Stephen Lowry, MD Professor & Chair

I am pleased that you have chosen to visit us at our Website to learn more about the activities of the Department of Surgery at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. We in the Department share the missions of the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, including; excellence in patient care, education, research, and community service. We are proud of our accomplishments in each of these important areas. Our faculty includes surgeons who are nationally and, in many cases, internationally renowned for their skill and expertise. We practice in an exciting medical environment and our partners include many distinguished hospitals in central New Jersey. Through our faculty expertise and the caring support of our staff, we offer advanced surgical techniques equivalent to those available anywhere. Our commitment to education and research further strengthens our missions by keeping us at the forefront of medical knowledge. These factors all combine to make the Department of Surgery at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School one of the leading academic departments in the United States.

Our commitment to high quality patient care is reflected by many factors. Last year over a thousand physicians in New Jersey and the nation referred patients to our surgical specialists. Those patients were, indeed, very satisfied with the care delivered. In patient surveys over the past six years, we are pleased that our patients were highly satisfied with their care and would recommend a family member or friend. We are constantly striving to enhance the friendliness and professionalism of our environment.

Our research and education programs are of similarly superb quality. The Surgical training programs at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School are among the best in the country and provide unique and highly competitive opportunities for our commitment to the next generation of surgeons. We welcome all inquiries regarding our training programs and these can be found in greater detail on other sites of our web page. I hope that you will take the opportunity to browse through further areas of our web site and be assured that we, in the Department of Surgery, are more than pleased to provide you with further information about our high quality clinical programs as well as educational and research activities.