Jeremiah George Turcotte, M.D. is Professor Emeritus of Surgery in the Department of surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School. Within the Department he is a member of the Division of Transplant Surgery in the Section of General Surgery. Dr. Turcotte obtained his medical degree from the University of Michigan in 1957 and completed his residency in general surgery at Michigan in 1963. He was certified in General Surgery in 1964 and Surgical Critical Care in 1986. While active he served as Chairman of the Department of Surgery, Head of the Section of General Surgery, Director of the Liver Transplant Center and Liver Transplant Program and Chairman of the Professional Fee Management Policy Committee. He was a Director of the American Board of Surgery and a member of the Residency Review Committee. On December 31, 2000 Dr. Turcotte retired from active faculty status and was appointed Professor Emeritus. He remains active in education, clinical research and regional and national organizations.

Throughout his career Dr. Turcotte practiced general and transplantation surgery. Most of his clinical and laboratory research focused on portal hypertension and transplantation of the kidney, liver and pancreas. Dr. Turcotte is currently Secretary/Executor of the Central Surgical Association Foundation and Board Member of the Transplantation Society of Michigan. He remains active in education, clinical research, regional and national organizations, and consultation.