David J. Winchester, M.D.

847-675-3900
David J. Winchester, M.D., F.A.C.S
Surgical Oncologist
Clinical Expertise
Breast Cancer
Adrenal Tumors
Parathyroid Disease
Melanoma
Sarcomas
Thyroid Tumors
Other Languages Spoken
Spanish
Appointments
Co-Medical Director, Breast Program, City of Hope Cancer Center Chicago
Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery
Additional Contacts
Referring Physicians Phone
(847) 746-9990
Referring Physicians Fax
(847) 342-4089
Referring Physicians Email
[email protected]

In April 2023, David J. Winchester, M.D., joined City of Hope® Cancer Center Chicago as a surgical oncologist, where he evaluates and treats patients with a variety of types and stages of cancer, primarily focusing on breast cancer, adrenal cancer, melanoma, parathyroid tumors, sarcomas and thyroid diseases.

Dr. Winchester earned his medical degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago and completed his general surgery residency at Northwestern University’s McGaw Medical Center, also in Chicago. He went on to finish his education with a general surgical oncology fellowship at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. After his fellowship, Dr. Winchester was recruited to Evanston Hospital and worked in the NorthShore University HealthSystem for 28 years before joining City of Hope.

Dr. Winchester is a member of numerous societies and associations, including the Society of Surgical Oncology, the American Surgical Association and the Executive Committee of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC), serving as co-author of the "AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, 8th Edition." He is also a co-author of more than 135 publications.

Location

Education & Experience

Board Certification

  • Surgery – American Board of Surgery

Degrees

  • Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

Residency

  • General Surgery – Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois

Fellowship

  • Surgical Oncology – University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Awards & Memberships

  • Cum Laude, Dartmouth College, 1982

  • Society of Surgical Oncology Travel Grant, 1993

  • American Radium Society Young Oncologist

  • Travel Award for Surgical Oncology, 1995

  • Sixth International Congress on Anti-Cancer Treatments Travel Award, 1996

  • Metropolitan Chicago Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Representative for the Annual Meeting of Young Surgeons, 1998

  • Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Department of Surgery
    1998, 1999 Academic Achievement Award, First Place

  • Northwestern University Medical School, Department of Surgery
    2000-2001 Excellence in Teaching Award
    2001-2002 Excellence in Teaching Award
    2002-2003 Excellence in Teaching Award
    2003-2004 Excellence in Teaching Award
    2005-2006 Excellence in Teaching Award

  • American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Trials Participation Award 2005 ASCO Annual Meeting May 15, 2005, Orlando, Florida

  • NorthShore University HealthSystem Board of Directors/David P. Winchester, MD Endowed Chair of Surgical Oncology May 6, 2008-present

  • University of Chicago Department of Surgery
    2010-2011 Excellence in Teaching Award
    2011-2012 Excellence in Teaching Award
    2012-2013 Excellence in Teaching Award
    2015-2016 Excellence in Teaching Award
    2016-2017 Excellence in Teaching Award
    2017-2018 Excellence in Teaching Award
    2018-2019 Excellence in Teaching Award
    2019-2020 Excellence in Teaching Award
    2020-2021 Excellence in Teaching Award
    2021-2022 Excellence in Teaching Award

  • US News & World Report "Best Doctor" 2013-2022

  • America's Top Doctors (book series): 12th Edition, 13th Edition, 14th Edition, 15th Edition

  • Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors: 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

  • America's Top Doctors for Cancer (book series): 10th Edition, 8th Edition, 9th Edition

  • Chicago Magazine - Women's Health: 2019

  • Newsweek: 2015

  • Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors (digital guide): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

  • Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors for Cancer (digital guide): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

  • Chicago Magazine-Cancer Doctors: 2017, 2019, 2022

  • Chicago Magazine-Aging: 2020

  • Karen Dove Cabral Foundation Guiding Spirit Award, October 18, 2015

Memberships

  • Society of Surgical Oncology

  • American College of Surgeons

  • Association for Academic Surgery

  • Midwest Surgical Association

  • Chicago Surgical Society

  • Western Surgical Association

  • American Society of Breast Surgeons

  • American Association of Endocrine Surgeons

  • American Surgical Association

Publications

  • Winchester DJ, Merkel DE, August CZ, Rademaker AW, Wruck DM, Duda RB:
    Predictive value of flow cytometry in node-negative breast cancer. Surgical Forum
    1989;40:417-419.
  • Winchester DJ, Duda RB, August CZ, Goldschmidt RA, Wruck DM, Rademaker AW, Winchester DP, Merkel DE: The importance of DNA flow cytometry in node-negative breast cancer. Arch Surg 1990;125:886-889.
  • Winchester DJ, Victor TA, Fry WA: Intercostal hemangioma presenting as a chest wall tumor. Ann Thoracic Surg 1992;54:145-6.
  • Winchester DJ, Dawes LG, Modelski DD, Nahrwold DL, Pomerantz RA, Prystowsky JB, Rege RV, Joehl RA: Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: A preliminary experience. Arch Surg 1993;128:781-786.
  • Merkel DE, Winchester DJ, Rademaker AW, Goldschmidt RA, August CZ, Wruck DM, Duda RB: DNA flow cytometry and pathologic grading as prognostic guides in node-negative breast cancer. Cancer 1993;72:1926-32.
  • Winchester DJ, Pearce WH, McCarthy WM, McGee G, Yao JST: Popliteal venous aneurysms. Surgery 1993;114:600-7.
  • Hines JR, Winchester DJ: Total lobectomy and total thyroidectomy in the management of thyroid lesions. Arch Surg 1993;128:1060-1063.
  • Hecht JR, Winchester DJ: Male breast cancer. Am J Clin Path 1994;102 (suppl 1):S25-S30.
  • Tyler DS, Winchester DJ, Caraway NP, Hickey RC, Evans DB: Indeterminate fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid: Identification of subgroups at high risk for invasive carcinoma. Surgery 1994;116(6):1054-60.
  • Patel SR, Winchester DJ, Benjamin RS: A 15-year experience with chemotherapy patients with paraganglioma. Cancer 1995;76:1476-80.
  • Winchester DJ, Sahin AA, Tucker SL, Singletary SE: Tubular carcinoma of the breast: predicting axillary nodal metastases and recurrence. Annals of Surgery 1996;223(3):342-7.