The ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators® virtual Fireside Chat Series connects you with experts for an open dialog driven by audience questions.
This session is a discussion with Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi. The discussion focuses on his career and lessons learned.
Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, FACS, ESA (Hon.), SIC (Hon.), SACPNE (Hon.), MAMSE is an internationally-renowned, board-certified gastrointestinal surgeon with a strong expertise in the surgical treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, gastrointestinal and pancreatic cancers. He is the Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor of Surgery and chairman of the Department of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and surgeon-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Born in Pisa, Italy, Dr. Michelassi graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pisa School of Medicine, Dr. Michelassi completed his internship and surgical residency at New York University and a research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University. In 1984, he joined the faculty of the Department of Surgery at the University of Chicago. He became section chief of general surgery in 1994, tenured professor in 1995, vice chair of the Department of Surgery in 2000 and the Thomas D. Jones Professor of Surgery in 2001. He also served as director of the Surgical Oncology Fellowship from 1988 through 1995 and director of the General Surgery Residency Program from 1997 through 2004. He moved to his current position at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in 2004.
A recognized leader in the gastrointestinal surgical field, Dr. Michelassi has been appointed to many international and national task forces and panels. A member of more than 50 professional societies and foundations, Dr. Michelassi was elected to leadership positions in many of them and has served as president in seven of them: the Society for the Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, the Society of Surgical Oncology, the Society of Surgical Chairs, the Western Surgical Society, the Central Surgical Association, the Illinois Surgical Society and the New York Surgical Society. Dr. Michelassi has served as vice chair of the Advisory Council for General Surgery and as Chair of the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors of the American College of Surgeons; he is currently a Regent of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Michelassi has served as director (2006-2012) of the American Board of Surgery, chair of the Surgical Oncology Advisory Council (2009-2011), first Surgical Oncology board chair (2011-2012) and senior director (2012-2017). Dr. Michelassi served as director and vice president of the US Chapter of the James IV Association of Surgery, Inc. Dr. Michelassi is an honorary fellow of the Italian Society of Surgery, the Sociedad Argentina de Coloproctologia (N.E.) and the European Surgical Association. Moreover, Dr. Michelassi was inducted as a member of the inaugural class of the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators in 2018.
