Physician profiles, Department of General Surgery at Rush University Medical Center

	Department of General Surgery

Physician Profiles Richard A. Prinz, MD, FACS Helen Shedd Keith Professor Chairman, Department of General Surgery Director, General Surgery Residency Program Medical School: Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL Residency: Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO/Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL Fellowship: Endocrine Surgery, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, England Board Certification: 1978 Recertification: 1988, 1995 Areas of Special Expertise: General Surgery; Endocrine Surgery; Pancreaticobiliary Surgery; Laparoscopic Surgery Special Procedures Performed: Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy, Thoracoscopic Parathyroidectomy, Parathyroid Cryopreservation and Autotransplantation, Total Thyroidectomy, Complex Pancreatic and Biliary Surgery for Cancer and Benign Disease Research Activities: Pancreatitis, Tumor Angiogenesis, Pancreatic and Thyroid Cancer, Parathyroid Disease, and Adrenal Tumors Professional Societies: American Association of Endocrine Surgeons American Surgical Association Chicago Medical Society (1977-1988) Chicago Surgical Society Illinois Surgical Society International Association of Endocrine Surgeons International Association of Pancreatology Midwest Surgical Associates Society of University Surgeons Western Surgical Association American Board of Surgery Honors: Fellow-American College of Surgeons; Best Doctors in America (1992-93), Endocrine Surgery; Best Doctors in America: Midwest Region (1996-97); Chicago's Top Doctors, Chicago Magazine (1998); President-American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (1995-96); President-Midwest Surgical Association (1996-97); Treasurer- Western Surgical Association (1993-98) Fellow-American Colloge of Surgeons Australia and New Zealand Chapter of the American College of Surgeons:Travelling Fellowship, 1990 Commemorative Medallion of the City of Genoa, April 22, 1992 The Dr. Manuel Lichtenstein Memorial Lecturer, 1992 Honorary Fellow-Sociedad Columbiana de Cirugia The Best Doctors in America: Endocrine Surgery, 1992-2002 The Best Doctors in America: Midwest Region, 1996-1997 Consumers' Checkbook, Guide to Top Doctors President-American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, 1995-1996 President-Midwest Surgical Association, 1996-1997 Treasurer-Western Surgical Association, 1993-1998 President-Chicago Surgical Society, 2003-2004 President-Western Surgical Association, 2003-2004

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