John M. Daly, MD, FACS, FRCPS

An internationally renowned oncologic surgeon, author, researcher and academician, John M. Daly, MD, FACS, FRCPS (Hon. Glasg.) became Dean of Temple University School of Medicine in 2002.

Prior to joining Temple, he was the Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and New York Presbyterian Hospital’s Surgeon-in-Chief. Before that, he was the Jonathan E. Rhoads Professor of Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania and Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He has served as an invited lecturer and visiting professor at Harvard, the Royal Academy of Medicine, and other leading academic medical centers around the globe.

A prolific researcher and author, Dr. Daly has 368 publications to his credit, including dozens of book chapters and several books, such as the Atlas of Surgical Oncology (Daly and Cady, J.B., Lippincott, 1993) and Surgical Oncology, Contemporary Principles & Practices (Bland, Daly, Karakousis, McGraw-Hill, 2001). He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Contemporary Surgery, as Editor of Current Surgery, and is a past editor and/or current editorial board member of Cancer, Surgery, and a dozen other leading journals. He has served as principal investigator on numerous research grants from the National Institutes of Health and holds a U. S. Patent Pending for the “Use of COX-2 inhibitors to treat/ameliorate sepsis and septic complications.”

An expert in clinical nutrition and parenteral hyperalimentation, Dr. Daly is a past president of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (1985-1986). He is also a former President of the Society of Surgical Oncology (2002-2003); the New York Surgical Society (1998-1999); and the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Cancer Society (1992-1993). Moreover, he has served on governance boards and in leadership capacities for the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, the American Board of Surgery, the American College of Surgeons, the American Surgical Association, the Association for Academic Surgery, the Association of American Medical Colleges and a dozen other professional associations. His areas of expertise include physician competency and liability, credentialing and board certification, surgical education and research, public policy and long-range planning, and technology assessment.

Dr. Daly has received numerous honors and awards for teaching, research and practice, including Sam E. Roberts Nutrition Foundation Medal of the University of Kansas (1981) and the Elliot Hochstein Medical Student Teaching Award of Cornell University (1995). Over the years, he has appeared in some two dozen “best” lists (Best Doctors in Philadelphia, Best Doctors in America, Best Doctors in New York, Top Cancer Doctors in New York City, Best Doctors in New York, The 318 Top Cancer Specialists for Women, etc.).

A native Philadelphian, Dr. Daly received his undergraduate degree form LaSalle University and his MD from Temple University School of Medicine in 1973. He completed an internship and residency at the University of Texas Medical School (Houston) and received his certification from the American Board of Surgery in 1979.

Class of 1973, TUSM