Johns Hopkins Physician To Assume IU's Top Surgery Post
INDIANAPOLIS - Keith D. Lillemoe, M.D., has been named chair of the
Indiana University Department of Surgery.
Dr. Lillemoe, a professor at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
and attending surgeon at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, is expected to begin
his duties in September, pending approval by IU trustees. He replaces
long-time chair Jay Grosfeld, M.D., who is stepping down from this role.
Dr. Grosfeld has served as surgeon-in-chief at Riley Hospital for Children
since 1972, the only person to hold the post at Indiana's oldest and best-known
children's medical facility. 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, M.D., dean of the Indiana University
School of Medicine. "Thus, 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, Md.-based Johns Hopkins, he has
led investigations into the 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.
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 from 1980
to 1982.
At the time of his IU appointment, Dr. Lillemoe was vice chair and deputy
director of surgery and 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 o the Royal College of Surgeons in England and a member of several 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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