Dr. Keith D. Lillemoe received his undergraduate education at the University of South Dakota and his MD from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1978. He served his surgical training at Hopkins and joined the faculty there in 1985, rising to the rank of Professor of Surgery in 1996. He served as Associate Program Director for the Hopkins Surgical Residency from 1993 to 2003 and Vice-Chairman of the department from 1997 to 2003. He was recognized with the Hopkins Department of Surgery Faculty Teaching Award on five occasions. In 2003, he was appointed the Jay L. Grosfeld Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In May 2011, Dr. Lillemoe was appointed to the position of Surgeon-in-Chief and Chief of the Department of Surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the W. Gerald Austen Professor of Surgery at the Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Lillemoe has served as President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. He has served as President of the Society of Clinical Surgery, and of the Society of University Surgeons, and as the Recorder and President of the American Surgical Association. In 2018, he was elected to membership in the National Academy of Medicine and the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators. He is a Senior Director of the American Board of Surgery. He is also the recipient of the Harvard Joseph B. Martin Dean's Award for Mentorship of Women and selected as an Honorary Member of the Association of Women Surgeons.
Dr. Lillemoe’s clinical research interests are in pancreatic cancer, IPMNs and other benign pancreatic disorders and biliary tract injuries. His bibliography lists over 500 journal articles and 140 book chapters. He has served as a visiting professor over 120 times and has spoken nationally and internationally on over 500 occasions. He is the former Editor of one of the leading surgical texts Surgery: Scientific Principles and Practice and is Editor-in-Chief of Annals of Surgery.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-643-1010
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Dr. Lillemoe has clinical research interests in pancreatic cancer, IPMNs and other benign and malignant pancreatic disease and biliary injuries and strictures.
Lillemoe KD: Current management of bile duct injury. Br J Surg 95:403-405, 2008.
Bilimoria KY, Bentrem DJ, Lillemoe KD, et al. Assessment of pancreatic cancer care in the United States based on formally developed quality indicators. J Nat Can Inst 101:848-859, 2009.
Ziegler KM, Nakeeb A, Pitt HA, Schmidt CM, Bishop SA, Moreno J, Matos JM, Zyromski NJ, House MG, Madura JA, Howard TJ, and Lillemoe KD: Pancreatic Surgery: Evolution at a high volume center. Surgery 148:702-710, 2010. (Presented at the Central Surgical Association, 2010).
Ziegler KM, Pitt HA, Zyromski NJ, Chauhan A, Sherman S, Lehman GA, Lillemoe KD,
Rescorla FJ, West KW, and Grosfeld JL: Choledochoceles: Are they choledochal cysts? Ann Surg 252:683-690, 2010. (Presented at the American Surgical Association, 2010).
Lutz E, Yeo CJ, Lillemoe KD, et al. A lethally irradiated allogeneic granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor-secreting tumor vaccine for pancreatic adenocarcinoma: A phase II trial of safety, efficacy, and immune activation. Ann Surg 253: 328-335, 2011.
Dr Lillemoe did a great job in explaining my condition and future actions
I recently became a patient of Dr. Lillemoe, and I must say, he has been exceptionally compassionate and attentive. He took the time to listen to my concerns and thoroughly addressed all my inquiries. I entered the appointment feeling quite anxious about my condition, but his reassuring demeanor really helped to calm my nerves. I feel fortunate to ... Read More
Dr Lillemoe has been exceptional. He is very accessible. He explains things well and is a careful listener. I am very impressed with his experience and very confident in his abilities.
This was my first experience with this doctor. He's taking over for a doctor who has left. Anyway, it was just a find that I've known each other a little bit. And he's personable, and I'll certainly stay with him. Okay. Thanks.
Absolutely positive. Very attentive and moves quickly to act on a medical surgical problem
Feel comfortable & encouraging!
This lovely Doctor was kind, thoughtful and knowledgeable. I felt that a virtual visit was warranted due to a good outcome on my MRI. I had confidence that if my MRI showed disease, he would have asked me to come in. Driving and parking at MGH is very difficult. This allows me to continue seeing this doctor without the worry of transportation.
Easy to talk to and reassuring.inspires confidence.
Very much worth the 3 hour trip to see the doctor who is a well known highly respected surgeon. Very professional and caring consultation which I am very pleased with.
An excellent experience