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Location	Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
Introduction	Tom Whalen, MD received his AB and MD degrees from Boston University. In 1999 he completed a Masters of Medical Management at the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management of Carnegie Mellon University. Doctor Whalen became Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, PA in September of 2006 after 17 years on the faculty of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He was appointed Chief Medical Officer there in April of 2011. He retired from the US Naval Reserve in February of 2001 after twenty-eight years as a commissioned officer in the medical corps of the Regular and Reserve Navy. He has certified and recertified in the disciplines of General Surgery and Pediatric Surgery. Doctor Whalen is Past President of the Association of Program Directors in Surgery and was elected a Regent of the American College of Surgeons in 2003. He served six and a half years on the Residency Review Committee for Surgery and as Chair for the last three of those years. In addition he serves on the Board of the NRMP and is currently President.

Location

Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Introduction

Tom Whalen, MD received his AB and MD degrees from Boston University. In 1999 he completed a Masters of Medical Management at the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management of Carnegie Mellon University. Doctor Whalen became Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, PA in September of 2006 after 17 years on the faculty of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He was appointed Chief Medical Officer there in April of 2011. He retired from the US Naval Reserve in February of 2001 after twenty-eight years as a commissioned officer in the medical corps of the Regular and Reserve Navy. He has certified and recertified in the disciplines of General Surgery and Pediatric Surgery. Doctor Whalen is Past President of the Association of Program Directors in Surgery and was elected a Regent of the American College of Surgeons in 2003. He served six and a half years on the Residency Review Committee for Surgery and as Chair for the last three of those years. In addition he serves on the Board of the NRMP and is currently President.