Bio/CV - MCCG General Surgery Residency

Martin L. Dalton, M.D., F.A.C.S.Professor and Dean Emeritus, MUSMAssociate Program DirectorResidency: University of Mississippi Medical CenterFellowship: Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of MississippiBIOSKETCHEducation1953 Auburn University - Bachelor of Sciences1953 - 1957 University of Alabama in Birmingham School of Medicine - Doctor of MedicinePostdoctoral TrainingResearch Fellowship1963 - 1965 Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAMC), Washington, DCFellowship - Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (Chief, James D. Hardy, M.D.)1962 - 1963 University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MSSurgical Residency (Chief, James D. Hardy, M.D.)1958 - 1962 University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MSRotating Internship1957 - 1958 Carraway Methodist Medical Center - Birmingham, ALAcademic Appointments2008 - Present Emeritus Dean and Emeritus Professor and Chair,Department of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GAMedicine, Macon, GA2005 - 2008 Dean of the School of MedicineMercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA2002 - 2007 Milford B. Hatcher Professor of SurgeryMercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA1991 - 2008 Professor and Chairman and Program DirectorDepartment of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine1991 - 2008 Chief of SurgeryMedical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, GA1990 - 1991 Professor, Associate Chairman/Associate Program DirectorDepartment of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA1988 - 1990 Chief of Surgery, VA Medical Center,Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS1983 - 1990 Professor of SurgeryDepartment of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS1973 - 1983 Clinical Professor and Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery, (Initiated Open HeartSurgery Program) Texas Tech University School of Medicine, Lubbock, TX1966 - 1983 Private Practice of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Cardiovascular Surgical Associates, Lubbock, TX1965 Assistant Professor, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX (Watts R. Webb,Chief)AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS• Phi Eta Sigma• Alpha Épsilon Delta• Phi Kappa Phi• Alpha Omega Alpha• Sigma XI• Mead-Johnson Award for Graduate Training in Surgery, 1961, 1962, and 1963 (under auspices ofAmerican College of Surgeons)• Best Resident Award - Graduating Class-University of Mississippi Medical School, May 1963• Angiology Research Foundation Honors Achievement Award, 1966• President, Lubbock Chapter, American Cancer Society, 1969• President, Lubbock Surgical Society, 1969-1970• Chief of Staff, St. Mary’s Hospital, Lubbock, TX, 1970-1971• Member, Research Committee, Texas Heart Association, 1970-1971• President, Panhandle District Medical Society (Texas), 1970-1971• Charter Member of the Texas Tech University Medical School Foundation Board, 1971-1983• Member of Council, North Texas Chapter, American College of Surgeons, 1977-1980• Care-Medico Certificate of Appreciation - 1979• Honored with “Martin Dalton, M.D. Day” by Surgical Faculty and Residents, University ofMississippi Medical Center, April 18, 1989• Councilor for Mississippi, Southeastern Surgical Congress, 1986-1990• Secretary, Mississippi Chapter, American College of Surgeons, 1987-1989• President, Mississippi Chapter, American College of Surgeons, 1990• President, Jackson Surgical Society, Jackson, MS, 1988-1990• Member, Board of Directors, Georgia Chapter, American College of Surgeons, 1992-present• President-Elect, Atlanta Vascular Society, 1998-2000; President 2000-2002• Governor, American College of Surgeons, 1998-2004• President, Georgia Surgical Society, 2001-2002• Secretary, Georgia Chapter American College of Surgeons, 1994-2002• President, Georgia Chapter of the American College of Surgeons 2002-2004• Member, Governors Cancer Advisory Committee (appointed by Governor Zell Miller), 1996-1998• Secretary, Macon Surgical Society 1997-present• Second Vice-President Southeastern Surgical Congress 2001-2002• First Vice-President Southern Surgical Association 2004-2005• 2005 Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Alabama Medical Alumni Association• Physician of the Year, Bibb County Medical Society, December 7, 2007• Medical Association of Georgia Lamartine Hardman Cup Award for Excellence in Medical Scienceand Medical Education, October 4, 2008

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