Illustrative Handbook of General Surgery

這本書是為住院醫師、研究員和主治醫師提供的簡明、便攜的外科參考資料，涵蓋了廣泛的常見一般外科手術程序。資訊以清晰簡潔的方式呈現，並具有邏輯性的佈局。書籍的口袋大小使讀者能夠隨時隨地使用，並在手術之間查閱。

本書專注於各種外科手術程序，讀者可以在一天中隨時查閱有關手術的資訊。豐富的插圖幫助讀者理解所描述的程序，並透過手術過程中的照片提供各種手術技術的準確表現。本書的廣泛範疇確保涵蓋了最常見的一般外科手術程序以及教職員、住院醫師和學生所遇到的最常見手術。

Dr Herbert Chen, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Chair, Department of Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Pediatrics, Fay Fletcher Kerner Endowed Chair

Surgeon-in-Chief, UAB Hospital and Health System

Senior Associate Dean, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine

Areas of Interest

thyroid and parathyroid surgery, minimally invasive radioguided parathyroidectomy, adrenal surgery, endocrine surgery, neuroendocrine cancer biology

Dr. Herbert Chen obtained his BS from Stanford University with Honors and with Distinction in 1988 and graduated from Duke University School of Medicine Alpha Omega Alpha in 1992. Dr. Chen then completed a general surgery residency followed by a surgical oncology and endocrinology fellowship at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Dr. Chen is Chair of the Department of Surgery at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), the Surgeon-in-Chief of UAB Hospital and Health System, and the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine. He is a Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Biomedical Engineering, and holds the Fay Fletcher Kerner Endowed Chair. His clinical interests include endocrine surgery and he is a pioneer in radioguided parathyroid surgery. Dr. Chen's lab studies thyroid and neuroendocrine cancers and has been received over $36 million in extramural funding. He is the American Cancer Society MEN2 Thyroid Cancer Professor. Dr. Chen is the Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Surgery. He has held several leadership positions in major academic societies including President of the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons Foundation, President of Association for Academic Surgery, President of the Society of Clinical Surgery, President of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES), President of Surgical Biology Club II, and President of the AAES Foundation. Dr. Chen has mentored over 130 faculty, post-doctoral fellows, residents, medical students, and undergraduates in his lab. He has published over 670 original research and review articles and has edited 28 textbooks. He is well-known for his passion for teaching and mentoring the next generation of surgical leaders. Dr. Chen has also been recognized as a champion for diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Brenessa Lindeman, MD, MEHP, is an Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Surgery and Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. A native of eastern Kentucky, she completed her undergraduate training summa cum laude at the University of Louisville and graduated Alpha Omega Alpha as the Founder's Medalist at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2009. She completed residency training in General Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she served as an Administrative Chief Resident, and completed a fellowship in Endocrine Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School. At UAB, she also serves as the Section Chief and Fellowship Director for Endocrine Surgery and Co-Director of the Multi-Disciplinary Endocrine Tumor Clinic.

Dr. Lindeman earned a Masters of Education in the Health Professions from Johns Hopkins University and completed Surgical Education Research Fellowships with the Association for Surgical Education and Massachusetts General Hospital. She served as a member of Drafting Panels for EPAs with the AAMC Core EPAs for Entering Residency, the American Board of Surgery, and American Association of Endocrine Surgeons. She is a Councilor for the American Board of Surgery, Director of the General Surgery Board, and Member of the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators. She is a member of the Editorial Board for Academic Medicine and Associate Editor for Education at American Journal of Surgery. Her research interests are in development and assessment of competency in surgical trainees and evaluation of the learning climate/physician wellbeing.

赫伯特·陳醫生，阿拉巴馬大學伯明翰分校外科系，阿拉巴馬州伯明翰，美國

外科系主任，外科教授，生物醫學工程教授，兒科教授，費·弗萊徹·科納捐贈講座教授

UAB醫院及健康系統首席外科醫生

阿拉巴馬大學伯明翰分校希爾辛克醫學院高級副院長

研究領域

甲狀腺及副甲狀腺手術、微創放射引導副甲狀腺切除術、腎上腺手術、內分泌手術、神經內分泌癌生物學

赫伯特·陳醫生於1988年以榮譽及優異成績獲得史丹佛大學學士學位，並於1992年以Alpha Omega Alpha榮譽畢業於杜克大學醫學院。陳醫生隨後在約翰霍普金斯醫院完成一般外科住院醫師訓練，並接受外科腫瘤學及內分泌學的專科訓練。

陳醫生是阿拉巴馬大學伯明翰分校（UAB）外科系主任，UAB醫院及健康系統首席外科醫生，以及UAB希爾辛克醫學院學術事務高級副院長。他是外科、兒科及生物醫學工程的教授，並擔任費·弗萊徹·科納捐贈講座教授。他的臨床興趣包括內分泌手術，並且是放射引導副甲狀腺手術的先驅。陳醫生的實驗室研究甲狀腺及神經內分泌癌，並獲得超過3600萬美元的外部資金。他是美國癌症學會MEN2甲狀腺癌教授。陳醫生是《美國外科醫學期刊》的主編。他在多個主要學術社團中擔任過多個領導職位，包括亞裔學術外科醫生基金會會長、學術外科協會會長、臨床外科學會會長、美國內分泌外科醫生協會（AAES）會長、外科生物學俱樂部II會長及AAES基金會會長。陳醫生在他的實驗室指導了超過130名教職員、博士後研究員、住院醫師、醫學生及本科生。他已發表超過670篇原創研究及綜述文章，並編輯了28本教科書。他以對教學及指導下一代外科領袖的熱情而聞名。陳醫生也因其在多樣性、公平性及包容性方面的努力而受到認可。

布倫莎·林德曼醫生，醫學博士，健康專業碩士，阿拉巴馬大學伯明翰分校外科系副教授及教育副主任，研究生醫學教育助理院長。她是肯塔基州東部的原住民，於路易斯維爾大學以優異成績完成本科訓練，並於2009年在范德比特大學醫學院以創始獎得主身份畢業，成為Alpha Omega Alpha成員。她在約翰霍普金斯醫院完成一般外科住院醫師訓練，並擔任行政首席住院醫師，隨後在布萊根婦女醫院/哈佛醫學院完成內分泌外科專科訓練。在UAB，她還擔任內分泌外科的科主任及專科訓練主任，以及多學科內分泌腫瘤診所的共同主任。

林德曼醫生獲得約翰霍普金斯大學健康專業教育碩士學位，並在外科教育協會及麻薩諸塞州總醫院完成外科教育研究獎學金。她曾擔任AAMC進入住院醫師核心EPA的起草小組成員、美國外科醫學委員會及美國內分泌外科醫生協會的成員。她是美國外科醫學委員會的理事、一般外科委員會的主任，以及美國外科醫生學院的成員。她是《學術醫學》的編輯委員會成員。