Brian D. Badgwell, MD

Brian D. Badgwell, MD, is a Senior Professor at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. His research focuses on upper gastrointestinal surgical oncology, specifically optimizing perioperative care and patient-reported outcomes after gastrectomy, as well as investigating immunotherapy response in microsatellite instability-high gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma. He has developed and validated the MDASI-UGI-Surg instruments for postoperative symptom tracking and contributed to international consensus guidelines on minimally invasive surgery and peritonectomy for peritoneal surface malignancies. His recent work includes comparative analyses of robotic versus open gastrectomy outcomes. He has received funding for research on symptom burden in advanced cancer patients with bowel obstruction.