Ronald F. Wolf, MD

Ronald Wolf, M.D., F.A.C.S., is a board-certified surgical oncologist who specializes in treating liver, bile duct and pancreatic cancer at Hoag Family Cancer Institute.

His clinical interests include pancreatic adenocarcinoma, colon and rectal cancers that have metastasized to the liver, surgical treatment for bile duct tumors and cysts and surgery for soft tissue sarcoma.

Previously, Dr. Wolf served as Professor of Clinical Surgery in the Department of Surgery, Division of Hepatobiliary & Pancreas Surgery/Islet Cell Transplantation at UC Irvine School of Medicine and Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. Prior to that, he served as Medical Director of Hepatic and Pancreatic Surgery at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland, Oregon, and as the Medical Director of Liver and Pancreas Surgery at Providence Cancer Center, also in Portland.

Dr. Wolf received his medical degree from Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, followed by an internship and two residencies in general surgery at UC Davis. He then completed a fellowship in surgical oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, where he also served as a clinical research fellow. Later, he helped direct surgical resident and fellowship-level postgraduate training programs in Portland.

Dr. Wolf has co-authored more than 80 clinical presentations throughout his career and is a committee member of several national organizations including the American College of Surgeons, the Society of Surgical Oncology and the AHPBA Americas Hepatopancreatobiliary Association.