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Walter Jakob Chwals, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., F.C.C.M.

Interests
Surgical Critical Care, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Pediatric Thoracic and Abdominal Tumors, Complex Congenital Anomalies, Thyroid and Endocrine Surgery, Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Education

  • B.A., College of the Holy Cross, Worchester, Massachusetts, 1967-1971
  • M.D., Copernicus Medical Academy, Krakow, Poland, 1974-1980

Training

  • Resident, General Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worchester, Massachusetts, 1980-1985
  • Fellowship, Surgical Metabolism & Nutrition, New England Deaconess Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1985-1986
  • Resident, Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles & the University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, 1986-1988
  • Cross Appointment as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1988-1993
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery (Pediatric Surgery), Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1988-1993

Academic Appointments

  • Cross Appointment as Professor of Pediatrics, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1993-1996
  • Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery (Pediatric Surgery), Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1993-1996
  • Chief, Section of Pediatric Surgery, The University of Chicago Children’s Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, 1996-2002
  • Professor of Surgery & Pediatrics, Department of Surgery (Pediatric Surgery), The University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, 1996-2002
  • Professor of Surgery & Pediatrics, Department of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, 2002-present

List of publications on PubMed