Contributors

Louis H. Alarcon, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery and Critical Care

Medicine, Medical Director, Trauma Surgery,

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 13, Physiologic Monitoring of the Surgical Patient

Parviz K. Amid, MD, FACS, FRCS

Clinical Professor of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Director Lichtenstein Amid Hernia Clinic at UCLA, Los Angeles, California

Chapter 37, Inguinal Hernias

Dana K. Andersen, MD, FACS

Program Director, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Chapter 33, Pancreas

Roland E. Andersson, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, County Hospital Ryhov, Jönköping, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Chapter 30, The Appendix

Peter Angelos, MD, PhD, FACS

Linda Kohler Anderson Professor of Surgery and Surgical Ethics, Chief, Endocrine Surgery, Associate Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 48, Ethics, Palliative Care, and Care at the End of Life

Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM

President and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physician Executives, Tampa, Florida

Chapter 12, Patient Safety

Stanley W. Ashley, MD

Frank Sawyer Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 28, Small Intestine

Jonathan Bank, MD

Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences, Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 16, The Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue

Adrian Barbul, MD, FACS

Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery, Surgical Director, Washington Hospital Center, Washington DC

Chapter 9, Wound Healing

Carlos Bechara, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Chapter 23, Arterial Disease

Greg J. Beilman, MD

Frank B. Cerra Professor of Critical Care Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Chapter 6, Surgical Infections

Robert L. Bell, MD, MA, FACS

Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Summit Medical Group, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey

Chapter 35, Abdominal Wall, Omentum, Mesentery, and Retroperitoneum

Arie S. Belldegrun, MD, FACS

Director, Institute of Urologic Oncology, Professor & Chief of Urologic Oncology, Roy and Carol Doumani Chair in Urologic Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California

Chapter 40, Urology

Igor Belyansky, MD

Director of Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Program, Department of General Surgery, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, Maryland

Chapter 34, Spleen

David H. Berger, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Chapter 30, The Appendix

Timothy R. Billiar, MD, FACS

George Vance Foster Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 5, Shock

Kirby I. Bland, MD

Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

Chapter 17, The Breast

F. Charles Brunicardi, MD, FACS

Moss Foundation Chair in Gastrointestinal and Personalized Surgery, Professor and Vice Chair, Surgical Services, Chief of General Surgery, UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California

Chapter 1, Fundamental Principles of Leadership Training in Surgery

Chapter 15, Molecular and Genomic Surgery

Chapter 33, Pancreas

Chapter 37, Inguinal Hernias

Clay Cothren Burlew, MD, FACS

Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado

Chapter 7, Trauma

Ronald W. Busuttil, MD, PhD

Professor and Executive Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Chapter 31, Liver

Karim Chamie, MD, MSHS

Assistant Professor of Urology, Institute of Urologic Oncology, Department of Urology, University of California, Los Angeles, California

Chapter 40, Urology

Rakesh K. Chandra, MD

Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Chief, Rhinology & Skull Base Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

Chapter 18, Disorders of the Head and Neck

Catherine L. Chen, MD, MPH

Resident Physician, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Chapter 12, Patient Safety

Changyi Chen, MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy, Vice Chairman of Research, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Chapter 23, Arterial Disease

David C. Chen, MD

Clinical Director, Lichtenstein Amid Hernia Clinic at UCLA, Physician, General Surgery, UCLA Center for Esophageal Disorders, Los Angeles, California

Chapter 37, Inguinal Hernias

Elaine Y. Cheng, MD

Fellow in Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Chapter 31, Liver

Eugene A. Choi, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences, Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 16, The Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue

Orlo H. Clark, MD, FACS

Professor, Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California

Chapter 38, Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Adrenal

Michol A. Cooper, MD, PhD

General Surgery Resident, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Chapter 12, Patient Safety

Siobhan A. Corbett, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Chapter 2, Systemic Response to Injury and Metabolic Support

Janice N. Cormier, MD, MPH

Professor, Departments of Surgical Oncology and Biostatistics and Biomathematics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Chapter 36, Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Joseph S. Coselli, MD

Professor and Chief, Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Chief, Adult Cardiac Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Chief, Adult Cardiac Surgery Section and, Associate Chief, Cardiovascular Service, Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, Texas

Chapter 22, Thoracic Aneurysms and Aortic Dissection

Bryan A. Cotton, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Center for Translational Injury Research, Houston, Texas

Chapter 4, Hemostasis, Surgical Bleeding and Transfusion

Ralph J. Damiano, MD

John M. Schoenberg Professor of Surgery, Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri

Chapter 21, Acquired Heart Disease

Daniel T. Dempsey, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chapter 26, Stomach

Catherine R. deVries, MD

Director, Center for Global Surgery, Professor, Department of Surgery, Associate Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Division of Public Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

Chapter 49, Global Surgery

Robert S. Dorian, MD

Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey

Chapter 46, Anesthesia for the Surgical Patient

Klaus Draenert, MD

Zentrum fur Orthopadische, Wissenschaften, Gabriel-Max-Strasse 3, Munchen, Germany

Chapter 43, Orthopaedic Surgery

David L. Dunn, MD, PhD, FACS

Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Professor of Surgery, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky Chapter 6, Surgical Infections

Chapter 11, Transplantation

Kelli M. Bullard Dunn, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Senior Associate Dean for Statewide Initiatives and Outreach, Associate Director for Clinical Programs, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, Professor of Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

Chapter 29, Colon, Rectum, and Anus

Geoffrey P. Dunn, MD

Medical Director, Department of Surgery, Hamot Medical Center, Erie, Pensylvania

Chapter 48, Ethics, Palliative Care, and Care at the End of Life

David T. Efron, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland

Chapter 9, Wound Healing

Fred W. Endorf, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota

Chapter 8, Burns

Xin-Hua Feng, PhD

Professor of Molecular Cell Biology, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, and Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Chapter 15, Molecular and Genomic Surgery

Mitchell P. Fink, MD

Professor-in-Residence, Departments of Surgery and Anesthesiology, Vice Chair, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California

Chapter 13, Physiologic Monitoring of the Surgical Patient

William E. Fisher, MD, FACS

Professor and Chief, Division of General Surgery, George L. Jordan, M.D. Chair of General Surgery, Director, Elkins Pancreas Center, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Chapter 33, Pancreas

Henri R. Ford, MD

Vice President and Chief of Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Vice-Dean, Medical Education, Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Chapter 39, Pediatric Surgery

Jonathan Friedstat, MD

Clinical Instructor, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington

Chapter 8, Burns

Freddie H. Fu, MD, DSc (Hon), DPs (Hon)

Distinguished Service Professor, University of Pittsburgh, David Silver Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Head Team Physician, University of Pittsburgh Department of Athletics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 43, Orthopaedic Surgery

David A. Geller, MD

Richard L. Simmons Professor of Surgery, Co-Director, UPMC Liver Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 31, Liver

Nicole S. Gibran, MD, FACS

Professor, Department of Surgery, Director, Medicine Regional Burn Center, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington

Chapter 8, Burns

Michael L. Gimbel, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 45, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Mark D. Girgis, MD

Clinical Instructor, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California

Chapter 1, Fundamental Principles of Leadership Training in Surgery

Raja R. Gopaldas, MD

Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hugh E. Stephenson, Jr., MD, Department of Surgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri

Chapter 22, Thoracic Aneurysms and Aortic Dissection

John A. Goss, MD

Professor and Chief, Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Chapter 31, Liver

M. Sean Grady, MD, FACS

Charles Harrison Frazier Professor, Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chapter 42, Neurosurgery

W. Thomas Gregory, MD

Associate Professor, Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon

Chapter 41, Gynecology

Tracy Grikscheit, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Chapter 39, Pediatric Surgery

Alessandro Gronchi, MD

Department of Surgery - Sarcoma Service, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori Via Venezian, Milan, Italy

Chapter 36, Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Angelika C. Gruessner, PhD

Professor of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Chapter 11, Transplantation

Rainer W.G. Gruessner, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery and Immunology, Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Chapter 11, Transplantation

David J. Hackam, MD, PhD

Roberta Simmons Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 39, Pediatric Surgery

Daniel E. Hall, MD, MDiv, MHSc

Core Investigator, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 48, Ethics, Palliative Care, and Care at the End of Life

Casey H. Halpern, MD

Chief Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chapter 42, Neurosurgery

Chad Hamilton, MD

Chief, Gynecologic Oncology Service, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland

Chapter 41, Gynecology

Rosemarie E. Hardin, MD

Practice of Breast Oncology, Wheeling, West Virginia

Chapter 47, Surgical Considerations in the Elderly

Amy L. Hill, MD

Clinical Instructor, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California

Chapter 1, Fundamental Principles of Leadership Training in Surgery

Daniel B. Hinshaw, MD

Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Chapter 48, Ethics, Palliative Care, and Care at the End of Life

John B. Holcomb, MD, FACS

Vice Chair and Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of Acute Care Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Center for Translational Injury Research, Houston, Texas

Chapter 4, Hemostasis, Surgical Bleeding and Transfusion

Danielle Hsu, MD

Clinical Instructor, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California

Chapter 1, Fundamental Principles of Leadership Training in Surgery

Kelly K. Hunt, MD, FACS

Hamill Foundation Distinguished Professorship in Honor of Dr. Richard G. Martin, Sr., Chief, Surgical Breast Oncology, Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Chapter 17, The Breast

John G. Hunter, MD, FACS

Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon

Chapter 14, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotics, Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery and Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery

Chapter 25, Esophagus and Diaphragmatic Hernia

Chapter 32, Gallbladder and the Extrahepatic Biliary System

Bernard M. Jaffe, MD

Professor Emeritus, Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana

Chapter 30, The Appendix

Kenneth Jastrow, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas

Chapter 4, Hemostasis, Surgical Bleeding and Transfusion

Tun Jie, MD, MS, FACS

Interim Chief, Division of Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Chapter 11, Transplantation

Blair A. Jobe, MD, FACS

Chair of Surgery, Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Director, Institute for the Treatment of Esophageal and Thoracic Disease, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 14, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotics, Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery and Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery

Chapter 25, Esophagus and Diaphragmatic Hernia

Jason P. Jundt, MD

Vascular Resident, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery and Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon

Chapter 24, Venous and Lymphatic Disease

Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Benioff Children's Hospital University of California, San Francisco, California

Chapter 20, Congenital Heart Disease

Sandra L. Kavalukas, MS

Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania

Chapter 9, Wound Healing

J. Alex Kelamis, MD

Senior Resident, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland

Chapter 44, Surgery of the Hand and Wrist

Sajid A. Khan, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

Chapter 16, The Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue

Yuko Kitagawa, MD, PhD, FACS

Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Vice President, Keio University Hospital, Director of Keio Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Chapter 26, Stomach

Elise C. Kohn, MD

Senior Investigator, Head, Molecular Signaling Section, Head, Medical Ovarian Cancer Clinic, Medical Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland

Chapter 41, Gynecology

Yasuhiro Kotani, MD, PhD

Clinical Fellow, Cardiovascular Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

Chapter 20, Congenital Heart Disease

Panagiotis Kougias, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Chapter 23, Arterial Disease

Rosemary A. Kozar, MD, PhD

Vice Chair of Research and Academic Development, "Red" Duke Professor of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas

Chapter 4, Hemostasis, Surgical Bleeding and Transfusion

Jeffrey La Rochelle, MD

Department of Urology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon

Chapter 40, Urology

Geeta Lal, MD, MSc, FRCS(C), FACS

Associate Professor, Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Chapter 38, Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Adrenal

C. René Leemans, MD, PhD

Professor and Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Chapter 18, Disorders of the Head and Neck

Scott A. LeMaire, MD

Professor and Director of Research, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Vice Chair for Research, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Heart Institute, Professional Staff, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, Texas

Chapter 22, Thoracic Aneurysms and Aortic Dissection

Mike K. Liang, MD

Assistant Professor, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Chapter 30, The Appendix

Timothy K. Liem, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery, Vice-Chair for Quality, Department of Surgery, Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon

Chapter 24, Venous and Lymphatic Disease

Scott D. Lifchez, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Director of Hand Surgery, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland

Chapter 44, Surgery of the Hand and Wrist

Xia Lin, PhD

Associate Professor of Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Chapter 15, Molecular and Genomic Surgery

Peter H. Lin, MD

Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Chapter 23, Arterial Disease

Joseph E. Losee, MD

Ross H. Musgrave Professor of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Executive Vice-Chair, Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 45, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

James D. Luketich, MD

Henry T. Bahnson Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Chief, The Heart, Lung, and Esophageal Surgery Institute, Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 19, Chest Wall, Lung, Mediastinum, and Pleura

James R. Macho, MD, FACS

Emeritus Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine, Director of Surgical Critical Care, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, San Francisco, California

Chapter 1, Fundamental Principles of Leadership Training in Surgery

Michael A. Maddaus, MD

Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Division of General Thoracic and Foregut Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Chapter 19, Chest Wall, Lung, Mediastinum, and Pleura

Martin A. Makary, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Associate Professor of Health Policy & Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Director, Surgical Quality & Safety, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Chapter 12, Patient Safety

Jeffrey B. Matthews, MD, FACS

Surgeon-in-Chief and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Dallas B. Phemister Professor of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Jesus Matos, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Chapter 23, Arterial Disease

Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD

Professor, Dept. of Surgical Oncology, Medical Director, Institute of Personalized Cancer Therapy, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Chapter 10, Oncology

Gregory L. Moneta, MD, FACS

Professor and Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery and Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon

Chapter 24, Venous and Lymphatic Disease

Ernest E. Moore, MD, FACS, MCCM

Professor and Vice Chairman of Research, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Editor, Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Denver, Colorado

Chapter 7, Trauma

Vishad Nabili, MD, FACS

Associate Professor and Residency Program Director, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California

Chapter 1, Fundamental Principles of Leadership Training in Surgery

Katie S. Nason, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of General Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 19, Chest Wall, Lung, Mediastinum, and Pleura

John Nemunaitis, MD

Director, Mary Crowley Cancer Research Center, Dallas, Texas

Chapter 15, Molecular and Genomic Surgery

Matt Niesen, MD

Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery, UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Santa Monica, California

Chapter 43, Orthopaedic Surgery

Shoichi Okada, MD

Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

Chapter 21, Acquired Heart Disease

Klearchos Papas, PhD

Professor of Surgery, Scientific Director of the Institute for Cellular Transplantation, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Chapter 11, Transplantation

Adrian E. Park, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FCS(ECSA)

Chair, Department of Surgery, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Professor of Surgery, PAR, Johns Hopkins University, Annapolis, Maryland

Chapter 34, Spleen

Timothy M. Pawlik, MD, MPH, PhD, FACS

Professor of Surgery and Oncology, John L. Cameron M.D. Professor of Alimentary Tract Diseases, Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Chapter 48, Ethics, Palliative Care, and Care at the End of Life

Andrew B. Peitzman, MD

Mark M. Ravitch Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 5, Shock

Thai H. Pham, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgical Services, North Texas Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine, Dallas, Texas

Chapter 32, Gallbladder and the Extrahepatic Biliary System

Mun Jye Poi, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Chapter 23, Arterial Disease

Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD, FACS

Professor and Director, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Chief of Surgical Services, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio

Chapter 10, Oncology

Chapter 36, Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Matthew Pommerening, MD

Resident, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas

Chapter 4, Hemostasis, Surgical Bleeding and Transfusion

Marian Porubsky, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Adominal Transplantation, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Chapter 11, Transplantation

Jonathan Pribaz, MD

Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery, UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Santa Monica, California

Chapter 43, Orthopaedic Surgery

Raymond R. Price, MD

Director Graduate Surgical Education, Intermountain Healthcare, Associate Director Center for Global Surgery, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Division of Public Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

Chapter 49, Global Surgery

Abbas Rana, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Chapter 11, Transplantation

John F.R. Robertson, MD, ChB, BSc,

FRCS(Glasg) Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, UK

Chapter 17, The Breast

Jason O. Robertson, MD, MS

Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

Chapter 21, Acquired Heart Disease

David A. Rothenberger, MD

Jay Phillips Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Chapter 29, Colon, Rectum, and Anus

J. Peter Rubin, MD

UPMC Endowed Professor and Chair, Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 45, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Lindsey L. Saint, MD

Clinical Instructor, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

Chapter 21, Acquired Heart Disease

Ashok K. Saluja, PhD

Eugene C & Gail V Sit Chair in Pancreatic & Gastrointestinal Cancer Research, Professor & Vice Chair of Research, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Chapter 33, Pancreas

Philip R. Schauer, MD

Professor of Surgery, Lerner College of Medicine, Director, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 27, The Surgical Management of Obesity

Bruce D. Schirmer, MD, FACS

Stephen H. Watts Professor of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia

Chapter 27, The Surgical Management of Obesity

Neal E. Seymour, MD

Professor, Department of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Chief of General Surgery, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts

Chapter 35, Abdominal Wall, Omentum, Mesentery, and Retroperitoneum

Mark L. Shapiro, MD, FACS

Chief, Acute Care Surgery, Associate Director, Trauma, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

Chapter 12, Patient Safety

G. Tom Shires III, MD, FACS

John P. Thompson Chair, Surgical Services, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas

Chapter 3, Fluid and Electrolyte Management of the Surgical Patient

Brian Shuch, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

Chapter 40, Urology

M. Cristy Smith, MD

Associate Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Peacehealth St. Joseph Medical Center, Bellingham, Washington

Chapter 11, Transplantation

David H. Song, MD

Cynthia Chow Professor of Surgery, Chief, Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences, Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 16, The Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue

Donn H. Spight, MD,FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon

Chapter 14, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotics, Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery and Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery

Michael Stany, MD

Gynecologic Oncologist, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Assistant Professor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland

Chapter 41, Gynecology

Eduardo M. Targarona, MD, PhD, FACS

Chief of the Unit of Gastrointestinal and Hematological Surgery, Hospital Sant Pau, Professor of Surgery, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Chapter 34, Spleen

Ali Tavakkoli, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 28, Small Intestine

Bert J. Thomas, MD

Chief, Joint Replacement Service, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California

Chapter 43, Orthopaedic Surgery

Areti Tillou, MD, FACS

Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Education, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California

Chapter 1, Fundamental Principles of Leadership Training in Surgery

Jeffrey S. Upperman, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Trauma, Pediatric Surgery, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Chapter 39, Pediatric Surgery

Glen A. Van Arsdell, MD

Head, Cardiovascular Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

Chapter 20, Congenital Heart Disease

Justin P. Wagner, MD

Clinical Instructor, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California

Chapter 37, Inguinal Hernias

Christopher G. Wallace, MD, MS, FRCS (Plast)

Microsurgical Fellow, Department of Plastic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chapter 45, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Kasper S. Wang, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Chapter 39, Pediatric Surgery

David I. Watson, MBBS, MD, FRACS

Professor & Head, Department of Surgery, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Chapter 25, Esophagus and Diaphragmatic Hernia

Randal S. Weber, MD, FACS

Professor and Chairman, Director of Surgical Services, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Chapter 18, Disorders of the Head and Neck

Fu-Chan Wei, MD, FACS

Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University and Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan

Chapter 45, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Richard O. Wein, MD, FACS

Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 18, Disorders of the Head and Neck

John A. Windsor, BSc MD, FRACS, FACS

Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Chapter 33, Pancreas

James Wu, MD

Clinical Instructor, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California

Chapter 1, Fundamental Principles of Leadership Training in Surgery

Sarah E. Yost, PharmD, BCPS

Clinical Pharmacist in Abdominal Transplant, Department of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona

Chapter 11, Transplantation

Juehua Yu, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Chapter 15, Molecular and Genomic Surgery

Ali Zarrinpar, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Chapter 31, Liver

Michael E. Zenilman, MD

Professor and Vice-Chair of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, Director, National Capital Region, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Visiting Professor, SUNY Downstate School of Public Health, Brooklyn, New York, Surgeon-in- Chief, Johns Hopkins Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland

Chapter 47, Surgical Considerations in the Elderly

Michael J. Zinner, MD

Moseley Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 28, Small Intestine

Brian S. Zuckerbraun, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery, Henry T. Bahnson Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Chief, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 5, Shock

VIDEO CONTRIBUTORS

Yolanda T. Becker, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery, Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program, Surgical Director of Perioperative Services, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois

Kidney Transplant

Janet M. Bellingham, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, Wisconsin

Kidney Transplant

F. Charles Brunicardi, MD, FACS

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair

Sally E. Carty, MD

Division Chief, Endocrine Surgery, Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Thyroidectomy

Giselle G. Hamad, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Laparoscopic Incisional Hernia Repair

Michael J. Rosen, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Director, Case Comprehensive Hernia Center, Cleveland, Ohio

Open Posterior Component Separation

Konstantin Umanskiy, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

Right Colectomy, Sigmoid Colectomy

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Gaurav Agarwal, MS (Surgery), FACS

Professor, Department of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India

Claudio Bassi, MD, FRCS, FACS, FEBS

Professor of Surgery, Surgical and Oncological Department, University of Verona, Pancreas Institute, Verona, Italy

Mordechai Gutman, MD

Head, Department of Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel

Serafin C. Hilvano, MD, FPCS, FACS, American Surgical Association(Hon.)

Professor Emeritus, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines

Jamal J. Hoballah, MD, MBA

Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Seon-Hahn Kim, MD

Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Yuko Kitagawa, MD, PhD, FACS

Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Vice President, Keio University Hospital, Director of Keio Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Miguel Angel Mercado Diaz, MD

Professor and Chairman, Department of General Surgery, National Institute of Medical Science and Nutrition, Mexico DF, Mexico

Gerald C. O'Sullivan, MD, FRCSI, FACS (Hon)

Professor of Surgery, University College Cork, Mercy University Hospital, Cork, Ireland

John F. Thompson, MD

Melanoma Institute Australia, Royal Prince Alfred and Mater Hospitals, Sydney, Australia, Discipline of Surgery, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

John A. Windsor, BSc MD, FRACS, FACS

Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Liwei Zhu, MD

Department of Surgery, Tianjin Medical University Hospital, Tianjin, China

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