Military Service
Education
Internship
Residency
Appointments
Licensure & Certification
Fellowships
Honors & Awards
Professional Societies
Membership - Major University Standing Committees
Departmental Administrative Assignments
Editorial Boards
Research Interests
Visiting Professorships/Lecturer/Invited Speaker (limited)
Research Grants
Publications
MILITARY SERVICE:
1958-1960, Captain, SAC, USAF (Flight Surgeon)
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EDUCATION:
Columbia College, Columbia University, New York City, 1954 (B.A.)
College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, 1957 (M.D.)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1966 (Biochemistry, M.S.)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1966 (Surgery, Ph.D.)
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INTERNSHIP:
Surgery, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, 1957-1958
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RESIDENCY:
Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1960-1966
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APPOINTMENTS:
Instructor in Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, 1966-1967
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, 1967-1970
Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, 1970-1977
Professor of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, 1977-present
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota Medical School, 1977-present
Owen H. and Sarah Davidson Wangensteen Chair in Experimental Surgery, 12/01/01 to 12/31/04
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LICENSURE & CERTIFICATION:
Licensed in New York, 1958
Licensed in Minnesota, 1960
Diplomate, American Board of Surgery, 1967
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FELLOWSHIPS:
Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship Award, 1962-1964
American Heart Association Established Investigatorship, 1964-1969
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HONORS & AWARDS:
Phi Beta Kappa, Junior Year, 1953
Valedictorian, Columbia College, Class of 1954
Graduated summa cum laude, first in class, 1954
Albert Ascher Green Scholastic Award, 1954
Research Fellowship, Foundation for Allergic Disease, 1956
Alpha Omega Alpha, 1956
Essay Prize, American College of Chest Physicians, 1957
Shering Award, 1957
First Clinical Research Award, Minnesota Surgical Society, 1965
First Prize, Res. Forum, American College of Chest Physicians, 1966
Phi Lambda Upsilon Honorary Chemistry Fraternity, 1966
Samuel D. Gross Award, Philadelphia, American College of Surgeons, 1969
Distinguished Service Award, Association for Academic Surgery, 1976
Program Committee, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, 1983-1986
Program Committee, Central Surgical Association, 1982-1985 (Chairman, 1984-1985)
Treasurer, Central Surgical Association, 1990-1993
Program Committee, Society for Clinical Trials, 1984-1992
Secretary-General, Int'l Study Group on Diabetes Treatment with Implantable Insulin Delivery Devices, 1984-1988
Chairman, Int'l Study Group on Diabetes Treatment With Implantable Insulin Delivery Devices, 1989-1993
Inventor of the Year Award and induction into the Minnesota Inventors Hall of Fame, 1988
President, Minnesota Inventors Hall of Fame, 1989-1991
Outstanding Achievement Award, Minnesota Medical Alley, 1989-1990
The Meritorious Service Award in Research and Development, Medical Alley Association, March 29,1990
Annual Clinical Scholar Award, University of Minnesota Medical School, 1991
Tribute to Dr. Henry Buchwald, Senate Congressional Record, 1991
State High Technology Board, 1992
American Surgical Association representative to the Council of Academic Societies/Association of American Medical Colleges, 1992-1995
Moderator, 1992 American College of Surgeons Surgical Research & Education Committee Symposium
Regents' Practice Plan Implementation Task Force, 1993
University Senate, 1993-1996
Governor's Board of Invention, 1993-94
Best Author Award for 1994, Obesity Surgery, 1994
President, Central Surgical Association, 1997-98
Fairview-University Medical Center Joint Practice Committee, 1998
President, American Society for Bariatric Surgery, 1998-99
Chair, CSP #456 Data Monitoring Board, "Tension Free Inguinal Hernia Repair: comparison of Open & Laparoscopic Surgical Techniques," 1998-2003
Governor to American College of Surgeons representing the Central Surgical Association, 2000-2003
Owen H. and Sarah Davidson Wangensteen Chair in Experimental Surgery, 2001-2004
President, International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO), 2003-2004
Chair, Obesity Coalition, 1999-present
Chair, American College of Surgeons’ National Faculty for Bariatric Surgery, Appointed 2003
Director, American College of Surgeons’ Course: Bariatric Surgery Primer, Spring and Fall meetings 2003-2004
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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
Fellow, American Surgical Association
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Fellow, Society of University Surgeons
Fellow, Central Surgical Association
Fellow, Association for Academic Surgery
Fellow, Epidemiology Council of the American Heart Association
Fellow, Cardiovascular Surgery Council of the American Heart Association
Fellow, American College of Cardiology
Fellow, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Fellow, Society for Clinical Trials
Fellow, American Society for Bariatric Surgery
Fellow, International College of Surgeons
Fellow, American College of Nutrition
Minneapolis Surgical Association
Minnesota Surgical Association
Minnesota Heart Association
American Association for the History of Medicine
Saint Paul Surgical Society, Honorary
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Paleopathology Club
American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
International Atherosclerosis Society
International Study Group on Diabetes Treatment with Implantable Insulin Delivery Devices
Member, American Obesity Association
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MEMBERSHIP - MAJOR UNIVERSITY STANDING COMMITTEES:
Chairman, Credentials Committee, University of Minnesota Medical Center
Quality Assurance Steering Committee
Industry-University Relations Review Committee
University of Minnesota Clinical Associates
Cardiovascular Coordinating Committee
Operating Room Committee
Scholastic Standing Committee
Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
Departmental Representative, Utilization Management Committee
All University Patent Committee
All University Senate
University of Minnesota Graduate School Health Sciences Policy & Review Council
All University Committee on Academic Integrity
Regents Practice Plan Implementation Task Force
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DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS:
Director, Graduate Surgical Training
Director, Resident Training Program
Director, In-Training Examination
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EDITORIAL BOARDS:
Section Editor, ASAIO Transactions
Chirurgia Generale
Journal of American College of Nutrition
The Journal of Clinical Surgery
Editorial Board, Infu-Systems International
Diabetes, Nutrition, and Metabolism
Associate Editor, Journal of Bariatric Surgery
Associate Editor, Obesity Surgery
Associate Editor, The Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials
Consulting Editor, Hospital Medicine
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RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Cholesterol/Atherosclerosis
Obesity Surgery
Implantable Devices
Hyperlipidemias
Laboratory studies on: mechanisms of cholesterol and bile acid absorption, excretion, dynamics, and kinetics; development of a rabbit model for myocardial infarction and quantitative assessment of atherosclerosis; studies in comparative mechanisms of action of hypocholesterolemic drugs and partial ileal bypass; studies in vein graft atherosclerosis; and studies in immunomodulation of atherosclerosis.
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VISTING PROFESSORSHIPS/LECTURER/INVITED SPEAKER: 2000-2006
“Surgical Options for Weight Loss,” Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians Spring Refresher, St. Paul, MN, April 14, 2000.
“Weight response: gastric bypass versus vertical banded gastroplasty,” American Society for Bariatric Surgery, Memphis, TN, June 14, 2000.
“Shakespeare’s Falstaff and the co-morbid diseases of morbid obesity,” American Society for Bariatric Surgery, Memphis, TN, June 14, 2000.
“Lipid effects of insulin and diabetes,” International Study Group on Implantable Insulin Delivery Devices (ISGIID),Evian, France, September 14, 2000.
“Definition of Morbid Obesity,” 19th Robert O. Gregg, MD Guest Lecturer, Syracuse, NY, May 19, 2001.
“Essentials of a Bariatric Surgery Program,” University of Pittsburgh Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery’s “Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Workshop,” Pittsburgh, PA, June 2, 2001.
Debate: “Open Bariatric Surgery is Preferable to Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery.” ASBS, June 6, 2001.
“Evolution of Bariatric Surgery.” ASBS, June 8, 2001.
“Current Status of Obesity Surgery,” 65th Annual Course - Advances in Gastrointestinal and GI Laparoscopic Surgery, Dept of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, June 14, 2001.
“Bariatric Surgery: What’s Proven – What’s Not.” American College of Surgeons, New Orleans, LA, October 8, 2001.
“Greater than 20-Year Overall Mortality in the Program on the Surgical Control of the Hyperlipidemias (POSCH).” American College of Surgeons, October 9, 2001.
Presenter at the Endocrinology & Diabetes Citywide Conference, Minneapolis, MN, November 1, 2001.
“Bariatric Surgery” –Grand Rounds Speaker, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, May 28, 2002.
“The Disease of Morbid Obesity and Evolution of Surgical Treatment.” ASBS meeting, Las Vegas, NV, June 25, 2002.
“Special Lecture – A Bariatric Surgery Algorithm.” IFSO meeting, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 31, 2002.
“Blood pressure, weight, and cholesterol.” American College of Cardiology 52nd Annual Scientific Session, Chicago, IL, April 2, 2003.
Obesity: A Public Health Epidemic – Mini Medical School Course at the University of Minnesota, April 7, 2003.
“Evolution of Bariatric Surgery Procedures.” Lecture at the Bariatric Surgery Primer Postgraduate Course at the Spring Meeting of ACS, New York, NY, April 15, 2003 and the ACS Clinic Congress, Chicago, IL, October 21, 2003. – Course Director.
Panelists for the Masters’ Postgraduate Course at ASBS, Boston, MA, June 18, 2003.
“Development of bariatric surgery procedures and how to choose.” 11th International May Symposium “Bariatric Surgery,” Hamburg, Germany, May 26, 2003. – Symposium Director.
“Bariatric Surgery Worldwide.” Plenary talk at IFSO meeting, Salamanca, Spain, September 4, 2003.
“Bariatric Surgery Worldwide in 2003.” Guest lecturer at the Royal College of Surgeons in London, England, September 8, 2003.
"A Bariatric Surgery Algorithm." Invited Lecturer at the 2nd International Alpine Expert Meeting in Saalfelden, Austria, March 15-17, 2004.
Visiting Professor in the Grand Rapids Area General Surgery Residency Training Visiting Professor Program, Michigan State University, May 18-19, 2004.
"Bariatric Surgery Worldwide." Plenary talk at European Bariatric Surgery Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, May 28-30, 2004.
Presidential Address, 9th World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity. Tokyo, Japan, September 8-11, 2004.
“Nutritional Consequences of Metabolic Surgery,” Opening speaker at the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.), Orlando, Florida, January 29, 2005.
“Bariatric Surgery Worldwide and its Future,” “Bariatric Surgery: A Review and Meta-analysis,” and “Fifty Years of Bariatric Surgery,” Helen and David Bernie Visiting Professorship, Wright State University Department of Surgery, Dayton, Ohio, March 22-23, 2005.
“Bariatric Surgery: Who Would Benefit, Who Isn’t a Candidate,” The 13th Annual Congress on Women’s Health, Hilton Head Island, SC, June 5, 2005.
“Meta Analysis of Bariatric Surgical Procedures,” University of Minnesota 69th Annual Surgery Course: Advances in Gastrointestinal and GI Laparoscopic Surgery, Minneapolis, MN, June 16, 2005.
“Bariatric Surgery Worldwide Update,” International Surgical Week 2005 – International Society of Surgery (ISS) and Société International de Chirurgie (SIC), Durban, South Africa, August 25, 2005.
“Unique Features of Caring for the Bariatric Patient,” Visiting Professor Lecture at the Johannesburg General Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa, August 17, 2005.
“Bariatric Surgery: Results of a Systemic Meta-Analysis,” Keynote Lecture at the IFSO annual meeting, Maastricht, The Netherlands, September 2, 2005.
“Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery,” IFSO annual meeting, Maastricht, The Netherlands, September 2, 2005.
“Where are we now?” IFSO annual meeting, Maastricht, The Netherlands, September 2, 2005.
“Surgery for the Non-Bariatric Surgeons: Introduction and Overview for Bariatric Surgery,” Plenary Session, American College of Surgeons annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 17, 2005.
“Evolution of Bariatric Surgery Procedures,” Postgraduate course lecture at the American College of Surgeons annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 18, 2005.
“Does Bariatric Surgery Really Work? Assessment of a Meta-Analysis and a Consensus Conference. Plenary Session, American College of Surgeons annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 20, 2005.
“Principles and application of the duodenal switch as a secondary operation;” “Approach to duodenal switch failures and complications.” Approaches to Bariatric Revision Surgery Course, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, Nov. 11-12, 2005.
“Meta-analysis in bariatric surgery, current methods: A perspective,” Preliminary Talk at the 2nd Congress of the IFSO European Chapter. Lyon, France, April 27, 2006.
“Status of bariatric surgery,” Minneapolis Surgical Society, Minneapolis, MN, April 10, 2006.
“Bariatric surgery in patients over 60,” Minnesota Surgical Society, Minneapolis, MN, May 5, 2006.
“Current management of ascites,” 70th Annual Continuation Course: Hepatic, Biliary, and Pancreatic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, June 17, 2006.
“POSCH trial and the initial proof of the cholesterol hypothesis,” Master Lecture at the XIV International Symposium on Atherosclerosis, Rome, Italy, June 21, 2006.
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RESEARCH GRANTS:
American Society for Allergic Disease (Histamine Quantification), 1956-1957
American Heart Association (Cholesterol Metabolism), 1964-1971
Graduate School - University of Minnesota (Evaluation of Ileal Bypass Operation), 1966
Graduate School - University of Minnesota (Cholesterol Levels), 1966-1967
National Heart and Lung Institute (Cholesterol Metabolism and Partial Ileal Bypass), 1967-1982
Graduate School, University of Minnesota (Cholesterol Metabolism), 1969-1970
Legislative Grant, State of Minnesota (Management of the Hyperlipidemias), 1969-1982
Minnesota Medical Foundation (Management of the Hyperlipidemias), 1970-1972
Metal Bellows Corporation (Development of an Implantable Infusion Pump), 1970-1985
Minnesota Medical Foundation (Relationship of Hyperlipidemia to Atherosclerosis), 1971-1972
Minnesota Heart Association (Cholesterol and Bile Acid Metabolism) 1971-1973
Upjohn Company (Development of an Implantable Infusion Pump), 1971-1974
National Heart and Lung Institute (Cholesterol and Bile Acid Metabolism), 1972-1977
National Heart and Lung Institute (Xylocaine Infusion by An Implantable Infusion Pump), 1973-1974
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (Multi-Institutional Intervention Trial on Surgical Management of the Hyperlipidemias, the POSCH Trial), 1973-1993
National Institute of General Medical Sciences- NIH (Device for Continuous Infusion Drug Screening) 1976-1978
General Mills Corporation (Cord Blood Study), 1976
National Cancer Institute (Cancer Chemotherapy With a Totally Implantable Pump), 1977-1978
National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases (Totally Implantable Artificial "Beta Cell"), 1977-1978
National Institutes of Health (Program on the Surgical Control of the Hyperlipidemias (POSCH)), 1978-1992
General Mills Foundation (Surgical Control of the Hyperlipidemias), 1979
Minnesota Medical Foundation (Surgical Control of the Hyperlipidemias), 1978-1979
Eli Lilly Company (Glucagon Research Program), 1978-1979
National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases (Method of Treatment and Nephropathy in Diabetic Dogs), 1978-1982
National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases (An Open Loop' Insulin Delivery Device for the Control of Glycemia), 1978-1982
National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases (Insulin Infusion in Type II Diabetics by Implanted Pump), 1982-1984
National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases (Adjuvants to Partial Ileal Bypass for Lipid Lowering), 1984-1987
The Upjohn Company (Glucregulation in Type II Diabetic Patients with the Combination of the Minnesota Implantable Insulin Infusion Pump and the Second Generation SulfonylureA, Glyburide (MICRONASE)), 1987-1989
Medtronic, Inc. (Development of Insulin Delivery by the Medtronic SynchroMed™ Infusion Pump), 1988-1990
The Upjohn Company (Study to Assess the Effect of Pioglitazone on Insulin Sensitivity), 1989
Strato Medical Corporation (In-Vivo Evaluation of the Bidirectional Antireflux Catheter), 1990-1991
Strato Medical Corporation (In-Vivo Evaluation of the Minnesota Peritoneovenous Shunt), 1991
Sandoz Corporation (The Effects of Sandoz Diet Formulas on Atherosclerosis in Diet-Induced Hypercholesterolemic Rabbits), 1991.
FDA (New Peritoneovenous Shunt for the Treatment of Ascites), 09/30/89 - 09/29/94.
Merck Corporation (gift in support of the POSCH trial), 01/01/92 - 12/31/94.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (POSCH: Long-Term Mortality and Morbidity), 01/01/93-12/31/97.
Murphy Medical Research Fund (O2 Diffusion as a Function of Cholesterol Concentration), 12/01/96-12/31/01.
United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Breast Cancer Research Program (A Novel Approach to Increase Breast Cancer Chemosensitivity: Disruption of the Anti-Apoptotic Function of Translation Factor eIF4E) - Vitaly Polunovsky as PI, 1999.
Transneuronix, Inc. (A Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of the Transcend Implantable Gastric Stimulation System for Weight Loss.) 1/16/01 to 6/30/02
U of M, Dept of Surgery, (Lab funding from the Owen H. and Sarah Davidson Wangensteen Chair in Experimental Surgery.) 12/1/01 to 12/31/04
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PUBLICATIONS:
For the most up-to-date publications from this author, please visit PubMed at www.pubmed.gov, and search for Buchwald H.
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