Dr. Jeffrey Drebin is Chief of the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Vice-Chairman for Research in the Department of Surgery. His clinical interests include pancreatic cancer; acute and chronic pancreatitis; primary and metastatic liver tumors; disorders of the bile ducts, including bile duct reconstructive surgery; gastric cancer; laparoscopic and open approaches to disorders of the spleen; and management of gallbladder disease.

His clinical research interests include the multidisciplinary management of pancreatic cancer, the use of new technologies for the management of liver tumors and the testing of novel approaches to the diagnosis and staging of hepatobiliary and pancreatic tumors. He also supervises an NIH funded basic research laboratory developing new approaches to the targeted therapy of gastrointestinal malignancies. He has authored numerous journal articles and textbook chapters related to his clinical and basic research interests.

Dr. Drebin serves in leadership positions with a number of national organizations related to his clinical activities, including serving as Chairman of the Pancreas Cancer Committee of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, serving on the Executive Council of the Society for Surgical Oncology, and serving as a Member of the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Gastrointestinal Cancer Committee.