Melina Kibbe
American clinician and researcher / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Melina R. Kibbe is an American clinician and researcher in the field of vascular surgery. She currently serves as Dean of the University of Virginia School of Medicine. She previously held the Colin G. Thomas Jr. Distinguished Professorship and Chair of the Department of Surgery at UNC School of Medicine.
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Born | La Jolla, California United States |
Spouse |
Marco Patti ā (m. 2013) |
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Education | BA, 1990, MD, 1994, Pritzker School of Medicine |
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Institutions | University of Virginia School of Medicine UNC School of Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine |
Kibbe is also the editor-in-chief for the journal JAMA Surgery and past president for the Association for Academic Surgery, Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society, and the Association of VA Surgeons. Kibbe's research interests focus on nitric oxide vascular biology and the development of novel and innovative nitric oxide-based therapies for patients with vascular disease.