Background
Pinson, Charles Wright was born on May 29, 1952 in Albuquerque. Son of Ernest Alexander and Jean Elizabeth (Farnsworth) Pinson.
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Charles Wright Pinson
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Student, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1970-1972; Bachelor, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1974; Master of Business Administration, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1976; Doctor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1980.
Career
Resident general surgery, Oregon Health Sciences U., Portland, 1980-1986; fellow gastrointestinal surgery, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, Massachusetts, 1986-1987; fellow transplant surgery, Harvard University, Boston, 1987-1988; director liver transplant program, VA Western region, Portland, 1989-1990; director liver transplant program, Oregon Health Sciences U., Portland, 1988-1990; interim department chairman surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1993-1995; chief division hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplantation, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, since 1990; vice-department chairman surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, since 1995; director, Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Nashville, since 1993; chairman medical board, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, since 1997; chief of staff, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, since 1997. Advisory board Pacific N.W. Transplant Bank, Portland, 1989-1990, Tennessee DonorSvcs., Nashville, since 1991.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors American Red Cross, Nashville, 1992-1994, American Liver Foundation, since 1992. Member Society University Surgeons, Society Surgical Oncology, American Society Transplant Surgeons, American Society Study of Liver Diseases, American Gastroenterological Association, American Hepatopancreatobiliary Association (Executive Committee since 1997), American Physiologic Society, Southern Medical Association (chairman section surgery since 1997), Southern Surgical Association, WesternSurg. Association, North Pacific Surgical Association (science program 1990-1992), Assn.Acad.
Surgery, Society Surgery of Alimentary Tract, International Liver Transplantation Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.
