JOHN L. CAMERON, Med 1962, the Alfred Blalock Professor of Surgery, Distinguished Service Professor, and the first William Stewart Halsted Professor of Surgery, stepped down in 2003 as surgeon-in-chief and chairman of the Department of Surgery. He has made many contributions to the understanding of the pathophysiology and management of benign and malignant pancreatic diseases. Most often associated with the Whipple procedure, a complex operation used to treat a variety of pancreatic diseases including pancreatic cancer, he has performed more of these operations than any other surgeon in the world. Except for two years at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Cameron has spent his entire medical career at Johns Hopkins. He has published over 300 articles, over 90 book chapters, and is the editor of nine books. He is on the editorial board of several journals, is co-editor of the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery and is editor of Advances in Surgery. Dr. Cameron remains active as a clinical surgeon, as a teacher, and an investigator.
John L. Cameron, M.D., Professorship for Alimentary Tract Diseases
School of Medicine
Established in 2002 through the generous commitment of Fred and Sandra Hittman and their family, and other caring donors in honor of John L. Cameron MD
Held by Jin He
JIN HE, M.D., Ph.D., is the John L. Cameron, M.D., Professor for Alimentary Tract Diseases and an Associate Professor of Surgery and Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. As a surgical oncologist, he specializes in treating cancers and diseases of the liver, gallbladder, biliary system, pancreas, and stomach. He performs open and minimally invasive (robotic and laparoscopic) surgery, including the Whipple procedure.
Dr. He received his medical degree from Beijing Medical University, one of China’s leading medical schools, and a Ph.D. in oncology from Fudan University, Shanghai Medical College. He came to the United States as a research fellow at the University of Texas-Southwestern in Dallas and completed a general surgery residency training at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and went on to complete a fellowship at Johns Hopkins in complex general surgical oncology, one of the few programs ACGME accredited programs in the United States.
Dr. He is actively involved in clinical research to improve patient outcomes. His research focuses on personalized treatment through stratifying pancreatic tumors on their molecular features. He holds several patents in anti-cancer vascular targeting agents and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and lectured internationally. He serves on several national committees, including the NCCN panel on neuroendocrine tumors. He is the editorial board member of several surgical journals, including Annals of Surgical Oncology and Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery.