J. Perren Cobb, M.D., associate professor of surgery and director of the Cellular Injury and Adaptation Laboratory, was installed as president of the Association for Academic Surgery at its 2003 annual meeting.
The Association for Academic Surgery is the largest, most inclusive academic surgical organization in the nation. The association promotes research and academic pursuits through the exchange of ideas among senior surgical residents, junior faculty and established faculty mentors.
Cobb has served as a faculty member in the Section of Burn, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care since 1995.