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)

Professional Education

• Fellowship: UCSF Medical Center, CA (1985)
• Board Certification: Pediatric Surgery, American Board of Surgery (1988)
• Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA (1985)
• Board Certification: General Surgery, American Board of Surgery (1984)
• Residency: Medical College of Virginia, VA (1983)

Postdoctoral Advisees

Wei Wei

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Surgery
• Bioengineering

Community & International Work

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

Web Site Links

• Biodesign

Research Interests

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

Publications

• Inventing our future: training the next generation of surgeon innovators. Krummel TM, "J Pediatr Surg" 2009 ; 1 (44) : 21-35
• 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 ; 6 (206) : 1204-1209
• 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 ; 2 (143) : 183-91
• Innovative introduction to surgery in the preclinical years. Riboh J, Curet M, Krummel T "Am J Surg" 2007 ; 2 (194) : 227-30
• 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 ; 5 (119) : 1440-5