CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Business Address: Charles W. Chappuis, M.D. University Medical Center 2390 W. Congress Street Lafayette, LA 70506 Business Telephone: (337) 261-6179 Fax: (337) 261-6153 E-Mail: Home Address: surgcwc@lsuhsc.edu 867 I-49 South Service Road Sunset, LA 70584 Home Telephone: (337) 662-1212 Fax: (337) 662-1211 Birthdate and Birthplace: February 11, 1952 Crowley, Louisiana Citizenship: Education: USA Undergraduate: B.S. 1974 - Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA Graduate: M.D. 1979 - Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA Internship: July 1, 1979 - June 30, 1980 Residency: July 1, 1980 - June 30, 1982 July 1, 1983 - June 30, 1984 Resident in General Surgery, LSU Affiliated Hospitals New Orleans, LA Fellowship: July 1, 1982 - June 30, 1983 - General Surgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA Chief Resident: 1983-1984 - General Surgery, LSU Affiliated Hospitals, New Orleans, LA
Certification: American Board of Surgery - February 15, 1985 Certificate # 30339 Recertification: October 23, 1992 October 17, 2003 Licensure: Louisiana # 015127 Awards and Honors: 1979-1980 Outstanding First Year Resident 1981-1982 Outstanding Third Year Resident 1983-1984 Outstanding Fourth Year Resident 1985 Bringaze WL, Chappuis CW, Cohn I Jr. Early Gastric Cancer: Twenty-one year experience. Winning Paper - Surgical Association of Louisiana Essay Contest 1987 Clark KN, Thibodeaux KT, Chappuis CW Shotgun wounds of the abdomen: A retrospective review of 112 cases - their treatment and outcome. Winning trauma manuscript for the Louisiana State Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons Competition 1988 Stearns ZR, Dietzen CD, Chappuis, CW Colon Injuries: Twenty-four year experience at Charity Hospital. Winning trauma manuscript for the Louisiana State Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons Competition Membership in Professional Organizations: American College of Surgeons James D. Rives Surgical Society Louisiana State Medical Society Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Surgical Association of Louisiana The Surgeon s Travel Club Lafayette Parish Medical Society Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Aerospace Medical Society Society of Air National Guard Flight Surgeons Southern Surgical Association
Teaching Experience: 2006 Present Professor of Clinical Surgery - LSU School of Medicine, University Medical Center 2000-2006 Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery - LSU School of Medicine; University Medical Center 1999-2000 Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery - LSU School of Medicine; University Medical Center 1990-1998 Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery - LSU School of Medicine 1986-1990 Assistant Professor of Surgery, LSU School of Medicine 1984-1986 Instructor in Surgery, LSU School of Medicine 1985-1989 Part-time Staff - Emergency Medical Service, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, LA 1983-1984 Clinical Instructor in Surgery, LSU School of Medicine Journal Publications: Bringaze WL, Chappuis CW, Correa P, Cohn I Jr. Early Gastric Cancer: Twenty-one year experience. Annals of Surgery, 1986; 204:103-107. Chappuis CW, Cohn I Jr. Acute Colonic Diverticulitis. Surgical Clinics of North America 68:301-313, 1988. Corman ML, Prager ED, Hardy TG, Burbrick MP and the Valtrac (BAR) Study Group. Comparison of the Valtrac Biofragmentable Anastomosis Ring (BAR) with conventional suture and stapled anastomosis in colon surgery: Results of a prospective, randomized clinical trial. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum 32:183-187, 1989. Chappuis CW, DiVincenti F, Cohn I Jr. Villous Tumors of the Duodenum. Annals of Surgery 209: 593-599, 1989. Breaux Jr., Bringaze W, Chappuis C, Cohn I Jr. Adenocarcinoma of the Stomach: A Review of 35 years and 1,710 Cases. World J Surgery 14:580-586, 1990. Chappuis CW, Frey DJ, Dietzen CD, Panetta TP, Buechter KJ, Cohn I Jr. The Management of Penetrating Colon Injuries: A Prospective Randomized Trial. Annals of Surgery 213:492-498, 1991. Uddo JF, Reine G, Chappuis C. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: The Procedure of Choice for Gallbladder Disease. J. La State Medical Society 143:22-25, 1992.
Biundo JJ, Rosenbloom MK, Fontenot CE, Chappuis C. Shoulder Pain Due to Suprascapular Nerve Compression During General Anesthesia. Journal of Clinical Rheumatology 1:128-131, 1995. Toy FK, Bailey RW, Carey S, et. al. Prospective, Multicenter Study of Laparoscopic Ventral Hernioplasty: Preliminary Results. Surg Endosc 1998 12:955-959. Books and Chapters: Chappuis CW, Cohn I Jr. Pathophysiological Effects on Intraluminal Contents. In: Fielding P, Welch J (eds) Intestinal Obstruction. Clinical Surgery, International. Churchill Livingston, New York 32-40, 1987. Chappuis CW, Cohn I Jr. Tumors of the Stomach. In Rakel RE (ed): Conn s Current Therapy. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1989. Cohn I Jr., Chappuis CW. Intestinal Obstruction. In: Taylor M, Gollan Jr., Peppercorn MA, Steer ML, Wolge MM (eds) Gastrointestinal Emergencies. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore 374-391, 1992. Cohn I, Chappuis CW. Bowel Obstruction. In: Taylor MB, Gollan JL, Steer ML, Wolfe MM (eds) Gastrointestinal Emergencies. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore 515-536, 1997. Chappuis CW, Cohn I, Jr. Recurrent Sigmoid Diverticulitis. In: Welch JP, Cohen J, Sardella W, Vignati P (eds) Diverticular Disease: Management of the Difficult Surgical Case. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore 95-101, 1998. Chappuis, CW. Diverticula of the Alimentary Tract. In: Rakel RE, Bope ET (eds). Conn s Current Therapy. Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders, 2004. Maxwell JP, Chappuis CW. Diverticula of the Alimentary Tract. In: Rakel RE, Bope ET (eds). Conn s Current Therapy. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 2009. Videos & Multimedia: Chappuis CW, Frey DJ. The Surgical Management of Choledochal Cyst. Movie: Produced by LSU Medical Center, 1987.
University/Institutional Service: Chair Surgical Service Committee Chair Cancer Committee Chair Special Care Peer Review Committee Medical Executive Committee Community Service/ Activities: Police Surgeon - Jefferson Parish Sheriff s Office; Jefferson, Louisiana; 1990 1999 Colonel/Flight Surgeon - Louisiana Air National Guard State Surgeon / State Air Surgeon Louisiana Administrative 1983-1984 Administrative Chief Resident - General Surgery Responsibilities: LSU Affiliated Hospitals 1983-1984 Assistant Clinical Director, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, LA 1985-1990 Accident Room Coordinator, Charity Hospital, LSU Division, New Orleans, LA 1987-1990 Director - LSU Trauma Service 2001-Present: Chief of Surgery, Operating room director, Director of Ambulatory Surgery Unit University Medical Center, Lafayette, LA Revised: January 2012