Schilling Lecture brings director of American College of Surgeons to campus

Dr. Samuel Wells

Dr. Samuel Wells, executive director of the American College of Surgeons, will present the Department of Surgery’s fifth annual Helen and John Schilling Lecture next week.

Wells will speak on “The Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes” at 3:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 29, in Hogness Auditorium of the Health Sciences Center. A reception will follow in the lobby.

In conjunction with the lecture, the Department of Surgery will hold a Resident Research Symposium earlier in the day, featuring the work of residents and students.

Wells, who was chair of the Department of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis before becoming executive director of ACS last year, has a long history of involvement with the College of Surgeons and other surgery organizations. He was a member of the ACS Board of Regents from 1989 to 1996 and vice chair of the group from 1994-96. He has also been president of the American Surgical Association, the Southern Surgical Association and the Society of Surgical Oncology.

He has been editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons and editor or a member of the editorial board for several journals. He has also worked with the National Cancer Institute and the National Cancer Advisory Board.

The lecture is named for Dr. John Schilling, professor emeritus of surgery who was chair of the department from 1975 to 1983, and his wife Helen. ¶