Daniel B. Jones

Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS Professor and Benjamin F. Rush, Jr. MD Endowed Chair Department of Surgery Chief of Surgical Services at University Hospital Assistant Dean of Simulation, Innovation & Scholarship Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Dr Jones graduated from Cornell University and Weill Cornell Medical College. He completed his Surgery residency and Minimally Invasive Surgery research fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Following his training, he joined the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and founded the Southwestern Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery. His team performed the first laparoscopic gastric bypass in Texas in 1997 at Parkland Hospital. In 2003, Dr. Jones joined Harvard Medical School and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), where he was Professor of Surgery, Chief of the Division of Bariatric & Minimally Invasive Surgery and Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery at BIDMC. At Harvard, he founded the Shapiro Simulation and Skills Center, serving as its Director. He convened the Harvard Medical School international symposium, "Obesity Surgery: Patient Safety and Best Practices." When the ACS and ASMBS collaborated to create the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP), Dr. Jones co-chaired the Verification Committee and oversaw the accreditation of over 900 bariatric programs in the U.S. Dr Jones is Past President of The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) and the Association for Surgical Education (ASE).