Timothy J. Eberlein, MD, FACS is the Director of the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center. He also serves as the Olin Distinguished Professor, and Senior Associate Dean for Cancer Programs at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University Medical Center. He recently stepped down from his role as the Bixby Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Surgeon-in-Chief at Barnes-Jewish Hospital where he served over 24 years.
Born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, Dr. Eberlein graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Pittsburgh, and cum laude and AOA from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He completed his surgical training at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, including an appointment as Chief Resident. He also completed research and clinical fellowships at the National Cancer Institute (NIH).
Prior to joining Washington University in January of 1998, Dr. Eberlein was the Richard E. Wilson Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology and Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Dr. Eberlein is the founding Director of the Siteman Cancer Center which is the only cancer center in Missouri to hold the prestigious Comprehensive Cancer Center designation and “Exceptional” rating from the National Cancer Institute as well as membership in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. As one of the largest clinical cancer centers in the United States, its integrated research programs involve all of the Departments of the School of Medicine, as well as the Schools of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Arts and Architecture, Social Work, Arts and Sciences and Law.
Dr. Eberlein has participated on numerous national committees and medical advisory boards. He is active in the American College of Surgeons and is the Chair of the Board of Regents, a past member of the Board of Governors, and past Chair of the Committee on Research and Education as well as Vice-Chair of the Surgical Forum Committee. He is a past Senior Director of the American Board of Surgery and was Chair of the Advisory Committee to the Board for Surgical Oncology.
Dr. Eberlein has been very active in the work of the National Cancer Institute, having served on the Board of Scientific Counselors and as a Chair for NIH Study Sections. He is a past-President of the Society of Surgical Oncology, Society of Surgical Chairs, the American Surgical Association and the Southern Surgical Association. He is past chair of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) board which develops guidelines for all cancer care throughout the United States. Dr. Eberlein serves on a number of editorial boards of peer reviewed journals and is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons and Associate Editor of Annals of Surgical Oncology. In 2004, Dr. Eberlein was elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine. He has also been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has received the John Wayne Clinical Research Award from the Society of Surgical Oncology in 1999 and the Sheen Award in 2006 for outstanding contributions to the medical profession. He is also a recipient of the Philip B. Hench Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and at Washington University, the Academic Women’s Network Pillar of Support Award in 2013. In 2019 he received the Citizen of the Year Award from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for significant contributions to the St. Louis region and in 2020 he received the Distinguished Service Award from Washington University School of Medicine Alumni Association. Most recently, in 2022, Dr. Eberlein was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Award from Washington University. Dr. Eberlein is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons (Glasgow) and an Honorary Fellow of the Swiss Surgical Society, an Honorary Member of the of Academie Royale de Chirurgie/Academie Nationale de Chirurgie, an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and an Honorary Fellow of The Japan Surgical Society. He was also elected an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons and elected an honorary Fellow of the Southern Surgical Association.
The host for the Fireside Chat is Mohsen M. Shabahang, MD, PhD, FACS, MAMSE, Vice President/Chief Medical Officer of the Wellspan Surgery Service Line, York, PA. Dr. Shabahang joined Wellspan in the summer of 2021. He serves as the Chair of the Subcommittee on Novel Teaching and Assessment Methods and Educational Resources for the ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators.
Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC, FSACME, MAMSE, Director of the ACS Division of Education and Co-Chair of the ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators Steering Committee, will give welcoming remarks.
