Dr. Saju Joseph

Dr. Saju Joseph

Saju Joseph, MD FACS

Dr. Joseph grew up in Southern California before completing his medical school education at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. He went on to complete surgical residency training at Harvard University’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center under the leadership of Dr. Josef E. Fischer. During his training, Dr. Joseph won the prestigious Harvard Housestaff and Fellows Teaching award. Through Dr. Fischer’s mentorship, Dr. Joseph had the unique opportunity to complete his fellowship in Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh under the tutelage of O. James Garden, Regus Professor of Surgery. During his time in Scotland, Dr. Joseph again won a teaching award and developed a love of single malt Scotch.

Since that time, Dr. Joseph has worked in academic surgery doing a wide array of complex surgical oncology and general surgery. He has been involved in translational research in angiogenesis, has written eight book chapters, published numerous papers, and was the editor for a book on Point-of-Care-Ultrasound for First Responders. He continues to be an active member of a number of academic surgical societies, serves on the editorial board of six journals, and is a reviewer for many others. He regularly presents research and gives lectures on surgical, regenerative medicine, and wound care topics both in the United States and around the world.

He has had the opportunity to serve as a visiting professor for the Colombian Association of Surgery and as an advisor to Governor Abbott (Texas) regarding emergency and trauma services. He was the Vice Chair of Surgery at Texas Tech, where he was instrumental in establishing a general surgery residency in the Permian Basin and an acclaimed rural surgery training program as well. Before co-founding Summit Specialty Physicians, Dr. Joseph established the Valley Health Systems Surgery Residency here in Nevada as the Program Director.

When Dr. Joseph is not working, he enjoys playing golf, cooking in his kitchen for his family and friends, and spending time with his wife and daughter.

Background

Education

  • University of California, Irvine 3/1997

    • Bachelor of Science - Molecular Biology.

  • Tufts University School of Medicine 6/2002

    • Medical Doctor.

Training

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Harvard Medical School 6/2002 - 7/2008

    • Surgical Residency - Teaching Fellow of The Harvard Medical School.

    • Harvard Teaching Award for 2004 for outstanding contribution to medical student education.

  • Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 8/2006 - 8/2007

    • Specialist Registrar/Fellow.

    • Transplant, Hepato-pancreatic-biliary, and Endocrine Surgery.

  • Certified Hyperbaric and Wound Specialist 2/2015

    • Medical Director of Midland Memorial Wound Care Center.

    • President’s Award for Top Center Healogics Corporation.

    • District 3 Award for top HBO center in TX, OK, LA, MS, KA.

  • CASEL (Certification in Applied Surgical Education and Leadership) Expected completion 10/22

Professional Appointments

  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons Inducted 2010

  • Professor and Vice-Chair/Chair of Surgery 2017 - Present

    • Touro University Medical School of Nevada.

  • Founding Program Director 2017 - 2021

    • Valley Health Systems General Surgery Residency.

  • Vice Chair of Surgery/Associate Program Director/Associate Professor 2014 - 2017

    • Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery 2010 - 2011

    • New York Medical College.

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery Tenure-Track 2008 - 2010

    • Louisiana State University Health Science Center.

Professional Association Memberships

  • Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

  • Western Surgical Association

  • Southwestern Surgical Congress

  • American College of Healthcare Executives

  • Nevada Chapter of the ACS

  • American College of Surgeons-Fellow

  • Association of Academic Surgeons Elected Member

  • Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Elected Member

  • International Hepato-Pancreatic and Biliary Association

  • American College of Wound Healing Specialists

  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Society Lifetime Member

Numerous National and International Committees Including

  • Over Four Million Dollars in research and grant funding 2008 - present

  • Journal Reviewer and Editorial Boards (28 Journals) including:

    • Journal Of the American College of Surgeons.

    • Journal Of General Surgery.

Publications and Presentations

  • 27 publications in peer reviewed journals

  • 8 Book Chapters

  • 71 Lectures and Presentations