{"id":9429,"date":"2019-06-13T13:46:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T17:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=9429"},"modified":"2019-09-06T16:34:59","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T20:34:59","slug":"george-f-sheldon-visiting-professor-fabrizio-michelassi-md-professor-and-chair-of-surgery-weill-cornell-medical-college","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/event\/george-f-sheldon-visiting-professor-fabrizio-michelassi-md-professor-and-chair-of-surgery-weill-cornell-medical-college\/","title":{"rendered":"George F. Sheldon Visiting Professor: Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, Professor and Chair of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/854\/2019\/06\/FM18-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/854\/2019\/06\/FM18-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/854\/2019\/06\/FM18-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/854\/2019\/06\/FM18-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/854\/2019\/06\/FM18.jpg 1931w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><strong>George F. Sheldon Visiting Professor<\/strong><br \/>\nFabrizio Michelassi, MD<br \/>\nThe Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor of Surgery<br \/>\nChair of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi is a gastrointestinal surgeon with expertise in the surgical treatment of gastrointestinal cancers and inflammatory bowel diseases.<\/p>\n<p>His experience and expertise in treating Crohn\u2019s disease led him to develop a novel bowel-sparing procedure, now known as the Michelassi strictureplasty.\u00a0 He has edited a book on operative strategies in inflammatory bowel disease and has produced many motion pictures on the surgical treatment of complications of Crohn\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<p>Internationally renowned as an outstanding clinician, researcher and teacher, Dr. Michelassi has delivered many named and keynote lectures around the world; has been invited to be a visiting professor at 32 national and international institutions; and has delivered over 180 national and international presentations.\u00a0 He is on the editorial board of nine prestigious medical journals including: <em>The Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Surgery, The British Journal of Surgery, Annals of Surgery, Digestive Surgery, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology and Hepatolog<\/em>y and <em>The World Journal of Surgery<\/em>. <i>\u00a0<\/i>He currently serves as Secretary of the Society of the Alimentary Tract and has served as Vice-President of the International Society of Digestive Surgery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George F. 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