ACS Icons in Surgery - Edward E. Cornwell III, MD, FACS

Edward E. Cornwell III, MD, FACS
Presented by Mallory Williams, MD, FACS and Tolulope Oyetunji, MD, MPH, MBA
Dr. Edward E. Cornwell III is a native of Washington DC and is currently the LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr. Professor of Surgery at Howard University College of Medicine and former Chair of the Department of Surgery (serving for 13 years in that position) and Interim Dean. He is the Vice President of the American Surgical Association and has previously served as President of the Southeastern Surgical Congress, Society of Black Academic Surgeons, and Surgical Section of the National Medical Association. He is also a former Secretary of the American College of Surgeons and Scudder Orator.