Umut Sarpel, MD, MSc, FACS, FSSO is a board-certified surgeon who specializes in Surgical Oncology. She earned her medical degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo and completed her residency in General Surgery at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Sarpel then pursued an additional two years of specialty training in the field of Surgical Oncology while attaining a Master of Science in Clinical Research. Dr. Sarpel currently serves as Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, in Boston. She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the Society of Surgical Oncology, and a member of the American HepatoPancreatoBiliary Association and the Association for Women Surgeons.

Dr. Sarpel specializes in the care of patients with cancers of the stomach, pancreas, liver, biliary tree, small bowel, and colon, as well as sarcoma and melanoma. Her practice includes both open and robotic cancer surgery. In addition, she performs Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) for the treatment of carcinomatosis. Dr. Sarpel conducts clinical and outcomes research and has published several articles in the fields of surgical oncology, hepatobiliary surgery, and healthcare inequities. She was the recipient of a grant from the National Cancer Institute to investigate the disparities in the treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Dr. Sarpel is also strongly committed to medical education and has been honored with multiple teaching awards. She is a prior Program Director for both a General Surgery Residency Program and a Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program. She is the author of “Surgery - An Introductory Guide for Medical Students” and is the section editor for “Chassin’s Operative Strategy.” A compelling story of Dr. Sarpel with one of her patients was recently featured in the book "Twelve Patients.”