Ophthalmology is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders.
Boston Medical Center (BMC) is a non-profit 514-bed academic medical center and safety-net hospital in the South End neighborhood of Boston,Massachusetts. As part of the Boston Medical Center Health System,the hospital provides primary and specialty care to residents of the Greater Boston area. It is also the principal teaching hospital of Boston University Chobanian &Avedisian School of Medicine and home to 66 residency and fellowship training programs
The Boston University Chobanian &Avedisian School of Medicine,formerly the Boston University School of Medicine,is one of the graduate schools of Boston University. Founded in 1848,the medical school was the first institution in the world to formally educate female physicians. Originally known as the New England Female Medical College,it was subsequently renamed Boston University School of Medicine in 1873,then Chobanian &Avedisian School of Medicine in 2022. In 1864,it became the first medical school in the United States to award an M.D. degree to an African-American woman.
Jessica Kandel is the Surgeon-in-Chief,University of Chicago Medical Center Comer Children's Hospital,Mary Campau Ryerson Professor of Surgery and Chief,Section of Pediatric Surgery,and the Vice-Chair for Pediatric Surgical Services,appointed August 1,2013.
Mary Ellen Beck Wohl was Chief of the Division of Respiratory Diseases at Children's Hospital Boston,and served as Associate Director of the General Clinical Research Center until 2002. Since the 1962,when she first joined the staff at Children's Hospital,Wohl specialized in the respiratory diseases of children. She was also a leader in the field of clinical research on cystic fibrosis. She developed a number of techniques to evaluate the function of the lungs in young children and is the author of many research papers in this field.
Steven Marc Zeitels is the Eugene B. Casey Professor of Laryngeal Surgery at Harvard Medical School and the Director of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation. He specializes in diseases and disorders of the throat,voice,airway,and larynx. His contributions to voice and laryngeal surgery are highly recognized in the USA and throughout the world. In 2004,the first endowed Chair in Laryngeal Surgery at Harvard Medical School was created for him while he re-established a Harvard Laryngeal Surgery service at the MGH,which had not been present since the 1920s. He has received more than 75 awards and honored lectureships for his achievements including the Casselberry Award,DeRoaldes Medal and the Newcomb Award from the American Laryngological Association. Zeitels was the 4th surgeon in the organization's history to win all three awards. He has also received the Chevalier Jackson Award and the annual Broyles Maloney Award from the American Broncho-Esophageal Association,as well as the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Boston University (BU) School of Medicine in 2007. Zeitels is also well known for performing complex microsurgery to restore the voices of performing vocalists and has done so on 18 Grammy award-winning artists.
Raquel Cruz Bono is a retired vice admiral in the United States Navy,and the former director of the Defense Health Agency. She currently serves as Chief Health Officer for Viking Cruises and a Senior Fellow for Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.
Jennifer Lee Walden is an American plastic surgeon,author,and entrepreneur. She is one of the first doctors to use laser machines to do a "a high volume of labiaplasties and vaginoplasties." Harper’s Bazaar listed Walden as one of the Best Beauty Surgeons in 2014. Walden is a member of Modern Aesthetics’and Plastic Surgery Practice’s editorial board of Directors,and one of the few women to be elected to serve on the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Board of Directors. She became the first female president of The Aesthetic Society in 2022.
Rosalyn P. Scott is an American thoracic surgeon known for her work in education and for being the first African-American woman to become a thoracic surgeon.
Adil Haider is a Pakistani–American trauma surgeon,public health researcher and the Dean of medical college at the Aga Khan University. He is also the co-founder of Doctella,an online application to enhance doctor-patient communication.
Sonja Eva Singletary was an American surgeon who specialized in the care of breast cancer. She was a faculty member at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and a past president of the Society of Surgical Oncology.
Dr. Roberto Bergamaschi is a colorectal surgery specialist,Chief of Colorectal Surgery Department at Westchester Medical Center,previously Professor of Division of Colorectal Surgery at State University of New York in Stony Brook,NY
Julie Ann Sosa,MD,MA,FACS,is professor and chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of California,San Francisco (UCSF) and holds the Leon Goldman,MD,Distinguished Professorship in Surgery. She currently serves as the Treasurer of the American Thyroid Association and Editor-in-Chief of the World Journal of Surgery.
Patricia Kilroy Donahoe is an American pediatric surgeon and a leading researcher in the field of developmental biology and oncology. She was the president of the American Pediatric Surgical Association from 2006 to 2007. She currently serves as the director of pediatric surgical research laboratories and chief emerita of pediatric surgical services at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Reshma Kewalramani,is the president and chief executive officer of Vertex Pharmaceuticals,a biotechnology company based in Boston,Massachusetts,as of April 1,2020. She is the first female CEO of a large US biotech company. She was previously the chief medical officer and vice president of global medicines development and medical affairs at Vertex.
Melina R. Kibbe is an American clinician and researcher in the field of vascular surgery. She currently serves as Dean of the University of Virginia School of Medicine. She previously held the Colin G. Thomas Jr. Distinguished Professorship and Chair of the Department of Surgery at UNC School of Medicine.
Martha A. Zeiger is an American endocrine surgeon and scientist. She is currently Director of the Center for Cancer Research Office of Surgeon-Scientist Career Development at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She is also an adjunct investigator in the Surgical Oncology Program at NIH's National Cancer Institute,where she previously served as director. She was the S. Hurt Watts Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Virginia. Prior to joining academia,Zeiger spent six years in the United States Navy as General Medical Officer,Commander and Surgeon in San Diego,Hawaii and Washington,D.C.
Catherine Jane Mohr is a medical researcher from New Zealand,residing in the United States,who specializes in developing telemanipulator robotics for making surgery less invasive,and therefore providing faster recovery for patients. She had also designed fuel cells for land vehicles and high-altitude airplanes and studied sustainable architecture. Mohr is on the faculty of Stanford Medical School and is currently President of the Intuitive Foundation,the corporate foundation of Intuitive Surgical.
Timothy Michael Pawlik is an American surgical oncologist. He is Chair of the Department of Surgery and the Urban Meyer III and Shelley Meyer Chair for Cancer Research at The Ohio State University and Surgeon-in-Chief at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
Patricia L. Turner,MD,MBA,FACS is an American general surgeon. She is the first African American,and first woman to serve as executive director and Chief Executive Officer of the American College of Surgeons. Turner formally assumed the role of executive director and CEO on January 1,2022.
