Zhi Ven Fong, M.D., Dr.PH.

Zhi Ven Fong, M.D., M.P.H., is a HPB surgical oncologist at Mayo Clinic Arizona. He is double board-certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery and Complex General Surgical Oncology.

Dr. Fong graduated from Thomas Jefferson University as a medical doctor and completed General Surgery residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. He then completed a fellowship in Complex General Surgical Oncology at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Mass General Brigham. Following this, he joined the staff at Mayo Clinic Arizona as an Assistant Professor.

Dr. Fong works in close collaboration with a Multidisciplinary Team of physicians to build a comprehensive and individualized plan of care for patients with gastric and hepatopancreaticobiliary tumors. He incorporates minimally invasive techniques including laparoscopic and robotic approaches in the management of gastric, liver, and pancreas tumors. He leads the robotic pancreas surgery program and performed the first robotic Whipple procedure at Mayo Clinic Arizona.

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Dr. Fong's primary focus of research includes population sciences and health services research aimed at improving patient-centered and clinical outcomes. He received Public Health training through a Masters degree from Harvard School of Public Health and a Doctorate from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is funded by the National Institute of Health and has over 100 peer-reviewed publications in prominent journals. He serves on the Editorial Board of Annals of Surgery, Annals of Surgical Oncology, and Cancer. Dr. Fong is an appointed member of national society committees, including the American College of Surgeons, Society of Surgical Oncology, the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, and the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract.