Steven Martin Strasberg MD

Dr. Steven Martin Strasberg, MD, the Pruett Family Professor of Surgery at Washington University in St. Louis in hepatobiliary-pancreatic and GI (HPB-GI) surgery.

Strasberg joined the Department of Surgery in 1992 and founded the Section of HPB-GI Surgery. He was section chief of HPB-GI surgery from 1992-2007.

Strasberg received the prestigious Medallion for the Advancement of Surgical Care from the American Surgical Association in 2018 for developing the Critical View of Safety. Strasberg earned his medical degree from the University of Toronto in 1963 and completed his surgical residency at Toronto General Hospital in 1969. He completed fellowships at Boston University Medical Center and the University of Toronto, then joined the faculty at the University of Toronto. Over the next 50 years, he would go on to pioneer the field of HPB-GI surgery, developing and advancing standards of care and improving measures of patient outcomes.