Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery
University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Surgery
David Shibata, MD, FACS, FSSO, FASCRS is the Harwell Wilson Alumni Endowed Chair in Surgery, Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery and Executive Director/Chief Medical Officer of the UTHSC Cancer Program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, TN.
Dr. Shibata serves on the Board of Directors of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and holds appointments on its guidelines panels for Cancers of the Colon, Rectum and Anus and Genetics/High Risk Assessment for Colorectal Cancer. He is a member of the Lower GI Expert Panel for the American Joint Commission on Cancer (AJCC) and is Chair of the Society of Surgical Oncology’s (SSO) Colorectal Disease Site Working Group. He has served on the Executive Council of the SSO and holds committee appointments in multiple national societies. His editorial board appointments include those for the Annals of Surgical Oncology and the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Dr. Shibata’s National Institutes of Health-funded research program includes clinical, translational, epidemiologic and laboratory components
He has published over 170 peer-reviewed publications, reviews and book chapters.