J. Englebert Dunphy Resident Research Symposium

J. Englebert Dunphy, MD Professor of Surgery and Chair of the Department from 1964 to 1975 Dr. Dunphy earned his medical degree at Harvard Medical School and completed his surgical residency training at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. He then joined the faculty at Harvard before accepting the position of the Chair for the Department of Surgery at the University of Oregon. In 1964, Dr. Dunphy accepted the position of the Chair for the Department of Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Dunphy was president of the Society of University Surgeons, the American Surgical Association, and the American College of Surgeons. He received honorary fellowships in six foreign colleges of surgeons as recognition of his international stature. Dr. Dunphy was renowned for excellence in many aspects of surgery, with a special interest in the gastrointestinal tract. He was one of the leading surgical educators of his day and was greatly admired and respected by his colleagues and residents. Dr. Dunphy conducted research in wound healing at a basic level. Dr. Dunphy strongly believed that prospective academic surgeons should become grounded in basic science, and he was one of the first surgical leaders in the United States to obtain an NIH training grant supporting residents in the laboratory.The J. Engelbert Dunphy Resident Research Symposium is an annual event which showcases the research of residents, fellows and medical students in the Department of Surgery, and honors the life and accomplishments of J. Engelbert Dunphy, MD, a legendary surgeon and a former chair of the UCSF Department of Surgery.