Jennifer Whittington, M.D., Ph.D., FACS, FSSO

Surgical Oncology

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Jennifer Whittington, M.D., Ph,D., FACS, FSSO, is board-certified in general surgery and complex general surgical oncology. She pursued a career in medicine after caring for family members with cancer and recognizing the critical need for accessible, high-quality surgical cancer care in central Appalachia.

Dr. Whittington takes a multidisciplinary, holistic approach to cancer care, emphasizing nutritional support, prehabilitation, and strong ancillary services before and after surgery.

She has extensive expertise in robotic surgical techniques and specializes in treating cancers of the pancreas, liver, stomach, colon, and rectum, as well as melanoma and sarcoma. She also offers regional therapies, including heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) and hepatic artery infusion (HAI).

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

  • Fellowships: Complex General Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York; Surgical Critical Care, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York; Surgical Oncology Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington
  • Residency: General Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington
  • Graduate: Doctor of Philosophy, Clinical and Translational Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington
  • Doctorate: Doctor of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, Tennessee

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

  • General Surgery, American Board of Surgery
  • General Complex Surgical Oncology, American Board of Surgery

OTHER CERTIFICATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • Member, Society of Surgical Onology
  • Member, Americas Hepato-Pancreatobiliary Association
  • Member, American Pancreatic Association
  • Member, Association of Women Surgeons
  • Member, Association for Academic Surgery