Curriculum Vitae

Edward G. Helm, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Education
Residency: Ochsner Clinic, General Surgery, 1978 - 1981
Emory University, Affiliated Hospitals, July 1976 - June 1978
Medical School: Chicago Medical School, M.D. - 1976
College: University of Illinois - CCC
Major: Pre-Med 1970 - 1972
Chicago, Illinois

Mankato State University
Mankota, Minnesota
Bachelor of Science 1966 - 1970
Major: Psychology; Minor: Speech
Minor: Sociology

Tulane University, 1997 - Present
Executive Master Health Administration


Current Professional Experience
1996 - Present Associate Dean of Community & Minority Health Education
LSU School of Medicine
10/90 - Present Head, Section of Surgical Endoscopy
1/91 - Present Director, One Day Surgery Unit
Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana

Certification
Diplomate National Board Medical Examiners
Diplomate American Board of Surgery
American Board of Surgery Certificate, Recertified (1996)

Current Academic Committees
1981 - Present Admissions
1981 - Present Promotions
1981 - Present Administrative Council
1981 - Present Scholarship Committee Chairman
1981 - Present Affirmative Action Committee of the Medical Center
1993 - Present Minority Affairs Committee Chairman, LSU Medical Center

Current National Professional Affiliations
April 1998 - Present Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
1997 - Present Fellow American College of Surgeons
1997 - Present AAMC
Chair Elect - GSA/MAS Southern Region
GSA/MAS Coordinating Committee
1995 - Present American Society of Colon Rectal Surgery
1995 - Present Southern Medical Association
1994 - Present Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
1990 - Present Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
1990 - Present Society of Black Academic Surgeons
1981 - Present National Medical Association Member
1981 - Present National Association of Medical Minority Educators, Inc. (NAMME)
1972 - Present National Association of Advising for Health Professions
Co-Founder and Member
1992 - Present Association for Academic Minority Physicians

Recent Publications
Edward G. Helm, M.D., F.A.C.S., Jane E. Parker, J.D. "Affirmative Action & It’s Relationship to Higher Education." AAMC Annual Meeting Proceedings, 1996, Washington, D.C.: AAMC.
Rubens J. Pamies, M.D., Leonard E. Lawrence, M.D., Edward G. Helm, M.D., Gregory Strayhorn, M.D., Ph.D. The Effects of Certain Student and Institutional Characteristics on Minority Medical Student Specialty Choice - (J Natl Med Assoc. 1994; 86:136-140).
Editor of OMASCOPE Newsletter, 1993 - Present.
Edward G. Helm, M.D., F.A.C.S., and Jane E. Parker, J.D. - Abstract, Follow-up Survey of the Summer Science Program Participants., AAMC 36th Annual Research in Medical Education Conference, 1997.