Department: Surgery

Established: 1930

Chairs:

Julian Deryl Hart, 1930 - 1960

Clarence E. Gardner, Jr., 1960 - 1964

David C. Sabiston, Jr., 1964 - 1994

Robert Anderson, 1994 - 2003

Danny Jacobs, 2003 - current

Divisions of the Department of Surgery

Anesthesiology, Established: 1950
Promoted to Department of Anesthesiology in 1970

Chiefs:

C. Ronald Stephen, 1950 - 1966

Sarah Dent, 1966 - 1970

Emergency Medicine, Established: 1999

Chiefs:

Kathleen Clem, 1999 - current

General Surgery, Established: 1964
In 1977, the Divisions of Thoracic and General Surgery were combined to form the Division of General and Cadiothoracic Surgery. Division of General Surgery was re-established as an independant division in 1994.

Chiefs:

William W. Shingleton, 1964 - 1977

R. Randal Bollinger, 1994 - current

General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Established: 1977
Formed by the merger of the Divisions of Thoracic and General Surgery.

Chiefs:

William W. Shingleton, 1977 - 1983

Neurosurgery, Established: 1937

Chiefs:

Barnes Woodhall, 1937 - 1960

Guy L. Odom, 1960 - 1976

Robert H. Wilkins, 1976 - 1996

Allan H. Friedman, 1996 - current

Ophthalmology, Established: 1930
Promoted to Department of Opthamology in 1965

Chiefs:

W. Banks Anderson, Sr., 1930 - 1965

Orthopaedics, Established: 1930

Chiefs:

Alfred Shands, Jr., 1930 - 1937

Lenox D. Baker, 1937 - 1967

J. Leonard Goldner, 1967 - 1984

James Urbaniak, 1984 - 2002

James A. Nunley, 2002 - current

Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Established: 1930

Chiefs:

Watt W. Eagle, 1930 - 1963

William R. Hudson, 1963 - 1992

William Richtsmeier, 1992 - 1999

Joseph Farmer, 1999 - current

Plastic, Oral, and Maxillofacial Surgery, Established: 1930

Chiefs:

Randolph Jones, 1930 - 1941

Kenneth L. Pickrell, 1944 - 1975

Nicholas Georgiade, 1975 - 1985

Donald Serafin, 1985 - 1995

L. Scott Levin, 1996 - current

Thoracic Surgery, Established: 1947
In 1977, the Divisions of Thoracic and General Surgery were combined to form the Division of General and Cadiothoracic Surgery. Division of Thoracic Surgery was re-established as an independant division in 1994.

Chiefs:

Peter K. Smith, 1994 - current

Urology, Established: 1930

Chiefs:

Edwin P. Alyea, 1930 - 1963

James F. Glenn, 1963 - 1980

David F. Paulson, 1980 - current

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