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R.
Armour Forse Named Surgery Chair at Creighton University Medical Center 
served as professor and vice chairman of surgery. Dr. Forse will assume his
new position on September 1, 2004.Dr. Forse received his undergraduate, medical and post-doctorate degrees from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He completed his surgical internship and residency at Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, where he also served as chief surgical resident. His research fellowships include experimental surgery at McGill University and surgical metabolism at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York.
Previously, Dr. Forse was assistant professor of surgery at McGill University and then associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School where he co-founded and directed the Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery and directed the Clowes Laboratory of Surgical Metabolism.
Dr. Forse serves on the editorial boards of Obesity Surgery and the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. He is a prolific researcher and has authored or co-authored more than 200 publications, books and book chapters.
Dr. Forse’s clinical interests are gastrointestinal surgery, including minimally invasive procedures and bariatric surgery. His research interests are nutritional support, immunological and metabolic response to injury, the treatment of sepsis and the biology and treatment of morbid obesity.
“We are looking forward to having Dr. Forse join the Creighton University School of Medicine,” said Cam E. Enarson, M.D., M.B.A., School of Medicine dean and vice president for Health Sciences at Creighton University Medical Center. “His vast clinical and research experience in treating the myriad problems associated with obesity will benefit Creighton University Medical Center patients, students and the Omaha community,” said Dr. Enarson.