Johns Hopkins Physician Selected Surgery Chief
Keith D. Lillemoe, MD, a professor at Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine and attending surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital,
has been appointed chairman of the Department of Surgery, pending
approval by the IU Board of Trustees. He replaces long-time chair
Jay Grosfeld, MD.
Dr. Grosfeld, Lafayette F. Page Professor of Surgery, also has
served as surgeon-in-chief at Riley Hospital for Children since
1972, the only person to hold the post at that hospital. He will
remain in this position and as director of pediatric surgery.
“Dr. Lillemoe is the perfect person to lead IU’s next
generation of surgeons and he will be able to build on the steady
leadership of Jay Grosfeld,” says D. Craig Brater, MD, dean
of the Indiana University School of Medicine. “We simultaneously
celebrate the recruitment of Dr. Lillemoe and salute the enormous
contributions of Dr. Grosfeld.”
The new surgery chief specializes in pancreatic, gastrointestinal
and biliary tract diseases. At Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins, he
has led investigations into short- and long-term clinical management
for the cure of those diseases.
Much of Dr. Lillemoe’s practice has been devoted to the surgical
management of cancers of the pancreas, gallbladder and bile duct.
His research in these areas has resulted in significant funding
from the National Cancer Institute.
Dr. Lillemoe earned his medical degree from Johns Hopkins in 1978,
where he also completed his surgery residency and received his academic
appointment. From 1980 to 1982 he worked as a surgical investigator
at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research while on active duty
as a captain in the U.S. Army.
At the time of his IU appointment, Dr. Lillemoe was vice chair
and deputy director of surgery and program coordinator of the surgical
residency program at Johns Hopkins.
Dr. Grosfeld, who specializes in neonatal and pediatric surgical
oncology, is credited for pioneering pediatric surgical care and
IU’s surgical residency program. He is an honorary fellow
of the Royal College of Surgeons in England and a member of several
U.S. and overseas surgical societies. In 2002, he was awarded the
William E. Ladd Medal by the American Academy of Pediatrics –
one of the most prestigious honors in pediatric surgery.
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