Chair of Surgery From 1957-1971
John D. Martin, MD, was associated with Emory University for more than 70 years. A graduate of Emory College and the Emory University School of Medicine, Dr. Martin joined the faculty as an Assistant in Surgery in 1930 and served as Professor and Joseph B. Whitehead Chairman of the Department of Surgery from 1957-1971.
During his tenure as chair, Dr. Martin successfully integrated the separate residency programs at Grady Memorial Hospital, Piedmont Hospital, Emory University Hospital, and the Atlanta VA Medical Center, streamlining and creating an even more effective curriculum.
Dr. Martin served as president of the Southern Surgeon's Club, the Southeastern Surgical Congress, and the Southern Surgical Association.
The J.D. Martin Visiting Professorship and Lectureship was inaugurated in 1977. In 1979, Dr. Martin coauthored the book History of Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine. He remained an active participant in the department during his years as emeritus professor until his passing in 1991.
Speaker | Affiliation | Topic | Date |
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L.D. Britt, MD, MPH, FACS, FCCM | – Henry Ford Professor & Edward J. Brickhouse Chairman, Department of Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk | Acute Care Surgery: The Continuing Evolution of a Specialty | 8/29/2024 |
Steven C. Stain, MD | – Chair, Department of Surgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center – Professor, Department of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine |
The Atlanta Compromise and the Talented Tenth | 8/10/2023 |
William M. Stone, MD | – Professor of Surgery, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ – Emeritus Vice Dean for Clinical Practice, Mayo Clinic |
Generational Changes in Surgical Influence | 9/1/2022 |
Leigh A. Neumayer, MD, MS | – Professor of Surgery and Chair, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Margaret E. and Fenton L. Maynard Endowed Chair in Breast Cancer Research |
So You Want to be a Leader — Lessons Learned From a Path Less Traveled | 8/22/2019 |
Mary T. Hawn, MD, MPH | – Professor of Surgery and Chair, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine | Big Data – Promises and Pitfalls | 8/30/2018 |
Lynt B. Johnson, MD, MBA | MedStar Georgetown University Hospital: – Robert J. Coffey Professor of Surgery – Chair, Department of Surgery – Director, Hepatobiliary Surgery |
Advanced Techniques in Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer: Is More Better? | 8/17/2017 |
Spence M. Taylor, MD | – Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Diversity, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville – Vice President of Physician Engagement, Chief Academic Officer, President: GHS Clinical University, Greenville, SC |
Conscious Leadership: Lessons Learned While Building a Medical School | 8/25/2016 |
Carlos A. Pellegrini, MD | – Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine | Leadership | 8/20/2015 |
B. Mark Evers, MD | – Professor of Surgery – Mark McDowell Cancer Foundation Chair in the Lucille P. Markey Cancer Center – Director, Markey Cancer Center – Physician-In-Chief, Oncology Service – University of Kentucky College of Medicine |
A Tribute to the "Greatest Generation" and Challenges to Training the Next Generation | 7/31/2014 |
Gary L. Dunnington, MD | – Chairman, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine – Jay L. Grosfeld Professor of Surgery |
Evaluating and Improving Resident Performance | 7/11/2013 |
John D. Birkmeyer, MD | – George D. Zuidema Professor of Surgery – Director, Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, University of Michigan |
Strategies for Improving the Qualities of Surgical Care | 7/12/2012 |
Haile T. Debas, MD | – University of California, San Francisco: Senior Global Health Advisor; Founding Executive Director, Global Health Sciences; Director, UC Global Health Institute; Maurice Galante Distinguished Professor of Surgery; Dean Emeritus, School of Medicine; Vice Chancellor Emeritus, Medical Affairs; Chancellor Emeritus | Surgery in a Globalized 21st Century | 3/17/2011 |
Charles J. Yeo, MD | – Samuel D. Gross Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University | The New Faces of Pancreatic Cancer Surgery | 3/18/2010 |
Bruce L. Hall, MD, PhD, MBA | – Associate Professor of Surgery, Section of Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine | Evaluating Surgical Quality in the ACS-NSQIP: Where are We Now and Where are We Going? | 5/7/2009 |
Robert Udelsman, MD, MSB, MBA, MA | – William H. Carmalt Professor of Surgery and Oncology – Chairman, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine – Surgeon-in-Chief, Yale-New Haven Hospital |
Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy | 5/22/2008 |
John G. Hunter, MD | – Mackenzie Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University | Minimally Invasive Surgery: The Future in Perspective | 4/19/2007 |
Timothy Fabian, MD | – Wilson Alumni Professor of Surgery and Chairman of the Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center | H. Harlan Stone and Ernest Amory Codman: Academic Surgeons Ahead of Their Time | 5/25/2006 |
Danny O. Jacobs, MD, MPH | – Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center | Nutritional and Metabolic Support of Surgical Patients – An Update | 5/12/2005 |
Julie A. William Freischlag, MD | – Stewart Halsted Professor, Chair of the Department of Surgery, Surgeon-in-Chief, Johns Hopkins Medicine | Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms – How Things Have Changed Over 50 Years |
5/6/2004 |
Kirby I. Bland, MD | – Fay Fletcher Kerner Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine | Historical Evolution and Outcomes for Treatment of Rectal Carcinoma | 5/29/2003 |
J. Patrick O'Leary, MD | – Chairman, Department of Surgery, LSU School of Medicine | Looking Back Into the Future from the Perspective of a Surgical Educator | 3/11/2002 |
John M. Daly, MD | – Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College, Cornell University – Surgeon-in-Chief, New York Presbyterian Hospital |
Current Management of Patients with Hepatic Malignancies | 3/21/2001 |
Alden H. Harken, MD | – Professor of Surgery and Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center | Anyone Can Do Cardiac Arrhythmias | 3/15/2000 |
Sir Peter J. Morris | – University of Oxford | Renal Transplantation: Problems and Prospects | 3/10/1999 |
Judah Folkman, MD | – Harvard Medical School | New Directions in Angiogenesis Research | 2/21/1998 |
R. Scott Jones, MD | – University of Virginia Medical Center | Evaluation of the Jaundiced Patient | 3/8/1997 |
LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr., MD | – Howard University – President, American College of Surgeons |
Ethics in Surgical Practice | 2/16/1996 |
Alexander J. Walt, MD, ChB | – Wayne State University | Carcinoma in Situ of the Breast: A Dilemma of the 90s | 3/1/1995 |
H. Harland Stone, MD | – Good Samaritan | Selective Management of Acute Pancreatitis | 3/26/1994 |
David C. Sabiston, Jr., MD | – Duke University | Surgery of the Coronary Circulation: 1993 | 3/25/1993 |
Joseph E. Murray, MD | – Harvard Medical School | The Role of the Surgeon-Scientist in Medical Progress | 4/2/1992 |