Dr. Patrick L. Wagner is a surgical oncologist and the director of Complex General Surgical Oncology at Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and received his medical degree from the Harvard Medical School. He completed residencies in General Surgery and Anatomic Pathology and served as Administrative Chief Resident at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He completed a fellowship in Surgical Oncology, concentrating on translational research, under Dr. Bartlett’s leadership at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is certified both by the American Board of Surgery and by the American Board of Pathology, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the Society of Surgical Oncology. Dr. Wagner specializes in treating abdominal cancers, gastric cancers, peritoneal cancers including malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, and other malignancies using minimally invasive approaches including robotic surgery and advanced complex surgical procedures including cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. He strives to make innovative treatment options available to patients with complex cancers through translational research and clinical trials.