Thomas M. Krummel | |
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| Born | 1951 (age 73–74) Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Parkside (B.S.), Medical College of Wisconsin (M.D.) |
| Occupation(s) | Pediatric surgeon, academic, medical device innovator |
| Employer | Stanford University |
| Known for | Chair of Surgery at Stanford University, Surgeon-in-Chief at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, co-director of Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign |
| Title | Professor Emeritus of Surgery |
| Board member of | Halsted Society (Past President), Fogarty Innovation (Chair), Silicon Valley Innovations, Santé Ventures |
| Awards | William E. Ladd Medal (2020), Jacobson Innovation Award (2023), Smithsonian IT Innovation Awards |
Thomas M. Krummel (born 1951) is an American pediatric surgeon, academic, and medical device innovator. He has held faculty and leadership positions at several medical institutions, including serving as Chair of the Department of Surgery at Stanford University [1] and Surgeon-in-Chief at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. He later became co-director of the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign. [2]
Krummel is a recipient of the William E. Ladd Medal (2020) from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Jacobson Innovation Award (2023) from the American College of Surgeons. [3] [4]
Krummel was born in Racine, Wisconsin. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin–Parkside and received his M.D. from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1977. He completed a residency in general surgery at the Medical College of Virginia and undertook fellowships in pediatric surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and in fetal surgery at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). [4]
During his residency, Krummel participated in early programs involving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a treatment developed for newborns with severe cardiac or respiratory failure. [3]
After training, Krummel joined the Medical College of Virginia and later the Penn State College of Medicine, where he was Chair of the Department of Surgery. At UCSF, he conducted research in fetal tissue repair. [4] He subsequently moved to Stanford University, where he was Chair of the Department of Surgery and held the Emile Holman Professorship of Surgery. From 2002 to 2016, he was Surgeon-in-Chief at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. He is now Professor Emeritus of Surgery at Stanford.
In 2004, Krummel established the Stanford Surgical Innovation Program, which merged in 2005 with the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign. He co-directed the center until 2021. [3] His research has included simulation-based surgical training, for which he received one of the first NIH Phased Innovation R21/R33 grants. He has authored over 180 peer-reviewed publications and has received two Smithsonian Information Technology Innovation Awards. [5]
Krummel has served with a number of professional and advisory organizations, including the Halsted Society (past president) and Fogarty Innovation (board chair). He has also been involved with several medical technology companies.
Krummel has served on several boards of directors and advisory boards, including: [6] [7] [8]
Krummel lives in Austin, Texas, and California.