Benjamin D Ferguson, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery

Available to mentor
Benjamin D Ferguson, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
  • About
  • Qualifications
  • Center Memberships
  • Research Overview
  • Recent Publications
    • About

    I am a surgical oncologist with expertise in the management of cancers of the pancreas, liver, bile ducts, stomach, and esophagus.

    Qualifications
    • General Surgery
      University of Chicago Medical Center, Surgery
    • Complex General Surgical Oncology
      Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Surgery
    • MD
      University of Chicago, Chicago
    • PhD
      University of Chicago, Chicago
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Precision Health Initiative
    Research Overview

    My research interests include prediction of occult malignancy in pancreatic cysts; care disparities, optimization of care, and preoperative risk assessment in hepatopancreatobiliary surgery; organ-preserving surgery for early gastric cancer; and novel methods of communication, evaluation, and instruction in surgical education.

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Feasibility and Efficacy of Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in Gastric Cancer.
      Abate M, Drebin H, Shimada S, Fei T, McKinley S, Poruk K, Ferguson B, Neuwirth M, Tang LH, Vardhana S, Strong VE. Ann Surg Oncol, 2024 Oct; 31 (10): 6959 - 6969. DOI:10.1245/s10434-024-15642-w
      PMID: 39097552
    • Journal Article
      Novel MEN1-associated retroperitoneal pleomorphic liposarcoma.
      McNicoll CF, Belmonte J, Nir I, Ferguson BD. Rare Tumors, 2024 16: 20363613241286934 DOI:10.1177/20363613241286934
      PMID: 39314235
    • Journal Article
      Toward Better Prediction of Postpancreatectomy Hemorrhage.
      Ferguson BD. JAMA Netw Open, 2023 Dec 1; 6 (12): e2346069 DOI:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.46069
      PMID: 38055282
    • Journal Article
      In brief
      Hoppenot C, Bryan AF, Wightman SC, Yin V, Ferguson BD, Bidadi S, Mitchell MB, Langerman AJ, Angelos P, Singh P. Current Problems in Surgery, 2023 Feb 1; 60 (2): DOI:10.1016/j.cpsurg.2022.101261
    • Journal Article
      Surgical informed consent: new challenges.
      Hoppenot C, Bryan AF, Wightman SC, Yin V, Ferguson BD, Bidadi S, Mitchell MB, Langerman AJ, Angelos P, Singh P. Curr Probl Surg, 2023 Feb; 60 (2): 101258 DOI:10.1016/j.cpsurg.2022.101258
      PMID: 36813352
    • Journal Article
      The silver lining of the pandemic in surgical education: virtual surgical education and recommendations for best practices.
      Rasic G, Parikh PP, Wang M-L, Keric N, Jung HS, Ferguson BD, Altieri MS, Nahmias J. Global Surg Educ, 2023 2 (1): 59 DOI:10.1007/s44186-023-00137-1
      PMID: 38013862
    • Journal Article
      Impact of duty hours and vacation status on resident ABSITE performance
      Pang JH, Reviere A, Schwartz T, Gross J, Ferguson BD. Global Surgical Education - Journal of the Association for Surgical Education, 2 (1): 4 DOI:10.1007/s44186-022-00078-1
    • Journal Article
      Is Routine Chest Radiography Necessary After Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Fine Needle Aspiration?
      Ferguson BD, Jones GD, Skovgard M, Molena D, Huang J, Bott MJ, Sihag S, Park BJ, Adusumilli PS, Downey RJ, Isbell JM, Rusch VW, Bains MS, Jones DR, Rocco G. Ann Thorac Surg, 2021 Aug; 112 (2): 467 - 472. DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.08.033
      PMID: 33096072