Biography

Dr. Patrick Worth is a liver and pancreatic surgeon-scientist who spends time operating on and researching cancers of the pancreas, bile ducts, and liver. He came to the northwest for General Surgery training at OHSU after growing up in rural eastern Connecticut. In between, he studied Medical Anthropology at NYU and then went on to medical school at Brown. After completing his residency in Portland and becoming board-certified in General Surgery, he spent two years at Stanford doing advanced training in hepatobiliary & pancreatic surgery (liver, bile ducts, gallbladder, and pancreas).

Dr. Worth specializes in the treatment of benign and malignant diseases of the liver, pancreas, bile ducts, and GI tract. He has advanced specialty training in the management of these diseases from Stanford University, and has extensive experience utilizing laparoscopic and robotic platforms to perform these procedures.

He also holds an appointment as a post-doctoral fellow through the Brenden-Colson Center for Pancreatic Care. He is studying the mechanisms by which pancreatic cancer is able to so skillfully evade treatment. He is also a member of the Knight Cancer Institute.

He is motivated by the unique challenges that pancreatic cancer poses and its unique properties and behaviors. He feels privileged to be able to spend his time studying and treating something that touches so many lives in such a devastating way, having lost his own grandmother to pancreatic cancer.

In addition to operating and research, he is active in the School of Medicine and loves teaching. He participates on a regional and national level advocating for LGBTQIA+ and under-represented providers and patients. He is the OHSU/Adventist Health Representative to the Dean’s Academic Advisory Council.

Dr. Worth enjoys spending time cooking and being outdoors with his daughter and his husband. He is an avid reader and gardener and loves to ski. He especially enjoys the local and regional foods of the Pacific northwest and the amazing food scene in Portland. He continues to entertain the idea of running a marathon and enjoys woodworking.