AccessSurgery Advisory Board

AccessSurgery is guided by a preeminent Advisory Board, including:

Gerard M. Doherty, M.D. Editor-in-Chief, AccessSurgery Norman W. Thompson Professor of Surgery Section Head, General Surgery Residency Program Director for Surgery University of Michigan A graduate of College of the Holy Cross and Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Doherty completed his residency training at the University of California, San Francisco. This included two years as a Medical Staff Fellow in Surgical Oncology at the National Cancer Institute. He was appointed Assistant Professor of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in 1993, and rose through the ranks to become Professor of Surgery in 2001. In April 2002 he became Professor and Section Head of General Surgery at the University of Michigan and in September, 2002 he was installed as the Norman W. Thompson Professor of Surgery. Dr. Doherty is also Chief, Division of Endocrine Surgery and Residency Program Director for Surgery. Dr. Doherty's clinical and research interests have focused on surgical diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, endocrine pancreas and adrenal glands as well as the surgical management of multiple endocrine neoplasia. His bibliography includes over 100 peer reviewed articles, many book chapters, and several edited books. His laboratory research has focused on the role of endogenous interferon gamma in anti-tumor immunity. He is an active member of several professional organizations, including current service as a council member for the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, the executive committees of the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group and the International Society of Surgery, and Secretary-Treasurer of the International Association of Endocrine Surgeons. He serves as an Associate Editor of the World Journal of Surgery and on a number of editorial boards. In addition, Dr. Doherty is the Chair of the Curriculum Committee for the Association of Program Directors in Surgery.

F. Charles Brunicardi, M.D. AccessSurgery Advisory Board DeBakey/Bard Professor and Chairman Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery Baylor College of Medicine Dr. Brunicardi came to Houston in 1995 and joined the Baylor faculty as the George Jordan Professor and served as the Chief of the Division of General Surgery from 1995 to 2004. In April 1999, he was named DeBakey/Bard Professor and Chairman of the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. He is also a consultant and attending surgeon at the St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and the Ben Taub General Hospital. Dr. Brunicardi's clinical and research interests include molecular engineering of islets for transplantation, breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, minimally invasive surgery, and molecular surgery. His studies began in these areas at the Johns Hopkins University, where he completed his undergraduate degree in chemistry with honors. He received his medical degree from Rutgers School of Medicine before he became a resident and eventually chief resident in general surgery at the State University of New York (SUNY) Health Science Center in Brooklyn. He also spent a three-year research fellowship in pancreatic physiology at SUNY and received national and international awards for this work. Dr. Brunicardi has received 102 awards and honors since his undergraduate days, including memberships in the Blue Key Honor Society at Johns Hopkins and the Royal College of Surgeons Traveling Fellowship. He was bestowed with the Outstanding Teacher Award at UCLA School of Medicine three years in a row during his teaching career there and the Gene Guinn Outstanding Faculty Award at Baylor College of Medicine. In 2004 he received the Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P. Faculty Excellence Award in Educational Leadership. In January 2006 he was presented with the Distinguished Surgeon Award from the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses of Greater Houston, Houston, Texas. He is also a member of more than 36 professional societies, including the American Diabetes Association. A prolific writer, Dr. Brunicardi has co-authored 181 publications, 27 chapters, and 114 abstracts. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Schwartz's Principles of Surgery textbook. Dr. Brunicardi also serves as a reviewer for such publications as Annals of Surgery, Diabetes, Pancreas, Journal of Surgical Research, Surgery, and American Journal of Physiology. Dr. Brunicardi's personal interests include music, guitar, and golf. He is also a dedicated family man and believes in traditional values of loyalty and friendship. His wife, Melissa, is an R.N., CNOR, RNFA, and they have two boys, Isaac and Jackson.

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