Gerald B. Zelenock, MD
#25: 2001-2002
Dr. Zelenock was President of the Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society in 2001–2002 after serving as the Treasurer from 1997 to 2000 and President-Elect in 2000-2001.
Dr. Zelenock was born in Detroit, Michigan, and received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Detroit. He completed medical school, internship, surgical residency, and surgical research fellowship at the University of Michigan. He then joined the faculty of the Department of Surgery at the University of Michigan as an instructor and progressed throughout the ranks to Professor of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery, in 1991. He served as Director of Surgical Education at Michigan from 1984 to 1999. Dr. Zelenock served as Chairman of the Department of Surgery and Chief of Surgical Services at William Beaumont Hospital from 1999-2006. He now serves as Professor of Surgery and Chairman, Department of Surgery at the University of Toledo Medical Center. His early interest in vascular surgery was stimulated and supported by Dr. James C. Stanley and he has a long-term research collaboration with Dr. Louis G. D’Alecy.
His research and scholarly interests include the mechanisms of ischemic injury and a variety of clinical issues of importance to vascular surgical practice. He has also been intimately involved in undergraduate and graduate medical education for more than 25 years and, of late, spends increasing amounts of time on social, political, and economic aspects of vascular surgical practice, surgical services, and hospital practice. Dr. Zelenock has contributed 117 peer-reviewed articles and 55 book chapters to the surgical literature. He has authored or edited 13 books, including three editions of Surgery Scientific Principles and Practice, Clinical Ischemic Syndromes: Mechanisms and Consequences of Tissue Injury, Medical Education: A Surgical Perspective and most recently, Mastery of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. He has also contributed to numerous regional and national conferences and is a member of 20 surgical societies.
Dr. Zelenock enjoys a variety of recreational sports, time at Walloon Lake, University of Michigan football, and spending time with Mary Kate, his five children and four grandchildren. Although he has absolutely no musical talent, he can regularly be seen at a performance of classical music, opera, and good theater.
