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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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ACS Fellow Since 2022

Benjamin Ferguson, MD FACS

Board Certification

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

Society Memberships

  • Assn for Surg Ed
  • Soc of Surg Oncol
  • Assn for Acad Surg
  • Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Assoc

Additional Information

Gender

Male

Type of Practice

Academic medical center

General Surgery

1500 E Medical Center Dr

SPC 5343

Ann Arbor, MI 48109

United States

Contact Information

Administrative Assistant
Name:Ben Palumbo

Biography

I am a surgical oncologist with expertise in the management of cancers of the pancreas, liver, bile ducts, stomach, and esophagus. My research interests include prediction of occult malignancy in pancreatic cysts; care disparities, optimization of care, and preoperative risk assessment in hepatopancreatobiliary surgery; and novel methods of communication, evaluation, and instruction in surgical education.

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Endocrine (Gland)

  • pancreatic endocrine tumors

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

  • gastric cancer
  • splenectomy

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

  • bile duct malignancies
  • bile duct surgery
  • biliary tract disease
  • cholecystectomy
  • gallbladder cancer
  • gallstone disease
  • hepatic artery infusion pumps
  • hepatobiliary surgery
  • laparoscopic cholecystectomy
  • liver biopsy
  • liver surgery
  • Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc
  • liver/hepatic disease
  • pancreatic cancer
  • pancreatic cysts
  • pancreatitis

Minimal Access Surgery

Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer

  • esophagogastroduodenoscopy
  • gastrointestinal cancer
  • stomach cancer

Minimally Invasive Procedures

  • laparoscopic surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Procedures
  • robotic surgery

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

  • endocrine cancer
  • esophagus cancer/tumors
  • gastrointestinal cancer/tumors
  • pancreatic cancer/tumors
  • stomach cancer/tumors
  • Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

Thoracic

  • esophageal surgery

Hospital Appointments

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM

Attending

08/2020—02/2023

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

Surgeon

03/2023—Present

Academic Appointments

University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Albuquerque, NM

Assistant Professor

08/2020—02/2023

University of Michigan Medical School

Ann Arbor, MI

Clinical Assistant Professor

03/2023—Present