Behind the knife, the Surgery Podcast, where we take a behind the scenes intimate look at surgery

from leaders in the Knife. Our guest today is Dr. Paul J.

Schoenarts. Dr. Schoenarts is Professor of Surgery, Vice Chair for

Academic Affairs, and Chief of Trauma, surgical, critical care, and Emergency General Surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

He is also the Trauma Medical Director at UNMC and Medical Director of the Emergency Medical Services for the Omaha Fire Department.

Dr. Shannarts is from New York where he completed his undergraduate coursework at Fordham University

in the Bronx.

He obtained his MD at the University of Connecticut, followed by a one-year fellowship in

anatomic and clinical pathology. He subsequently began a general surgery

residency at Maine Medical Center, followed by a Trauma surgical critical care

fellowship at Vanderbilt University.

He has also completed the Surgical Education Research Fellowship with the Association for

Surgical Education.

He was faculty at East Carolina University for more than 10 years before joining UNMC in 2012.

Dr. Shinarts was most recently president of the Association of Program Directors in Surgery.

Welcome, Dr. Shinarts.

Thank you, Megan, it's good to be here. Thanks, thank you, Megan.

It's good to be here.

It's a real honor to have been asked to speak today.

So we like to start all of our podcasts

by introducing you and kind of hearing from you about your background and what led you towards

trauma and also your roles in education.

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