Department News

The Department of Surgery Welcomes T. Clark Gamblin, M.D., M.S.

On behalf of the Department of Surgery and the MCW/Froedtert Cancer Center, I am pleased to announce that T. Clark Gamblin M.D., M.S. has accepted the position of Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology. He will hold the Stuart D. Wilson Chair in Surgery. Dr. Gamblin will join the Medical College of Wisconsin on July 1, 2010.

Dr. Gamblin is currently with the Department of Surgery in the Divisions of Surgical Oncology and Transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and is Director of the University’s Neuroendocrine Cancer Treatment Center. He received his medical degree from the University of Mississippi Medical School and completed his General Surgery residency at Mercer University and his Surgical Oncology fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh. He received a Master of Science in Clinical Research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 2007. Dr. Gamblin is an internationally known hepatobiliary surgeon whose clinical and research interests focus on primary and metastatic tumors of the liver, including numerous investigator-initiated, industry supported clinical trials on the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma and other liver malignancies, and an NIH supported basic science research program involving liver cancer stem cells.

Dr. Gamblin serves as a reviewer for the Annals of Surgery, Annals of Surgical Oncology, Cancer, and Journal of Clinical Oncology. He is a member of numerous professional and scientific societies, including the Society of Surgical Oncology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, American Association for Cancer Research, and the Society of University Surgeons. Dr. Gamblin has over 40 peer reviewed publications and has authored multiple reviews and book chapters. He has presented more than 50 lectures on the multimodality management of liver tumors to regional, national and international audiences.

Please join me in welcoming Clark, his wife Holly, and children Morgan, Thomas and Colbie to the Medical College of Wisconsin and Milwaukee.

I would also like to thank Dr. Tina Yen, chair of the search committee, and all of the search committee members (Sue Derus, Beth Erickson, M.D., Howard Jacob, Ph.D., Christopher Johnson, M.D., Edward Quebbeman, M.D., Ph.D., Robert Truitt, Ph.D., James Wade, M.D., M.P.H., Alonzo Walker, M.D., and Stuart Wong, M.D) for their dedicated time and extra efforts which made Clark’s recruitment possible.

Douglas B. Evans, M.D.
Chairman, Department of Surgery