Dr. Theodoros Michelakos is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Surgical Oncology at Rush Medical College, where he specializes in endocrine and neuroendocrine surgery. His clinical focus encompasses diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands, as well as neuroendocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal tract and pancreas.
Dr. Michelakos earned his MD from the University of Athens School of Health Sciences, graduating magna cum laude and ranked first in his class, before completing his general surgery residency at Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School. He subsequently completed an advanced fellowship in endocrine and neuroendocrine surgery at the University of Chicago. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery.
His research program focuses on cancer immunology and new technologies in medicine. He has published over 40 peer-reviewed papers in journals including Annals of Surgery, JAMA Oncology, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, and Clinical Cancer Research, and has presented at major national and international conferences.
He serves on the editorial boards of BMC Cancer, Frontiers in Surgery, and several other prestigious journals. He is committed to surgical education, having received Resident Teaching Awards from both Harvard Medical School and Tufts Medical School.
