Muhammad Beg, M.D.

Muhammad Shaalan Beg, M.D., has a lot of irons in the fire at UT Southwestern Medical Center. And his patients are the driving force behind everything he does here.

He is Director for Gastrointestinal (GI) Medical Oncology at UT Southwestern. As a medical oncologist, Dr. Beg treats patients with cancer of the pancreas, bile duct, and liver. He is an Associate Professor of Hematology and Medical Oncology and is Medical Director of the Clinical Research Office. Dr. Beg conducts trials for new cancer treatments and is Principal Investigator for the Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center Experimental Therapeutics Clinical Trials Network (ETCTN) Clinical Trial Network National Cancer Institute (NCI) UM1 grant.

He completed the Leadership Development Program of the American Society of Clinical Oncology where he serves on the Cancer Communications Committee and is on the Editorial Board of ASCO Daily News. He leads the Pancreatic-Hepatobiliary Cancers working group of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group’s Gastrointestinal Cancer Core Committee. He is also a member of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) GI Cancer Steering Committee’s Pancreatic Cancer task force. Additionally, he is leading multiple trials on drug combinations in our labs at UT Southwestern.

Prior to joining joined UT Southwestern in 2011, Dr. Beg attended medical school at Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan, where he graduated with honors. He completed his residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in hematology/oncology at the University of Cincinnati.

Dr. Beg is board certified in hematology and medical oncology, and he is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

His research has been featured in national and international cancer meetings, and he has published articles in many peer-reviewed medical publications including Journal of Clinical Oncology, JAMA Oncology, Clinical Cancer Research and Cancer Cell. Dr. Beg is often invited to give lectures on pancreatic cancer treatments and health information technology, and he is a reviewer for multiple oncology journals.

Dr. Beg has been included in D Magazine's Best Doctors list between 2016 and 2018, and was named a Texas Monthly Super Doctor from 2013 to 2018.

Personal Note

When he’s not working, Dr. Beg spends quality time with his wife and their two children. He also enjoys traveling and exploring the outdoors. He is very interested in understanding how to use electronic communication tools such as social media to better communicate scientific findings.