On July 1, 2011, Dr. F. Charles Brunicardi rejoined the UCLA faculty as Professor and Chief of the Santa Monica-UCLA General Surgery Group and a Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery for Surgical Services at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center. Dr. Brunicardi is a gastrointestinal surgeon-scientist who was a member of the UCLA surgical faculty from 1989 to 1995, when he was recruited to Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas as George Jordan Professor and Chief of General Surgery. In 1999, Dr. Brunicardi became DeBakey/Bard Professor and Chairman of the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor and held that leadership position for the past 12 years.

Early life and education

Dr. Brunicardi was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey

Perth Amboy, New Jersey

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, on May 10, 1954. He graduated from Rutgers University School of Medicine in Piscataway, New Jersey. Upon graduation from Rutgers Medical School in 1980, Dr. Brunicardi served as a research assistant in the Department of Anesthesiology at Cornell University

Cornell University

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 Medical Center in New York, New York. Dr. Brunicardi interned in surgery at Mount Zion Hospital in San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

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 and was a surgical resident at the State University of New York

State University of New York

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 (SUNY) Health Science Center in Brooklyn, New York from 1982-1983. From 1983-1986 he was a fellow in research in the Department of Surgery at SUNY Health Science Center and won several national and international research awards. From 1986-1988 he was a Senior Resident in Surgery at SUNY, and from 1988-1989 he was the Chief Resident of General Surgery at SUNY Health Science Center.

Career

Dr. Brunicardi's career includes accomplishments as an attending physician and medical school professor first in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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 and in Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas

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Los Angeles (1989-1995 and 2011-present)

• 1989-1995 Staff Surgeon, Wadsworth VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
• 1989-1995 Attending Surgeon, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
• 1989-1994 Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
• 1990-1991 Acting Director of Trauma, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
• 1991-1995 Co-Director of Islet Transplantation Program, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
• 1994-1995 Staff Surgeon, UCLA - Harbor Medical Center, Torrance, California
• 1994-1995 Director, Human Islet Program, UCLA/VA Medical Center, West Los Angeles, California
• 1994-1995 Associate Professor in Residence, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
• 1994-1995 Executive Council for the Division of General Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
• 2011-present Professor of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Chief of the Santa Monica-UCLA General Surgery Group, Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery for Surgical Services at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, Surgical Director of the Santa Monica-UCLA Gastrointestinal Disease Center

Houston (1995-2011)

• 1995-2000 George Jordan Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
• 1995-2000 Medical Director, Multi-Organ Transplant Center, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas
• 1995–Present Director of Human Islet Transplantation, Houston, Texas
• 1995-2004 Chief, Division of General Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
• 1999-2004 Chief, Surgical Services, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas
• 1999–2011 DeBakey/Bard Professor and Chairman, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Honors

• Blue Key Honor Society at Johns Hopkins (1985)
• American Gastroenterological Associated Research Travel Award (1986)
• The Second Galveston International Symposium on Gastrointestinal Hormones Research Travel Award (1989)
• Golden Apple Teaching Award, The State University of New York (1989)
• Outstanding Teacher Award, UCLA School of Medicine (1991–1993)
• Royal College of Surgeons Traveling Fellowship (1994)
• American Medical Women's Association Teaching Award for Promotion of Gender Equity (1994)
• Gene Guinn Outstanding Faculty Award, Baylor College of Medicine (1998)
• Operating Room Committee Chair Dedication and Commitment to the Pursuit of Excellence Award, The Methodist Hospital (1998)
• Distinguished Alumnus Award, The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (1999)
• Distinguished Alumnus, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (2000)
• One of Houston's Best Physicians, Inside Houston city magazine, excerpted from the "Guide to Top Doctors" (2000)
• Arthur M. Shipley Award for Best Scientific Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Surgical Association (2000)
• One of Houston's Best Physicians in General Surgery, Inside Houston city magazine, excerpted from the "Guide to Top Doctors" (2001)
• Distinguished Visiting Faculty, Third Annual Carrico Surgical Research Forum at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2001)
• Distinguished Alumnus Award, The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (2001)
• “Torch of Hope” Award, The Cancer League of Houston (2001)
• Honoree for “Islet Cell Transplantation Research Program”, Partnership for Baylor College of Medicine Gala (2002)
• Distinguished Award in the Field of Medicine, The Houston Council of the American Diabetes Association (2002)
• Outstanding Teacher and Mentor Award, Baylor College of Medicine Student Surgical Society (2002)
• Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, Baylor College of Medicine, Division of General Surgery of the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery (2002)
• One of Houston's Best Physicians, AH Texas magazine, excerpted from the "Super Doctors" annual list (2003)
• World Wide Web Health Awards Merit Winner (2003)
• Molecular Surgeon Research Achievement Award, Baylor College of Medicine Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery (2003)
• Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P. Faculty Excellence Award in Educational Leadership (2004)
• Molecular Surgeon Research Achievement Award, Baylor College of Medicine Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery (2004)
• One of Texas Super Doctors 2006 –Texas Monthly Magazine (2006)
• Molecular Surgeon Research Achievement Award – Baylor College of Medicine (2006)
• Lifetime Achievement Award – Wadsworth Physicians & Surgeons Alumni Association, Los Angeles, California (2007)
• State of Israel Maimonides Award, Houston, TX (2007)
• Molecular Surgeon Research Achievement Award – Baylor College of Medicine (2007)
• One of Texas Super Doctors 2007 – Texas Monthly Magazine (2007)
• One of Texas Super Doctors 2008 – Texas Monthly Magazine (2008)
• Molecular Surgeon Research Achievement Award – Baylor College of Medicine (2008)
• One of Texas Super Doctors 2009 – Texas Monthly Magazine (2009)
• Keynote Speaker – Convocation 2010, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ (2010)
• One of Texas Super Doctors 2010 – Texas Monthly Magazine (2010)
• First Vice President, Texas Surgical Society (2010)
• Recipient of the St. Luke’s 2010 Distinguished Scientist Award for Cancer Studies, Houston, TX (2010)
• One of Best Doctors in America 2011-2012, Best Doctors® (2011)

Research Interests and Contributions

Dr. Brunicardi’s research interests focus upon translational genomic medicine and surgery. His clinical areas of expertise include gastrointestinal surgery and surgery of neuroendocrine tumors. Dr. Brunicardi has held continuous research funding since 1992, and he has a vast bibliography with more than 250 publications and is the editor of a surgical textbook.

External links

• DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine
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