William Chapman, MD, FACS

William Chapman, MD, FACS

Surgeon

Primary Academic Title

Eugene M. Bricker Chair of Surgery and Chief, Division of General Surgery and Section of Transplant Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine

Clinical Expertise

As chief of the Section of Transplant Surgery and chief of the Division of General Surgery, Dr. Chapman is committed to providing patients with exceptional liver cancer care. Learn more about how Dr. Chapman and our liver cancer speclialist team approach diagnosis and staging, treatment and recovery.

Research Interest

1) Image-guided liver surgery: Development and application of techniques for image guidance in resectional ablative liver surgery. 2) Multisystem inflammation following hapatic injury: This project investigates consequences of hepatic injury and response to direct liver injury. 3) Enhanced treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Education

  • 1984: MD, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston

Training

  • 1984 - 1987: Resident, surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
  • 1987 - 1989: Research fellow, hepatobiliary disease, Vanderbilt University
  • 1990 - 1991: Chief resident,general surgery, Vanderbilt University
  • 1991 - 1992: Fellow, hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplantation, Kings College Hospital, London

Board Certification

  • 2001: American Board of Surgery, Surgery
  • 2001: American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care

Selected Research Publications

Liver Transplant for Upfront Unresectable Colorectal Metastases.
  • Byrne MM, Baker TB, Chapman WC, Ruffolo LI , Hernandez-Alejandro R
  • JAMA Surg 2025
Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
  • Hill A, Olumba F, Chapman W
  • Surg Clin North Am 2024

Contact Information

  • Washington University Medical Campus

    Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center
    4500 Forest Park Avenue
    Saint Louis, MO 63108

    Center for Advanced Medicine at Siteman Cancer Center
    4921 Parkview Place
    Saint Louis, MO 63110

    Parkview Tower
    1 Parkview Place
    Saint Louis, MO 63110

    S. Lee Kling Proton Therapy Center
    224 Euclid Ave.
    Saint Louis, MO 63110

    Siteman Kids at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
    1 Children's Place
    St. Louis, MO 63110

  • West St. Louis County

    Medical Office Building 2, 10 Barnes West Drive
    Creve Coeur, MO 63141

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