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W
CHAIR
Norman
C. Estes, MD
Professor and Chair
Program Director
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Dr.
Estes received his medical degree from the University of Kansas in 1971,
served his internship in straight Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical
Center from 1971 to 1972, and received his residency training in General Surgery
at the University of Kansas Medical Center from 1972 to 1976.
He was certified
by the American Board of Surgery in 1978. Dr.
Estes has attended the Program
for Chiefs of Clinical Services and the Advanced Program for Chiefs of Clinical
Services at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts.
A
native of Missouri, Dr. Estes was on the faculty at the University
of
Kentucky
as Assistant Professor of Surgery from 1976 to 1978.
He served as part-time
Attending Surgeon at the
University
of
Missouri-Kansas
City
while
in private
practice from 1978 to 1981. He was
Associate Professor of Surgery at Indiana
University
from 1981 to 1984. He
returned to the University
of
Kansas
in 1984
and was Professor of Surgery from 1993 until coming to
Illinois.
He served as
Chief of Staff at the University
of
Kansas
Medical Center
from
1992 until his
current appointment.
Dr.
Estes has published numerous articles on surgical oncology.
His research
interests have focused on tumor proliferation and nutrition as well as clinical
studies in breast and gastrointestinal malignancies.
Dr. Estes is past president of
the
Midwest
Surgical Association.
He currently
serves on the Executive Board of the
Gastrointestinal and Surgery Committees
for the Southwestern Oncology Group. He
is a fellow of the
American
College
of Surgeons and currently serves as a governor of the
American
College
of
Surgeons. Dr. Estes is a member of
the American Association of Cancer Education,
American Society of Clinical Oncology, Association of Academic Surgeons,
Central Surgical Association,
Society of Surgical
Oncology, Southwestern Oncology
Group, Southwestern Surgical Congress, The Cell Kinetics Society, Western
Surgical
Association, Illinois Surgical Society, Chicago Surgical Society, Association
for Program
Directors in Surgery, Association for Surgical Education, Society of Surgical
Chairmen and The Surgeons’ Travel Club.
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