A surgical clamping device includes a handgrip, an actuation assembly, an elongated body portion, an upper jaw assembly, and a lower jaw assembly. Each of the upper and lower jaw assemblies includes and an elongated jaw body and a distal clamping portion that is supported on a distal end of a respective elongated jaw body. Each of the elongated jaw bodies includes a proximal end that is pivotally connected to the actuation assembly by a pivot member located within the handgrip. The pivot member is spaced from the distal clamping portions of the upper and lower jaw assemblies such that the distal clamping portions of the upper and lower jaw assemblies remain substantially parallel as the upper and lower jaw assemblies are pivoted between open and clamped positions.