2022 H Bernard Zimmermann, MD Visiting Professor David A. Kappel, MD, FACS

Announcing the upcoming WVU Department of Surgery Special Grand Rounds 2022 H Bernard Zimmermann, MD Visiting Professor David A. Kappel, MD, FACS.

Dr. Borgstrom will providing introductions for Dr. Kappel to present his lecture both in person and virtually on May 18, 2022, beginning at 7:30 a.m. The lecture given by Dr. Kappel is titled The En-Corporation and the De-Personalization of American Medicine: A Cautionary Tale.

David Kappel, M.D. was born in Long Beach, California. In 1966, he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree and then completed his Medical Doctorate in 1969. Dr. Kappel participated in a Rotating Internship at the Swedish Hospital Medical Center in Seattle, Washington from 1969-1970. He then went to the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas for General Surgery Residency from 1970-1974, was the Chief General Surgery Resident in 1973-1974, and completed a Plastic Surgery Residency in 1974-1976. He is a retired Reconstructive Plastic Surgeon who practiced in Wheeling, WV from 1976 to 2009.

Dr. Kappel is a Clinical Professor of Surgery at West Virginia University School of Medicine. He leads the Clinical Healthcare Ethics Consultant and the Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team at Wheeling Hospital. He also serves as the Deputy State Medical Director for the West Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services overseeing the State Trauma System since 2008. He has served as the President of the Western Trauma Association (WTA) and received the Meritorious Achievement Award from the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (COT). He is an Instructor for the American College of Surgeons Advanced Trauma Life Support and also serves as an ATLS Course Director.

Dr. Kappel has been involved in participating and securing 34 grants. He has 26 publications and more than 131 presentations. Many of his publications are topics of reconstructive plastic surgery, communication in trauma systems, and Bioethics. His current areas of research involve clinical ethics, pediatric abuse, vulnerable populations, and performance improvement in a rural trauma system.

Dr. Kappel is married to Charl and they have two children, Carrie and Alexandria. He has been an active member and held several leadership roles at the First Christian Church in Wheeling.