Clin Colon Rectal Surg 2016; 29(03): 181-182
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1584286
Introduction to Guest Editor
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Gregory D. Kennedy, MD, PhD

Scott R. Steele
1   Division of Colorectal Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio
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Publication History

Publication Date:
17 August 2016 (online)

Gregory D. Kennedy, MD, PhD is a Professor of Surgery and the Director of the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Greg is from Shelby, MT, and received his undergraduate and medical school training at Montana State University and the University of Washington, respectively. He then went on to perform his General Surgery Residency training at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI. Following this, Greg completed his Colon and Rectal Surgery residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Greg then returned to Wisconsin, where he served as the Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery and Vice Chair for quality for the Department of Surgery before recently transitioning to Birmingham.

Despite his busy schedule, Greg remains an active clinician and academic surgeon, teaching residents on a daily basis. He is an extraordinary researcher and is funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health with an RO1 studying the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and understanding how environmental exposure modifies risk for colon and rectal cancer. He is an active participant in multiple surgical societies and serves on several national committees of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.

Greg and his wife Teri have two children. When not working, Greg enjoys spending time with his family and doing anything in the outdoors, including running and biking.

On behalf of the readers and staff of Clinics of Colon and Rectal Surgery, I sincerely thank Dr. Kennedy for serving as a Guest Editor and for providing us with a superb issue looking at some of the hot and more controversial topics in colorectal disease.