Dr. Burkhart received his medical degree from Boston University, completed his surgical residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and completed a fellowship in surgical oncology at Johns Hopkins. His research training has focused on pancreatic cancer biomarkers, tumor modeling, and therapeutic testing and includes fellowships at Thomas Jefferson University hospital and the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. His clinical focus is on complex minimally-invasive approaches to treat oncologic diseases of the pancreas, liver, and biliary tree. His current research focuses on precision medicine initiatives in pancreatic cancer care. He has a particular interest in using personalized models of pancreas cancer, made from a tumor after surgical resection, to select optimal adjuvant chemotherapeutics for each patient.