Frederic Eckhauser, M.D.

Frederic Eckhauser, M.D. is a Professor of Surgery and Director of Clinical Operations in the Department of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and an attending surgeon at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Eckhauser trained at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and completed his residency in 1976. He served as the Chief of the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery and the Director of the Multidisciplinary GI Cancer Clinic at the University of Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan for nearly 25 years before returning to the Johns Hopkins in 2001. He has a longstanding interest in alimentary tract diseases, more specifically benign and malignant diseases (cancer) of the pancreas. He is the author or principal co-author of nearly 70 scientific publications dealing with pancreatic diseases. He brings to the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Pancreas Interdisciplinary Working Group substantial clinical expertise and a vigorous interest in the area of pancreatic cancer.

University Appointments:

Professor of Surgery,
Chief, Ravitch Divison of GI and Minimally Invasive Surgery

Degrees:

1966 BS State University of New York (Binghampton, NY)
1970 MD University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)

Training:

1970-1972 Resident in General Surgery, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
1972-1973 Research Associate, Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA)
1973 Senior Thoracic Surgery Registrar Frenchay Hospital (Frenchay, Eng)
1974-1976 Resident in General surgery, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)

Board Certification and Certificates:

Fellow, American College of Surgeons
American Board of Surgery

Clinical Interests:

Tumors and diseases of the pancreas, bile ducts and alimentary tract

Research Interests:

Radio scintographic identification of microscopic residual cancer following pancreas surgery to determine the need for adjunctive intra operative radiation therapy (IORT) Clinical outcomes in pancreas surgery Clinical outcomes in complex abdominal wall hernia surgery

Dr. Eckhauser can be contacted at the following address:

600 N. Wolfe Street
Blalock Building, Room 685
Baltimore, MD 21287

Phone: 410 502-0932
Fax: 410 502-1561
Email: feckhau2@jhmi.edu