About Fabian Johnston

Dr. Fabian M. Johnston is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery, Division Chief of the Division of Gastrointestinal Oncology, and Director of the Complex General Surgical Oncology Program.

He received his undergraduate degree from State University of New York at Stony Brook, his medical degree from The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, and completed residencies at Louisiana State University School of Medicine and Washington University in St. Louis. He completed his Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University and earned a Master of Health Science at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Dr. Johnston is funded through a K08 career award from the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, and is a co-investigator on multiple PCORI awards. His clinical and research interests focus on innovative and novel strategies to improve patient-centered models of care, specifically in the utilization of palliative care for patients with advanced gastrointestinal malignancies.

He holds leadership and committee positions at various organizations, including education committee member for the Association of Academic Surgeons, the Association of Academic Surgeons’ representative for the Society of Black Academic Surgeons, and the American College of Surgeons Committee for Surgical Palliative Care. He is also a member of Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and president-elect of the American Association of Surgery.