Donald Silver, MD
#8: 1984-1985
Dr. Silver is the W. Alton Jones Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Surgery and past-Chairman (1975-1998) of the Department of Surgery at the University of Missouri-Columbia in Columbia, Missouri. He began the program in Vascular Surgery Residency and continued as its Program Director until 2003. He founded and was Director of the Surgical Thromboembolic Laboratory.
Dr. Silver received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Duke University. Following an internship, he spent two years in the Air Force and returned to Duke University for additional residency training. During the residency years, he worked with Dr. William G. Anlyan on thromboembolic problems encountered by vascular surgeons.
In 1964, he was appointed an Assistant Professor of Surgery and Staff Surgeon at Duke University and became Co-Director of the Thromboembolic Laboratory. He became Director of the Surgical Vascular Clinic at Duke in 1966. He became Associate Professor in 1966 and Professor of Surgery in 1972. In 1975, he was appointed Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is currently Chairman of the University Physicians group practice at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is certified in General and Thoracic Surgery and has received certification and recertification of special qualifications in General Vascular Surgery.
Dr. Silver has served as President of the Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society, Treasurer and President of the Central Surgical Association, and Treasurer, Vice President, and President of the Central Surgical Association Foundation. He has been a member of the NIH Surgical Studies Group A. He has been a Governor of the American College of Surgeons. He has served on several editorial boards.
Dr. Silver remains committed to the improvement of undergraduate and graduate education, with special emphasis on the art and science of surgery. He remains active in clinical vascular surgery and in the investigation of basic and clinical problems encountered by vascular surgeons. His major research activities are in the areas of coagulation and fibrinolysis, with special interest in the heparin-induced thrombocytopenia syndrome and ischemia-reperfusion injury.
Dr. Silver’s hobbies include spending time with his family, gardening, and travel.
