Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery & Liver Transplantation

Professor of Surgery and Cancer Biology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Dr. Lee Gorden's clinical interests include hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal surgery, and liver transplantation. He completed a Surgical Fellowship in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery and liver transplantation at the University of Toronto in Canada prior to coming to Vanderbilt. His specific clinical and research interests liver malignancies including colon and rectal cancer metastases to the liver and primary hepatocellular carcinoma.

Dr. Gorden has also worked extensively as a surgeon with the International Surgical Team in Guatemala, and also in the rural Andes of Ecuador.

Education

• MD, Vanderbilt University, 1990
• BA, (History), Brown University, 1985

Postdoctoral Training

• 1999-2000: Surgical Fellow in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
• 1997-98: Chief Resident in General Surgery, University of Minnesota School of Medicine
• 1994-96: Post Doctoral Fellow, Lecturer and Teaching Assistant, Department of Morphology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
• 1991-97: Internship in Internal Medicine, Resident in General Surgery, University of Minnesota School of Medicine

Other Responsibilities

Dr. Gorden has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholar’s award to pursue research and clinical activities at the Paul Brousse Hospital in Paris, France working with Professor Henri Bismuth and colleagues during the year 2009.

In addition to his clinical activities, Dr. Gorden is a member of numerous professional societies including, Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) medical honor society, the Society of University Surgeons, Association for academic Surgeons, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, and the Southeastern Surgical Congress. Dr. Gorden is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Research

Dr. Gorden's research is supported by K08 and R03 awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Additional grant support comes from the NIH digestive disease research center at Vanderbilt as well as the Discovery program at Vanderbilt. Dr. Gorden conducts basic and clinical research on tumor / stromal interactions in metastastatic and primary tumors of the liver.

Publications and Presentations

Review Dr. Gorden's published abstracts on PubMed.

Dr. Gorden's CV is available in PDF format.

For referral to Dr. Gorden have your physician contact us:

email: lee.gorden@vanderbilt.edu
Phone: (615) 936-2956
Fax: (615) 936-0435
Mailing Address:
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery
and Liver Transplantation
801 Oxford House
Nashville, TN 37232-4753

At this time, please do not send any medical records, and provide only a brief medical history. Please feel free to contact us at the number listed above if you have any questions.