Female
200 Hawkins Dr # 4622
Department of Surgery
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, IA 52242
United States
After many years as an academic surgeon, I have retired from active clinical practice and am now Professor Emeritus of Surgery at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. For the first three decades of my surgical career, I was a true general surgeon; during my later phase I increasingly specialized in breast cancer. I recently served as Chair of the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Aerospace Medicine and the Medicine of Extreme Environments. I also serve as a member of the editorial board of "The Examined Life Journal," a medical humanities journal based at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. I continue to revise my textbooks, and to write short stories about life in academic surgery. My most recent project was a series of three books on Medical Writing for surgeons, and I am currently revising Chassin's Textbook. Last fall, I was admitted as a Founding Member of the ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators.
Iowa City, IA
Retired Staff
10/2015—Present
Iowa City, IA
Professor