Timothy M. Pawlik received his PhD in public health from Johns Hopkins University in 2012. Upon completion of his surgical training and fellowships, Prof. Dr. Pawlik joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins University as an associate professor at the School of Medicine and codirector of the Center for Surgical Trials and Outcomes. He eventually left Johns Hopkins University in 2016 to become chair of the Department of Surgery and the Urban Meyer III and Shelley Meyer Chair for Cancer Research at The Ohio State University and surgeon-in-chief at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Since joining Ohio State, Prof. Dr. Pawlik has been awarded honorary memberships in the Mexican Association for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract and the Society of General Surgeons of Peru. He has been listed as a “Top Doctor” by US News and World Report, Newsweek, Castle Connolly, and local publications in Baltimore and Columbus.
