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Harvey J. Sugerman, M.D. is Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.

He received his medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine in 1966, served as a Medical Intern and then Surgical Resident at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, which he completed in 1973. He was a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. After the Army he joined the Medical College of Virginia faculty, where he remained for 28 years, and became the David Hume Professor of Surgery, Chairman of the General and Trauma Surgery Division and Interim Chair of the Department of Surgery. Dr. Sugerman retired from clinical practice in December, 2003.

He has published over 240 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals, 20 books and 55 book chapters. He was President of the Western Trauma Association and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. He received a “Lifetime Achievement Award” in 2010 from the ASMBS. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases.

He and his wife, Betsy, live in Sanibel, Florida and Park City, Utah. They have four children and 7 grandchildren who live in New York City, Los Angeles, Park City, Utah and Atlanta, Georgia.