Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Biosketch
Earl M. Norman, MD, FACS, is a board-certified General Surgeon with Bronson Lakeview Hospital in Paw Paw, Michigan. He is a graduate of University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. He earned his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed his residency in General Surgery at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.
Dr. Norman was an active participant in the education of residents and medical students at Michigan State University/Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies when on the faculty from 2004-2012, serving as Clerkship Director, Simulation Director, and Program Director for the Department of Surgery. He also became the Founding Chair, Department of Surgery, from 2012-2016, when MSU/KCMS became Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine.
Dr. Norman's practice at Bronson Lakeview Hospital involves broad-scope surgical care for the citizens of Van Buren County. He is passionate about medical education and performance improvement.
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Board Certification
- American Board of Surgery (Surgery)
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Education and Training
- Residency 1992, General Surgery, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Rush University
- MD 1987, School of Medicine, Temple University
- BS 1979, Electrical Engineering, University of Rochester
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Research
- Surgery, General
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Publications
Flewelling K., Alfred A., Jose J., Elian A., Norman E., Timmons J., Munene G., Sawyer R., Shebrain S. Do Surgery Residents Prepare Enough for Surgical Cases? Journal of Surgical Education. 2024;81:48-55.
Shebrain S., Ferrin N., Cookenmaster C., Norman E., Sawyer R. History of surgical training in Kalamazoo Annals of Medicine and Surgery. 2022;73
Prieto D., Soto-Ferrari M., Tija R., Peña L., Burke L., Miller L., Berndt K., Hill B., Haghsenas J., Maltz E., White E., Atwood M., Norman E. Literature review of data-based models for identification of factors associated with racial disparities in breast cancer mortality Health Systems. 2019;8:75-98.
Nagaraju S., Vaishnav S., Burke L.H., Norman E. Histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis (Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease) of axillary lymph nodes BMJ Case Reports. 2015;2015
Larson J.V., Steensma E.A., Flikkema R.M., Norman E. The application of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the management of compromised flaps Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine. 2013;40:499-504.
Shebrain S., Norman E., Bly R. Selected common surgical conditions in the tropics Tropical Pediatrics: A Public Health Concern of International Proportions: Second Edition. 2012:225-248.
Saber A., Elgamal M., Mancl T., Norman E., Boros M. Advanced age: Is it an indication or contraindication for laparoscopic ventral hernia repair? Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons. 2008;12:46-50.