Dr. Shedd was a founding member of the board of directors for Hospice Buffalo, Inc., which provides end- of- life care, support and spiritual guidance services for patients and their families.
BUFFALO, NY, February 16, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Buffalo, NY, February 16, 2017 Dr. Donald Shedd has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
A diplomate of the American Board of Surgery, Dr. Shedd was an instrumental member of the medical community for more than four decades. Now retired, he celebrates a distinguished career in higher education and surgery. He came to prominence following his medical education at Yale University, where he achieved a Bachelor of Science in 1944 and an MD in 1946. He came to prominence as an intern at Yale New Haven Hospital, assistant resident and then resident at Yale New Haven Hospital, and then instructor of surgery at Yale University Medical School. During his first tenure teaching, Dr. Shedd learned that this was the area that he would make his impact in his career. He remained in assistant and associate professor roles within the university until 1967, when he took an opportunity in Buffalo, NY, that would enable him to teach and work in the hospital concurrently. Dr. Shedd is highly regarded for his three decades of excellence as the chief of the department of head and neck surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and as a research professor at the State University of New York College at Buffalo.
Dr. Shedd was a founding member of the board of directors for Hospice Buffalo, Inc., which provides end- of- life care, support and spiritual guidance services for patients and their families during any long-term or life-limiting illness. His impact can also be demonstrated through the written works that Dr. Shedd has published in his tenure. He authored "Historical Landmarks in Head and Neck Cancer Surgery," contributed numerous articles to professional journals and co-edited "Surgical and Prosthetic Speech Rehabilitation," "The Early History of Hospice Buffalo," and "Head and Neck Cancer." To remain at the top of his field, Dr. Shed is a member of the American Head and Neck Society, the Society of University Surgeons, the Society of Surgical Oncology, the New England Surgical Society and the Society of Head and Neck Surgeons, where he served as president from 1976 to 1977. In recognition of his excellence in his career, Dr. Shedd was listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, Who's Who in Science and Engineering and Who's Who in the East. Looking to the future, Dr. Shedd will continue to enjoy retirement while taking on select advisory opportunities in the medical field.
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