UK surgeon to receive lifetime achievement award from national group

LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Public Relations) – The Society of University Surgeons has awarded Dr. B. Mark Evers, a professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Kentucky,  the 2021 SUS Lifetime Achievement Award.

Dr. Evers also is the director of Lucille P. Markey Cancer Center and Markey Cancer Center Director Endowed Chair at University of Kentucky.

Dr. Evers will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by SUS President Dr. Kasper Wang on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2022, at the 17th annual Academic Surgical Congress in Orlando, Fla.

The Society of University Surgeons initiated the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004 to recognize individuals who have had a sustained career in academic surgery with significant and impactful contributions to surgical science and/or the development and training of surgical leaders and surgeon scientists.

In addition, past commitment to the Society of University Surgeons is desired but not required.

Dr. Evers was nominated and selected by his peers based on his leadership and contributions to academic surgery, as well as his strong support of the SUS. Dr. Evers’ service to the SUS, as Publications Committee Chair, Secretary, President-Elect, and President of the Society, as well as the SUS Foundation President, exemplify commitment to the organization.

Years ago, he was integral as a key SUS leader in the efforts to partner with the AAS to establish the Academic Surgical Congress, which has subsequently become arguably the most successful surgical conference in the world.

Dr. Evers is an outstanding surgeon-scientist with decades long continuous NIH funding and, in fact, ranks as one of the highest NIH-funded surgical scientists of all time.

His legacy of training countless other surgeon-scientists is unparalleled. As such, we wish to recognize his immense contributions to the field of academic surgery with the LTAA.