John P. Neoptolemos, MA, MB, BChir, MD, FRCS, FMedSci, MAE, Professor of Surgery
Department of General Surgery,University of Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
John Neoptolemos is Professor of Surgery and Research Group Leader at the University of Heidelberg since 2017, and a leading pancreatic specialist with circa. 75,000 scientific citations, £60m in research grants and 300 invited lectures. He is the Chair of the European Study Group for Pancreatic Cancer (ESPAC) and is a founder of the International Study Group for Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS). He obtained a double degree in Natural Sciences and Philosophy at Cambridge University in 1973. He was appointed to the Liverpool University Chair of Surgery in 1996, and made an Academy of Medical Sciences Fellow and an NIHR Senior Fellow. In Liverpool, he established the Cancer Research UK Centre, the Pancreas Biomedical Research Unit, the Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre and the Cancer Research UK Trials Unit and received the Freedom of the City. He is an affiliate of the German Society of Surgery, the Hungary Society of Surgery and Nanjing Medical University. He received three Department of Health Platinum Awards, the APA Hirschberg Award, the Ruth Brufsky Award, the Henry Lynch Award, and the EPC Life Time Achievement Award, and elected to the Academia Europaea.
Editorial Board (Gastrointestinal Oncology)
Terms of Appointment: April 2022 - March 2024; April 2024 - March 2026