Surgical Oncologist, Associate Dean
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center RWJ Barabas Health
Franz O. Smith, MD MAcM MAS FACS is a Surgical Oncologist and Associate Professor of Surgery at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center/RWJ BarnabasHealth, Livingston, New Jersey. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica. In 2011 he completed General Surgery residency at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center. During residency he pursued the fellowship in Surgical Oncology and Tumor Immunotherapy at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda Maryland. The focus of his research was cell-based immunotherapies for melanoma, kidney cancer and other solid organ malignancies.
He trained in Complex General Surgical Oncology at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Institute at the University of South Florida, Tampa Florida. He is board certified in both General Surgery, and Complex General Surgical Oncology. His clinical interests are in Sarcoma, Melanoma, Breast, and Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. In 2013 he returned to Cooperman Barnabas to practice Surgical Oncology and is the Associate Program Director for the Rutgers Health New Jersey Medical School General Surgery residency.
He earned masters’ degrees in Academic Medicine (MAcM) from the University of Southern California, and Applied Science (MAS) in Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality from Johns Hopkins University. He is completing the PhD in Health Professions Education from the Massachusetts General Institute of Health Professions.
He is a board member of the Association of Program Directors in Surgery, and has memberships on the subcommittees for Diversity, Inclusion and Equity for the Association of Academic Surgery and Association of Program Directors in Surgery. In 2019 he was appointed as the Chief Academic Officer at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center; and an Associate Dean at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in 2021.
He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the Society of Surgical Oncology.
Melanoma Poster Presentations 2
Friday, March 22, 2024
11:00am – 11:30am ET