Douglas B. Evans, M.D. - Surgical Oncology
Chief, Endocrine/Pancreatic Surgery

Dr. Evans is Board Certified in Surgery (1988; recertified, 1996) with his major clinical and laboratory interest being in pancreatic and endocrine disease.

Education:

• Medical School: Boston University, Boston, MA
• Residency (General Surgery): Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
• Fellowship (Surgical Oncology): University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: Houston, TX

Selected References :

1. Evans DB, Abbruzzese JL, Rich TZ. Cancer of the pancreas. In DeVita VT, Hellman S, Rosenberg SA, eds. Cancer, Principles and Practice of Oncology, Fifth Edition. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co. 1997, 1054-1087.

2. Evans DB, Burgess MA, Goepfert H, Gagel RF. Medullary thyroid cancer. In Bardin CW, ed. Current Therapy in Endocrinology and Metabolism, Sixth Edition. St. Louis: Mosby-year book, Inc. 1997 127-132.

3. Evans DB, Lee JE, Pisters PWT. Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple Operation) and total pancreatectomy for cancer. In Nyhuis LM, Baker RJ, Fischer JF, eds. Mastery of Surgery, Third Edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. 1997, 1233-1249.

4. Leach SD, Lee JE, Charnsangavej C, Cleary KR, Lowy AM, Fenoglio CJ, Pisters PWT, Evans DB. Survival following pancreaticoduodenectomy with resection of the superior mesenteric-portal vein confluence for adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head. Brit J Surg 1998;85:611-617.

5. Spitz FR, Abbruzzese JL, Lee JE, Pisters PWT, Lowy AM, Fenoglio CJ, Cleary KR, Janjan NA, Goswitz MS, Rich TA, Evans DB. Preoperative and postoperative chemoradiation strategies inpatients treated with pancreaticoduodenectomy for adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. J Clin Oncol 1997;15:928-937.