Thomas M. Krummel, MD, FACS/FAAP

Clinical Focus

• Pediatric Surgery
• Surgery, Pediatric

Administrative Appointments

• Emile Holman Professor and Chair, Stanford University School of Medicine - Surgery , (1999– present )
• Susan B. Ford Surgeon in Chief, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital , (2002– present )
• Director, Surgical Innovation Program , (2004– present )
• Co-Director, Biodesign Program , (2006– present )

Honors and Awards

• Best Doctors, San Francisco Magazine (2003-2005)
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, Stanford University School of Medicine (June 2004)
• The John Austin Collins, MD Memorial Award-Outstanding Teaching and Dedication to Resident Teaching, Department of Surgery at Stanford University (June 2004)
• America's Top Doctors, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd (2003-2008)
• Recognition of Service Excellence (ROSE), Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford (May 2004)
• America's Top Surgeons, Consumers' Research Council (2004-2005)
• Special Congressional Recognition, House of Representatives, USA (November 2003)
• Alumnus of the Year, Marquette Medical Alumni Association - Medical College of Wisconsin (May 2003)
• Best Doctors in America, Best Doctors Corporation (2002-2008)
• Computerworld Smithsonian Award - Information Technology and Innovation in Medicine, Penn State Department of Surgery (1999)
• Computerworld Smithsonian Award - Robotically Assisted Microsurgery, Penn State Department of Surgery (1997)
• Traveling Fellowship Award, James IV Association of Surgeons (1996)
• The Thomas V.N. Ballantine Memorial Excellence in Surgical Education Award, Surgical Residents of the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (1991)
• Commencement Speaker, University of Wisconsin-Parkside (1991)
• Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award, University of Wisconsin-Parkside (1991)
• Chief Residents' Outstanding Teacher Award, Medical College of Virginia (1990)
• "Outstanding Young Surgeon", VA Chapter American College of Surgeons (1989)
• Fellowship, American College of Surgeons (1987-1989)
• IA Bigger Medal "Outstanding Chief Resident", Medical College of Virginia (1983)
• Resident Research Award, American Academy of Pediatrics Surgical Section (1981)
• Bigger-Lehman Resident Research Award, Virginia Surgical Society (1981)
• James Ewing Resident Research Award, Society of Surgical Oncology (1981)
• David M. Hume Resident Research Award, Medical College of Virginia (1979)
• "Outstanding Member 1977 Graduating Class", Medical College of Wisconsin (1977)
• Millman Award, Medical College of Wisconsin (1977)
• International Health Professional of the Year, International Biographical Center (2006)
• Consultant - Mission reforme C.H.U., French Government (2009)
• Outstanding Achievement in Medicine Award, Santa Clara Country Medical Association (June 2009)

Professional Education

• UCSF Medical Center (1985) CA
• Board Certification: Pediatric Surgery, American Board of Surgery (1988)
• Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (1985) PA
• Board Certification: General Surgery, American Board of Surgery (1984)
• Medical College of Virginia (1983) VA
• Medical College of Virginia (1978) VA
• Medical College of Wisconsin (1977) WI
• Fellowship, Univ. of CA, San Francisco Fetal Surgery (1985)
• Research Fellowship, Medical College of Virginia Surgical Research (1980)
• Resident, Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh Pediatric Surgery (1985)
• Chief Resident in Surgery, Medical College of Virginia Surgery (1983)
• Internship/Residency, Medical College of Virginia Medicine (1982)
• M.D., Medical College of Wisconsin Medicine (1977)
• B.S., University of Wisconsin-Parkside Chemistry (1973)

Postdoctoral Advisees

• Wei Wei

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Surgery
• Bioengineering

Community & International Work

• International Surgical Exchange More »
• Mission réforme C.H.U., France More »

Web Site Links

• Biodesign

Industry Relationships

Stanford is committed to ethical and transparent interactions with our industry partners. It is our policy to disclose payments of $5,000 or more, equity valued at $5,000 or more in a publicly traded company, or any equity in a privately held company, to physicians and scientists employed by Stanford University from companies or other commercial entities with which they interact as part of their professional activities. 

• Equity: PEAK Surgical, Visible Productions, Wing-Tec

Research Interests

Surgical Innovation, Simulation and Virtual Reality in Surgical Education, Fetal Healing-Cellular and Biochemical Mechanisms

Clinical Trials

• Efficacy study to evaluate laparoscopic fasical closure device. Recruiting

Publications

• Inventing our future: training the next generation of surgeon innovators. Krummel TM,  J Pediatr Surg.  2009; 44 (1): 21-35
• NOTES and other emerging trends in gastrointestinal endoscopy and surgery: the change that we need and the change that is real. Jay Pasricha P,  Krummel TM.  Am J Gastroenterol.  2009; 104 (10): 2384-6
• Simulation-based endovascular skills assessment: the future of credentialing? Tedesco MM,  Pak JJ, Harris EJ, Krummel TM, Dalman RL, Lee JT.  J Vasc Surg.  2008; 47 (5): 1008-1; discussion 1014
• Intellectual property and royalty streams in academic departments: myths and realities. Krummel TM,  Shafi BM, Wall J, Chandra V, Mery C, Gertner M.  Surgery.  2008; 143 (2): 183-91
• Responsible Development and Application of Surgical Innovations: A Position Statement of the Society of University Surgeons Biffl WL,  Spain DA, Reitsma AM, Minter RM, Upperman J, Wilson M, Adams R, Goldman EB, Angelos P, Krummel TM, Greenfield LJ and The Society of University Surgeons Surgical Innovations Project Team.  Journal of American College of Surgeons.  2008; 206 (6): 1204-1209
• Innovative introduction to surgery in the preclinical years. Riboh J,  Curet M, Krummel T.  Am J Surg.  2007; 194 (2): 227-30
• Transforming growth factor-beta, Smad, and collagen expression patterns in fetal and adult keratinocytes. Colwell AS,  Faudoa R, Krummel TM, Longaker MT, Lorenz HP.  Plast Reconstr Surg.  2007; 119 (3): 852-7
• IPEG panel on challenges of medical innovation: case one. Krummel TM,  Azizkhan R, Holcomb GW, Winslade W, Ziegler MM.  J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A.  2007; 17 (1): 64-6
• Keratinocytes modulate fetal and postnatal fibroblast transforming growth factor-beta and Smad expression in co-culture. Colwell AS,  Yun R, Krummel TM, Longaker MT, Lorenz HP.  Plast Reconstr Surg.  2007; 119 (5): 1440-5
• Skin wounds in the MRL/MPJ mouse heal with scar. Colwell AS,  Krummel TM, Kong W, Longaker MT, Lorenz HP.  Wound Repair Regen.  2006 Jan-Feb; 14 (1): 81-90
• To simulate or not to simulate: what is the question? Dutta S,  Gaba D, Krummel TM.  Ann Surg.  2006; 243 (3): 301-3
• Wnt-4 expression is increased in fibroblasts after TGF-beta1 stimulation and during fetal and postnatal wound repair. Colwell AS,  Krummel TM, Longaker MT, Lorenz HP.  Plast Reconstr Surg.  2006; 117 (7): 2297-301
• An in vivo mouse excisional wound model of scarless healing. Colwell AS,  Krummel TM, Longaker MT, Lorenz HP.  Plast Reconstr Surg.  2006; 117 (7): 2292-6
• Fetal and adult fibroblasts have similar TGF-beta-mediated, Smad-dependent signaling pathways. Colwell AS,  Krummel TM, Longaker MT, Lorenz HP.  Plast Reconstr Surg.  2006; 117 (7): 2277-83
• Early-gestation fetal scarless wounds have less lysyl oxidase expression. Colwell AS,  Krummel TM, Longaker MT, Lorenz HP.  Plast Reconstr Surg.  2006; 118 (5): 1125-9; discussion 1130-1
• Innovation in surgery: a historical perspective. Riskin DJ,  Longaker MT, Gertner M, Krummel TM.  Ann Surg.  2006; 244 (5): 686-93
• The ethics of innovation in pediatric surgery. Riskin DJ,  Longaker MT, Krummel TM.  Semin Pediatr Surg.  2006; 15 (4): 319-23
• What is surgery? Krummel TM,  Semin Pediatr Surg.  2006; 15 (4): 237-41
• Simulation: a new frontier in surgical education. Dutta S,  Krummel TM.  Adv Surg.  2006; 40 249-63
• IPEG panel on challenges of medical innovation: introduction. Krummel TM,  Ziegler MM.  J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A.  2006; 16 (6): 634-8
• Inventing our future: training the next generation of surgeon innovators. Krummel TM,  Gertner M, Makower J, Milroy C, Gurtner G, Woo R, Riskin DJ, Binyamin G, Connor JA, Mery CM, Shafi BM, Yock PG.  Semin Pediatr Surg.  2006; 15 (4): 309-18
• Laparoscopic resection of type 1 choledochal cysts in pediatric patients. Le DM,  Woo RK, Sylvester K, Krummel TM, Albanese CT.  Surg Endosc.  2006; 20 (2): 249-51
• Portal vein thrombosis after laparoscopic splenectomy: an ongoing clinical challenge. Miniati DN,  Padidar AM, Kee ST, Krummel TM, Mallory B.  JSLS.  2005 Jul-Sep; 9 (3): 335-8
• Robotic technology in surgery: past, present, and future. Camarillo DB,  Krummel TM, Salisbury JK.  Am J Surg.  2004; 188 (4A Suppl): 2S-15S
• Advanced technologies in plastic surgery: how new innovations can improve our training and practice. Grunwald T,  Krummel T, Sherman R.  Plast Reconstr Surg.  2004; 114 (6): 1556-67
• Stanford University School of Medicine. Mark JB,  Krummel TM.  Arch Surg.  2004; 139 (12): 1276-7
• Micro- and Nanoelectromechanical Systems in Medicine and Surgery Gertner ME,  Krummel TM.  Greco, R (Eds), Nanobiology: Nano Scale Fabrication of New Generation of Biomedical Devices, for publication in 2004.  2004;
• Robot-assisted pediatric surgery. Woo R,  Le D, Krummel TM, Albanese C.  Am J Surg.  2004; 188 (4A Suppl): 27S-37S
• Current Problems in Surgical Addvanced Technology Salzberg D,  Bloom M, Krummel TM.  Current Problems in Surgery.  2003; 39 (8): 733-832
• Emergency medicine crisis resource management (EMCRM): pilot study of a simulation-based crisis management course for emergency medicine. Reznek M,  Smith-Coggins R, Howard S, Kiran K, Harter P, Sowb Y, Gaba D, Krummel T.  Acad Emerg Med.  2003; 10 (4): 386-9
• Virtual reality applied to procedural testing: the next era. Bloom MB,  Rawn CL, Salzberg AD, Krummel TM.  Ann Surg.  2003; 237 (3): 442-8
• Overhealing, underhealing, and skin regeneration: a new perspective on wound healing. Peled ZM,  Galiano R, Chin GS, Chang J, Krummel TM, Longaker MT.  Asian J Surg.  2002; 25 (1): 102-10
• Virtual reality and simulation: training the future emergency physician. Reznek M,  Harter P, Krummel T.  Acad Emerg Med.  2002; 9 (1): 78-87
• Evaluation of the educational effectiveness of a virtual reality intravenous insertion simulator. Reznek MA,  Rawn CL, Krummel TM.  Acad Emerg Med.  2002; 9 (11): 1319-25
• Wound Healing Krummel TM,  Bloom M, Krummel TM.  Zeigler M, Azizkhan R, Weber T (Eds): Pediatric Surgery.  2002;
• Matrix metalloproteinases and the ontogeny of scarless repair: the other side of the wound healing balance. Peled ZM,  Phelps ED, Updike DL, Chang J, Krummel TM, Howard EW, Longaker MT.  Plast Reconstr Surg.  2002; 110 (3): 801-11
• Advanced technology in surgery. Bloom MB,  Salzberg AD, Krummel TM.  Curr Probl Surg.  2002; 39 (8): 733-830
• Microelectrical mechanical systems in surgery and medicine. Salzberg AD,  Bloom MB, Mourlas NJ, Krummel TM.  J Am Coll Surg.  2002; 194 (4): 463-76
• Fetal wound healing: progress report and future directions. Longaker MT,  Peled ZM, Chang J, Krummel TM.  Surgery.  2001; 130 (5): 785-7
• The ontogeny of scarless healing II: EGF and PDGF-B gene expression in fetal rat skin and fibroblasts as a function of gestational age. Peled ZM,  Rhee SJ, Hsu M, Chang J, Krummel TM, Longaker MT.  Ann Plast Surg.  2001; 47 (4): 417-24
• The surgical suite meets the new health economy. Canales MG,  Macario A, Krummel T.  J Am Coll Surg.  2001; 192 (6): 768-76
• The effect of simulator use on learning and self-assessment: the case of Stanford University's E-Pelvis simulator. Pugh CM,  Srivastava S, Shavelson R, Walker D, Cotner T, Scarloss B, Kuo M, Rawn C, Dev P, Krummel TH, Heinrichs LH.  Stud Health Technol Inform.  2001; 81 396-400
• Virtual reality: surgical application--challenge for the new millennium. Meier AH,  Rawn CL, Krummel TM.  J Am Coll Surg.  2001; 192 (3): 372-84
• Trocar injuries in laparoscopic surgery. Bhoyrul S,  Vierra MA, Nezhat CR, Krummel TM, Way LW.  J Am Coll Surg.  2001; 192 (6): 677-83
• The future of medical education is no longer blood and guts, it is bits and bytes. Gorman PJ,  Meier AH, Rawn C, Krummel TM.  Am J Surg.  2000; 180 (5): 353-6
• A prototype haptic lumbar puncture simulator. Gorman P,  Krummel T, Webster R, Smith M, Hutchens D.  Stud Health Technol Inform.  2000; 70 106-9
• Computer-assisted training and learning in surgery. Gorman PJ,  Meier AH, Krummel TM.  Comput Aided Surg.  2000; 5 (2): 120-30
• End user analysis of a force feedback virtual reality based surgical simulator. Gorman PJ,  Lieser JD, Marshall RL, Krummel TM.  Stud Health Technol Inform.  2000; 70 102-5
• Surgical Robotics Bholat OS,  Krummel TM.  In Harrison, M (ed): Fetal Therapy.  2000;
• Simulation and virtual reality in surgical education: real or unreal? Gorman PJ,  Meier AH, Krummel TM.  Arch Surg.  1999; 134 (11): 1203-8