General Summary
John C. Hardaway, M.D., Ph.D., FACS, clinical practice is primarily focused on cancers of the gastrointestinal tract, including diseases of the esophagus, stomach, liver, and pancreas. However, he also treats patients with thyroid, breast, and skin/soft tissue cancers. When possible, Dr. Hardaway uses the DaVinci robotic surgery platform to perform minimally invasive surgical procedures, which allow his patients to recover faster with less pain and shorter hospital stays.
Dr. Hardaway earned his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Missouri in Columbia, where he attended medical school and was trained as a cellular immunologist. From there he was a general surgery resident at the University of Washington in Seattle and at Michigan State University before completing a fellowship in Complex General Surgical Oncology at Roger Williams Medical Center/Boston University in Providence, Rhode Island. As a result, he is double board-certified in general surgery and surgical oncology.
Outside of his surgical practice, Dr. Hardaway serves as an immunotherapy consultant, where he is focused on developing novel immunotherapies against solid tumors, to include multiple active clinical trials.