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MICHAEL ZINNER was elected chair of the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons.

Zinner is a general surgeon with expertise in pancreatic-hepatobiliary diseases. Since 2016, he has been the founding chief executive officer and executive medical director of the Miami Cancer Institute–Baptist Health South Florida.

Prior to that time, he served as surgeon-in-chief and Moseley Professor of Surgery at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. During this time, Zinner also served as clinical director and chief of surgical services at the Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center.

A fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) since 1983, Zinner has previously served as vice-chair of the ACS Board of Regents (2010-2015) and chair of the ACS Board of Governors (2008-2010).

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