Department of Surgery Chairman

W. Roy Smythe, M.D.
Professor of Surgery

Education
Baylor University, B.S., 1984
Texas A&M University School of Medicine, M.D., 1989

Specialty Training
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, General and Cardiothoracic Surgery

Board Certification
Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Awards and Recognition

• Consumers Research Council, Best Surgeons in America, 2007
• Best Doctors In America 2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2007-2008
• Alley Sheridan Scholar, The Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. The Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education, April 2003
• Institutional Physician-Scientist Award, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2000
• Outstanding Resident in Research and Teaching 1996-1997, The University of Pennsylvania College of Medicine
• Helen Salyer Anderson Award, Most Outstanding Graduating Medical Student, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, 1989
• Charles A. Dana Scholar 1987-1988, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Patient Care Emphasis
Advanced lung cancer, mesothelioma, metastic lesions to the lung, esophageal cancer, benign lung disease, chest wall tumors

Scott & White Appointment
March 8, 2004

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