Gary Robert Seabrook, MD
#32: 2008-2009
Gary Robert Seabrook is Professor of Surgery & Radiology and Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. He was born in Traverse City, Michigan and obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan. During his senior year of Medical School training at Wayne State University in Detroit, his career interests changed from Family Practice to Surgery through the inspiration of two devoted medical educators, Drs. Charles Lucas and Anna Ledgerwood. He completed his Residency in General Surgery, followed by the Fellowship in Vascular Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin, where his training was mentored by Drs. Jonathan Towne and Dennis Bandyk.
Following his Fellowship, Dr. Seabrook joined the Faculty at the Medical College of Wisconsin where he has continued to practice and serve as Medical Director of the Vascular Laboratories at Froedtert Hospital and the Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He is the Program Director of the Vascular Surgery Fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and is the Senior Medical Director of Surgical Services for Froedtert Hospital.
Academic and clinical interests include endovascular treatment of vascular disease, carotid artery disease, surgical infections related to diabetes, outcomes affecting quality of life, the operating room environment, and issues related to health policy and reimbursement. He is a member of the Society for Vascular Surgery Health Policy Committee, and is the Vascular Surgery Advisor to the American Medical Association /Specialty Society Relative Value System Update Committee.
Dr. Seabrook is a member of the Editorial Board for Annals of Vascular Surgery and Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, and has authored or co-authored over 100 manuscripts in peer-reviewed literature. He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha and twice has been selected as “Teacher of the Year” by the residents of the Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Surgery. He is the Past-President of the Milwaukee Academy of Surgery, has served on the Membership Committee of the Central Surgical Association, and is the Wisconsin Governor for the American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Seabrook, his wife Nancy, and son William, live in Elm Grove, Wisconsin. He enjoys gardening, bicycling, photography, and collecting antique maps.
