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Professor of Surgery (Pediatric Surgery) and, by courtesy, of Bioengineering
James Dunn
Professor of Surgery (Pediatric Surgery) and, by courtesy, of Bioengineering
Dr. Dunn obtained his B.S. degree in Biology and Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology and his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He trained in General Surgery at the UCLA School of Medicine and in Pediatric Surgery at the Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. He was the Professor and Chief of Pediatric Surgery at UCLA, with a joint appointment in the Department of Bioengineering until 2016. Dr. Dunn served as the Susan B. Ford Surgeon-in-Chief at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital from 2016 to 2022. He is the John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Director of Pediatric Surgery, and Professor of Surgery and Bioengineering at the Stanford School of Medicine.
Education
B.S., California Institute of Technology, Biology and Chemical Engineering (1985)
M.D., Harvard Medical School, Medicine (1992)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Medical Engineering (1992)
Residency: UCLA Health Sciences (1999) CA
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, General Surgery (2000)
Fellowship: Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health (2001) IN
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery (2002)