By Adam Smeltz

Published: Thursday, October 18, 2012, 12:01 a.m.
Updated: Thursday, October 18, 2012

Noteworthy: The Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy has named Zeh, a surgical oncologist at UPMC, its 2012 ACGT Investigator. A two-year, $500,000 grant from the alliance will support his gene-therapy research to combat pancreatic cancer.

Residence: Hampton

Age: 45

Family: Wife, Kelly; son, Ryan, 20; daughters, Makenzie, 15, and Teegan, 13

Occupation: Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology at UPMC CancerCenter; co-director, UPMC Pancreatic Cancer Center and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute GI Oncology Program

Background: For six years, Zeh has co-directed the Pancreatic Cancer Center, one of the largest pancreatic cancer treatment facilities in the United States.

Education: Bachelor's degree in biology and philosophy, 1989, University of Notre Dame; doctorate in medicine, 1994, University of Pittsburgh

Quote: “Unfortunately, still in 2012, most patients who develop this disease will succumb to it. ... It's the highest mountain out there.”

— Adam Smeltz

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