Education:

• BS, Electrical Engineering, M.I.T. 1969
• MD, New York University, 1976
• PhD, Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kentucky, 1988
• MBA, Else School of Management, Millsaps College, 1995

Residency:

• New York University Medical Center (General Surgery)

Certification:

• American Board of Surgery
• Surgical Critical Care

Affiliations:

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers:
• Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, IEEE, 1970-
• Cedar Rapids Area Education Committee, 1996-
• American Medical Association
• Association for Academic Surgery
• American Association of Clinical Anatomists:
  • Executive Council, 1987-1989
  • Clinician Councilor, 1998-2000, Chair
  • Local Arrangements Committee, Iowa City, 1999
  • President-elect, 2000
• American College of Surgeons (Fellow):
  • West Virginia State Representative, Young Surgeons Meeting, 1985
  • Councilor, West Virginia State Chapter, 1985-1986
  • Cancer Liaison Physician, University Medical Center, 1988-90
  • Chair, Mississippi State Cancer Liaison Program, 1992-95
  • Member, Commission on Cancer, 1993-
  • National Cancer Data Committee, Vice-Chair, 1996-
  • Patient Care Evaluation Subcommittee on Female and Male Breast Cancer, 1997-
  • National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) Governing Council, 1999-
  • Member, Iowa Committee on Trauma, 1996-
• American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy:
  • Teacher, Advanced Endoscopic Training Program, 1993-
  • Minority & Women's Issues Committee, 1996-
• SAGES:
  • Chairman, Committee for Research Grants, 1991-1995
  • Board of Governors, 1992-
  • Vice-President, 1996-1997
  • Residency Integration Task Force Committee,1996-97
  • Resident Education Committee, 1997-
• Resource for Public Information (news media) Quick Response Team American
• Burn AssociationAssociation of VA Surgeons:
  • Program Committee, 1994-
• Southeastern Surgical Congress:
  • Councilor, 1990-1996
  • Executive Committee, 1994-1996
• Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract:
  • Membership Committee, Representative-at-Large, 1999-2003
• Jackson Surgical Society:
  • Secretary-Treasurer, 1988-1990
  • President, 1990-1992
• International Society of Surgery
• Surgical Biology Club III
• Surgical Infection Society
• American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
• American Cancer Society:
  • State Board of Directors, 1988-1990
  • State Medical Director, "Reach to Recovery" 1992-
  • Mississippi State Representative, Conference on Communicating Breast Cancer
  • Issues in the 1990's, 1993
  • President-Elect, State Chapter, 1994
  • President, State Chapter, 1995
• Society of University Surgeons
• Southern Surgical Association
• Society of Critical Care Medicine
• American College of Gastroenterology (Fellow):
  • Membership Committee, 1998-
• Association for Surgical Education
• Association of Women Surgeons Mississippi:
  • State Representative, 1992-95
• Frank Cole Spencer Society:
  • Secretary, 1992-1993
  • President, 1993-1994
• Sigma Xi
• American Board of Surgery:
  • Consultant, Recertification Examination, 1991-1994
• American Association for Cancer Research
• Society of Surgical Oncology
• Association of Program Directors in Surgery:
  • Board of Directors, 1996-2000
• Mississippi Coalition for Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening:
  • Vice-Chairman, 1994-95
  • Chairman, 1995
• National Medical Licensure Examination (USMLE):
  • Member, Surgery Step II Committee, 1994-1997
• Halsted Society:
  • Membership Committee, 1996-
  • Chair 1998-
• Society of Surgical Chairmen:
  • Woman Liaison Officer to the AAMC, 1999-
• Iowa Academy of Surgery
• Johnson County Medical Society:
  
  • Member, Grievance Committee, 1997-
• American Surgical Association
• Midwest Surgical Association:
  • Executive Council, 1997
• Iowa Medical Society:
  • IMS Tobacco Settlement Advisory Team, 2000
• Central Surgical Association:
  • Auditing Committee, Chair, 1990-2000
  • CSAF Audit Committee, 2000-2003
• Co-Editor-In Chief, Editorial Boards:
  • The American Journal of Surgery
  • Annals of Surgery Clinical Anatomy
  • J Laparoendosc Surg
    
  • Vesalius.com

Honors:

• Listed in "The Best Doctors in America" since 1995.
• Distinguished Member Award, Association of Women Surgeons, October 12, 1997

Selected Recent Publications (Recent Papers):

• KI Bland, HR Menck, CEH Scott-Conner, M Morrow, DJ Winchester, and DP Winchester: The National Cancer Data Base 10-year survey of breast carcinoma treatment at hospitals in the United States. Cancer 63(6):1262-1273, 1998.
• CEH Scott-Conner: Laparoscopic biliary bypass for inoperable pancreatic cancer. Seminars in Laparoscopic Surgery 5(3):185-188, 1998.
• HR Menck and MJ Strebel, Clin Eds KI Bland, CEH Scott-Conner, S Hundahl, M Morris and DP Winchester: Commission on Cancer Benchmark Summary of US cancer patterns of care and outcomes, Amer Coll Surg 1-98, 1998.
• CEH Scott-Conner: Recertification is a hassle, but important, General Surgery News, 6, Dec 1998 (Letter to the Editor).
• HR Menck, KI Bland, CEH Scott-Conner, HJ Eyre, GP Murphy, and DP Winchester: Regional diversity and breadth of the National Cancer Data Base. Cancer 83(12):2649-2658, 1998.
• KI Bland, CEH Scott-Conner, H Menck, and DP Winchester: Axillary dissection in breast conserving surgery for Stage I and II breast cancer: A National Cancer Data Base study of patterns of omission and implications for survival, J Amer Col Surg, 188(6) 586-596, 1999.
• KI Bland, CEH Scott-Conner, H Menck, and DP Winchester: Axillary dissection in breast conserving surgery for Stage I and II breast cancer: A National Cnacer Data Base study of patterns of ommission and implications for survival. J Amer Col Surg 188(6) 586-596, 199, Cited in Current Awareness in Biomedicine: Mammary Gland 8(13), p 2, 1999.
• CEH Scott-Conner and S Hedican: Laparoscopic Anatomy of the Pelvis. Seminars in Laparascopic Surgery 6(2), 43-50, 1999.
• CEH Scott-Conner, PR Jochimsen, HR Menck, and DJ Winchester: An analysis of male and female breast cancer treatment and survival among demographically identical pairs of patients, Surgery 126(4) 775-781, 1999.
• JR Howe, LH Karnell, HR Menck, and CEH Scott-Conner: Adenocarcinoma of the small bowel: Review of the National Cancer Data Base, 1985-1995. Cancer, 86(12) 2693-2706, 1999.
• LS McGinnis, HR Menck, HJ Eyre, KI Bland, CEH Scott-Conner, M Morrow, and DP Winchester: National Cancer Data Base Survey of breast cancer management in patients from low income zip codes Cancer 88(4):933-945, 2000.
• Aggrawal, SD Travers, and CEH Scott-Conner: Ranking of surgical residents: A neural network approach, Cybernetics and Systems 31(4):417-430, 2000.
• DJ Winchester, MM Bilimoria, CEH Scott-Conner, HR Menck, and DP Winchester: Male breast cancer: presentation, treatment, and outcome. Submitted to J Surg Onc, in press.
• KI Bland, HR Menck, EE Partridge, A Fremgen, CEH Scott-Conner, S Hundahl, DP Winchester, and M Morrow: The National Cancer Database: What does it mean to the community surgeon? J Surg Onc, 73(4):189-91, 2000.
• Recent Books and Chapters:
  CEH Scott-Conner (ed): The SAGES Manual: Fundamentals of Laparoscopy and GI Endoscopy, Springer-Verlag, New York, NY 407-414, 1998.
• CEH Scott-Conner, PR Jochimsen and JI Sorosky: Breast cancer in pregnancy. Chapter 30 in: DF Roses (ed)., Breast Cancer, Churchill-Livingstone, 593-612, 1999.
• CEH Scott-Conner, A Cuschieri, and FJ Carter (eds): Minimal Access Surgical Anatomy, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 2000.
• CEH Scott-Conner and P Jochimsen (eds): Breast Cancer, Problems in General Surgery, 17:4, Dec 2000.
• CEH Scott-Conner, (ed): Minimal Access Surgery Volumes I and II, Surgical Clinics of North America, 80:4, 80:5, Aug & Oct 2000.
• CEH Scott-Conner, JP Lawrence, and AT Mancino: The Surgery of the Spleen. In: Bowdler: The Spleen, 2nd edition, 2002.
• R Bergman, PM Heidger, CEH Scott-Conner: The Anatomy of the Spleen, In: Bowdler: The Spleen, 2nd edition, 2002.
• CEH Scott-Conner: Management of Women at Increased Risk of Breast Cancer, In: Jato; Breast Cancer, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2002.
• CEH Scott-Conner (ed): Chassin's Operative Strategy in General Surgery (3rd edition), Springer-Verlag, New York, New York, 2002.
• CEH Scott-Conner and DL Dawson (eds): Operative Anatomy (2nd edition), Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, NY 2002.