Piedmont Physicians Surgical Oncology and HPB Surgery Atlanta

Dr. Evan Weitman, M.D., FACS, is a Surgical Oncologist at Piedmont Healthcare. Dr. Weitman earned his medical degree at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City and completed his residency in General Surgery at New York University. During his residency he also completed a 2-year research fellowship to study lymphedema at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He finalized his formal training with an additional 2-year fellowship in Complex General Surgical Oncology at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida.

Dr. Weitman is board-certified in General Surgery and board-certified in Complex General Surgical Oncology by the American Board of Surgery. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons and the Society of Surgical Oncology. Dr. Weitman is also Director of the Piedmont Melanoma and Sarcoma Clinic. Dr. Weitman’s clinical focus is in surgical oncology, including the management of skin cancers such as melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma and merkel cell carcinoma. His special interests include the surgical management of locally advanced melanoma with a multimodality approach using oncolytic viral therapy (TVEC). He also has expertise in the surgical management of soft tissue tumors, gastrointestinal tumors including gastric and pancreatic cancer, and neuroendocrine tumors. Dr. Weitman also has formal training in minimally invasive surgery, including laparoscopic and robotic surgery.

Dr. Weitman has published numerous papers about the impact and surgical management of complex melanoma and has also published extensively on lymphedema, swelling of the extremity that can occur after lymph node surgery. Dr. Weitman is accepting new patients and welcomes most major insurance plans.

Dr. Nguyen, M.D., PhD, FACS, earned his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University. He completed his residency in general surgery at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich. His fellowship in Hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) was completed at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Nguyen also holds a Ph.D. in Microbiology from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Prior to joining Piedmont Physicians, Dr. Nguyen was in practice with the Department of Surgery, Division of HPB Surgery at the University of Michigan as Assistant Professor of Surgery. Dr. Nguyen has been practicing medicine for 10 years. He is board certified in general surgery and is a member of the American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association.He is co-director of the Piedmont Pancreas Cancer Surgery Clinic. In his spare time, Dr. Nguyen enjoys spending time with his wife and two children. Dr. Nguyen welcomes new patients and accepts most insurance plans.

Dr. Jessica Cioffi, M.D., FACS, is a hepatobiliary surgeon at Piedmont Hospital. Dr. Cioffi earned her medical degree at the University of Vermont. She completed her general surgery training and residency at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She finalized her training with an additional fellowship in HepatoPancreatoBiliary Surgery at Indiana University.

Dr. Cioffi is board-certified in General Surgery by the American Board of Surgery. She is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, the Pancreas Club, the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, and the Association of Women Surgeons. Dr. Cioffi's clinical focus is in hepatobiliary surgery, including cancer of the liver, pancreas, gallbladder and biliary system. She also focuses on benign disease processes including acute and chronic pancreatitis, liver cysts and tumors, gallbladder disease, and general surgical procedures in the setting of cirrhosis. Dr. Cioffi also has formal training in minimally invasive surgery, including laparoscopic and robotic surgery.

Dr. Cioffi is accepting new patients and welcomes most major insurance plans.