Malcolm DeCamp, MD, FACS
Professor
- Surgery and Medicine
- Chair, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
- K. Craig Kent, MD Surgery Chair in Strategic Leadership
decamp@surgery.wisc.edu
(608) 263-6551
600 Highland Ave.
H4/340
Madison, WI 53792-0001
Education
- MD, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY
- Research Fellowship, Harvard School of Public Health
- General Surgery Residency, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
- Surgical Oncology Fellowship, American Cancer Society-BWH, Boston, MA
- Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Honors
Director, American Board of Thoracic Surgery (2017)
Champions of Breath Award, American Lung Association (2015-2017)
Solovy Award for Advancement in COPD, Respiratory Health Association (2016)
Clinical Specialties
Dr. DeCamp’s clinical interest is centered in thoracic oncology, a field dominated by lung and esophogeal cancer, but also includes thymoma and thymic malignancies, tracheal tumors, chest wall tumors and mesothelioma. Additionally, one third of Dr. DeCamp’s clinical practice is devoted to interventions for advanced lung disease, including lung transplantation and lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS).
Dr. DeCamp provides a wide range of services including Bronchoscopy, Thoracoscopic Lobectomy, Segmentectomy, Thoracoscopic Talc Pleurodesis, Thoracoscopic Lymphadenectomy, Chest Wall and Thoracic Reconstruction, Video-mediastinoscopy, Tracheal Resection, Pleurectomy and Decortication, Extrapleural Pneumonectomy, Esophagectomy, Thymectomy.
Research Interests
Dr. DeCamp’s research interests include risk assessment and reduction of risk for pulmonary resection, as well as identification of biomarkers predictive of outcome following lung resection for cancer.
Recent Publications
Phase I/II Trial of Perioperative Avelumab in Combination With Chemoradiation in the Treatment of Stage II/III Resectable Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer.
Uboha NV, Basree MM, Eickhoff JC, Deming DA, Matkowskyj K, Maloney J, McCarthy D, DeCamp M, LoConte N, Emmerich PB, Kraus S, Patel MA, Kratz JD, Lubner SJ, Hurst N, Bassetti MF
J Surg Oncol 2025 Jan 05;
[PubMed ID: 39757733]Evaluation of Anti-Angiogenic Therapy Combined with Immunotherapy and Chemotherapy as a Strategy to Treat Locally Advanced and Metastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.
Abdallah M, Voland R, Decamp M, Flickinger J, Pacioles T, Jamil M, Silbermins D, Shenouda M, Valsecchi M, Bir A, Shweihat Y, Bastidas J, Chowdhury N, Kachynski Y, Eldib H, Wright T, Mahdi A, Al-Nusair J, Nwanwene K, Varlotto J
Cancers (Basel) 2024 Dec 17; 16(24)
[PubMed ID: 39766108]Multidisciplinary management of adult patients with chylothorax: a consensus statement.
Agrawal A, Chaddha U, Shojaee S, Nadolski G, Liberman M, Lee YCG, Rahman N, Reisenauer JS, Ferguson MK, DeCamp MM, Gillaspie EA, Bedawi EO, Currie B, Feller-Kopman DJ, Desai A, Yasufuku K, Bishay V, Gesthalter Y, Grosu H, Chick JFB, Lentz R, Kolli KP, Kaufman A, Mehta RM, Desai K, Davis H, Ghori UK, Maldonado F
Eur Respir J 2024 Nov; 64(5)
[PubMed ID: 39326915]Lymphatic vascular invasion: Diagnostic variability and overall survival impact on patients undergoing surgical resection.
Varlotto J, Voland R, Rassaei N, Zander D, DeCamp MM, Khatri J, Shweihat Y, Nwanwene K, Tirona MT, Wright T, Pacioles T, Jamil M, Anwar K, Flickinger J
JTCVS Open 2024 Oct; 21: 313-340
[PubMed ID: 39534344]Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Version 4.2024, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.
Riely GJ, Wood DE, Ettinger DS, Aisner DL, Akerley W, Bauman JR, Bharat A, Bruno DS, Chang JY, Chirieac LR, DeCamp M, Desai AP, Dilling TJ, Dowell J, Durm GA, Gettinger S, Grotz TE, Gubens MA, Juloori A, Lackner RP, Lanuti M, Lin J, Loo BW, Lovly CM, Maldonado F, Massarelli E, Morgensztern D, Mullikin TC, Ng T, Owen D, Owen DH, Patel SP, Patil T, Polanco PM, Riess J, Shapiro TA, Singh AP, Stevenson J, Tam A, Tanvetyanon T, Yanagawa J, Yang SC, Yau E, Gregory KM, Hang L
J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2024 May; 22(4): 249-274
[PubMed ID: 38754467]