Appointed Joseph Brown Whitehead Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, in 1991, Dr. William Wood is recognized nationally and internationally for his outstanding contributions to cancer therapy and for his influence on the design and meta-analysis of conceptually driven national clinical trials.

The following achievements and eminent appointments confirm Dr. Wood's stature as a renowned surgeon, academic and researcher:

	His receipt of the 2007 Statesman Award of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the 2005 James Ewing Award of the Society of Surgical Oncology.
	His chairmanship of the Intergroup Committee of Cooperative Group Breast Cancer Chairs, National Cancer Institute, since 1991.
	Serving as the Editor-in-Chief of Oncology, the most widely read publication in the field, since 1999.
	To date, publishing approximately 240 journal articles and 39 book chapters and doing approximately 80 national/international visiting professorships.
	Co-editing Surgery of the Breast: Principles and Art and Advances in Breast Cancer Management, being the principal editor of The Anatomic Basis of Tumor Surgery, and serving as the North American editor of the Oxford Textbook of Surgery, second edition.
	Chairing the 1990 National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference on Management of Early Breast Cancer; the Breast Cancer Committee of the Cancer and Leukemia Group B, 1979-1988; and the Breast Committee of The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, 1991-1997; and co-chairing the Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group, Oxford, 1995-2005.
	Serving on the Board of Scientific Advisors of the National Cancer Institute, 1996-2003, and the Board of Governors of the American College of Surgeons, 1998-2005.
	Serving as President of the Georgia Surgical Society in 1998, the Society of Surgical Oncology in 2000, the Atlanta Surgical Association in 2002, and the Southeastern Surgical Congress in 2004.

A medical graduate of Harvard Medical School in 1966, Dr. Wood was a clinical and research fellow in immunology at the surgery branch of the NIH from 1968-1970. Subsequently, he completed a clinical fellowship in surgery at Harvard in 1973 and his residency in general surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1974. Before coming to Emory, Dr. Wood served as both Medical Director of the Cancer Center and Chief of Surgical Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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