Darren R. Carpizo, M.D., Ph.D.

“My goal is to educate my patients about their cancer and help them make the best choice for themselves and their family on how it should be treated. I provide the same level of care that I would give to any member of my family.”

Areas of Expertise

• Liver cancer
• Pancreatic cancer
• Gallbladder and Bile duct cancer
• Metastatic colon cancer to the liver
• Gastric cancer
• Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors

I chose this field to treat hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer because they are aggressive cancers that require a high degree of complex multidisciplinary oncologic management. This is challenging, but can also be very rewarding. I wanted to apply myself to this field not only to try to help patients afflicted with these cancers, but to also move the field forward through research.

In addition, I chose the field of liver surgery for several reasons. For one, I am fascinated by the liver. It is one of the most complex organs in the body both structurally and functionally and is essential for life. It is one of the most common places that cancers spread to as they progress and, it is the only organ capable of regeneration. As a surgeon, I can use this to my advantage when performing liver surgery as we have techniques to grow more liver when it is necessary to remove a very large part to treat a cancer.

Patients and providers alike can be confident knowing I have devoted the greater part of my career to the study of cancer and the treatment of it. This is due to the strong empathy I have for cancer patients and my intense passion for cancer research. I also have a Ph.D. in molecular and cell biology and have been performing cancer research for over 20 years. I am intensely curious, which drives my desire to understand what we do not know. My curiosity is also fueled by experiences in patient care, resulting in new clinical trials that I lead as well as research conducted by my laboratory.

Certified Specialties

Surgery (General Surgery) - American Board of Surgery

Faculty Appointments

Professor - Department of Surgery, Oncology (SMD)

Professor - Department of Biomedical Genetics (SMD) - Joint

Professor - Cancer Center - Joint

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. 2006 - 2008

Internship, Surgery (General Surgery), Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA Medical Center. 1997 - 1998

Education

PHD | University of California Los Angeles Medical Center. Pathology, Medical Microbiology. 2003

MD | University of Illinois College of Medicine (USA). 1997

Awards

Elected Membership. 2019

Elected Membership. 2018

Harrington Scholar Innovator Award. 2013

Most Outstanding Faculty Basic Science Research Paper. 2013

Sidney Kimmel Scholar Award. 2012

Scientific Day Research Award. 2006

Scientific Day Research Award. 2005

Scholar in Training Award. 2003

Resident Teaching Award. 2003

Scholar in Training Award. 2001

Postdoctoral Investigators. 2001

Scholar in Training Award. 2000

Medical Honor Society. 1997

Student Abstract Prize. 1994

Student Research Award. 1993

Research

Gastrointestinal cancers such as pancreatic, bile duct and liver cancers are plagued by ineffective systemic therapies underscoring the tremendous unmet need for novel therapies. The Carpizo Laboratory studies cancer biology with an emphasis on developmental therapeutics. Our studies range from early drug discovery projects to translational studies of novel therapies that are about to enter or just have entered into clinical trials. These translational studies employ a variety of experimental systems including mouse cancer models, patient derived tissues as well as therapeutic clinical protocols.

Another major avenue of research in the Carpizo lab is the study of cancer metastasis and dormancy. Most solid organ cancers (i.e. breast, lung, pancreas) are treated with surgery when it appears that the disease has not spread to distant organs. This is highly effective (curative) for a number of tumor types such as breast, prostate, and thyroid cancer. However, for a number of gastrointestinal cancers such as pancreas, liver and bile duct cancer, surgery is relatively ineffective as the majority of these patients go on to suffer metastatic recurrence. This means that at the time of the surgery, they harbor disseminated tumor cells in their bodies that for a period of time after surgery remain dormant. We want to understand what the molecular mechanisms that control cancer dormancy are, what awakens these cells and how can we devise therapies that either maintain the dormant state, or drive the cells into senescence.

Research Lab

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Publications

Journal Articles

Casabianca A, Bellina M, Dudgeon C, Nezhad MS, Harris C, Fiore S, Bernet A, Narrow W, Prela O, Wang L, Astsaturov I, Mehlen P, Carpizo DR

STAR protocols.. 2024 August 135 (3):103256. Epub 08/13/2024.

Ladner DP, Goldstein AM, Billiar TR, Cameron AM, Carpizo DR, Chu DI, Coopersmith CM, DeMatteo RP, Feng SH, Gallagher KA, Gillanders WE, Lal BK, Lipshutz GS, Liu A, Maier RV, Mittendorf EA, Morris AM, Sicklick JK, Velazquez OC, Whitson BA, Wilke LG, Yoon SS, Zeiger MA, Farmer DL, Hwang ES,

Annals of surgery.. 2024 February 1279 (2):231-239. Epub 11/02/2023.

Ajay PS, Rajamanickam RK, Rhee K, NeMoyer R, Goyal S, Switchenko JM, Lin Y, Jabbour SK, Carpizo DR, Kennedy TJ, Shah MM

Surgical endoscopy.. 2024 January 38 (1):136-147. Epub 11/07/2023.

Dudgeon C, Casabianca A, Harris C, Ogier C, Bellina M, Fiore S, Bernet A, Ducarouoge B, Goldschneider D, Su X, Pitarresi J, Hezel A, De S, Narrow W, Soliman F, Shields C, Vendramini-Costa DB, Prela O, Wang L, Astsaturov I, Mehlen P, Carpizo DR

Cell reports.. 2023 November 2842 (11):113369. Epub 11/03/2023.

Ajay PS, NeMoyer R, Goyal S, Switchenko JM, Lin Y, Jabbour SK, Carpizo DR, Paulos CM, Kennedy TJ, Shah MM

Journal of surgical oncology.. 2023 August 128 (2):231-241. Epub 04/10/2023.

Casabianca AS, Tsagkalidis V, Burchard PR, Chacon A, Melucci A, Reitz A, Swift DA, McCook AA, Switchenko JM, Shah MM, Carpizo DR

European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology.. 2022 December 48 (12):2448-2454. Epub 06/22/2022.

Ajay PS, Tsagkalidis V, Casabianca A, Burchard PR, Melucci AD, Chacon A, Goyal S, Switchenko JM, Kooby DA, Carpizo DR, Shah MM

Journal of surgical oncology.. 2022 December 126 (8):1423-1429. Epub 08/17/2022.

Ajay PS, Casabianca A, Shah MM, Carpizo DR

European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology.. 2022 December 48 (12):2570-2571. Epub 08/27/2022.

Melucci AD, Carpizo DR, Shah MM

Annals of surgical oncology.. 2022 December 29 (13):8548-8549. Epub 09/10/2022.

Melucci AD, Chacon AC, Burchard PR, Tsagkalidis V, Casabianca AS, Goyal S, Switchenko JM, Kooby DA, Staley CA, Carpizo DR, Shah MM

Annals of surgical oncology.. 2022 December 29 (13):8536-8547. Epub 09/19/2022.

Greco SH, Chao JC, Heath NG, Lin Y, Gall VA, Grandhi MS, Kennedy TJ, Carpizo DR, Alexander HR, Langan RC, August DA

The American surgeon.. 2022 November 88 (11):2637-2643. Epub 06/01/2022.

Ghaddar B, Biswas A, Harris C, Omary MB, Carpizo DR, Blaser MJ, De S

Cancer cell.. 2022 October 1040 (10):1240-1253.e5. Epub 1900 01 01.

Melucci AD, Chacon AC, Burchard PR, Tsagkalidis V, Casabianca AS, Goyal S, Switchenko JM, Kooby DA, Staley CA, Carpizo DR, Shah MM

Annals of surgical oncology.. 2022 September 10 Epub 09/10/2022.

Burchard PR, Dave YA, Loria AP, Parikh NB, Pineda-Solis K, Ruffolo LI, Strawderman M, Schoeniger LO, Galka E, Tomiyama K, Orloff MS, Carpizo DR, Linehan DC, Hernandez-Alejandro R

HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association.. 2022 September 24 (9):1425-1432. Epub 01/25/2022.

Casabianca AS, Hernandez Caballero AI, Thornburg LL, Carpizo D

BMJ case reports.. 2022 June 1015 (6)Epub 06/10/2022.

Burchard PR, Chacon AC, Melucci A, Casabianca AS, Goyal S, Switchenko JM, Maithel SK, Kooby DA, Carpizo DR, Shah MM

Journal of surgical oncology.. 2022 April 125 (5):856-864. Epub 01/07/2022.

Ha JH, Prela O, Carpizo DR, Loh SN

Frontiers in molecular biosciences.. 2022 9 :895887. Epub 04/13/2022.

Ha JH, Yu X, Carpizo DR, Loh SN

Bio-protocol.. 2021 October 2011 (20):e4188. Epub 10/20/2021.

Carpizo DR, Harris CR

Cancers.. 2021 October 1013 (20)Epub 10/10/2021.

Ciner AT, Hochster HS, August DA, Carpizo DR, Spencer KR

Immunotherapy.. 2021 September 13 (13):1071-1078. Epub 07/21/2021.

Meltzer RS, Kooby DA, Switchenko JM, Datta J, Carpizo DR, Maithel SK, Shah MM

Annals of surgical oncology.. 2021 April 28 (4):2265-2272. Epub 11/03/2020.

Gilleran JA, Yu X, Blayney AJ, Bencivenga AF, Na B, Augeri DJ, Blanden AR, Kimball SD, Loh SN, Roberge JY, Carpizo DR

Journal of medicinal chemistry.. 2021 February 2564 (4):2024-2045. Epub 02/04/2021.

Meltzer RS, Kooby DA, Switchenko JM, Datta J, Carpizo DR, Maithel SK, Shah MM

Annals of surgical oncology.. 2021 January 7 Epub 01/07/2021.

Muaddi H, D'Angelica M, Wiseman JT, Dillhoff M, Latchana N, Roke R, Ko YJ, Carpizo D, Spencer K, Fields RC, Williams G, Aucejo F, Acevedo-Moreno LA, Billingsley KG, Walker BS, Mayo SC, Karanicolas PJ

Journal of surgical oncology.. 2021 January 123 (1):252-260. Epub 10/23/2020.

Greco SH, August DA, Shah MM, Chen C, Moore DF, Masanam M, Turner AL, Jabbour SK, Javidian P, Grandhi MS, Kennedy TJ, Alexander HR, Carpizo DR, Langan RC

Surgery open science.. 2021 January 3 :22-28. Epub 12/16/2020.

Blanden AR, Yu X, Blayney AJ, Demas C, Ha JH, Liu Y, Withers T, Carpizo DR, Loh SN

eLife.. 2020 December 29 Epub 12/02/2020.

Shah MM, Meyer BI, Rhee K, NeMoyer RE, Lin Y, Tzeng CD, Jabbour SK, Kennedy TJ, Nosher JL, Kooby DA, Maithel SK, Carpizo DR

Journal of surgical oncology.. 2020 September 122 (4):684-690. Epub 06/10/2020.

Park KU, Mamounas EP, Katz MHG, Unzeitig G, Carpizo D, You YN, Francescatti A, Hunt KK, Boughey JC

Annals of surgical oncology.. 2020 July 27 (7):2269-2275. Epub 04/21/2020.

Kangas-Dick A, Gall V, Hilden P, Turner A, Greenbaum A, Sesti J, Paul S, Carpizo D, Kennedy T, Sadaria Grandhi M, Alexander HR, Wang S, Geffner S, August D, Langan RC

Surgery.. 2020 July 168 (1):49-55. Epub 05/13/2020.

Contractor T, Clausen R, Harris G, Rosenfeld J, Carpizo D, Tang L, Harris C

Endocrine-related cancer.. 2020 March 27 (3):175-186. Epub 1900 01 01.

Shah MM, NeMoyer RE, Greco SH, Chen C, Moore DF, Grandhi MS, Langan RC, Kennedy TJ, Javidian P, Jabbour SK, Alexander HR, August DA, Carpizo DR

Journal of pancreatic cancer.. 2020 6 (1):64-72. Epub 07/14/2020.

Khullar K, Patel NM, Anderson C, Chundury A, Carpizo D, Feingold D, Grandhi M, Hochster H, Jani K, Kennedy T, Langan R, Spencer K, August D, Jabbour SK

Oncology & hematology review.. 2020 16 (1):43-51. Epub 04/27/2020.

Chi A, Adams BE, Sesti J, Paul S, Turner AL, August D, Carpizo D, Kennedy T, Grandhi M, Alexander HR, Libutti SK, Geffner S, Langan RC

World journal of surgery.. 2019 December 43 (12):3019-3026. Epub 1900 01 01.

Zaman S, Yu X, Bencivenga AF, Blanden AR, Liu Y, Withers T, Na B, Blayney AJ, Gilleran J, Boothman DA, Loh SN, Kimball SD, Carpizo DR

Molecular cancer therapeutics.. 2019 August 18 (8):1355-1365. Epub 06/13/2019.

Ali ND, Donohue K, Zandieh S, Chen C, Moore D, Poplin E, Shah MM, Nosher J, Gui B, Jabbour SK, Spencer K, Carpizo DR

American journal of clinical oncology.. 2019 June 42 (6):512-518. Epub 1900 01 01.

Hasan O, Greco S, Kennedy T, Carpizo D, Kempf J, Nosher J

Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA.. 2019 March 41 (3):355-358. Epub 01/05/2019.

Dave YA, Gupta A, Shah MM, Carpizo D

BMJ case reports.. 2019 February 2212 (2)Epub 02/22/2019.

Yu X, Carpizo DR

Oncotarget.. 2019 January 2910 (9):918-919. Epub 01/29/2019.

Na B, Yu X, Withers T, Gilleran J, Yao M, Foo TK, Chen C, Moore D, Lin Y, Kimball SD, Xia B, Ganesan S, Carpizo DR

NPJ breast cancer.. 2019 5 :14. Epub 04/15/2019.

Sayan M, Yegya-Raman N, Greco SH, Gui B, Zhang A, Chundury A, Grandhi MS, Hochster HS, Kennedy TJ, Langan RC, Malhotra U, Rustgi VK, Shah MM, Spencer KR, Carpizo DR, Nosher JL, Jabbour SK

Frontiers in oncology.. 2019 9 :345. Epub 06/18/2019.

Langan RC, Carpizo DR

Translational gastroenterology and hepatology.. 2019 4 :49. Epub 06/26/2019.

Yu X, Kogan S, Chen Y, Tsang AT, Withers T, Lin H, Gilleran J, Buckley B, Moore D, Bertino J, Chan C, Kimball SD, Loh SN, Carpizo DR

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.. 2018 September 1524 (18):4505-4517. Epub 06/18/2018.

Gui B, Weiner AA, Nosher J, Lu SE, Foltz GM, Hasan O, Kim SK, Gendel V, Mani NB, Carpizo DR, Saad NE, Kennedy TJ, Zuckerman DA, Olsen JR, Parikh PJ, Jabbour SK

American journal of clinical oncology.. 2018 September 41 (9):861-866. Epub 1900 01 01.

Weiner AA, Gui B, Newman NB, Nosher JL, Yousseff F, Lu SE, Foltz GM, Carpizo D, Lowenthal J, Zuckerman DA, Benson B, Olsen JR, Jabbour SK, Parikh PJ

Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR.. 2018 August 29 (8):1094-1100. Epub 05/10/2018.

Yegya-Raman N, Shah MM, Grandhi MS, Poplin E, August DA, Kennedy TJ, Malhotra U, Spencer KR, Carpizo DR, Jabbour SK

Annals of pancreatic cancer.. 2018 August 1 Epub 08/06/2018.

Casabianca AS, Shah MM, Carpizo D

BMJ case reports.. 2018 June 172018 Epub 06/17/2018.

Kogan S, Carpizo DR

Cancers.. 2018 May 2910 (6)Epub 05/29/2018.

Shimada K, Reznik E, Stokes ME, Krishnamoorthy L, Bos PH, Song Y, Quartararo CE, Pagano NC, Carpizo DR, deCarvalho AC, Lo DC, Stockwell BR

Cell chemical biology.. 2018 May 1725 (5):585-594.e7. Epub 03/22/2018.

NeMoyer RE, Shah MM, Hasan O, Nosher JL, Carpizo DR

International journal of surgery case reports.. 2018 44 :185-190. Epub 03/03/2018.

Tsang AT, Dudgeon C, Yi L, Yu X, Goraczniak R, Donohue K, Kogan S, Brenneman MA, Ho ES, Gunderson SI, Carpizo DR

Molecular cancer therapeutics.. 2017 August 16 (8):1445-1455. Epub 04/04/2017.

Cercek A, Gendel V, Jabbour S, Moore D, Chen C, Nosher J, Capanu M, Chou JF, Boucher T, Kemeny N, Carpizo DR

Current treatment options in oncology.. 2017 July 18 (7):42. Epub 1900 01 01.

Yu X, Blanden A, Tsang AT, Zaman S, Liu Y, Gilleran J, Bencivenga AF, Kimball SD, Loh SN, Carpizo DR

Molecular pharmacology.. 2017 June 91 (6):567-575. Epub 03/20/2017.

Kogan S, Carpizo D

Translational cancer research.. 2016 December 5 (6):698-706. Epub 1900 01 01.

Blanden AR, Yu X, Loh SN, Levine AJ, Carpizo DR

Drug discovery today.. 2016 October 21 (10):1728. Epub 07/29/2016.

Eng OS, Arlow RL, Moore D, Chen C, Langenfeld JE, August DA, Carpizo DR

The Journal of surgical research.. 2016 January 200 (1):91-7. Epub 07/16/2015.

Lin H, Yu X, Eng OS, Buckley B, Kong AN, Bertino JR, Carpizo DR, Gounder MK

Biomedical chromatography : BMC.. 2015 November 29 (11):1708-14. Epub 05/05/2015.

Blanden AR, Yu X, Loh SN, Levine AJ, Carpizo DR

Drug discovery today.. 2015 November 20 (11):1391-7. Epub 07/20/2015.

Yue W, Zheng X, Lin Y, Yang CS, Xu Q, Carpizo D, Huang H, DiPaola RS, Tan XL

Oncotarget.. 2015 August 286 (25):21208-24. Epub 1900 01 01.

Chiou SH, Winters IP, Wang J, Naranjo S, Dudgeon C, Tamburini FB, Brady JJ, Yang D, Grüner BM, Chuang CH, Caswell DR, Zeng H, Chu P, Kim GE, Carpizo DR, Kim SK, Winslow MM

Genes & development.. 2015 July 1529 (14):1576-85. Epub 07/15/2015.

Newman NB, Jabbour SK, Hon JD, Berman JJ, Malik D, Carpizo D, Moss RA

Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology.. 2015 June 5 (2):163-6. Epub 04/18/2015.

Patel AA, Nagarajan S, Scher ED, Schonewolf CA, Balasubramanian S, Poplin E, Moss R, August D, Carpizo D, Melstrom L, Jabbour SK

Pancreatic disorders & therapy.. 2015 June 5 (2)Epub 04/02/2015.

Blanden AR, Yu X, Wolfe AJ, Gilleran JA, Augeri DJ, O'Dell RS, Olson EC, Kimball SD, Emge TJ, Movileanu L, Carpizo DR, Loh SN

Molecular pharmacology.. 2015 May 87 (5):825-31. Epub 02/20/2015.

Eng OS, Tsang AT, Moore D, Chen C, Narayanan S, Gannon CJ, August DA, Carpizo DR, Melstrom LG

Journal of surgical oncology.. 2015 March 15111 (4):410-3. Epub 12/29/2014.

Eng OS, Melstrom LG, Carpizo DR

Journal of surgical oncology.. 2015 March 15111 (4):472-7. Epub 02/02/2015.

Yu X, Blanden AR, Narayanan S, Jayakumar L, Lubin D, Augeri D, Kimball SD, Loh SN, Carpizo DR

Oncotarget.. 2014 October 155 (19):8879-92. Epub 1900 01 01.

Yu X, Narayanan S, Vazquez A, Carpizo DR

Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death.. 2014 July 19 (7):1055-68. Epub 1900 01 01.

Carpizo DR, Gensure RH, Yu X, Gendel VM, Greene SJ, Moore DF, Jabbour SK, Nosher JL

Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR.. 2014 February 25 (2):297-306.e1. Epub 12/20/2013.

Eng OS, Goswami J, Moore D, Chen C, Brumbaugh J, Gannon CJ, August DA, Carpizo DR

HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association.. 2013 October 15 (10):747-52. Epub 06/19/2013.

Eng OS, Goswami J, Moore D, Chen C, Gannon CJ, August DA, Carpizo DR

Journal of surgical oncology.. 2013 September 108 (4):242-7. Epub 08/01/2013.

Shanker BA, Eng OS, Gendel V, Nosher J, Carpizo DR

Case reports in surgery.. 2013 2013 :202315. Epub 09/12/2013.

Gensure RH, Foran DJ, Lee VM, Gendel VM, Jabbour SK, Carpizo DR, Nosher JL, Yang L

Academic radiology.. 2012 October 19 (10):1201-7. Epub 07/26/2012.

Yu X, Vazquez A, Levine AJ, Carpizo DR

Cancer cell.. 2012 May 1521 (5):614-625. Epub 1900 01 01.

Tunceroglu A, Park JH, Balasubramanian S, Poppe M, Anker CJ, Poplin E, Moss RA, Yue NJ, Carpizo D, Gannon CJ, Haffty BG, Jabbour SK

ISRN oncology.. 2012 2012 :572342. Epub 10/18/2012.

Carpizo DR, D'Angelica M

Annals of surgical oncology.. 2009 September 16 (9):2411-21. Epub 06/25/2009.

Carpizo DR, Are C, Jarnagin W, Dematteo R, Fong Y, Gönen M, Blumgart L, D'Angelica M

Annals of surgical oncology.. 2009 August 16 (8):2138-46. Epub 06/03/2009.

Carpizo DR, D'Angelica M

The Lancet. Oncology.. 2009 August 10 (8):801-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Rodríguez-Manzaneque JC, Carpizo D, Plaza-Calonge Mdel C, Torres-Collado AX, Thai SN, Simons M, Horowitz A, Iruela-Arispe ML

The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology.. 2009 April 41 (4):800-10. Epub 08/15/2008.

Carpizo DR, D'Angelica M

Surgical oncology clinics of North America.. 2009 April 18 (2):289-305, viii-ix. Epub 1900 01 01.

Carpizo DR, Allen PJ, Brennan MF

The surgeon : journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland.. 2008 October 6 (5):298-307. Epub 1900 01 01.

Lee S, Jilani SM, Nikolova GV, Carpizo D, Iruela-Arispe ML

The Journal of cell biology.. 2005 May 23169 (4):681-91. Epub 1900 01 01.

Luque A, Carpizo DR, Iruela-Arispe ML

The Journal of biological chemistry.. 2003 June 27278 (26):23656-65. Epub 04/25/2003.

Iruela-Arispe ML, Carpizo D, Luque A

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.. 2003 May 995 :183-90. Epub 1900 01 01.

Carpizo D, Iruela-Arispe ML

Cancer metastasis reviews.. 2000 19 (1-2):159-65. Epub 1900 01 01.

Carpizo DR, Reaka AJ, Glaws WR, Pooley N, Schmidt L, Halline AG, Goldstein JL, Layden TJ

The Journal of laboratory and clinical medicine.. 1998 February 131 (2):157-62. Epub 1900 01 01.

Books

Precision Molecular Pathology of Liver Cancer (2018)

Authors: Greco SH, Spencer K, Carpizo DR

Publisher: Springer Publishing 2018

: Metastatic Liver Cancer in Gastrointestinal Oncology: A Critical Multidisciplinary Team Approach. (2008)

Authors: Fong Y, Carpizo D, Kemeny NE, Covey AM, Willet CG, Czito BG

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing 2008

Handbook of Re-operative General Surgery (2004)

Chapter: Brooks: Re-operative Breast Surgery

Authors: Chang H, Carpizo, DR

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Inc., Malden, MA 2004

Ratings & Comments

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During this visit, did this provider spend enough time with you?

4.9

During this visit, did this provider show respect for what you had to say?

5.0

During this visit did this provider give you easy to understand information about these health questions or concerns?

4.8

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5.0

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4.9

Patient Comments

5.0

Dr. Carpizo was thorough discussing my MRI. He answered all my concerns and questions.

Feb 26, 2024

5.0

Provided detailed explanation of my condition in terms that I could easily understand - Doc Carpizo & nurse were excellent as both listened attentively to my concerns.

Feb 06, 2024

5.0

Outstanding - went above & beyond to help me & even spoke to my [...] provider to do what was best for me.

Aug 22, 2023

5.0

Dr. Carpizo is the first surgeon I have ever met with a good "bedside manner.

May 05, 2023

Dr Carpizo is absolutely the finest physician I have ever encountered

Feb 19, 2023

5.0

Excellent bedside manner/wonderful sense of humor!

Feb 07, 2023

5.0

We were very thankful for the amount of time Dr Carpizo spent with us during this visit. He listened to everything we had to say and made us feel very confident that Dr Carpizo understands this very long standing health issue and is competent to resolve it.

Jun 30, 2022

5.0

Couldn't be better

Mar 05, 2022