First, we listen - The Department of Surgery - University of Chicago

Department of Surgery by the numbersRaphael C. Lee, MD, ScD, DSc(hon)America’s Top Doctors, America’s Top PlasticSurgeons, U.S.News & World ReportAmerica’s Top Doctors, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.America’s Top Surgeons, Consumers’ ResearchCouncil of AmericaTreasurer, Midwestern Society of Plastic SurgeonsPresident-Elect, American Institute for Medical andBiological EngineeringPresident, Drexel 100 SocietyBoard of Directors, Drexel UniversityBoard of Directors, Biomedical Engineering SocietyAdvisory Board for the EBICS, NSF EngineeringResearch CentersTechnology and Health Economics SymposiumChair, American Association for the Advancement ofScience Annual ConferenceInvited Symposia Chair, American Heart Association,Resuscitation Science SocietyRussell R. Reid, MD, PhDCo-Chairman, Association for Osteosynthesis/Association for the Study of Internal Fixation’s BasicPrinciples in Craniomaxillofacial FixationDavid H. Song, MD, MBAScientific Program Chair, American Society ofReconstructive MicrosurgeonsCourse Director, First Annual Chicago BreastReconstruction SymposiumResearchJoel Collier, PhDLong-Range Planning Committee, Society forBiomaterialsKathleen Goss, PhDOutstanding Faculty Presentation in ClinicalResearch, Huggins Research Symposium, TheUniversity of Chicago Department of SurgeryTransplantationYolanda Becker, MDAmerica’s Top Surgeons, Consumers’ ResearchCouncil of AmericaBest Doctors in AmericaAnita S. Chong, PhDRoche Organ Transplantation Research Foundation(ROTRF) Recognition PrizeJohn Renz, MD, PhDInvited Moderator, Invited Speaker, AmericanTransplant CongressInvited Participant, U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services, Health Resources and Services,Administration Organ Donation Task ForceInvited Speaker, National Association of TransplantCoordinators Annual MeetingNational Ultrasound Faculty, American College ofSurgeonsMedical Advisory Committee, American LiverFoundationAdvisory Council, Gift of Hope Organ and TissueDonor NetworkPiotr Witkowski, MD, PhDBasic Science Mentor Award, Transplantation Societyand The American Society of Transplantation at XIITTS Basic Science Symposium/II ESOT BasicScience Symposium, Cape Cod, MAInvestigator Travel Award, The International Isletand Pancreas Transplantation Association Congress,PragueScientific Award, 18th Annual Charles B. HugginsResearch Symposium, The University of ChicagoDepartment of SurgeryUrologyGregory Bales, MDTop Doctors for Women (Urology), Chicago magazineScott Eggener, MDReviewer of the Year, Journal of UrologyMohan S. Gundeti, MDHumanitarianism Award (towards the citizens ofHaiti), The University of ChicagoHonorable Mention for Take Home Messages, WorldCongress of Endourology, Chicago, ILBest Doctors in AmericaArieh L. Shalhav, MDPresident, 28th World Congress of EndourologyMeeting, Chicago, IllinoisNorm Smith, MDSelected for American Urological Association’sLeadership ProgramVascular Surgery &Endovascular TherapyChristopher L. Skelly, MDAssociate Examiner, American Board of SurgeryAssociate Scientific Advisor, Science TranslationalMedicineHapak Entrepreneurship SeminarElected Membership, The Society of UniversitySurgeonsClinical ActivityCases Visits RVUsCardiac and Thoracic Surgery 1,157 3,231 57,996General Surgery 2,689 13,770 69,353Neurosurgery 990 4,479 31,542Ophthalmology and Visual Science 311 10,364 45,167Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine 2,797 22,241 88,749Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2,031 17,354 48,258Pediatric Surgery 1,123 2,149 22,842Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1,197 6,416 42,167Transplantation 525 1,991 20,014Urology 2,089 9,235 65,671Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy 419 1,956 20,360Research Activity96 Active GrantsOver 600 Peer-Reviewed Publications$9 million Federal Funding$11.3 million Total Grant FundingEducational ActivityResidentsFellowsGeneral Surgery 54 Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery 1Neurosurgery 10 General Surgery - Colon and Rectal Surgery 1Ophthalmology and Visual Science 9 General Surgery - Endocrine Surgery 1Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine 20 General Surgery - Surgical Oncology 6Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 9 Neurosurgery 1Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 6 Ophthalmology and Visual Science - Vitreoretinal Surgery 2Urology 12 Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine 7Pediatric Surgery 2Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1Transplantation 2Urology 3Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy 2Total Residents 120 Total Fellows 2916 The University of Chicago Department of Surgery2011 Annual Report 17