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Douglas Wood, MD, FACS, FRCSEd

The Henry N Harkins Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States

Dr. Douglas E. Wood is The Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Washington where he was previously Professor and Endowed Chair in Lung Cancer Research as well as the Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. Wood received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University and trained in General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Dr. Wood has been a strong advocate for standardization of clinical pathways along with the development and adherence to clinical guidelines. Dr. Wood is the Chair of the Lung Screening Guidelines Panel for the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), and the Vice-Chair of the Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Guidelines Panel for the NCCN. Most notably, Dr. Wood was the chair for the NCCN Lung Cancer Screening Panel which developed and published the first clinical guidelines for lung cancer screening.
Dr. Wood has been very involved in the leadership of cardiothoracic surgery professional organizations. He served on the Board of Directors of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons for over 15 years, completing a 5 year term as Secretary of the Society, and was the President of STS in 2013 - 2014. He has worked on national transplant policy while serving on the Board of Directors of the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS). Dr. Wood was elected President of the Seattle Surgical Society in 2005 and the Western Thoracic Surgical Association in 2008. Dr. Wood is also involved in graduate medical education where he recently served as a Director of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and as Chair of the ACGME Residency Review Committee for Thoracic Surgery (RRC-Thoracic). Dr. Wood recently served as President of the Thoracic Surgery Foundation and President of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Network (CTSNet).

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