Valentine N. Nfonsam, MD, MS, FACS, FASCRS, is a Professor and Executive Vice Chair for the Department of Surgery at Morehouse. He was recently the Department Chair of Surgery at LSU New Orleans. Dr. Nfonsam graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago and completed his surgery residency training at UT Southwestern in Dallas and the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, New York. He did a research fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, and completed a two-year fellowship in colon and rectal surgery at the University of South Florida, Tampa. He was the program director of the general surgery residency at the University of Arizona for 9 years.
Dr. Nfonsam is a member of national and international societies, including the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS), the Western Surgical Association (WSA), and the American College of Surgeons (ACS). He holds leadership positions within several organizations, including the President-Elect of the Association of Program Directors in Surgery (APDS), the Society of Surgery in the Alimentary Tract (SSAT) Board of Trustees, and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery (ASCRS).
He served for two years as President of the American College of Surgery (ACS) Arizona Chapter and as a member of the ACS Board of Governors. He is also a Councilor of the American Board of Surgery (ABS) and a member of the ACS Health Policy Advisory Group.
Dr. Nfonsam’s clinical specialties include colorectal and gastrointestinal surgery, gastrointestinal oncology, and laparoscopic and robotic-assisted surgery. His research focuses on colorectal cancer, especially in the young, in addition to disparities in colorectal cancer. He has more than 100 peer-reviewed publications.