Dr. Hawn Elected Vice President of Halsted Society

Department Chair Dr. Mary Hawn has been elected vice president of the Halsted Society. Hawn will then ascend to the presidency in September 2021.

"It is a true hone and further cements the relationship between Dr. Halsted and Dr. Emile Holman and Stanford University," said Hawn. Holman, Stanford Surgery's founding chair, was Halsted's last resident. "I'm proud to be the fourth Stanford faculty [member] who will preside over this meeting."

Hawn follows in the footsteps of Drs. JBD Marks, Tom Krummel and Sherry Wren.

"It is an incredible honor to be elected to the leadership of the Halsted Society. The society represents leaders in academic surgery from around the US and is dedicated to surgical scholarship and fellowship," said Wren, who was president in 2017.

Drs. Carla Pugh, director of the TECI Center, and Electron Kebebew, chief of the division of general surgery, both activated their memberships at the 2020 meeting, and Dr. Carlos Esquivel, division chief of the division of abdominal transplant, was elected to the membership as well.