Darrell A. Campbell, Jr., M.D., is Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs and Chief of Clinical Affairs at the University of Michigan Health System. He is also Henry King Ransom Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery and has for many years specialized in solid organ transplantation, particularly kidney, liver, and pancreas. As Chief of Clinical Affairs, Dr. Campbell is responsible for the overall quality of care delivered at the University of Michigan Health System, and has a special interest in patient safety. In recent years, Dr. Campbell has become interested in the related subjects of physician wellness, patient safety, and the measurement of surgical quality. He has lectured nationally on the subject of physician burnout, particularly among surgeons, and has more recently linked this interest to how burnout might affect physician performance. Dr. Campbell currently serves as a co-investigator on two NIH-funded grants. The first grant is entitled, “Patient Safety in Surgery” and, the second grant is entitled, “The Effect of Health Care Working Conditions on Quality of Care”. Dr. Campbell also sits on the Executive Committee of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.

Selected publications:
Dimick JB. Chen SL. Taheri PA. Henderson WG. Khuri SF. Campbell DA Jr. Hospital costs associated with surgical complications: a report from the private-sector National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2004; 199(4):531-7.

Fink AS. Campbell DA Jr. Mentzer RM Jr. Henderson WG. Daley J. Bannister J. Hur K. Khuri SF. The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program in non-veterans administration hospitals: initial demonstration of feasibility. Annals of Surgery 2002; 236(3):344-53.

Campbell DA Jr. Sonnad SS. Eckhauser FE. Campbell KK. Greenfield LJ. Burnout among American surgeons. Surgery. 2001; 130(4):696-702.

Campbell DA Jr. The patient, burnout, and the practice of surgery. American Surgeon 1999; 65(7):601-5.