Miguel Rodriguez-bigas

Biography

Rodriguez-Bigas graduated from the University of Puerto Rico Medical School in 1982. Following a General Surgery Residency at the University Medical Center and the University of Puerto Rico affiliated hospitals, he went to Roswell Park Cancer Institute where he finished a Surgical Oncology Fellowship (1987-88, 1989-90) and a Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery Fellowship (1988-89). Rodriguez-Bigas spent 11 years in the staff at Roswell Park Cancer Institute's Department of Surgical Oncology in the Colorectal Division prior to coming to the Department of Surgical Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2001. Rodriguez-Bigas has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. Most recently he co-edited a book titled Hereditary Colorectal Cancer. He has served on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, and Annals of Surgical Oncology. Currently he is on the Editorial Board of Familial Cancer, and he is a member of the National Cancer Institute Physicians Desk Query (PDQ) Cancer Genetics Editorial Board. In addition, he has been an invited speaker in both national and international symposia dealing with colorectal cancer and inherited colorectal cancer. He is also a member of the American Cancer Society Colorectal Cancer Advisory Committee and was a member of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer from 2000-2010 serving as chairperson of the Education Committee from 2006-2009.

Research Interest

Cancer