Dr. John Cameron

This year’s recipient of the Andre Crotti Ward for Distinguished Service to the Profession of Surgery was none other than John Cameron from Johns Hopkins. This giant of surgery presented a stellar historical review entitled: William Stewart Halsted: Our Surgical Heritage to a standing room only audience. Following his presentation Dr. Uretz Oliphant, ICSUS President, and Prof. Yik-Hong Ho, ICS World President,  surprised Dr. Cameron with an Honorary Fellowship to go along with the Crotti Award. Congratulations to Dr. John Cameron, our newest Honorary Fellow.

Dr. Cameron is the Alfred Blalock Distinguished Service Professor of Surgery at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. For nineteen years he served as the Chief of Surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Cameron obtained his undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1958 and his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1962. All of his training in General and Thoracic Surgery was obtained at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Cameron has had a long-standing interest in alimentary tract diseases, and specifically in pancreatic cancer. He has operated upon more patients with pancreatic cancer, and done more Whipple resections than any other surgeon in the world. He has been a leader in Alimentary Tract Surgery for many years. National leadership positions held include being President of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, President of the Southern Surgical Association, President of the Society of Clinical Surgery, President of the Society of Surgical Chairman, President of the Halsted Society, and President of the American Surgical Association. And most recently he was President of the American College of Surgeons.

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