Stephen Behrman, MD

Stephen W. Behrman, MD, FACS, is a Massachusetts native and attended both college and medical school at Boston University. His surgical residency was completed at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) in Memphis. He attended Grant Medical Center and The Ohio State University to complete his fellowship in Gastrointestinal Surgery, and served as an officer in the United States Naval Reserve from 1988-2005. Dr. Behrman has been in academic surgery since 1995. His clinical research includes improving outcomes for those having pancreatic surgery and he has been involved in multi-institutional collaboratives on these endeavors.  His prior translational research studies have focused on the delivery of miRNA and chemotherapeutic agents to pancreas cancer utilizing nanotechnology.

Dr. Behrman was a long-term member of the NCCN panel on pancreas cancer and recently chaired the development of guidelines relative to carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater.  He serves on the NCI Pancreas Task Force and is an active member in the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) where he serves as the liaison between the surgery and GI committees.  He is on the editorial board for the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. He serves as medical director for the Herb Kosten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation that focuses on research funding and a local and regional support group for patients and families. He is the surgeon champion for ACS-NSQIP at Baptist Hospital and is past-chair of the Tennessee Surgical Quality Collaborative focusing on improving outcomes in our surgical patients.  He is past-president of the medical staff and currently serves as Chair of the Department of Surgery at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  

He is married to Robyn Behrman and they have one daughter, Caroline, who, along with her husband Taylor, are geologists. He remains a hardcore New Englander at heart and is an avid fan (as everyone should be) of the Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins and Celtics. In his spare time, Dr. Behrman plays Alto Saxophone in the Bartlett Community Concert Band.