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Douglas B. Evans, MD, FACS

Chair, Professor

Location

  • Cancer Center - Froedtert Hospital
  • 8800 West Doyne Ave.
  • Milwaukee, WI 53226

Specialties

  • Endocrine Surgery
  • Surgical Oncology
  • Pancreatic Cancer

Established Patient Appointments

New Patient Appointments

We are committed to improving the care of patients – not only our patients of today but also our patients of tomorrow – through innovation, discovery and courageous approaches to medical illness.

Overview

Diseases and Conditions

  • Adrenal Cancer
  • Benign Tumors of the Adrenal Cortex
  • Carcinoid Tumors
  • Hyperparathyroidism
  • Inherited Endocrine Tumors (Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia)
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors
  • Pancreatic Cancer and Related Tumors of the Pancreas and Periampullary Region
  • Papillary, Follicular and Medullary Thyroid Cancer
  • Pheochromocytoma

Treatments and Services

  • Virtual Visit

Patients Ages Seen

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Senior

Languages

  • English

Hospital Affiliations

  • Froedtert Hospital – Milwaukee
  • Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital – Menomonee Falls
  • Froedtert West Bend Hospital – West Bend
  • Children's Wisconsin - Milwaukee – Milwaukee

Board Certifications

  • Surgery

Clinic Locations

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Biography

Douglas B. Evans, MD is the Donald C. Ausman Family Foundation Professor of Surgery and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the Ƶ. Prior to joining the Ƶ in 2009, he was the Hamill Foundation Distinguished Professor of Surgery at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Evans completed a general surgery residency at Dartmouth followed by a surgical oncology fellowship at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He received his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine and his Bachelor of Science from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. He is board-certified in surgery, and his clinical interests include treatment of pancreatic cancer and tumors of the endocrine system (thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal and gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors). Dr. Evans holds appointments at Froedtert Hospital, the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Children’s Wisconsin and St. Francis Hospital.

Dr. Evans has devoted his professional career to the research and treatment of pancreatic cancer and inherited endocrine syndromes. His interests include translational laboratory research in the biology of pancreatic cancer and in clinical trial development. He has completed a number of investigator-initiated clinical trials, emphasized the importance of treatment sequencing to include a variety of strategies for neoadjuvant therapy and described a number of novel techniques for vascular resection and reconstruction at the time of pancreatectomy. Research support has included a National Cancer Institute Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (NIH P20 SPORE) pancreatic cancer grant. At MD Anderson, his endocrine surgery group worked extensively on the genotype-phenotype correlations in multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes and they were the first to define the role for ultrasound in the preoperative management of patients with thyroid cancer. Dr. Evans has authored or co-authored over 400 journal articles, over 90 book chapters and has edited eight books. He has delivered countless invited and named lectureships nationally and internationally including the American College of Surgeons Traveling Fellowship to Australia and New Zealand in 1999. He served as President of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons in 2010-2011.

Since joining MCW, Dr. Evans has grown the faculty across all clinical divisions in the department, emphasized the importance of innovation and discovery and championed the principles of inclusion and diversity. The MCW surgical residency program has led the way in supporting the careers of young women in general and subspecialty surgery. The MCW Program in Pancreatic Cancer was recently endowed by the LaBahn family and is one of very few endowed Pancreatic Cancer Research Programs in this country.

Education and Training

Doctor of Medicine - Boston University School of Medicine - Boston, MA (1983)
Internship & Residency in General Surgery - Dartmouth Hitchcock Affiliated Hospitals - Hanover, NH (1983-1988)
Fellowship in Surgical Oncology - University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Houston, TX (1988-1990)

Publications

  • (Clarke CN, Ward E, Henry V, Nimmer K, Phan A, Evans DB.) Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Aug;31(8):4976-4985 PMID: 38652199 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85191033039 04/23/2024

  • (Johnson S, Zhang CD, Hangge PT, Yen TWF, Shaik TJ, Doffek K, Findling JW, Carroll T, Evans DB, Dream SY, Wang TS.) Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Jul 28 PMID: 39069580 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85199971420 07/29/2024

  • (Livschitz J, Elmir E, Liu X, Scotting O, Shaker J, Yen TWF, Wang TS, Evans DB, Edelstein A, Dream S.) J Surg Res. 2024 Jul 20;301:432-438 PMID: 39033593 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85199042077 07/22/2024

  • (Hangge PT, Dream S, Yen TWF, Doffek K, Stachowiak SM, Shaker J, Evans DB, Wang TS.) Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Jun;31(6):3964-3971 PMID: 38459417 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85187140833 03/09/2024

  • (Evans DB, Mayer JB.) Surgery. 2024 Jun;175(6):1611-1618 PMID: 38448278 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85186660567 03/07/2024

  • (Ward EP, Vincent-Sheldon S, Tolat P, Kulkarni N, Aldakkak M, Budithi R, Clarke CN, Tsai S, Evans DB, Christians KK.) Surgery. 2024 May;175(5):1386-1393 PMID: 38413302 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85186348752 02/28/2024

  • (George B, Kudryashova O, Kravets A, Thalji S, Malarkannan S, Kurzrock R, Chernyavskaya E, Gusakova M, Kravchenko D, Tychinin D, Savin E, Alekseeva L, Butusova A, Bagaev A, Shin N, Brown JH, Sethi I, Wang D, Taylor B, McFall T, Kamgar M, Hall WA, Erickson B, Christians KK, Evans DB, Tsai S.) Gastroenterology. 2024 May;166(5):859-871.e3 PMID: 38280684 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85188891214 01/28/2024

  • (Clarke CN, Ward E, Henry V, Nimmer K, Phan A, Evans DB.) Annals of Surgical Oncology. August 2024;31(8):4976-4985 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85191033039 08/01/2024

  • (Evans DB, Mayer JB.) Surgery (United States). June 2024;175(6):1611-1618 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85186660567 06/01/2024

  • (Mehdi M, Szabo A, Shreenivas A, Thomas JP, Tsai S, Christians KK, Evans DB, Clarke CN, Hall WA, Erickson B, Ahmed G, Thapa B, McFall T, George B, Kurzrock R, Kamgar M.) Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2024;16:17588359241253113 PMID: 38770091 PMCID: PMC11104030 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85193752803 05/21/2024

  • (de Ortiz de Choudens S, Visotcky A, Banerjee A, Aldakkak M, Tsai S, Evans DB, Christians KK, Clarke CN, George B, Shreenivas A, Kamgar M, Chakrabarti S, Dua KS, Khan AH, Madhavan S, Erickson BA, Hall WA.) Cancer Med. 2024 Jan;13(1):e6582 PMID: 38140796 PMCID: PMC10807686 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85180644976 12/23/2023

  • (Bartz-Kurycki MA, Dream S, Yen TW, Doffek K, Shaker J, Evans DB, Wang TS.) J Endocr Soc. 2023 Aug 02;7(9):bvad098 PMID: 37873505 PMCID: PMC10590644 10/24/2023