Therese M Duane MD MBA CPE FACS FCCM FSIS

Summary

• Dr. Duane earned a BS degree from Cornell University of Ithaca, NY and her MD from SUNY at Buffalo. She completed a general surgery residency at EVMS in Norfolk, VA with Dr. L.D. Britt. She completed a surgical critical care fellowship at the RA Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, MD. In 2016 she earned an MBA from the University of Massachusetts and a Certified Physician Executive in 2017 from the AAPL.
  Dr. Duane has a strong background in academic medicine including clinical productivity, research, teaching and administrative service.
  She has been recognized with numerous teaching awards and is an active mentor for students, residents and faculty. As a research scientist, she has received external funding from industry, has collaborated in multi-institutional trials, has presented nationally on numerous topics and has published in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks. Her research interests are in clinical outcomes in acute care surgery, surgical infections and quality.
  She previously advanced her career in academic and health care administration particularly by focusing on the development of medical professionals within the health system to ensure that everyone involved in patient care has an opportunity to build quality care for patients. Nationally she has held numerous positions including serving on the Executive Council for the American College of Surgeons Board of Governors as the Quality Pillar Lead; a position that allowed her to have significant influence on the policies of quality and safety put forth by the ACS. She remains active in research serving as associate editor for Surgical Infections.
  Dr. Duane had redirected her efforts of quality to include locums in remote places to ensure that ACS is available to all people within the US and now supports ACS builds in non academic centers.Furthermore, she has found her true passion participating in medical missions to Uganda and is expanding her efforts to other impoverished areas around the world.