John R Benfield

John R Benfield, M.D. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA 72-131 Center for Health Sciences, Box 951749 Los Angeles, CA  90095-1749 United States 1 310 794 7333

Specialty

• General Thoracic Surgery

Background

• Columbia College, A.B., 1952
• University of Chicago, M.D., 1955
• Chief Resident and Instructor, University of Chicago, 1963-1964
• Director, American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 1982-1988
• President, Western Thoracic Surgical Association, 1988-1989
• President, Thoracic Surgery Directors Association, 1995-1997
• President, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 1995-1996
• Associate Editor, Annals of Thoracic Surgery , 1987-2001
• President, Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education, 2003-2006
• Chairman, American College of Surgeons International Relations Committee, 2005-07

Interests

• Language of Science (English for Medical Purposes)
• Surgical Education
• Thoracic Oncology
• International Relations
• Health care funding and policies