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Cataldo Doria, M.D, Ph.D., director of the Division of Transplantation at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and associate professor of Surgery at Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, has become a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).  Convocation ceremonies took place at the College’s 93^rd annual Clinical Congress, which were held last fall in New Orleans. 

By meeting the College’s stringent membership requirements, Fellows of the ACS have earned the right to use the designation “F.A.C.S.” (Fellow, American College of Surgeons) after their names. 

Dr. Doria is an internationally renowned multi-organ transplant specialist with extensive expertise in liver, kidney, pancreas, and small-bowel transplantation as well as hepatobiliary-pancreatic surgery.  His research interests include issues in liver transplantation and the use of artificial liver and liver resection techniques for cancer treatment.

Active in numerous professional and scientific societies, Dr. Doria is a member of the Transplantation Society, Academy of Surgical Research, International College of Surgeons (U.S. Section), Society of Critical Care Medicine, International Liver Transplantation Society, American Society of Transplantation, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Association for Academic Surgery, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Cell Transplant Society, American Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association, and the European Society for Organ Transplantation.  In 2006, Dr. Doria was named the Honorary President of Taranto, Italy’s provincial section of the Italian Association of Organ Donors (AIDO).

After receiving his medical degree from Italy’s University of Perugia School of Medicine in 1990, Dr. Doria completed an internship and residency in general surgery at the school in 1991 and 1995 respectively.  In 1993, he fulfilled a research fellowship in small bowel transplantation through a partnership with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and, in 1997, he completed a clinical fellowship in multi-organ transplantation surgery at the University of Pittsburgh.  Prior to joining Jefferson, Dr. Doria served in positions at the University of Perugia, the Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Specialized Therapies, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

An applicant for Fellowship of the ACS must be a graduate of an approved medical school; must have completed advanced training in one of the 14 surgical specialties recognized by the College; possess certification by the American surgical specialty board or appropriate certification by the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada; and must have been in practice in the same geographical location for at least one year at the time of his or her application. Before submission into Fellowship, the surgeon must further demonstrate ethical fitness and professional proficiency, and his or her acceptance as a Fellow of the College must be approved by three-fourths of its Board of Regents.

The American College of Surgeons is a scientific and educational organization of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to raise the standards of surgical practice and to improve the care of the surgical patients.  The ACS is dedicated to the ethical and competent practice of surgery.  Its achievements have established it as an important advocate for all surgical patients.  The College has more than 72,000 members and is the largest organization in the world.