Andrew Ko, M.D.

Colorectal and gastrointestinal cancer specialist

Dr. Andrew H. Ko is a specialist in colorectal and gastrointestinal cancer, with a particular interest in pancreatic cancer. Ko is interested in the development of new treatment strategies, including molecularly targeted therapies, for patients with colorectal and gastrointestinal malignancies.

He earned an undergraduate degree in applied mathematics and biology at Brown University in Providence, R.I., and a medical degree at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Md. After an internship and residency at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, he completed a fellowship in medical oncology at Stanford University before joining UCSF Medical Center in 2001.