20 Facts About Henry Buchwald

Henry Buchwald was born on June 21,1932 and is an Austrian-American surgeon and academic.

Henry Buchwald is the Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering and the Owen and Sarah Davidson Wangensteen Chair in Experimental Surgery Emeritus at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Henry Buchwald is Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, Director of Graduate Surgical Training, Director of Resident Training, and Director of In-Training Examination.

Henry Buchwald was the first Owen H and Sarah Davidson Wangensteen Chair in Experimental Surgery from 2001 to 2004 and holds the post as Emeritus.

Henry Buchwald trained with Richard Varco who performed the first obesity surgery in 1953.

Since 1966, Henry Buchwald has performed more than 4,000 obesity surgeries and become one of the most influential and innovative surgeons in the field.

Henry Buchwald would fall on any list that people in the field would make.

Henry Buchwald's writing and influence go into the realm of biomedical ethics and insurance reform.

Henry Buchwald has been president of the Central Surgical Association, the American Society of Bariatric Surgery, and the International Federation of Surgery for Obesity.

Henry Buchwald serves on editorial advisory board of the Bariatric Times, the editorial board of the Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, and is a co-editor of the journal, Obesity Surgery.

Henry Buchwald is a Fellow of the American Surgical Association, American College of Surgeons, Central Surgical Association, Epidemiology Council of the American Heart Association, and International College of Surgeons.

Henry Buchwald was still in his residency when he was granted his first research laboratory.

Henry Buchwald studied histamine release, as well as groundbreaking work in lipids and the absorption of cholesterol.

Henry Buchwald, who has a joint appointment at the University of Minnesota in Biomedical Engineering, holds 17 patents for medical devices.

Henry Buchwald invented the first implantable infusion pump, a precursor to implantable infusion pumps in use throughout the world today.

Henry Buchwald was inducted into the Minnesota Inventors Hall of Fame in 1988 for his extensive contributions to bioengineering devices.

Henry Buchwald has authored or co-authored more than 300 peer-reviewed manuscripts.

Henry Buchwald has been section editor of ASAIO Transactions, editor of Chirurgia Generale, and of the Journal of American College of Nutrition.

Henry Buchwald has been on the editorial board of The Journal of Clinical Surgery.

He, his wife, and their first daughter, Jane, moved to Minnesota in 1960 so that Henry Buchwald could enter a residency program at the University of Minnesota Surgery Department, where Dr Owen Harding Wangensteen was the chair.