Dr. Longaker Receives SUS Lifetime Achievement Award

June 4, 2019

Dr. Michael Longaker, a professor in the Division of Plastic Surgery, has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society of University Surgeons. 

According to the SUS, this award was designed to recognize individuals who have had a sustained career in academic surgery with contributions to surgical science. In addition, these individuals have demonstrated a commitment to the SUS whereby they have participated in the Society even after superannuating to Senior Membership status. Their participation in the Society is evidenced by the attendance of the meetings yearly and active participation in discussion of papers, attendance of the banquets, society functions, and mentoring the next generation of leaders in the society.

Longaker will officially be presented with the award at the Academic Surgical Congress in Orlando, FL on Tuesday, February 4, 2020.