U of L surgery professor to lead surgeons group

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — University of Louisville surgery professor J. David Richardson is the new president-elect of the American College of Surgeons.

Richardson has been vice chairman of surgery at U of L since 1985 and has been chief of surgery service and director of emergency surgical services at University Hospital since 2005.

He has held several leadership roles in the American College of Surgeons, the most recent as chairman of the board of regents from 2011 to 2012.

He was elected during the college’s annual business meeting last month in San Francisco. He will be installed as president of the American College of Surgeons next October in Chicago.

The college is a scientific and educational organization founded in 1913 to raise practice standards and improve quality of care.

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