JoshuaKKaysMD

Hepatobiliary Surgery, Pancreas, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast), Minimally Invasive Surgery

Surgical Oncologist

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Office
5255 E Stop 11 Rd
Ste 100
Indianapolis, IN 46237
Phone+1 317-865-4800

Dr. Joshua Kays, MD is a double board-certified surgical oncologist and general surgeon with over a decade of experience contributing to his expertise in treatment of gastrointestinal cancers and general surgical diseases. His practice focuses on caring for patients with benign and malignant HPB disease, gastric cancers, GISTs, colon cancer, neuroendocrine tumors and sarcomas.

Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 2020 - 2022
Indiana University School of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 2013 - 2020
Indiana University-Purdue University-IndianapolisMS, Translational Science, 2015 - 2017
University of Illinois College of MedicineClass of 2013, MD
Northern Illinois UniversityBS, Biology and Chemistry, 2008

Surgical Socrates Award Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Surgery, 2020

PubMed

Abstracts/Posters

Changes In Body Composition Correlate With Survival In Patients With Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma On FOLFIRINOX Therapy
Joshua K. Kays, Safi Shahda, Melissa Stanley, Teresa Bell, Leonidas G. Koniaris, and Teresa A. Zimmers, Indiana University Simon Cancer Center Research Day, Indianapolis, IN, 2016

Other

Three Distinct Cachexia Phenotypes Are Associated With Survival In Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Joshua K. Kays, Safi Shahda, Melissa Stanley, Teresa Bell, Leonidas G. Koniaris, and Teresa A. Zimmers
Presented at the 3rd Cancer Cachexia Conference, Washington DC - 10/1/2016
Muscle Wasting As A Critical Evolutionary Conserved Response To Liver Regeneration
Joshua K. Kays, Yanlin Jiang, JoAnna Hunter, Steven Mong, Jonathan Pike, Andris Konisberg, Teresa A. Zimmers, and Leonidas G. Koniaris
Presented at Indiana University Department of Surgery Resident Research Day, Indianapolis, IN - 5/2016
The Impact of Members of The Society of University Surgeons on The Scholarship of American Surgery
Joshua K. Kays, Nakul Valsangkar, Paul J. Martin, Jordan S. Parett, Mugdha M. Joshi, Teresa A. Zimmers, and Leonidas G. Koniaris
Presented at the 11th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Jacksonville, FL - 2/2016

Post-Doctoral Oncology Research FellowMy research focused on cancer cachexia, specifically in the setting of pancreatic cancer. Discovered 3 distinct cachexia phenotypes in patients with pancreatic cancer. Mentors: Teresa A. Zimmers,PhD, and Leonidas G. Koniaris, MD.2015 - 2017