, Van Gulick RJ, Katsnelson E, Couts KL, Jordan KR, Gao D, Davila E, Medina TM, Lewis KD, Gonzalez R, McFarland RW, Robinson WA, McCarter MD. Targeting MDSC Differentiation Using ATRA: A Phase I/II Clinical Trial Combining Pembrolizumab and All-Trans Retinoic Acid for Metastatic Melanoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2023 Apr 3;29(7):1209-1219. PubMed PMID: 36378549
  • Torphy RJ, Friedman C, Ho F, Leonard LD, Thieu D, Lewis KD, Medina TM, Robinson WA, Gonzalez RC, Stewart CL, Kounalakis N, McCarter MD, Gleisner A. Adjuvant Therapy for Stage III Melanoma Without Immediate Completion Lymph Node Dissection. Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 Feb;29(2):806-815. PubMed PMID: 34537899
  • Mukherjee N, Dart CR, Amato CM, Honig-Frand A, Lambert JR, Lambert KA, Robinson WA, Tobin RP, McCarter MD, Couts KL, Fujita M, Norris DA, Shellman YG. Expression Differences in BCL2 Family Members between Uveal and Cutaneous Melanomas Account for Varying Sensitivity to BH3 Mimetics. J Invest Dermatol. 2022 Jul;142(7):1912-1922.e7. PubMed PMID: 34942200
  • Torphy RJ, Sun Y, Lin R, Caffrey-Carr A, Fujiwara Y, Ho F, Miller EN, McCarter MD, Lyons TR, Schulick RD, Kedl RM, Zhu Y. GPR182 limits antitumor immunity via chemokine scavenging in mouse melanoma models. Nat Commun. 2022 Jan 10;13(1):97. PubMed PMID: 35013216
  • Chapman BC, Lai S, Friedrich T, Lieu CH, Moskalenko M, Olsen J, Herter W, Birnbaum EH, McCarter MD, Vogel JD. Rectal Cancer: Clinical and Molecular Predictors of a Complete Response to Total Neoadjuvant Therapy. Dis Colon Rectum. 2022 Jan 4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34984995
  • Vorwald VM, Davis DM, Van Gulick RJ, Torphy RJ, Borgers JS, Klarquist J, Couts KL, Amato CM, Cogswell DT, Fujita M, Castleman MJ, Davis T, Lozupone C, Medina TM, Robinson WA, Gapin L, McCarter MD, Tobin RP. Circulating CD8( ) mucosal-associated invariant T cells correlate with improved treatment responses and overall survival in anti-PD-1-treated melanoma patients. Clin Transl Immunology. 2022;11(1):e1367. PubMed PMID: 35028137
  • Turner JA, Paton EL, Van Gulick R, Stefanoni D, Cendali F, Reisz J, Tobin RP, McCarter M, D'Alessandro A, Torres RM, Robinson WA, Couts KL, Schlaepfer IR. BRAF Modulates Lipid Use and Accumulation. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Apr 23;14(9). PubMed PMID: 35565240
  • Mullinax JE, Egger ME, McCarter M, Monk BJ, Toloza EM, Brousseau S, Jagasia M, Sarnaik A. Surgical Considerations for Tumor Tissue Procurement to Obtain Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes for Adoptive Cell Therapy. Cancer J. 2022 Jul-Aug 01;28(4):285-293. PubMed PMID: 35880938
  • Yee EJ, Stewart CL, Clay MR, McCarter MM. Lipoma and Its Doppelganger: The Atypical Lipomatous Tumor/Well-Differentiated Liposarcoma. Surg Clin North Am. 2022 Aug;102(4):637-656. PubMed PMID: 35952693
  • von Mehren M, Kane JM, Agulnik M, Bui MM, Carr-Ascher J, Choy E, Connelly M, Dry S, Ganjoo KN, Gonzalez RJ, Holder A, Homsi J, Keedy V, Kelly CM, Kim E, Liebner D, McCarter M, McGarry SV, Mesko NW, Meyer C, Pappo AS, Parkes AM, Petersen IA, Pollack SM, Poppe M, Riedel RF, Schuetze S, Shabason J, Sicklick JK, Spraker MB, Zimel M, Hang LE, Sundar H, Bergman MA. Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Version 2.2022, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2022 Jul;20(7):815-833. PubMed PMID: 35830886
  • Pratap A, Li A, Westbrook L, Gergen AK, Mitra S, Chauhan A, Cheng L, Weyant MJ, McCarter M, Wani S, Meguid RA, Mitchell JD, Cohen M, Fullerton D, Meng X. Glypican 1 promotes proliferation and migration in esophagogastric adenocarcinoma via activating AKT/GSK/ß-catenin pathway. J Gastrointest Oncol. 2022 Oct;13(5):2082-2104. PubMed PMID: 36388647
  • Tobin RP, Cogswell DT, Cates VM, Davis DM, Borgers JSW, Van Gulick RJ, Katsnelson E, Couts KL, Jordan KR, Gao D, Davila E, Medina TM, Lewis KD, Gonzalez R, McFarland RW, Robinson WA, McCarter MD. Targeting MDSC differentiation using ATRA: a phase I/II clinical trial combining pembrolizumab and all-trans retinoic acid for metastatic melanoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2022 Nov 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36378549
  • von Mehren M, Kane JM, Riedel RF, Sicklick JK, Pollack SM, Agulnik M, Bui MM, Carr-Ascher J, Choy E, Connelly M, Dry S, Ganjoo KN, Gonzalez RJ, Holder A, Homsi J, Keedy V, Kelly CM, Kim E, Liebner D, McCarter M, McGarry SV, Mesko NW, Meyer C, Pappo AS, Parkes AM, Petersen IA, Poppe M, Schuetze S, Shabason J, Spraker MB, Zimel M, Bergman MA, Sundar H, Hang LE. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors, Version 2.2022. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2022 Nov;20(11):1204-1214. PubMed PMID: 36351335
  • Leonard LD, Beaty L, Thomas M, Quinn C, Colborn KL, de Araujo TB, Torphy RJ, Assumpção LR, Olino K, Studts CR, Rodriguez Franco S, McCarter M, Stewart C, Gleisner AL. Unmeasured factors are associated with the use of completion lymph node dissection (CLND) in melanoma. J Surg Oncol. 2022 Dec 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36453464
  • Torphy RJ, Friedman C, Ho F, Leonard LD, Thieu D, Lewis KD, Medina TM, Robinson WA, Gonzalez RC, Stewart CL, Kounalakis N, McCarter MD, Gleisner A. ASO Visual Abstract: Adjuvant Therapy for Stage III Melanoma without Immediate Completion Lymph Node Dissection. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Sep 26. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34564771
  • Torphy RJ, McCarter MD, Gleisner AL. ASO Author Reflections: Adjuvant Therapy for Stage III Melanoma With or Without Completion Lymph Node Dissection. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Sep 24. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34561777
  • Torphy RJ, Friedman C, Ho F, Leonard LD, Thieu D, Lewis KD, Medina TM, Robinson WA, Gonzalez RC, Stewart CL, Kounalakis N, McCarter MD, Gleisner A. Adjuvant Therapy for Stage III Melanoma Without Immediate Completion Lymph Node Dissection. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Sep 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34537899
  • Torphy RJ, Friedman C, Halpern AL, Ahrendt SA, McCarter MD, Del Chiaro M, Schulick RD, Gleisner A. Implementation of Minimally Invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy at Low and High-volume Centers. J Surg Res. 2021 Sep 3;268:720-728. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34487965
  • Kibbie JJ, Dillon SM, Thompson TA, Purba CM, McCarter MD, Wilson CC. Butyrate directly decreases human gut lamina propria CD4 T cell function through histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibition and GPR43 signaling. Immunobiology. 2021 Sep;226(5):152126. PubMed PMID: 34365090
  • Borgers JSW, Tobin RP, Torphy RJ, Vorwald VM, Van Gulick RJ, Amato CM, Cogswell DT, Chimed TS, Couts KL, Van Bokhoven A, Raeburn CD, Lewis KD, Wisell J, McCarter MD, Mushtaq RR, Robinson WA. Melanoma Metastases to the Adrenal Gland Are Highly Resistant to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2021 Aug 4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34348236
  • Castleman MJ, Dillon SM, Thompson TA, Santiago ML, McCarter MD, Barker E, Wilson CC. Gut Bacteria Induce Granzyme B Expression in Human Colonic ILC3s In Vitro in an IL-15-Dependent Manner. J Immunol. 2021 Jun 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34117105
  • Duarte C, Gilbert DM, Sheridan AD, La Rosa FG, McCarter M, Cost NG, Emmons S, Lam ET. Spontaneous regression of an extragonadal seminomatous germ cell tumor. Cancer Treat Res Commun. 2021;28:100383. PubMed PMID: 33992855
  • Han S, Kolb JM, Hosokawa P, Friedman C, Fox C, Scott FI, Lieu CH, Vajravelu RK, McCarter M, Murphy CC, Cook MB, Gleisner A, Falk GW, Katzka DA, Wani S. The Volume-Outcome Effect Calls for Centralization of Care in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: Results From a Large National Cancer Registry. Am J Gastroenterol. 2021 Apr;116(4):811-815. PubMed PMID: 33982952
  • Ho F, Torphy RJ, Friedman C, Leong S, Kim S, Wani S, Schefter T, Scott CD, Mitchell JD, Weyant MJ, Meguid RA, Gleisner AL, Goodman KA, McCarter MD. Induction Chemotherapy Plus Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Nov;28(12):7208-7218. PubMed PMID: 33884489
  • Torphy RJ, Ho F, McCarter MD. ASO Author Reflections: Revisiting the Role of Induction Chemotherapy Plus Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Oct;28(11):6058-6059. PubMed PMID: 33866468
  • Cogswell DT, Gapin L, Tobin HM, McCarter MD, Tobin RP. MAIT Cells: Partners or Enemies in Cancer Immunotherapy?. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Mar 25;13(7). PubMed PMID: 33805904
  • Kastelowitz N, Marsh MD, McCarter M, Meguid RA, Bhardwaj NW, Mitchell JD, Weyant MJ, Scott C, Schefter T, Stumpf P, Leong S, Messersmith W, Lieu C, Leal AD, Davis SL, Purcell WT, Kane M, Wani S, Shah R, Hammad H, Edmundowicz S, Goodman KA. Impact of Radiation Dose on Postoperative Complications in Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancers. Front Oncol. 2021;11:614640. PubMed PMID: 33777751
  • Gergen AK, Weyant MJ, McCarter MD, Pratap A. Mediastinoscopy-assisted Transhiatal Esophagectomy (MATHE) in End-stage Achalasia and Gastric Bypass: Technique and Early Results. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2021 Mar 1;31(3):385-388. PubMed PMID: 33655895
  • Dillon SM, Thompson TA, Christians AJ, McCarter MD, Wilson CC. Reduced immune-regulatory molecule expression on human colonic memory CD4 T cells in older adults. Immun Ageing. 2021 Feb 13;18(1):6. PubMed PMID: 33581731
  • Gergen AK, Halpern AL, Helmkamp L, Torphy RJ, White AM, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA, Scott CD, Gleisner AL, McCarter MD, Weyant MJ. Outcomes After Converted Minimally Invasive to Open Esophagectomy in Patients With Esophageal Cancer. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Nov;112(5):1593-1599. PubMed PMID: 33333084
  • Zakem SJ, Mueller AC, Meguid C, Torphy RJ, Holt DE, Schefter T, Messersmith WA, McCarter MD, Del Chiaro M, Schulick RD, Goodman KA. Impact of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) on R0 resection rate for borderline resectable and locally advanced pancreatic cancer. HPB (Oxford). 2021 Jul;23(7):1072-1083. PubMed PMID: 33277184
  • Pratap A, McCarter MD, Watson TJ. Surgical Management of Barrett's-Related Neoplasia. Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am. 2021 Jan;31(1):205-218. PubMed PMID: 33213796
  • Halpern AL, Kohtz PD, White AM, Houk AK, Rehring JF, Hanson L, McCarter MD, Joshi M, Meng X, Fullerton DA, Weyant MJ. Secretory Phospholipase A2 IIa Mediates Expression of Growth Factor Receptors in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. Dig Dis Sci. 2021 Mar;66(3):784-795. PubMed PMID: 32277371
  • Torphy RJ, Friedman C, Halpern AL, Ahrendt SA, McCarter MD, Del Chiaro M, Schulick RD, Gleisner A. Implementation of Minimally Invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy at Low and High-Volume Centers. J Surg Res. 2021 Dec;268:720-728. PubMed PMID: 34487965
  • Yamada E, Martin CG, Moreno-Huizar N, Fouquier J, Neff CP, Coleman SL, Schneider JM, Huber J, Nusbacher NM, McCarter M, Campbell TB, Lozupone CA, Palmer BE. Intestinal microbial communities and Holdemanella isolated from HIV /- men who have sex with men increase frequencies of lamina propria CCR5( ) CD4( ) T cells. Gut Microbes. 2021 Jan-Dec;13(1):1997292. PubMed PMID: 34818131
  • Pratap A, Mungo B, McCarter M. Indocyanine green tattooing for resection of endophytic submucosal lesions at anatomically difficult locations: Broader application of robotic platform. J Minim Access Surg. 2020 Oct-Dec;16(4):438-440. PubMed PMID: 32978357
  • Mukherjee N, Amato CM, Skees J, Todd KJ, Lambert KA, Robinson WA, Van Gulick R, Weight RM, Dart CR, Tobin RP, McCarter MD, Fujita M, Norris DA, Shellman YG. Simultaneously Inhibiting BCL2 and MCL1 Is a Therapeutic Option for Patients with Advanced Melanoma. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Aug 5;12(8). PubMed PMID: 32764384
  • Amato CM, Hintzsche JD, Wells K, Applegate A, Gorden NT, Vorwald VM, Tobin RP, Nassar K, Shellman YG, Kim J, Medina TM, Rioth M, Lewis KD, McCarter MD, Gonzalez R, Tan AC, Robinson WA. Pre-Treatment Mutational and Transcriptomic Landscape of Responding Metastatic Melanoma Patients to Anti-PD1 Immunotherapy. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Jul 17;12(7). PubMed PMID: 32708981
  • Torphy RJ, Stewart C, Sharma P, Halpern AL, Oase K, Herter W, Bartsch C, Friedman C, Del Chiaro M, Schulick RD, Gleisner A, McCarter MD, Ahrendt SA. Dextrose-Containing Carrier Solution for Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: Increased Intraoperative Hyperglycemia and Postoperative Complications. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Apr 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32306237
  • Halpern AL, Kohtz PD, White AM, Houk AK, Rehring JF, Hanson L, McCarter MD, Joshi M, Meng X, Fullerton DA, Weyant MJ. Secretory Phospholipase A2 IIa Mediates Expression of Growth Factor Receptors in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. Dig Dis Sci. 2020 Apr 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32277371
  • Borgers JSW, Tobin RP, Vorwald VM, Smith JM, Davis DM, Kimball AK, Clambey ET, Couts KL, McWilliams JA, Jordan KR, Torphy RJ, Schulick R, McCarter MD. High-Dimensional Analysis of Postsplenectomy Peripheral Immune Cell Changes. Immunohorizons. 2020 Feb 18;4(2):82-92. PubMed PMID: 32071067
  • Kwak JJ, Kesner AL, Gleisner A, Jensen A, Friedman C, McCarter MD, Koo PJ, Morgan RL, Kounalakis N. Utility of Quantitative SPECT/CT Lymphoscintigraphy in Guiding Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Head and Neck Melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 May;27(5):1432-1438. PubMed PMID: 31773513
  • Halpern AL, Friedman C, Torphy RJ, Al-Musawi MH, Mitchell JD, Scott CD, Meguid RA, McCarter MD, Weyant MJ, Gleisner AL. Conversion to open surgery during minimally invasive esophagectomy portends worse short-term outcomes: an analysis of the National Cancer Database. Surg Endosc. 2020 Aug;34(8):3470-3478. PubMed PMID: 31591657
  • Castleman MJ, Dillon SM, Purba C, Cogswell AC, McCarter M, Barker E, Wilson C. Enteric bacteria induce IFN? and Granzyme B from human colonic Group 1 Innate Lymphoid Cells. Gut Microbes. 2020 Nov 9;12(1):1667723. PubMed PMID: 31583949
  • Dillon SM, Liu J, Purba CM, Christians AJ, Kibbie JJ, Castleman MJ, McCarter MD, Wilson CC. Age-related alterations in human gut CD4 T cell phenotype, T helper cell frequencies, and functional responses to enteric bacteria. J Leukoc Biol. 2020 Jan;107(1):119-132. PubMed PMID: 31573727
  • von Mehren M, Kane JM, Bui MM, Choy E, Connelly M, Dry S, Ganjoo KN, George S, Gonzalez RJ, Heslin MJ, Homsi J, Keedy V, Kelly CM, Kim E, Liebner D, McCarter M, McGarry SV, Meyer C, Pappo AS, Parkes AM, Paz IB, Petersen IA, Poppe M, Riedel RF, Rubin B, Schuetze S, Shabason J, Sicklick JK, Spraker MB, Zimel M, Bergman MA, George GV. NCCN Guidelines Insights: Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Version 1.2021. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2020 Dec 2;18(12):1604-1612. PubMed PMID: 33285515
  • Pratap A, Mungo B, McCarter M. Indocyanine green tattooing for resection of endophytic submucosal lesions at anatomically difficult locations: Broader application of robotic platform. J Minim Access Surg. 2020 Oct-Dec;16(4):438-440. PubMed PMID: 32978357
  • Mukherjee N, Amato CM, Skees J, Todd KJ, Lambert KA, Robinson WA, Van Gulick R, Weight RM, Dart CR, Tobin RP, McCarter MD, Fujita M, Norris DA, Shellman YG. Simultaneously Inhibiting BCL2 and MCL1 Is a Therapeutic Option for Patients with Advanced Melanoma. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Aug 5;12(8). PubMed PMID: 32764384
  • Amato CM, Hintzsche JD, Wells K, Applegate A, Gorden NT, Vorwald VM, Tobin RP, Nassar K, Shellman YG, Kim J, Medina TM, Rioth M, Lewis KD, McCarter MD, Gonzalez R, Tan AC, Robinson WA. Pre-Treatment Mutational and Transcriptomic Landscape of Responding Metastatic Melanoma Patients to Anti-PD1 Immunotherapy. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Jul 17;12(7). PubMed PMID: 32708981
  • Carmichael H, King BBT, Friedman C, Torphy RJ, Medina T, Gleisner A, McCarter MD, Kwak JJ, Kounalakis N. Frequency and implications of occipital and posterior auricular sentinel lymph nodes in scalp melanoma. J Surg Oncol. 2019 Oct 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31614003
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Professional Memberships

  • American College of Surgeons (ACS), Fellow
  • Society of Surgical Oncology, Member
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology, Member
  • Society of University Surgeons, Member
  • Association for Academic Surgery, Member
  • Society for the Immunotherapy of Cancer, Member

Practice Locations

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

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

UCHealth Esophagus and Gastric Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic - Anschutz Medical Campus
1665 Aurora Ct
3rd Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0405

UCHealth Surgical Care - Highlands Ranch Hospital
1500 Park Central Drive
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
720-516-1000

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

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Surgery, Board Certification (2001)
  • Complex General Surgical Oncology
  • Surgical Oncology, Certificate (2001)
Conditions & Treatments
  • Cancers - Colorectal Cancer
  • Cancers - Melanoma
  • Digestive System - Gastrointestinal Surgery
  • Cancers - Sarcoma
  • Cancers - Gastroenterologic Cancer (Colon, Stomach, Esophageal, Liver)
  • Cancers - Cancer Surgery
  • Cancers
  • Digestive System
Clinical Interests
My clinical interests apply to the broad field of Surgical Oncology with emphasis on Gastrointestinal Cancers (Esophagus, Stomach, Colon, Rectum), Melanoma, and Sarcoma. I am a firm believer in delivering a multidisciplinary care team approach designed to best suit the individual patient situation. I am also a strong believer in advancing medical knowledge through both clinical and translational research and actively participate in many national and local trials striving to improve cancer outcomes. I am particularly interested in developing new treatments that enhance the patients own immune system to fight cancer.

Care Philosophy
I aim to provide the best possible care taking into consideration the individual patient's specific cancer and treatment goals. Surgery is just one aspect of the team based integrated multidisciplinary care we strive to deliver.

Personal Interests
In my spare time, I enjoy living all of Colorado's adventures with my wife and two children.

Public Speaking
Yes

General Information

Medical Schools:
  • MD, University of Vermont College of Medicine (1992)
Undergraduate Schools:
  • AB, Dartmouth College (NH) (1987)
Internships:
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) Program (1993)
Residency Programs:
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) Program, Chief Resident, Surgery (1999)
Fellowships:
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Program, Surgery (2001)
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Department: Surgery-Surgical Oncology
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