Mark D. McKee, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Dr. Mark McKee specializes in the surgical treatment of cancer patients. Surgery is often only one part of a patient's total cancer care. Dr. McKee works closely with other University of Chicago physicians to integrate surgery into a multidisciplinary approach for complex cancer cases. He specializes in surgery for cancers of the gastrointestinal tract--including stomach, colon, and rectal cancers, liver tumors, and pancreas tumors. He has extensive experience in the treatment of malignant melanoma and breast cancer.

Cancer that has spread inside the abdomen is not effectively treated by standard surgical procedures. At the University of Chicago, Dr. McKee can treat some of these cancers with a combination of surgery and chemotherapy given during the operation.

Dr. McKee is also an accomplished cancer researcher. He leads a research laboratory investigating new treatment strategies for some of the most difficult to treat tumors. By studying the way the immune system recognizes cancer cells, Dr. McKee's lab is designing cell therapies and vaccine treatments to incorporate with surgery for tumors that are not treated effectively by current methods. For his work, Dr. McKee has been awarded research grants from the American College of Surgeons and the National Cancer Institute.

Practice Locations

Center for Advanced Medicine
5758 S. Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

University of Chicago Medical Center
5841 S. Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

Board Certifications

General Surgery
Surgical Oncology

Medical School

Northwestern University, Chicago

Internship and Residency

Harvard New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MA

Fellowships

National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY

Memberships

American College of Surgeons
American Association for Cancer Research
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Association for Academic Surgery
Society of Surgical Oncology

Language Spoken

English

Email

mmckee@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

Office Phone

(773) 834-8138

Office Fax

(773) 834-4022

Office Postal Address

Mark McKee, MD
University of Chicago Medical Center
5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 7118
Chicago, IL 60637

Clinical Interests

• Surgical oncology
• Gastrointestinal surgery
• Breast cancer
• Pancreatic cancer
• Liver cancer
• Colorectal cancer
• Stomach cancer
• Melanoma
• Soft tissue sarcomas

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Selected Publications

View a partial list of Dr. McKee's publications through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.