Kevin Roggin, FACS, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery and Cancer Research

Roggin

Associate Professor of Surgery

A board-certified general surgeon and surgical oncologist, Kevin Roggin, MD, specializes in the surgical treatment of complex upper gastrointestinal tract cancers (stomach, pancreas, liver, gallbladder, colorectal, gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), retroperitoneal sarcomas, and bile duct/cholangiocarcinoma).

Dr. Roggin serves as program director of the General Surgery Residency and associate program director of the Surgical Oncology Fellowship. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Training Committee and as the Councilor-at-Large on the Executive Council of the Society of Surgical Oncology.

Dr. Roggin is a co-Principle Investigator for the Chicago Pancreatic Cancer Initiative in Genome-Guided Medicine, which aims to foster a unique integration between genomics, computation and the clinical care of patients with pancreatic cancer. This projects aims to:

  1. Develop biomarkers and clinical variable to predict response to therapy and toxicity risk;
  2. Rapid assessment of patient and pancreatic cancer genomes to search to 'druggable' target genes.

Practice Locations

Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine 
5758 S. Maryland Avenue 
Chicago, IL 60637

The University of Chicago Medicine 
5841 S. Maryland Avenue 
Chicago, IL 60637

Year Started Practice

2005

Board Certification

General Surgery

Medical School

Georgetown University

Internship

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Residencies

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 
University of Alabama Hospitals, Birmingham

Fellowships

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 
Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York

Memberships

Alpha Omega Alpha 
American College of Surgeons 
American College of Surgeons Oncology Group 
American Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association 
American Society of Clinical Oncology 
Association for Academic Surgery 
Central Surgical Association 
Chicago Surgical Society 
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 
Society of Surgical Oncology 
Society of University Surgeons 
University of Chicago Surgical Society

Language Spoken

English

Email

kroggin@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

Office Phone

(773) 834-3524

Office Fax

(773) 702-6120

Office Postal Address

Kevin Roggin, MD 
The University of Chicago Medicine 
5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 4052 
Chicago, IL 60637


Related Videos

Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Perspective From Surgical Oncology Video

Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Perspective From Surgical Oncology

Associate Professor of Surgery and Cancer Research, Dr. Kevin Roggin, discusses surgical options and new research in pancreatic cancer.