Dr. Jeffrey Sunshine has been affiliated with the Surgery Department since 1985 and was elected to the Board of Directors in 2011. In the past, Dr. Sunshine served eight years on the Board of Directors, two of those years as co-chair. In addition to his board duties, Dr. Sunshine chairs Vancouver Clinic’s Breast Care Center Steering Committee.

Dr. Sunshine has rich leadership history. He served as chief of surgery at Southwest Washington Medical Center, was co-founder of the Southwest Regional Surgery Center, and was principal investigator for the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel project, among other roles.

Dr. Sunshine earned his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. He completed his internship and residency in general surgery at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. He also finished an American Cancer Society surgical oncology fellowship with special interest in breast cancer and melanoma.