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A look back John Benfield, MD’55, reminisces about his life and 61 years in medicine
PHOTO BY JOE STERBENC
John R. Benfield, MD ’55, returns to campus each year for the John and Joyce Benfield Lecture, presented by the Section of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery. The 12th annual lecture was held in September.
John R. Benfield is professor of surgery emeritus in the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he still teaches. During his six-decade career in academic surgery, Benfield served as director of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and president of five organizations, including the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICINE AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES DIVISION