Gerard M. Doherty

Gerard M. Doherty, M.D. ’86, has been appointed chair of the Department of Surgery at Boston University School of Medicine and chief of surgery at Boston Medical Center effective January 1. Doherty was previously at the University of Michigan, where he was N.W. Thompson Professor of Surgery, vice chair of the Department of Surgery, and section head of General Surgery. Doherty’s clinical focus is endocrine oncology; it comprises diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, endocrine pancreas, and adrenal glands, as well as the surgical management of multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes. His research interests include a series of projects to regenerate parathyroid cells for replacement of lost tissue in people who are permanently hypoparathyroid.