Michael Bouvet is a key surgeon and researcher at the Moores UC San Diego Cancer Center, where he serves as Director of Endocrine Surgery and Co-Director of the Center for Fluorescence Guided Surgery. He specializes in surgical oncology and endocrine surgery. He performs surgeries for tumors of the pancreas, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, esophagus, and stomach, as well as for other conditions. In his research at UC San Diego and the VA San Diego Healthcare System, he conducts major investigations on fluorescence labeling of GI and endocrine tumors. He is an investigator on several major National Cancer Institute-funded studies on the treatment, understanding, and monitoring of GI and endocrine cancers. He is a member of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, the Society of Surgical Oncologists, the American Thyroid Association, and the American College of Surgeons.