Surgeons’ Lives - Stuff that Matters16 Nov 2025

Mark Evers talks Cancer Center Leadership, Small town beginnings, mentorship and Rolling Stones fandom!

In the latest episode of #Surgeonslives #stuffthatmatters we meet Dr Mark Evers.

He is a surgical oncologist and cancer researcher who is the head of the Markey cancer center at the University of Kentucky? In the years he has been at the helm of the cancer center, he has led it to NCI Cancer Center designation in 2013 and ultimately Comprehensive Cancer Center designation 10 years later.

Mark grew up in the smallest of small towns in southern Tennessee and was the first of his family to go to college. An early mentor was Dr. Hiram Polk in Louisville before he spent 20 years at the university of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, where he was mentored successively by Dr. Jim Thompson, and then Dr. Courtney Townsend.

Anyone would have expected him to become a Chair of Surgery in a high-ranking Academic Medical Center but he decided to follow another path when recruited to become the director of the cancer center in 2009.

The conversation today was fascinating as he describes growing up from the humblest of backgrounds to becoming one of the true leaders in cancer medicine in the United States.

Throughout all of this time, he has been a passionate and dedicated Rolling Stones fan, having gone to more than 50 concerts over the years in multiple different countries around the world.

If you prefer to watch rather than listen, then you can find the full video interview of this podcast on the dedicated @Youtube channel. As always, please don't forget to like and subscribe to the channel and send me whatever comments you have in mind.

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