Chair of Surgery
Department of Surgery, NorthShore University HealthSystem
Mark S. Talamonti, MD
Chairman, Department of Surgery
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Vice-Chairman, Department of Surgery
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Mark S. Talamonti, M.D. is Professor of Surgery at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at NorthShore University HealthSystem. Dr. Talamonti received his undergraduate education at John Carroll University where he graduated magna cum laude and was a four-year varsity football player. He attended Northwestern University Medical School, graduating in 1983, and then completed a residency in General Surgery, which included a year as chief administrative resident, and a research fellowship in the Department of Endocrinology and Molecular Biology. He then completed a fellowship in Surgical Oncology in the Department of Surgery at the University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Dr. Talamonti spent the next 15 years at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine where he rose through the ranks to become the Director of the Gastrointestinal Oncology Program, Chief of Surgical Oncology, and Professor of Surgery. In 2007, Dr. Talamonti moved to NorthShore University HealthSystem to assume the position as Chairman of the Department of Surgery.
Dr. Talamonti’s research interests focus on combined modality clinical trials for patients with gastrointestinal malignancies. Dr. Talamonti’s clinical expertise focuses gastrointestinal surgical oncology with specific interests in pancreas and liver cancers. He has been the principal investigator or co-investigator on two recent Intergroup Trials examining the role of combined chemotherapy with external beam radiation therapy as neoadjuvant strategies prior to Whipple procedures for potentially resectable pancreatic cancers. Dr. Talamonti is the author of over 175 peer reviewed scientific publications, and 30 book chapters. He has held numerous positions in the Society of Surgical Oncology. He is a member of the American Surgical Association and the Society of University Surgeons.