Chairman Department of Surgery
Jay L. Grosfeld Professor of Surgery
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Member, SIMPL Steering Committee

Gary Dunnington, MD is the Jay L. Grosfeld Professor and Chair of Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine.  Dr. Dunnington’s clinical practice is surgical oncology with a focus in breast cancer, having developed two multidisciplinary breast centers, first at the University of Southern California and then at Southern Illinois University.  His entire career has been focused on surgical education and educational research and at Indiana University he directs an educational research team that includes three PhD investigators with a focus on performance feedback and evaluation.  He is past President of the Association of Surgical Education and received its Distinguished Educator Award and is one of five founding faculty of the ACS Surgeons as Educators Course.