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Chair
Norman C. Estes, M.D.
Professor and Chair
Program Director
Dr. Estes has been Chair and Program Director of the Dept. of Surgery since 1998. He received his medical degree from the University of Kansas in 1971, served his internship in straight Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center from 1971 to 1972, and received his residency training in General Surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center from 1972 to 1976. He was certified by the American Board of Surgery in 1978. Dr. Estes has attended the Program or Chiefs of Clinical Services and the Advanced Program for Chiefs of Clinical Services at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts.
A native of Missouri, Dr. Estes was on the faculty at the University of Kentucky as Assistant Professor of Surgery from 1976 to 1978. He served as part-time Attending Surgeon at the University of Missouri-Kansas City while in private practice from 1978 to 1981. He was Associate Professor of Surgery at Indiana University from 1981 to 1984. He returned to the University of Kansas in 1984 and was Professor of Surgery from 1993 until coming to Illinois. He served as Chief of Staff at the University of Kansas Medical Center from 1992 until his current appointment.
Dr. Estes has published numerous articles on surgical oncology. His research interests have focused on tumor proliferation and nutrition as well as clinical studies in breast and gastrointestinal malignancies. Dr. Estes is past president of the Midwest Surgical Association. He is the current President of the Warren H. Cole Society. He currently serves on the Executive Board of the Gastrointestinal and Surgery Committees for the Southwestern Oncology Group. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and currently serves as a governor of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Estes is a member of the American Association of Cancer Education, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Association of Academic Surgeons, Central Surgical Association, Society of Surgical Oncology, Southwestern Oncology Group, Southwestern Surgical Congress, The Cell Kinetics Society, Western Surgical Association, Illinois Surgical Society, Chicago Surgical Society, Association for Program Directors in Surgery, Association for Surgical Education, Society of Surgical Chairmen and The Surgeons’ Travel Club.
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