Two faculty members from the Vanderbilt Health adult enterprise are among a group of 89 surgeon educators recently inducted into the highly competitive American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators.
This distinction recognizes surgeon educators who have devoted their careers to surgical education and are considered premier leaders in their respective fields.
Roger Dmochowski, MD, MMHC, Professor of Urology, Surgery, and Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Vice President and Executive Medical Director of Perioperative Services at Vanderbilt University Hospital, was inducted as a member. Deepa Magge, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Associate Program Director of the General Surgery Residency Program and Director of the Peritoneal Surface Malignancy/HIPEC Program, was inducted as an associate member.
Harold (Bo) Lovvorn III, MD, Professor of Pediatric Surgery at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, was also inducted as an associate member. They were honored at the Sept. 10 annual meeting of the Academy in Chicago.
Academy members actively engage in advancing the Academy’s programs and goals, which are to advance the science and practice of innovative lifelong surgical education, training and scholarship; foster the exchange of creative ideas and collaboration; support the development and recognition of faculty; underscore the importance of lifelong surgical education and training; positively impact quality and patient safety through lifelong surgical education and training; disseminate advances in education and training to all surgeons; and offer mentorship to surgeon educators throughout their professional careers.
“This is a great honor and something that reminds a person of the importance of what has been learned from unbelievable surgeon educators from early days in the career voyage till recent times with the chance to learn from giants such as John Tarpley, Naji Abumrad and Jay Smith,” said Dmochowski, who holds the Barney Brooks Directorship in Surgery. “The chance then to pass the lessons on to the those who are next in line is part of the gift of this honor.”
Dmochowski joined the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine faculty in 2002. He is internationally recognized for contributions that have advanced the treatment of female urinary incontinence and pelvic floor disorders. He also has held a series of successively responsible administrative roles at Vanderbilt Health.
Dmochowski earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He completed residency training in urologic surgery at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston and MD Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute and subspecialty fellowship training in female urology, urodynamics and prosthetics at Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles.
He also holds a Master of Management in Health Care degree from Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management and a Master of Arts degree in conflict management, negotiation and mediation from Lipscomb University.
Magge joined the surgical faculty in the Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery after serving as an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Surgical Oncology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. There, she served as the Associate Program Director of the complex general surgical oncology fellowship and focused much of her time on teaching residents and fellows. During her time at Mount Sinai, she won the Resident Teaching Award. After joining Vanderbilt Health, she won the John L. Sawyers Senior Resident Teaching Award in 2022.
Magge earned her medical degree with cum laude and Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society designation from Boston University, where she was part of the seven-year medical program. She was awarded the Anne and David Mishel Cancer Research Award for her early interests in oncologic care. Magge completed a general surgery residency and fellowship in complex surgical oncology at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Magge’s areas of clinical interest include gastrointestinal surgical oncology, colorectal surgery, cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) for peritoneal carcinomatosis, as well as other soft tissue malignancies.
“It was such an honor to be inducted into the Academy of Master Surgeon Educators,” said Magge. “My passion for teaching is what pushes me every day. Teaching the next generation of surgeons is truly a gift that I take pride in, and I hope to guide my trainees as my mentors have done for me throughout my career.”
