William Gillanders, MD

Surgeon

William Gillanders
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Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center

Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center

On WashU Medicine Campus
4500 Forest Park Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63108

Expertise & Training

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Clinical Expertise

Primary Academic Title

Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Section of Surgical Oncology, WashU Medicine

Board Certification

  • 2000: American Board of Surgery, General Surgery

Training

  • 1991 - 1993: Resident, General Surgery, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
  • 1993 - 1996: ResearchFellow, Immunology, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
  • 1996 - 1999: Resident and Chief Resident, General Surgery, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Education

  • 1991: MD, Duke University, Durham, NC
  • 2005: MSCR, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Research & Selected Publications

Research Interest

Translational research in cancer immunotherapy; neoantigen cancer vaccine development

Research Publications

Authors:

Garfinkle EAR, Perales-Linares R, Gimple RC, Gillanders WE, Johanns TM

Journal & Year:

Nat Cancer | 2026

Authors:

Mishra R, Ademuyiwa F, Yang Y, Gillanders WE

Journal & Year:

Cancer Immunol Res | 2026

Authors:

Chen M, Kane T, Chen I, Gillanders WE

Journal & Year:

Cancers (Basel) | 2025

Authors:

Zhang X, Goedegebuure SP, Chen MY, Gillanders WE

Journal & Year:

Genome Med | 2024

Authors:

Xia H, Hoang MH, Schmidt E, Gillanders WE, Griffith M

Journal & Year:

Genome Med | 2024

Authors:

Iglesia MD, Jayasinghe RG, Chen S, Gillanders WE, Ding L

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Nat Cancer | 2024

Authors:

Mo CK, Liu J, Chen S, Gillanders WE, Ding L

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Nature | 2024

Authors:

Frye CC, Sullivan J, Sanka SA, Gillanders W, Pandian TK

Journal & Year:

JAMA Surg | 2024

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