About the Division of General Surgery
Director, Division of General Surgery
Academic Title: Professor
Director, Division of General Surgery
Board Certifications:
Surgery
When surgery has been determined as a patient's best course of treatment, that patient wants to select a hospital that has a history of excellence – excellence in training, excellence in innovation and excellence in outcomes. When you select Jefferson, you will have all of that and more.
It was at Jefferson that Samuel D. Gross, MD, served chairman of surgery. Referred to as "The Nestor of American Surgery" in the 19th century, Dr. Gross wrote 14 books and 1,200 articles on surgery, general medicine and medical history. While at Jefferson, Dr. Gross was president of the American Medical Association (AMA) and founded the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery and the American Surgical Association. Dr. Gross was responsible for devising countless new surgical instruments and techniques that are used in hospitals throughout the world. That level of excellence continues today within Jefferson's Division of General Surgery.
Jefferson general surgeons have achieved excellence in many surgical fields and have expanded the boundaries of surgery in a number of organ systems, especially in the digestive tract. We have had important success in radical liver resections for otherwise untreatable liver cancers and in open surgical placement of radioactive seeds for pancreatic cancers. Our transplant surgeons performed the first kidney and liver transplants in the Delaware Valley.
All surgeons of the Division undergo a rigorous training process and are committed to providing the most appropriate care. By using a collaborative team approach, which emphasizes cooperation among different specialties, departments and centers, our patients can expect high-quality treatment and the best results possible.
While the prospect of surgery can be intimidating, today it may no longer mean extended hospital stays and recovery times. Jefferson now offers a range of minimally invasive surgical procedures few other hospitals in the region can match. These pioneering techniques use tiny incisions and miniature robotic instruments for everything from appendectomies to pancreatic resections – allowing many patients to leave surgery with only Band-Aids® for dressings.