Associate Member
Sarcoma Department, Moffitt Cancer Center
Dr. John Mullinax is an Associate Member in the Sarcoma Department and Immunology Department of Moffitt Cancer Center and Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. Dr. Mullinax is board-certified in both Surgery and Complex General Surgical Oncology by the American Board of Surgery. A native Floridian, he earned his MD degree with honors from the University of South Florida. He completed a General Surgery Residency in the Department of Surgery at the University of South Florida. He completed two fellowships: first a Surgical Oncology Fellowship at the Surgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland and another in Complex General Surgical Oncology at Moffitt Cancer Center. Dr. Mullinax’s primary clinical focus is the surgical management of patients with soft tissue sarcoma throughout the body, to include retroperitoneal sarcoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumors. He is the Surgical Director of the Cellular Immunotherapy Program, a leadership role which serves to direct engagement of the perioperative process on cell therapy trials that require intraoperative tumor collection. In addition to clinical duties, Dr. Mullinax has a laboratory focused on the immune response to soft tissue sarcoma. The work from his lab serves as the basis for a trial using tumor infiltrating lymphocytes to treat adolescent and young adult patients with advanced sarcoma. He is the Associate Program Director for the Complex General Surgical Oncology fellowship at Moffitt and is the Chair of the Total Cancer Care Faculty committee. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society. Nationally, he serves as a Governor in the American College of Surgeons and is a Councilor in the Florida Chapter of the American College of Surgeons.