Distinguished Alumni

Keith N. Apelgren
BS in Biological Sciences 1970
Elected to Academy 1998

MD (1974) University of Michigan – Residency training in surgery at the University of California-Davis from 1976-1980. He completed a Surgical Nutrition Fellowship, Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston (1981-1983). Dr. Apelgren is a Professor & Residency Program Director, College of Human Medicine, Dept of Surgery, Michigan State University. His clinical interests are general and endoscopy surgeries, surgical nutrition, and trauma. Research interests are nutrition, endoscopy and ethics.

Dr. Apelgren is active in numerous professional organizations, including the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons where he served as chair of the Standards of Practice Committee. He has participated in training programs throughout the country for professionals who train endoscopic surgeons. Clinical experience includes a clerkship in Liberia, West Africa, and surgical consultancies in Mexico, Ecuador and Zambia. He is certified in Surgical Critical Care through the American Board of Surgeons and is a certified instructor for the Advanced Trauma Life Support Program.