Thomas M. KrummelThomas M. Krummel is Emile Holman Professor and Chair in the Department of Surgery, and Co-Director of the Stanford Biodesign Program, at Stanford University. He has been a pioneer and consistent innovator throughout his career, and has served in leaership positions in many of the important surgical societies including the American College of Surgeons, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, the American Surgical, the American Board of surgery, the American Board of Pediatric Surgery, and the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Over the last 14 years, Dr. Krummel has pioneered the application of technology to simulation-based surgical training and surgical robotics. For his work in this area, and developing a collaborative simulation-based surgical training system, he has received two Smithsonian Information Technology innovation Awards. Read More Read Less