Dr. Del Chiaro is a tenured Professor and Division Chief of Surgical Oncology at University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Del Chiaro is also the pancreato-biliary Program Director and the Director of the National Pancreas Foundation Academic Center of Excellence for pancreatic cancer and pancreatitis at the same institution. Dr. Del Chiaro clinical interest is mostly focused on pancreas surgery. Dr. Del Chiaro is internationally well-known for the treatment of locally advanced pancreatic cancer and cystic tumors of the pancreas. Dr Del Chiaro is an academic surgeon with appointments in multiple scientific societies and he is member of the expert panel of the NCCN guidelines on pancreatic cancer and ampullary cancer. Dr. Del Chiaro has currently 267 publications in peer-reviewed journals listed in PubMed. He is also the author of book chapters and monographies.