John Cameron, M.D.

Dr. John L. Cameron is the Alfred Blalock Distinguished Service Professor of Surgery at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. For nineteen years he served as the Chief of Surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Cameron obtained his undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1958, and his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1962. All of his training in General and Thoracic Surgery was obtained at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Cameron has had a long-standing interest in alimentary tract diseases, and specifically in pancreatic cancer. He has operated upon more patients with pancreatic cancer, and done more Whipple resections than any other surgeon in the world. He has been a leader in Alimentary Tract Surgery for many years. National leadership positions held include being President of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, President of the Southern Surgical Association, President of the Society of Clinical Surgery, President of the Society of Surgical Chairman, President of the Halsted Society, and President Elect of the American Surgical Association.

University Appointments:

Professor of Surgery
The Alfred Blalock Distinguished Service Professor
Chairman of Department of Surgery (1984-2003)

Degrees:

1958 B.A. Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
1962 M.D. Medicine, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)

Training:

1962-1969 Resident in General Surgery, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
1963-1965 Fellowship in Surgical Metabolism, Walter Reed Army Research Institute (Washington, DC)
1969-1970 Surgical Assistant Chief of Service, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
1970-1971 Clinical and Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)

Board Certifications and Certificates:

American Board of General Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Clinical Interests:

Tumors and disease of the pancreas, bile ducts, and gallbladder

Research Interests:

Clinical outcomes in pancreas surgery
Randomized clinical trials in pancreas surgery

Dr. Cameron can be contacted at the following address:

600 N. Wolfe Street
The Blalock Building, Room 679
Baltimore, MD 21287

Phone: 410-955-5166

Photograph of Dr. Cameron performing a Whipple procedure (CAUTION: graphic surgical image.)