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John L. Jefferies, MD, MPH

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Communications Coordinator

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Stephen W. Behrman, MD, FACS, is a Massachusetts native. He attended college and medical school at Boston University. His surgical residency was completed at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) in Memphis. He attended The Ohio State University to complete his fellowship in Gastrointestinal Surgery. He served as an officer in the United States Naval Reserve from 1998-2005. Dr. Behrman joined the surgery faculty at UTHSC in 1997. He is past-president of the medical staff and currently serves as chair of the Department of Surgery at Baptist Memorial Hospital. He is the surgeon champion for ACS-NSQIP at Baptist and currently serves as chair of the Tennessee Surgical Quality Collaborative focusing on improving outcomes in our surgical patients.

Dr. Behrman established the Herb Kosten Pancreatic Cancer Research Endowment Fund at UTHSC that includes an annual symposium and a local support group for patients and families. His clinical research focuses on improving outcomes for those having pancreatic surgery and he has been involved in  multi-institutional collaboratives on these endeavors. He collaborates with Subhash Chauhan, MD, in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Their research includes delivering miRNA and chemotherapeutic agents to pancreatic cancer utilizing nanotechnology for drug delivery. He serves on the NCCN panel for pancreatic cancer. He is an editor for the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

He is married to Robyn Behrman and they have one daughter, Caroline. He remains a hardcore New Englander at heart and is an avid fan (as everyone should be) of the Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins and Celtics. 

Medical School

  • Boston University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (1987)

Residency

  • UTHSC, Memphis, Tennessee (1993)

Fellowships

  • Research: Departments of Surgery and Physiology, UTHSC, Memphis, Tennessee (1990)
  • Clinical: Gastrointestinal Surgery, Grant Medical Center and The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (1994)

Professional Organizations

  • American College of Surgeons
  • American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
  • Pancreas Club
  • Society for Surgery of the Ailmentary Tract
  • Harwell Wilson Surgical Society
  • Southeastern Surgical Society

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Surgery

Research Interests

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Grants

  • Possible grants listed here
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  • Lab work or links
  • Ecker BL, Vollmer CM Jr, Behrman SW, Allegrini V, Aversa J, Ball CG, Barrows CE, Berger AC, Cagigas MN, Christein JD, Dixon E, Fisher WE, Freedman-Weiss M, Guzman-Pruneda F, Hollis RH, House MG, Kent TS, Kowalsky SJ, Malleo G, Salem RR, Salvia R, Schmidt CR, Seykora TF, Zheng R, Zureikat AH, Dickson PV.Role of Adjuvant Multimodality Therapy After Curative-Intent Resection of Ampullary Carcinoma. JAMA Surg. 2019 May 29.
  • Tempero MA, Malafa MP, Chiorean EG, Czito B, Scaife C, Narang AK, Fountzilas C, Wolpin BM, Al-Hawary M, Asbun H, Behrman SW, Benson AB, Binder E, Cardin DB, Cha C, Chung V, Dillhoff M, Dotan E, Ferrone CR, Fisher G, Hardacre J, Hawkins WG, Ko AH, LoConte N, Lowy AM, Moravek C, Nakakura EK, O'Reilly EM, Obando J, Reddy S, Thayer S, Wolff RA, Burns JL, Zuccarino-Catania G. Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Version 1.2019. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2019 Mar 1;17(3):202-210.

  • Wcislak SM, Stiles ZE, Deneve JL, Glazer ES, Behrman SW, Farooq FT, Dickson PV.Hypervascular lesions of the pancreas: Think before you act. Am J Surg. 2018 Nov 27. 

  • Stiles ZE, Glazer ES, Deneve JL, Shibata D, Behrman SW, Dickson PV. Long-Term Implications of Unplanned Conversion During Laparoscopic Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2019 Jan;26(1):282-289.

  • Lewis RH, Glazer ES, Bittenbinder DM, O'Brien T, Deneve JL, Shibata D, Behrman SW, Vanatta JM, Satapathy SK, Dickson PV. Outcomes Following Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Absence of Cirrhosis. J Gastrointest Cancer. 2018 Aug 16.

  • Stiles ZE, Khan S, Patton KT, Jaggi M, Behrman SW, Chauhan SC. Transmembrane mucin MUC13 distinguishes intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms from non-mucinous cysts and is associated with high-risk lesions. HPB (Oxford). 2019 Jan;21(1):87-95.

  • Stiles ZE, Dickson PV, Glazer ES, Murphy AJ, Davidoff AM, Behrman SW, Bishop MW, Martin MG, Deneve JL. Desmoplastic small round cell tumor: A nationwide study of a rare sarcoma. J Surg Oncol. 2018 Jun;117(8):1759-1767.

  • Stiles ZE, Dickson PV, Deneve JL, Glazer ES, Dong L, Wan JY, Behrman SW. The impact of unplanned conversion to an open procedure during minimally invasive pancreatectomy. J Surg Res. 2018 Jul;227:168-177.

  • Stiles ZE, Behrman SW, Deneve JL, Glazer ES, Dong L, Wan JY, Martin MG, Dickson PV. Ampullary adenocarcinoma: Defining predictors of survival and the impact of adjuvant therapy following surgical resection for stage I disease. J Surg Oncol. 2018 Jun;117(7):1500-1508. 

  • Ferguson MD, Dong L, Wan J, Deneve JL, Dickson PV, Behrman SW, Shibata D, Martin MG, Glazer ES. Molecular Alterations Associated with DNA Repair in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Are Associated with Sites of Recurrence. J Gastrointest Cancer. 2019 Jun;50(2):285-291. 

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May 26, 2022