FEATURE STORY
Paris D. Butler, MD, MPH (Eta Sigma 2004), is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Plastic Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania.
Obinna Adibe
Paris D. Butler
After graduating from Roanoke College as a stu- dent-athlete and double major in Biology and Sociol- ogy, he completed medical school at the University of Virginia School of Medi- cine. He completed a gen- eral surgery residency at the University of Virginia, post- doc at Stanford University, MPH at UC-Berkeley, and subsequently his plastic surgery training at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. He
is board certified by both the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Sur- geons (FACS) and a Direc- tor of the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Butler has clinical and research interests in breast reconstruction, post-bariatric body con- touring, breast reductions, limb salvage and extremity
Obinna O. Adibe, MD, MSc (Delta Eta 1996), is a Consulting Associate in the Duke Department of Sur- gery, and Director of Pediat- ric Surgery at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, NC. After graduating from the University of Pennsylva- nia, he completed medical school at the University of Medicine and Dentistry – New Jersey Medical School. He then completed a gen- eral surgery residency at the University of Connecti- cut School of Medicine and subsequently completed his pediatric surgery fellowship at the University of Mis- souri. Dr. Adibe joined the fac- ulty at Duke University Dept. of Surgery in 2012. He is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Pediatric Surgery. He is a member of numerous professional societies and is a Fellow of the Ameri- can Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP). He is well-published in peer-reviewed journals and also holds a Master's Degree in Science (M.Sc.) that he obtained at Duke University.
reconstruction, scar/wound management, and aesthet- ic surgery.
Omar K. Danner, MD, FACS (Eta Chi 1987), is Professor of Surgery and Director of Trauma for the Morehouse School Medicine (MSM) in Atlanta, GA.
Omar K. Danner
the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine in 1995, where he also completed his Gen- eral Surgery Residency in 2001. He completed fel- lowship training at The Johns Hopkins Univer- sity School of Medicine in Surgical Critical Care and Trauma in 2002. He sub- sequently matriculated to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where he completed a second fel- lowship in Advanced Mini- mally Invasive Surgery from 2003 to 2004.
He is the founder of and has served as the Program Director for the nationally renowned Reach One Each One Youth Mentoring and Medical Exposure Program for High School Students at Grady Memorial Hospi- tal (GMH) for the past 10 years. He has been an At- tending Trauma and Acute Care Surgeon, Minimally Invasive Surgeon & Surgi- cal Critical Care Specialist at GMH for over 11 years. Dr. Danner, a native of Birmingham, AL, received his medical degree from
Dr. Danner serves as the National Chair of the CO- VID-19 Pandemic Action Group for the 100 Black Men of America.
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