Donald T. Hess, MD
Associate Professor, Surgery
Biography
Donald Hess, MD, FACS is currently an Assistant Professor of surgery at BUSM and the chief of the Section of Minimally Invasive and Weight Loss Surgery at Boston Medical Center (BMC).
His clinical practice is devoted to minimally invasive and bariatric surgery. He has tremendous surgical expertise in laparoscopic bariatric surgery (sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass) and revision bariatric surgery. He also has an interest in minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery, surgery for disease of the stomach and esophagus, intestinal surgery, single-site surgery, complex hernia surgery and general surgery.
He is also involved in surgical education. He is the program director of the general surgery residency, and a member of the GME (Graduate Medical Education) committee. He is a member of the Association of Program Directors in Surgery, and represents them on the American College of Surgeon’s Board of Governors.
He is a member of the Association of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons, the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). He has been recognized by Boston Magazine’s “Top Docs” issue for being “top” in his respective field since 2010 and was a 2013 recipient of the BUSM Evans Center Collaborator of the Year Award.
Hess is a graduate of Williams College in Williamstown, Mass. and received his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, N.Y. He completed a residency in general surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and a fellowship in Surgical Oncology at New England Deaconess Hospital, both in Boston. He joined BUSM after working for the U.S. Air Force as an assistant professor of surgery stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.
Other Positions
- Section Chief, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Surgery, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research, Boston University
Education
- University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, MD
- Williams College, BA
Publications
- Published on 9/9/2024
Rasic G, Beaulieu-Jones BR, Richman AP, Hess DT, Pernar LI. Mining for Gold: A Mixed-Methods Study on Personal Statements in General Surgery Residency Applications. J Surg Res. 2024 Oct; 302:850-856. PMID: 39255685.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/20/2024
Rasic G, Hess DT, Richman AP, Pernar LI. Seeing is Believing - A Qualitative Study Exploring What Motivates Medical Students to Pursue a Career In General Surgery. J Surg Educ. 2024 Aug; 81(8):1050-1056. PMID: 38906788.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/28/2024
Hess DT. Invited Commentary. J Am Coll Surg. 2024 Jun 01; 238(6):1034. PMID: 38546284.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/18/2024
Hess DT. Invited Commentary. J Am Coll Surg. 2024 Jun 01; 238(6):999-1000. PMID: 38497577.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/16/2023
Nudel J, Kenzik KM, Rajendran I, Hofman M, Srinivasan J, Woodson J, Hess DT. A machine learning framework for optimizing obesity care by simulating clinical trajectories and targeted interventions. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2023 Nov; 31(11):2665-2675. PMID: 37840392.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/8/2023
Melvin J, Beesley H, Pernar LI, Richman A, Hess DT. Intern Experience Reflects Information Gathered During the Virtual Interview Process. J Surg Educ. 2023 Nov; 80(11):1544-1551. PMID: 37563002.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/16/2023
Chugh PV, Pernar LI, Hess DT. Our Efforts to Create a Welcoming Surgical Residency for LGBTQ Trainees. J Surg Educ. 2023 Nov; 80(11):1614-1617. PMID: 37455192.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/9/2022
Beaulieu-Jones BR, Rasic G, Howard DS, Sachs TE, Hess D, Cooper J, Meade S. An Interval Look at the Transplant Surgery Pipeline: Insights from General Surgery Residents' Operative Experience Using ACGME Operative Logs from 2000 to 2021. J Surg Educ. 2023 Apr; 80(4):511-519. PMID: 36509647.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/12/2022
Beesley H, Pernar L, Kettoola Y, Hess D. The Association Between Virtual Interviewing and Geographical Distribution of Matched Residency Programs for General Surgery Applicants. J Surg Educ. 2023 Feb; 80(2):194-199. PMID: 36241484.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/1/2022
Pernar LI, Aly S, Hess DT. We Should Be Asking New Questions in Research on Weight Loss Surgery for Racial Minority Patients. JAMA Surg. 2022 Oct 01; 157(10):907. PMID: 36044206.
Read at: PubMed
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