L.D. Britt, MD, MPH, FACS, FCCM—President of EVMS Health Services and Brickhouse Professor of Surgery at Eastern Virginia Medical School was named President-Elect of the American College of Surgeons during the Annual Business Meeting of Members held Wednesday October 14, 2009.  

Dr. Britt has been a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons since 1989 and has been active in governance of the College. He has been a member of the Executive Committee of the ACS’s Board of Regents since 2006 and most recently has served as the Chair of that committee. Dr. Britt has also served as Chair of the Finance (2006-2009) and Central Judiciary (2002-2006) Committees. He has served as Chair of the Board of Regents since 2008.

A graduate of Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Britt is the first African-American in the country to have an endowed chair in surgery.

Dr. Britt has been a committed participant in other national medical organizations. He was elected director of the American Board of Surgery and was also appointed to the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar Program National Advisory Committee. Additionally, he serves on the editorial boards of several scientific publications, including the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Annals of Surgery, Archives of Surgery and others.

President George W. Bush recognized Dr. Britt’s leadership role in medicine and in 2002 nominated him to the Board of Regents to the Uniformed Services University, which was later confirmed by the U.S. Senate.