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Mark Orringer
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Dr. Mark B. Orringer, professor and head of the Section of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Michigan, will visit the UW next week as the seventh annual visiting scholar in cardiothoracic surgery.
The visit, sponsored by the Department of Surgery's Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, will include two presentations and participation in teaching rounds and a program on division research.
He will speak at 3:30 p.m., Friday, May 8, in room K-069 of the Health Sciences Center on ³ Transhiatal Esophagectomy: Evolution, Clinical Experience and Refinements.² The lecture is open to everyone and will be followed by a reception. On Saturday morning, May 9, the division will host a breakfast meeting at the Four Seasons Olympic Hotel in downtown Seattle. Orringer will speak on ³ Modern Concepts in the Treatment of Esophageal Perforation.² For more information on this event, call Margo Boyd at 685-8644.
Orringer, current president of the Thoracic Surgery Directors Association, earned B.A. and M.D. degrees from the University of Pittsburgh. He was an intern and resident in general and thoracic surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. His career as a faculty member began at the University of Michigan in 1972, and he rose to become head of the Section of Thoracic Surgery in 1985. He is also thoracic oncology program director at the University of Michigan Cancer Center. In 1997, he was named John Alexander Distinguished Professor of Surgery.
He has received numerous awards including the Medal of the City of Paris, France, for Achievement in Esophageal Surgery, and a University of Pittsburgh Bicentennial Medallion of Distinction.
He is a member of the Executive Committee on Medical Motion Pictures of the American College of Surgeons and has been a director of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and a member of the editorial board for the Annals of Thoracic Surgery, among many other leadership positions in professional organizations. ¶
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April 30 1998