CURRICULUM VITAE
C. William Kaiser, MD
Concord, MA 01742
DATE OF BIRTH: December 7, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH: Troy, NY
EDUCATION:
**** *.*. ****s University School of Medicine
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:
Internship and Residency Programs:
1965-1966 Rotating Internship, Charity Hospital, New Orleans LA
1968-1972 Resident, Tufts Surgical Service, Boston City
Hospital, Boston, MA
Research Fellowships:
1974-1975 Research Associate, Boston University Cancer Research Centre
Military Service:
1966-1968 U.S. Army
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION:
1965 Louisiana, Registration No. 10191
1969 Massachusetts, Registration No. 31877 (current)
1973 American Board of Surgery, Certificate No. 19779
1976 New York, No. 126340
1985 New Hampshire, No. 7199 (current)
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
1972-1973 Senior Instructor in Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine
1973-1976 Assistant Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine
1976-1978 Assistant Professor of Surgery, SUNY, Stony Brook School of Medicine
1978-1982 Clinical Assistant in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
1982-2004 Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
1998- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School
PEER REVIEW ACTIVITIES:
1981-1982 Peer Review Committee, Southeastern Massachusetts Professional Review
Organization
2004-2008 Medicare/Medicaid Claims Reviewer MassPro
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:
1972-1973 Assistant Visiting Surgeon, Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA
1973-1976 Associate Visiting Surgeon, Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA
1976-1978 Attending Surgeon, VA Medical Centre, Northport, NY
1978-1981 Staff Surgeon, Pondville Hospital, Norfolk, MA
1981-1998 Chief of Surgery, VA Medical Centre, Manchester, NH
1998-1999 Staff Surgeon, VA Medical Centres, Boston and Bedford, MA
1999-2004 Staff Surgeon, VA Medical Centre, Manchester, NH
Other Professional Positions and Major Visiting Appointments:
1973-1974 Junior Consultant in Surgery, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, Boston, MA
1973-1974 Acting Director, Accident Floor, Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA
1974-1976 Assistant Director, Accident Floor, Boston City Hospital, Boston MA
1973-1976 Assistant Visiting Surgeon, University Hospital, Boston, MA
1978-1979 Staff Surgeon, VA Medical Centre, Boston, MA
1978-1982 Assistant Surgeon, New England Medical Centre, Boston, MA
1979-1982 Clinical Associate in Surgery, Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA
MAJOR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS:
National and Regional:
1976-1978 Board of Directors and Professional Education Committee,
Long Island Division, American Cancer Society
1978-1980 Vice President, Neponset Valley Unit, American Cancer Society
1979-1998 Melanoma Committee, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
1980-1982 President, Neponset Valley Unit, American Cancer Society
1981-1982 Board of Directors, Health Planning Council of Greater Boston
1981-1982 Peer Review Committee, Southeastern Massachusetts Professional Review
Organization
1981-1982 Co-Chairman, Division Service and Rehabilitation Committee, Massachusetts Division, American Cancer Society
2000-2004 Field Staff Surveyor, American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer
Medical School:
1976-1978 Ambulatory Care Committee, SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine
Medical Staff Bylaws Committee
Dean’s Ad Hoc Committee
Medical School Admissions Committee 1976-1977
Chairman, Medical School Admissions Committee 1977-1978
1982-1998 Dean’s Committee, Harvard Medical School
Residency Evaluation Committee, New England Deaconess Hospital
1976-1978 Veterans Administration Medical Centre, Northport, NY:
Ambulatory Care Committee
Operating Room Committee
Tumor Board
Chairman, Medical Library Advisory Committee
Chairman, Research Committee
Clinical Executive Board
Disaster Control Committee
1978-1982 Pondville Hospital, Norfolk, MA:
Blood Bank Committee
Chairman, Council of Departmental Chairmen
Chairman, Executive Committee
Chairman, Infection Control Committee
Chairman, Medical Records Committee
Human Studies Committee
Operating Room Committee
Quality Assurance Committee
Research Committee
Safety Committee
Tissue Committee
Tumor Board
1982-2004 Veterans Administration Medical Centre, Manchester, NH:
Ambulatory Care Multidisciplinary Committee
Chairman, Cancer Committee
Clinical Executive Committee
Infection Control Committee
Intensive Care Unit Committee
Medical Records Committee
Chairman, Operating Room Committee
Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
Quality Assurance Committee
Research and Development Committee
Tissue and Transfusion Committee
Tumor Board
Field Liaison Physician, Commission on Cancer, American College of
Surgeons
MEMBERSHIP/OFFICES/COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
1973-1981 Massachusetts Medical Society
1974- Association for Academic Surgery
1974- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Canada
1975- American College of Surgeons
1979- New England Cancer Society
1980- Boston Surgical Society
1984- Association of VA Surgeons
1984- New England Surgical Society
1985- Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
1986- Society of Surgical Oncology
1993- Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
1998- Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
1972-1973 Assistant Visiting Surgeon, Boston City Hospital
1973-1976 Associate Visiting Surgeon, Boston City Hospital
1973-1976 Lecturer in Health Science in the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health
Professions, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
1973-1976 Seminars in Surgical Oncology and Emergency Medicine, Boston City Hospital
1973-1976 Associate Director, Surgical Residency Program, Tufts Surgical Service,
Boston City Hospital
1976-1978 Didactic sessions in surgery and surgical oncology for medical students and surgical residents; Medicolegal lectures in emergency medicine and trauma, SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY
1978-1981 Didactic sessions in surgical oncology, Pondville Hospital, Norfolk, MA
1978-1981 Coordinator, Surgical Resident Program, Pondville Hospital
1978-1981 Director, Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Pondville Hospital
1981-1994 Clinical and didactic sessions in general surgery and surgical oncology,
Pawtucket Memorial Hospital
1982-2003 Clinical and didactic sessions in general surgery and surgical oncology, `
VA Medical Centre, Manchester, NH
1982-2001 Director, Surgical Residency Program, VA Medical Centre, Manchester, NH
1995-2004 Surgical Coordinator, Family Practice Surgical Rotation, Manchester, NH
PRINCIPLE CLINICAL AND HOSPITAL SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES:
1972-1973 Supervising Physician, Outpatient Department, Tufts Surgical Service,
Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA
1972-1973 Assistant Director, Tufts Surgical Service, Boston City Hospital
1974-1976 Associate Visiting Surgeon, Boston City Hospital
1974-1976 Staff Surgeon, VA Medical Centre, Boston, MA
1974-1975 Acting Director, Accident Floor, Boston City Hospital
1975-1976 Assistant Director, Accident Floor, Boston City Hospital
1976-1978 Associate Chief of Surgery, VA Medical Centre, Northport, NY
1978-1981 Chief of Surgery, Pondville Hospital, Norfolk, MA
1980-1981 Chief of Staff, Pondville Hospital, Norfolk, MA
1981-1998 Chief of Surgery, VA Medical Centre, Manchester, NH
1983-1986 M.I.T Visiting Physician, The Clinical Research Centre, Cambridge, MA
1998-1999 Staff Surgeon, VA Medical Centres, Boston and Bedford, MA
1999-2004 Staff Surgeon, VA Medical Centre, Manchester, NH
BIBLIOGRAPHY
JOURNALS
1. Curtis LE, Simonian S, Kaiser CW, et al. Experiences with controlled pH on the management of gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Clin Res 1972; 20:860
2. Kaiser CW, Buerk CA, Curtis LE, Hoye SJ. Solitary liver abscess as a complication of
sigmoid diverticulitis. Am Surg 1974; 40:421-426
3. Merluzzi VJ, Badger AM, Kaiser CW, Cooperband SR. In vitro stimulation of murine
lymphoid cell cultures by levamisole. Clin Exp Immunol 1974; 22:486-492
4. Chessick KC, Begley LA, Curtis LE, Hirsch EF, Kaiser CW, Buerk CA, Soroff, HS. Efficacy
of intravenous clindamycin and methicillin in gram positive soft tissue infections. Ann Surg
1975; 181:203-206
5. Merluzzi VJ, Kaiser CW, Cooperband SR. Differential effects of levamisole on murine
lymphoid tissues. Fed Proc 1976; 35:334
6. Kaiser CW, Hecht M, Merluzzi VJ, Cooperband SR. Mechanisms of thymus shrinkage in
tumor bearing hosts. Clin Res 1977; 25:403
7. Siddarth P, Kaiser CW, Thorn R. Carcinoma arising from fistula in ano. Conn Med 1981;
43:422-423
8. Kaiser CW. Complications from staging laparotomy for Hodgkin’s disease. J Surg Oncol
1981; 16:59-64
9. Kaiser CW. Arterial embolus as a complication of staging laparotomy. J Surg Oncol 1981;
16:319-325
10. Kaiser CW, Koornick AJ, Smith N, Soroff HS. Choice of route for central venous
cannulation; subclavian or internal jugular vein? A prospective randomized study. J Surg Oncol
1982; 17:345-354
11. Kaiser CW, Ostfeld D. Therapeutic considerations in the management of melanoma. J Surg
Oncol 1981; 20:31-36
12. Morgan JE, Kaiser CW, Johnson WC, et al. Gastric carcinoid (gastrinoma) associated with
achlorhydria (pernicious anemia). Cancer 1983; 51:2332-2340
13. Khan SA, Kaiser CW, Dailey B, Krane R. Unusual foreign body in the urethra. Urol Int 1984; 39:184-186
14. Kaiser CW, Brown H, Goodwin J, Burns S. Quality of life after radical neck dissection. Ann
Royal Coll Surg Canada 1984; 17:352
15. Kaiser CW, Hecht M, Roth M, Cooperband SR. Modification of immunogenic tumor growth by adrenalectomy in a syngeneic murine system. Cancer 1985; 55:706-7656
16. Burns S, Brown H, Goodwin J, Kaiser CW. Shoulder stabilization, the spinal accessory nerve, and the trapezius muscle in man. J Phys 1985; 55:371
17. Kaiser CW, Milgrom ML, Lynch JA. Distant non-traumatic clostridial myonecrosis and
malignancy. Cancer 1986;57:885-889
18. Brown H, Burns S, Kaiser CW. The spinal accessory nerve plexus, the trapezius muscle, and
shoulder stabilization after radical neck surgery. Ann Surg 1988;208:664-661
19. Lowell JA, Kaiser CW. Delayed presentation of traumatic diaphragmatic hernia in a 60 year
old male with a strangulated stomach. Surg Rds 1990;13:47-50
20. Kaiser CW, McAuliffe JD, Barth RJ, and Lynch JL.. Hypoprothrombinemia and hemorrhage in a surgical patient treated with Cefotetan. Arch Surg 1991;126:524-525
21. Kaiser CW, Friedman S, Spurling K, Slowick T. The retained surgical sponge. Ann Surg
1996, 224:79-84
22. Kaiser CW, Slowick T, Spurling K, Friedman S. Retained foreign bodies. J Trauma 1997;
43:107-111
BOOKS AND OTHER MONOGRAPHS
23. Kaiser CW, Reif AE. Immunologic monitoring and adjuvant immunotherapy of selected
cancer patients. In: Reif AE, Ed., Immunity and cancer in man-an introduction. New York
Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1975; 19-46
24. Morton FL, Badger AM, Kaiser CW, Cooperband SR. The effect of levamisole on murine
lymphoid population. In: Chirrogos MA, Ed., Progress in cancer research: control of
neoplasia by modulation of the immune system. New York, Raven Press, 1977; 2:25
CORRESPONDENCE
25. Kaiser CW. Lymph node dissection in melanoma. N Engl J Med 1978; 298:223
26. Kaiser CW. Central venous catheters’ complication rate. Ann Surg 1984; 200:683
27. Kaiser CW. Clinical update: Foreign bodies. Phys Weekly 1997; 14:45
28. Kaiser CW. Management of traumatic lacerations. N Engl J Med 1998; 338:474