Patrick P. Starlinger, M.D., Ph.D.

Resecting the unresectable: The right place, the right team 

CV Rao and his wife, Madhavi  In April 2023, CV Rao had just returned from a work trip in Europe when he started experiencing abdominal pain on his right side. His wife, a doctor, recognized that he needed to see his primary care physician for an ultrasound scan.  When the ultrasound didn't show anything, CV's care team ordered a CT scan. The results were alarming — a 7 centimeter tumor, the size of a large…