Decamp Named Fowler-McCormick Professor of Surgery

EVANSTON, Ill. --- Malcolm DeCamp Jr., M.D., professor of cardiothoracic surgery in the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, has been named the Fowler-McCormick Professor of Surgery.

DeCamp's research focuses on advanced lung diseases like emphysema, lung transplantation and thoracic cancers. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and 31 book chapters in print. He is a highly sought speaker and has presented at more than 60 national and international seminars.

DeCamp joined Northwestern as a professor of surgery in December 2009 to develop multi-disciplinary disease programs in thoracic oncology, swallowing disorders, complex airway, minimally invasive surgery and advanced lung disease.

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