Visiting Professors

The Cohn-Rives Surgical Society and the LSU Department of Surgery are honored to host our 59th Annual Visiting Professor.

 

 

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Past Visiting Professors

 

HENRY N. HARKINS, M.D.* - 1965
Professor of Surgery, University of Washington J.

 

ENGLEBERT DUNPHY, M.D.* - 1966
Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of California

 

H. WILLIAM SCOTT, JR., M.D.* - 1967
Chairman, Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University

 

WILLIAM D. HOLDEN, M.D.* - 1968
Chairman, Department of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University

 

RUDOLF NOER, M.D.* - 1969
Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Louisville

 

WILLIAM V. MC DERMOTT, JR., M.D.* - 1970
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Director, Harvard Surgical Service, Boston City Hospital

JAMES V. MALONEY, JR., M.D. - 1971
Professor of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles

 

RICHARD H. EGDAHL, M.D. - 1972
Chairman, Department of Surgery, Boston University

 

DAVID C. SABISTON, M.D.* - 1973
Chairman, Department of Surgery, Duke University

 

W. DEAN WARREN, M.D.* - 1974
Chairman, Department of Surgery, Emory University

 

CHARLES GARDNER CHILD III, M.D.* - 1975
Professor of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School

 

LLOYD D. MCLEAN, M.D. - 1976
Professor of Surgery, McGill University, Surgeon -in-Chief, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Canada

LAZAR J. GREENFIELD, M.D. - 1977
Chairman, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Virginia

 

OLIVER H. BEAHRS, M.D.* - 1978
Consultant in Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Professor of Surgery, Mayo Medical School

 

JOHN S. NAJARIAN, M.D. - 1979
Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota

 

ALEXANDER J. WALT, M.D., Ch.B.* - 1980
Chairman, Department of Surgery, Wayne State University

 

GEORGE L. JORDAN, JR., M.D.* - 1981
Professor of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine

 

ARTHUR E. BAUE, M.D. - 1982
Donald Guthrie Professor and Chairman of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine

 

WILLIAM SILEN, M.D. - 1983
Johnson & Johnson Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Surgeon in Chief, Beth Israel Hospital

 

ROBERT S. SPARKMAN, M.D.* - 1984
Chief Emeritus, Department of Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center

 

DONALD TRUNKEY, M.D. - 1985
Professor of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco

 

ROBERT E. HERMANN, M.D. - 1986
Chairman, Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic

 

JERRY M. SHUCK, M.D., D.SC. - 1987
Chairman, Department of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine

 

MARK M. RAVITCH, M.D.* - 1988
Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

ARTHUR J. DONOVAN, M.D. - 1989
Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine

 

J. ALEX HALLER, JR., M.D. - 1990
Robert Garrett Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Johns Hopkins University

 

JOHN SAWYERS, M.D. - 1991
John Clinton Foshee Distinguished Professor of Surgery, Professor and Chairman of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

 

ARLIE MANSBERGER, M.D. - 1992
Professor Emeritus and Chairperson Emeritus, Medical College of Georgia

 

MICHAEL J. ZINNER, M.D. - 1993
The William P. Longmire Jr. Chair in Surgery, Professor and Chairman, Univ. of California, Los Angeles

 

ROBERT CONDON, M.D.* - 1994
Professor and Chairman of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin

 

WARD O. GRIFFEN, M.D. - 1995
Professor of Surgery, University of Kentucky

 

EDWARD COPELAND, M.D. - 1996
Professor and Chairman of Surgery, University of Florida

 

WILLIAM C. WOOD, M.D. - 1997
Professor and Chairman of Surgery, Emory University

 

LASALLE D. LEFFALL, JR. M.D. - 1998
Professor of Surgery, Howard University

 

LARRY H. HOLLIER, M.D., F.A.C.S. - 1999
Professor and Chairman of Surgery, Mt. Sinai Medical Center

 

DONALD E. FRY, M.D., F.A.C.S. - 2000
Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of New Mexico School of Medicine

 

JAMES A. O'NEILL, JR., M.D., F.A.C.S. - 2001
J.C. Foshee Distinguished Professor of Surgery, Professor and Chairman of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

 

KIRBY I. BLAND, M.D., F.A.C.S. - 2002
Fay Fletcher Kerner Professor of Surgery, Professor and Chairman of Surgery University of Alabama School of Medicine

 

JACK R PICKLEMAN, M.D. - 2003
Dr. and Mrs. John Igini Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Division of General Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Stritch School of Medicine

 

RONALD V. MAIER, M.D. - 2004
Professor & Chair of Surgery, University of Washington; Surgeon-in -Chief, Harborview

 

L.D. BRITT, M.D., F.A.C.S. - 2005
Brickhouse Professor & Chairman, Department of Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA Medical Center

 

BARBARA LEE BASS, M.D. - 2006
Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

 

BASIL A. PRUITT, JR., M.D. - 2007
Clinical Professor, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Surgery, Trauma, and Emergency Medicine

 

JAMES PATRICK O'LEARY, M.D. - 2008
Executive Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs, Florida international University College of Medicine

GEORGE F. SHELDON, M.D. - 2009
Professor of Surgery and Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

JOHN HUNTER, M.D. - 2010
Mackenzie Professor and Chair, Oregon Health and Sciences University in Portland, Oregon

 

JULIE ANN FREISCHLAG, M.D. - 2011 Surgeon-in-Chief John Hopkins Hospital.

 

J. WAYNE MEREDITH, M.D. - 2012
Professor and Chair Department of Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

 

J. DAVID RICHARDSON, M.D. - 2013
Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Louisville Scholl of Medicine

 

MICHAEL L. NANCE, M.D. - 2014
Director Pediatric Trauma Program, Professor of Surgery,
Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania

 

EDWARD A. LEVINE, M.D., FACS - 2015
Professor and Chief, Surgical Oncology Service
Wake Forest University

 

DANIEL SCOTT, M.D., FACS - 2016
Frank H. Kidd Jr, MD Distinguished Professor in Surgery
UT Southwestern Medical Center

 

ROBERT J. FITZGIBBONS, JR, M.D., FACS - 2017
Harry E. Stuckenhoff Professor of Surgery
Creighton University School of Medicine

 

NANCY D. PERRIER, M.D. - 2018
Harry E. Walker and Ruth Sterling Endowed Professor
M.D. Anderson

 

FREDERICK R. BENTLEY, M.D. - 2019
Professor & Chair of Surgery, Chairman: Interventional Services
Associate Medical Director for Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Services

 

PANDEMIC 2020-2021

 

B. TODD HEINFORD, M.D. - 2022
Professor and Chief, Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center

 

FIEMU E. NWARIAKU, M.D. - 2023
Helen Low Bamberger Colby Presidental Endowed Chair in Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, University of Utah

 

R. TODD MAXSON, M.D. - 2024
Professor, Pediatric Surgeru - UAMS Surgeon-in-Chief, Rachel Fuller Endowed Chair, Associate Trauma Medical Director, Arkansas Children's Hospital

 

 

 

* Deceased