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Office
2050 Kenny Rd
Columbus, OH 43221Phone+1 614-293-7171Fax+1 614-366-0003
Summary
- Dr. Timothy Pawlik is a general surgeon in Columbus, OH and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital.
After receiving 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 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 at Surgery has recruited over 60 new faculty members, is ranked #5 for NIH funding, and has a top 25 ranked surgical residency program.
Dr. Pawlik’s research focuses on determinations of factors associated with prognosis and staging of gastrointestinal cancers, as well as the economics of cancer care. He also studies patient/physician communication and patient engagement, as well as patient perception of cancer-care goals. Dr. Pawlik has given over 500 invited talks both nationally and internationally in 30 different countries. Dr. Pawlik has published over 1,250 articles and over 100 book chapters, in addition to editing twelve surgical textbooks. His research has been cited over 52,000 times with an H-index of 113. Dr. Pawlik’s contributions have been recognized through his honorary memberships in the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology, Mexican Association for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, as well as the Society of General Surgeons of Perú and the Peruvian International Hepato-Pancreatobiliary Association.
Dr. Pawlik has consistently been recognized by Castle Connolly as one of America’s “Top Docs.”
Clinical Expertise
- Health services accessibility, Laparotomy
Education & Training
- Johns Hopkins Carey Business SchoolMBA, Executive Health Administration , 2013
- University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer CenterFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 2002 - 2005
- University of MichiganResidency, Surgery, 1995 - 2002
- Harvard University, Divinity SchoolMTS, Bioethics, 1998 - 2000
- Tufts University School of MedicineClass of 1995, MD, PhD
Certifications & Licensure
- OH State Medical License 2016 - 2026
- MD State Medical License 2005 - 2017
- DC State Medical License 2015 - 2016
- TX State Medical License 2003 - 2005
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2012-2014
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013-2014
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2011-2013
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Clinical Trials
- Lipiodol as an Imaging Biomarker in Patients With Primary and Metastatic Liver Cancer Start of enrollment: 2013 Apr 01
- Doxorubicin-eluting LC Bead M1 for Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Start of enrollment: 2014 Feb 01
- Irinotecan -Eluting LC Bead-M1 (DEBIRI-M1) for Patients With Liver Metastases From Colorectal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2014 Feb 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsAllostatic load as a predictor of postoperative complications in patients with breast cancer.J C Chen, Mohamed I Elsaid, Demond Handley, Lisa Anderson, Barbara L Andersen
NPJ Breast Cancer. 2024-06-12 - 36 citationsThe impact of resident involvement on surgical outcomes among patients undergoing hepatic and pancreatic resectionsAslam Ejaz, Gaya Spolverato, Yuhree Kim, Christopher L. Wolfgang, Kenzo Hirose
Surgery. 2015-08-01 - 131 citationsPractical Guide to Surgical Data Sets: National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) and Pediatric NSQIP.Mehul V. Raval, Timothy M. Pawlik
JAMA Surgery. 2018-08-01
Journal Articles
- Surgery vs Observation for Patients with Small Pancreatic Neuroendocrine TumorsHassan Aziz, Timothy M Pawlik, JAMA Surgery
- Preoperative Model and Patient Selection for Neoadjuvant Therapy for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma—ReplyTimothy Pawlik, MD, JAMA Surgery
- Association of County-Level Vulnerability, Patient-Level Race/Ethnicity, and Receipt of Surgery for Early-Stage Hepatocellular CarcinomaTimothy Pawlik, MD, JAMA Surgery
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Authored Content
- Very Early Recurrence After Liver Resection for Intrahepatic CholangiocarcinomaJuly 2020
- Very Early Recurrence After Liver Resection for Intrahepatic CholangiocarcinomaJuly 2020
- Very Early Recurrence After Liver Resection for Intrahepatic CholangiocarcinomaJuly 2020
- Regionalization of Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Cancer—ReplyMay 2020
- Regionalization of Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Cancer—ReplyMay 2020
- Regionalization of Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Cancer—ReplyMay 2020
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Press Mentions
- Pharmacies Are Closing Across Ohio. What Does That Mean for the State?October 23rd, 2024
- Communities with No Pharmacy Have Worse Health, OSU Study Finds. Where Are They in Ohio?September 9th, 2024
- Study Finds Nearly Half of U.S. Counties Have at Least One ‘Pharmacy Desert’August 23rd, 2024
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Professional Memberships
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- Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA)Member
External Links
- Johns Hopkins Physicianshttp://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/timothy-pawlik
- The Ohio State University Physicianshttps://cancer.osu.edu/find-a-doctor/search-physician-directory/timothy-m-pawlik
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