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John L. Cameron, MD
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About John L. Cameron
Professional Titles
- Alfred Blalock Distinguished Service Professor of Surgery
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Surgery
Background
Dr. Cameron has had a long and distinguished career in alimentary tract diseases and specifically in pancreatic cancer. He has won worldwide acclaim for mastering the Whipple procedure. At the beginning of his career, the mortality rate from the Whipple procedure was nearly 30 percent. He has worked to lower that to 1 percent to 2 percent at Johns Hopkins. He has operated on more patients with pancreatic cancer and done more Whipple resections than any other surgeon in the world. In addition to maintaining a busy practice that focuses mainly on pancreatic surgery, he has been a leader in the surgical profession, serving as president of the American College of Surgeons, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Southern Surgical Association, Society of Clinical Surgery, Society of Surgical Chairmen, Halsted Society and American Surgical Association. He served as chief of surgery for The Johns Hopkins Hospital for nineteen years.
Dr. Cameron obtained his undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1958, and his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1962. All of his training in General and Thoracic Surgery was obtained at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Centers and Institutes
Videos
Additional Academic Titles
Professor of Oncology
Research Interests
Pancreatic cancer
Locations
- Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
- 601 North Caroline Street, Floor 8, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 443-997-1508
- fax: 443-769-1242
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship, 1971Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency, Surgery, 1970Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Medical Education, Medicine, MD, 1962Board Certifications
Thoracic Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 1971Surgery
American Board of Surgery, 1970Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)