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Kamran Idrees MD, MSCI, MMHC, FACS

Professor of Surgery, Ingram Associate Professor of Cancer Research, Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology & Endocrine Surgery, Director, Pancreatic and GI Surgical Oncology, and Director, Peritoneal Surface Malignancy/HIPEC Program

Areas of Expertise

  • Benign and Malignant Diseases of the Liver, Gallbladder, and Bile Ducts
  • Bile Duct Cancer
  • Colon and Rectal Surgery
  • Endocrine Cancer
  • Endocrine Surgery
  • GI Cancer Surgery
  • Gastroenterology Surgery
  • Gastrointestinal
  • General Surgery
  • Hepatobiliary Cancer Surgery
  • Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation
  • Hepatobiliary and Liver Surgery
  • Kidney and Pancreas Surgery
  • Pancreatic Cancer Surgery
  • Sarcoma
  • Surgical Oncology

Locations

Vanderbilt Health Belle Meade
6002 Highway 100
Nashville, TN 37205

Languages

  • English
  • Urdu

Education

  • Doctor of Medicine - Aga Khan University Medical College, 1999
  • Research Fellowship - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 2006
  • Residency - University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System, 2008
  • Fellowship - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2011
  • Fellowship - Washington University Medical Center, 2012
  • Master of Science in Clinical Investigation - Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2016
  • Management in Health Care - Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management, 2017
  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

Board Certifications

  • Surgery - American Board of Surgery, 2009

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