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Leslie F. Bond, .M.D.
The Board of Directors of the Surgical Section would like to acknowledge the death of Leslie F. Bond, MD, from St. Louis, Missouri who departed this life on March 21. The following information is provided in recognition of our fallen brother and to celebrate his contribution to surgery, to the Surgery Section of the NMA, and to his community.
Dr. Bond was 85 years old. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, grew up in Galesburg, Illinois, and was educated at the University of Illinois. He matriculated at Meharry Medical College and completed his internship and surgical residency at the renowned Homer G. Phillips Hospital (one of the Big 3 training hospitals for black physicians and surgeons prior to 1970) in St. Louis, Missouri, under the directorship of surgeon William H. Sinkler, MD. Dr. Bond was in the private practice of general surgery from 1958 to 2003 in St. Louis. He held a clinical academic appointment at Washington University School of Medicine. He was active in the affairs of his community and served as an NMA Trustee and President of the Mound City Medical Forum (local NMA chapter). He was a member of the Boule and the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. He was named by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as one of the top 100 inspirational citizens of St. Louis. He served as Chairman of the Section from 1979-1981 as the last of a line of distinguished St. Louis surgeons to lead our Section. He supported the Section financially for the duration of his active professional life. Dr. Bond was a mentor to medical students at Saint Louis University and Washington University Schools of Medicine for half a century. He was a distinguished citizen of his community, a loyal member of our Section, and a close friend to many. May he rest in peace.
Cocktail Reception at the 2012 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons
Wayne A. I. Frederick, MD, MBA, FACS
Chair, Surgical Section-National Medical Association
and
Edward E. Cornwell, III, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.C.C.M.
LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr. Professor & Chairman of Surgery
Howard University College of Medicine
are pleased to invite you and your guest
to a cocktail reception at the
2012 Clinical Congress
of the American College of Surgeons
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
HILTON CHICAGO
Williford B
720 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago IL 60605
Special Invited Guests: The Matthew Walker Surgical Society
Kindly RSVP by September 28, 2012
Devin L. Watts at 202.865.4132
dlwatts@howard.edu
Looking for an Orthopaedic Residency
I am mentoring a preliminary intern in our General Surgery training program who is looking to match into an orthopaedic training program for next July. This will be his 3rd, and probably final, attempt in the Orthopaedic Match, and so we are doing all we can to improve his chances of matching this time. He has done a very good job so far in his preliminary internship with us, and we are confident that he will do quite well in orthopaedics if he can get a spot. If any of our Surgical Section members have an Orthopaedic training program at their institution, I would appreciate it if they would simply try and get this young man an interview at their institution. Once he gets his foot in the door, and someone actually takes a good look at him, I believe he’ll be ranked highly, but as of now, he only has 3 interviews scheduled out of the 25+ programs to which he has applied. He is willing to go anywhere, so there are no geographic limitations as to where he ultimately obtains his training. Please let me know if there is anything you can do to help this fine young man. My contact information is listed below. I am happy to forward his CV to any of our Surgical Section members if that will make them feel more comfortable about advocating on behalf of this young man. Thank you.
David G. Jacobs, MD
Associate Medical Director
F.H. "Sammy" Ross Trauma Institute
Carolinas Medical Center
P.O. Box 32861
Charlotte, NC 28232
phone: 704-355-3176
fax: 704-355-5619
e-mail: david.jacobs@carolinashealthcare.org
Trauma/Critical Care/Acute Care Surgery Faculty Position Available Immediately!!
The Ross Trauma Center at Carolinas Medical Center is an ACS verified Level I trauma center in Charlotte, NC seeking an ABS certified/ eligible general surgeon with fellowship training in Trauma/ Surgical Critical Care to join 10 trauma/critical care/ acute care surgeons. Carolinas Medical Center is an 874 bed, free standing academic medical center which is the flagship tertiary care hospital for Carolinas Healthcare System, the third largest publically owned system in the nation. Carolinas Medical Center features a 29 bed dedicated Surgical/Trauma ICU and separate 29 bed Neurosurgical ICU. The Surgical Critical Care Service provides intensivist support for multiple service lines including neurosurgery, hepatobiliary, transplant, surgical oncology and others, providing consultation and management to over 1,000 patients annually. The Trauma Program is one of the busiest in the state of North Carolina, with more than 3,000 adult trauma admissions, and 1,700 operative procedures annually. This service also manages pediatric trauma patients in the Levine Children’s Hospital, a 234 bed children’s hospital located on campus of the medical center.
Carolinas Medical Center has recently been designated as a branch of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, and all of our current trauma/critical care surgeons have faculty appointments in the medical school. Our Department of General Surgery also sponsors a surgical critical care fellowship, and plans an acute care surgery fellowship beginning in 2013. The medical center offers free-standing residencies in all of the major specialties including General Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Orthopaedics, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Ample opportunities exist for both clinical as well as basic science research, and involvement in the teaching and training of medical students, residents and fellows is expected. Interested parties are asked to contact:
David G. Jacobs, MD
Associate Medical Director
F.H. "Sammy" Ross Trauma Institute
Carolinas Medical Center
P.O. Box 32861
Charlotte, NC 28232
phone: 704-355-3176
fax: 704-355-5619
e-mail: david.jacobs@carolinashealthcare.org
Verna Gibbs Interviewed by "SheHeroes"
Our own Verna C. Gibbs, MD, professor of clinical surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, was recently interviewed by an organization called "SheHeroes" that specifically looks to encourage young minority and underprivileged high school girls to be ambitious and look beyond usual expectations in their career or job trajectory. The attached video was designed to speak to this age/Gen Y demographic so please take a look: Watch...
Letter from David Jacobs, M.D., Executive Director
Hope this brief message finds you healthy, happy, and busy, and also making plans to join us in San Francisco on Tuesday evening, October 25th, for the Annual American College of Surgeons (ACS) Reception co-hosted by our Section and the Howard University Department of Surgery. Details for the event can be found in the attached invitation. Please RSVP as soon as you can so that we will know how many attendees to expect. Read more...
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