Carlos Alberto Pellegrini is the former president of the American Surgical Association and the current Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chair of Surgery at the University of Washington.
Pellegrini was born to two physicians, and spent his childhood years in rural Amenábar, in Santa Fe Province, Argentina.
He was a member of the American Surgical Association's Blue Ribbon Committee, which delivered an influential report on this topic and on surgical education in 2005[3] In response to the demands of the shortened work week, the department has pursued research into efficient and safe methods of handing off patients between shifts of residents.
[5] Dr. Pellegrini was named to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program's National Advisory Committee in November 2008.
[6] The committee is responsible for overseeing the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program and selecting its participants.