Providence General Surgery Residency Program - Administration Profiles

Laurence Y. Cheung, M.D., Chairman

• Chairman, Department of Surgery, Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI, 2006-present

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• Undergraduate medical education: National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan, B.S., M.D., 1961-68
• Postgraduate medical education: Holy Cross Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT; Surgical Internship, 1968-69
• General Surgery Resident, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, 1969-72
• Chief Resident in Surgery, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, 1972-73
• Instructor and Research Fellow, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, 1973-75

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• Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, 1975-77
• Assistant Professor of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1977-79
• Associate Professor of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1979-82
• Professor of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1983-86
• Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, 1986-2003
• Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, 2003-2006

Vijay K. Mittal, M.D., Program Director

• Program Director, Department of Surgery, Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI, 1999-present
• Chief, Section of General Surgery, Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI, 1999-present
• Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1992-present

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• President, International College of Surgeons (U.S. Section), 2007

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• Undergraduate medical training: Amritsar Medical College, Amritsar, India, 1963-67
• Master of Science in Surgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, 1967-72
• Registrar, Transplantation and General Surgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, 1972-75
• Internship & General Surgery Resident, Mt. Carmel Mercy Hospital, Detroit, MI, 1975-80
• Research & Transplant Surgery Fellow, Mt. Carmel Mercy Hospital, Detroit, MI, 1980-81

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• Assistant Program Director, Detroit Macomb Hospitals, Detroit, MI, 1984-88
• Director of Pancreatic Transplant and Associate Director of Transplantation, Mt. Carmel Mercy/Grace Hospital, Detroit, MI, 1984-93  
• Director, Surgical Research Program, Grace Hospital, Detroit, MI, 1990-93
• Assistant Program Director, Department of Surgery, Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI, 1997-99
• Interim Chairman, Department of Surgery, Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI, 2005-06

William F. Oppat, M.D., Assistant Program Director

• Assistant Program Director, Department of Surgery, Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI, 2000-present
• IRB Committee Member, Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI, 1999-present

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• Undergraduate medical education: Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 1986-90
• General Surgery Resident, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO, 1990-92
• General Surgery Research Fellow, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO, 1992-94
• General Surgery Resident, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO, 1994-96
• Registrar & Clinical Instructor in Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 1996-97
• Clinical Instructor, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO, 1996-97
• Vascular Surgery Fellow, Clinical Instructor in Surgery, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, 1997-99