Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Douglas B. Evans, M.D. is the Ausman Family Foundation Professor of Surgery and Chair of the Department of Surgery at The Medical College of Wisconsin. Prior to joining the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2009, he was the Hamill Foundation Distinguished Professor of Surgery at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Evans is a graduate of Bates College, where he has received the Benjamin E. Mays Medal for alumni achievement, and the Boston University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in general surgery at Dartmouth followed by a surgical oncology fellowship at UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Dr. Evans has devoted his professional career to the research and treatment of pancreatic cancer and inherited and sporadic endocrine tumors. His interests include translational laboratory research in the biology of pancreatic cancer, clinical trial development and innovative technical solutions to the surgical management of cancer. Dr. Evans has authored or co-authored over 400 journal articles, over 90 book chapters and has edited 10 books. He has delivered countless invited and named lectureships nationally and internationally.
Dr. Evans served on the Executive Council of the SSO from 1999-2002 and from 2004-2007. He is past President of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES), received the Andrew L. Warshaw Master Educator Award from the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), and in 2021 received the American Society for Radiation Oncology’s (ASTRO) honorary member award. He has served on a number of national medical advisory committees and has worked extensively with patient advocacy groups including the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN), the Lustgarten Foundation and the Seena Magowitz Foundation. As a member of the LaBahn Pancreatic Cancer Program at MCW, he remains committed to improving the outcome for patients with pancreatic cancer.
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