Surgical Oncology Fellow
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Christopher P. Childers, MD, PhD, is a second-year Surgical Oncology Fellow at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He completed his general surgery residency at UCLA where he also obtained a PhD in Health Policy & Management through the Fielding School of Public Health. Clinically his interests include hepatopancreatobiliary, gastrointestinal, and peritoneal surface malignancies. His research primarily focuses on healthcare finance, with the goals of measuring and ultimately reducing healthcare costs in the United States. He has prior independent federal funding (AHRQ F32) and has peer-reviewed work published in JAMA, JCO, JAMA-Oncology, JAMA-Surgery and Annals of Surgery.