 Joseph Mills, MD |
Joseph Mills, MD, professor and chief of the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at The University of Arizona Department of Surgery, was elected a director of the American Board of Surgery (ABS).
Dr. Mills was nominated by the Society of Vascular Surgery and selected by his peers on the ABS for the six-year position in recognition of his contributions to education, research and the practice of surgery in the United States. As a director, his responsibilities will include oversight and conduct of general surgery and vascular surgery qualifying examinations and improving and broadening the opportunities for graduate education and training of surgeons. Dr. Mills also will sit on the Vascular Surgery Board (VSB), a component board of the ABS and serve a three-year term as chair of the VSB from 2010-2013. |
"I am quite honored to have been elected a new director on the American Board of Surgery. It is an exciting time to be a surgeon, particularly a vascular surgeon, because of the explosion in technological advances in the field of minimally invasive surgery. There is a pressing need to rapidly redesign our 100-year-old American surgical training paradigm to allow us to attract and train expert surgeons within the limitations imposed by economic and societal constraints. The rapid pace of technological advances, the limitations of an 80-hour residency work week, and differing career and lifestyle expectations among the next generation of potential surgeons are challenges we must face, "says Dr. Mills.
The American Board of Surgery is an independent, non-profit organization founded in 1937 for the purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of education, training and knowledge.
Dr. Mills received his medical degree from the Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed a residency in general surgery at the U.S .Air Force's Wilford Hall Medical Center in Texas, a residency in vascular surgery at Oregon Health and Sciences University in Portland and a senior fellowship in endovascular surgery at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Dr. Mills has been at the UA since 1994.
He has had an extensive list of publications throughout his career, and has served on multiple editorial boards for professional journals such as the Journal of Vascular Surgery and Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. Additionally, Dr. Mills has participated in more than 30 research projects, including two current studies of carotid endarterectomy versus carotid stenting and the early endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms.
