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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Membership Benefits
ACS
ACS Fellow Since 2007

Timothy Michael Pawlik, MD MPH PhD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

  • Soc of Surg Oncol

Additional Information

Gender

Male

General Surgery

395 W 12th Ave Ste 692

Columbus, OH 43210

United States

Contact Information

Biography

Dr. Pawlik received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Pawlik completed surgical training at the University of Michigan Hospital and spent two years at the Massachusetts General Hospital as a surgical oncology research fellow. He then went on for advanced training in surgical oncology at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Dr. Pawlik’s main clinical interests include alimentary tract surgery, with a special interest in hepatic, pancreatic and biliary diseases. Dr. Pawlik also has an interest in medical ethics and completed a fellowship in medical ethics at the Harvard School of Public Health as well as a Masters in Theology from Harvard Divinity School in Boston. In addition, Dr. Pawlik was the recipient of a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) KL2 Research Scholar Award and received a PhD from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Clinical Investigations. Dr. Pawlik is currently enrolled in the Executive MBA Program at The Ohio State University Fisher Business School. Dr. Pawlik took his first faculty appointment at Johns Hopkins in 2005, where he was Professor of Surgery and Oncology, as well as the John L. Cameron Chair of Alimentary Tract Diseases and the Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology until 2016. Dr. Pawlik currently is the Chair of Surgery at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center where he holds The Urban Meyer III and Shelley Meyer Chair for Cancer Research. Under his leadership, the Department of Surgery has recruited over 65 new faculty members, is ranked #4 for NIH funding, and has a top 10 ranked surgical residency program. Dr. Pawlik also serves as the Treasurer/Secretary of The Ohio State University Practice Plan. Dr. Pawlik has given over 530 invited talks both nationally and internationally in 30 different countries. Dr. Pawlik has published over 1,400 articles and over 100 book chapters

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

  • bile duct malignancies
  • bile duct surgery
  • biliary tract disease
  • gallbladder cancer
  • hepatobiliary surgery
  • liver biopsy
  • liver surgery
  • liver/hepatic disease
  • pancreatic cancer
  • pancreatic cysts

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

  • colon/rectal cancer
  • gastrointestinal cancer/tumors
  • pancreatic cancer/tumors

Hospital Appointments

Johns Hopkins Hosp (Baltimore)

Attending

Academic Appointments

Johns Hopkins

Associate Professor