Lazar J. Greenfield, M.D.
Emeritus Professor of Surgery by
Regental Appointment December, 2004
Career
Lazar J. Greenfield is an honors graduate of Baylor College of Medicine in
1958 and completed his surgical training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He
began his academic career as Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of
Oklahoma Medical Center and rapidly ascended the ladder to Professor of Surgery
in 1971. After a successful 13 year appointment as Stuart McGuire Professor and
Chair at the Medical College of Virginia, he was appointed as the F.A. Coller
Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at
the University of Michigan. After 15 years as Chair, he retired from that
responsibility in 2004 to devote his efforts to research and teaching.
Accomplishments
Dr. Greenfield is best known for his development of an intracaval filter
device to prevent pulmonary embolism that bears his name. He is a nationally
and internationally recognized expert in vascular surgery and lectures
sxtensively in the U.S. and abroad. He has been highly productive having
authored more than 360 scientific articles in peer- reviewed journals, 128 book
chapters as well as 2 textbooks. He has served on the Editorial Board of 15
scientific journals and on an NIH Study Section. He is a Fellow of the American
College of Surgeons and has served on the Board of Governors, the Advisory
Council for Vascular Surgery and as 1st Vice President. He has been elected
President of the American Surgical Association, the American Venous Forum,
American Association of Vascular Surgery and the Halsted Society. In 1995, Dr.
Greenfield was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of
Science. In 1996, he was designated a Johns Hopkins Society Scholar and in 1999
he received the Rice University Distinguished Alumnus Award.
His bibliography includes more than 195 journal articles, 8 books,
and 55 book chapters.
Current Activities
Dr. Greenfield has been appointed Editor-in-chief of the monthly newsletter,
Surgery News, to be sponsored by the American College of Surgeons, Associate
Editor of the new ACS Web Portal currently under development, and consultant to
the Center for Medical Devices and Radiological Health of the FDA.
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