Editorial Board Member - JSOC
Stephen Michael Kavic
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Surgery
University of Maryland School of Medicine
United States
BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Stephen Michael Kavic is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, earning a B.A. in chemistry. He attended medical school at the Yale University School of Medicine. He also received his general surgery residency training at Yale-New Haven Hospital, where he served as administrative chief resident. He completed a two-year fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery at the University of Maryland. At present he is an Associate Professor of Surgery at University of Maryland School of Medicine. In addition to being board certified in general surgery, Dr. Kavic has authored or co-authored 25 peer-reviewed scientific papers and chapters. He is also a member of the Association for Surgical Education, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, the Association for Academic Surgery, and the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Dr. Stephen Michael Kavic's clinical interests include minimally invasive abdominal surgery, surgery of the gastrointestinal tract, endoscopy, and the surgical treatment of anorectal disease. He has pursued multiple research projects on colon cell adhesion, clinical outcomes, and quality of life studies.
Other Editorial Board Members - JSOC
Nicola Balato
Department of Dermatology
School of Medicine
University of Naples Federico II
Italy
Luis Ulloa
Department of Surgery
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
United States
Akira Sasaki
Department of Surgery
Iwate Medical University School of Medicine
Japan
Jimmy SO
Department of Surgery
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University Health System
Singapore
MALCOLM KENNETH ROBINSON
Department of Surgery
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
United States
Fernando A. Herrera
Department of Surgery
Medical University of South Carolina
United States
William H. Marx
Department of Surgery
SUNY Upstate Medical University
United States
JACQUES MARESCAUX
Department of Surgery
Research Institute Against Digestive Cancer
France
Liang-Shun Wang
Graduate Institute of clinical medicine
Taipei Medical University
Taiwan
Peter Schemmer
Department of General -, Visceral- and Transplant Surgery
University Hospital of Heidelberg
Germany