E21 Keith Lillemoe on Equity in Surgery, Annals, and Bile Duct Injuries

Dr. Keith D. Lillemoe received his undergraduate education at the University of South Dakota and his MD from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1978. He served his surgical training at Hopkins and joined the faculty there in 1985, rising to the rank of Professor of Surgery in 1996.  He served as Associate Program Director for the Hopkins Surgical Residency from 1993 to 2003 and Vice-Chairman of the department from 1997 to 2003.  He was recognized with the Hopkins Department of Surgery Faculty Teaching Award on five occasions.  In 2003, he was appointed the Jay L. Grosfeld Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine.  In May 2011, Dr. Lillemoe was appointed to the position of Surgeon-in-Chief and Chief of the Department of Surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the W. Gerald Austen Professor of Surgery at the Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Lillemoe’s clinical research interests are in pancreatic cancer, IPMNs and other benign pancreatic disorders and biliary tract injuries.  His bibliography lists over 500 journal articles and 140 book chapters.  He has served as a visiting professor over 120 times and has spoken nationally and internationally on over 500 occasions.  He is the former Editor of one of the leading surgical texts Surgery: Scientific Principles and Practice and is Editor-in-Chief of Annals of Surgery.

We spoke to him about his training, equity & diversity in surgery, bile duct injuries, and being the Editor-in-Chief at one of the biggest journals in the world.

Links:

1. American Surgical Association meeting address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDiYB1sIqpg

2. Bile duct injuries on Behind the Knife podcast: https://behindtheknife.org/?p=2398

3. Safe cholecystectomy consensus conference: https://journals.lww.com/annalsofsurgery/Abstract/9000/Safe_Cholecystectomy_Multi_society_Practice.94547.aspx

4. Visual Abstracts: https://www.surgeryredesign.com/resources