Profile

Board Certification

American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

Am Assoc of Endo Surg
Am Soc of Breast Surgeons
Soc of Surg Oncol
Assn for Acad Surg
Western Surg Assn

Additional Information

Gender

Male

Type of Practice

Clinic

General Surgery

City of Hope Chicago

2520 Elisha Avenue

Zion, IL 60099

United States

Contact Information

Phone:847-336-6111

Email Me

Website

Administrative Assistant

Name:Michelle Melle

Email assistant

Biography

Completed fellowship in Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 1992-1994. Professor, Department of Surgery, City of Hope National Cancer Center, Surgical oncologist, City of Hope Chicago

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Breast Disease/Cancer

axillary dissection
benign breast disease
breast cancer
breast cryoablation
breast ultrasound
core needle biopsy
duct excision/microdochotomy
ductoscopy
lumpectomy
lymph node biopsy
mastectomy
radical mastectomy
sentinel node

Endocrine (Gland)

adrenal cancers/tumors
adrenal surgery
hyperparathyroidism
pancreatic endocrine tumors
parathyroid cancer
parathyroid surgery
pheochromocytoma
thyroid nodules/cancer
thyroid surgery

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

adrenal tumors
basal cell cancer
bone and soft tissue cancer/tumors
breast cancer
breast masses
breast tumors in pregnancy
endocrine cancer
melanoma
skin cancer
thyroid cancer/nodules

Hospital Appointments

Evanston Hosp (Evanston) and Glenbrook Hosp (Glenview). Chief of General Surgery and Surgical Onocology NorthShore University HealthSystem

Attending

Academic Appointments

University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Chicago, IL

Clinical Professor

09/2009—Present

David J. Winchester, MD FACS