Shanel Bhagwandin, D.O., FACS, MPH, is Medical Director of the Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology Program and Program Director of the National Pancreas Foundation Pancreatic Cancer Center of Excellence at Jupiter Medical Center. Dr. Bhagwandin is a board-certified fellowship-trained surgical oncologist with the expertise available to diagnose and surgically treat complex malignancies of the liver, pancreas, and gallbladder, in addition to stomach and esophageal cancer, colon and rectal cancer, sarcoma, and melanoma.

With his expertise, Dr. Bhagwandin is recognized for the high volume of liver and pancreas surgeries he performs at Jupiter Medical Center with nationally ranked outcomes. He often treats patients with cancer that has metastasized from the colon to the liver and was integral to Jupiter Medical Center being ranked as a High Performing Hospital for Colon Cancer Surgery by U.S. News & World Report. Despite these aggressive cancers, he can offer patients an excellent chance of long-term survival and in many cases, cure.