Lorrie A. Langdale, MD, FACS, is a board-certified in both General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, the Chief of General Surgery and Director of Surgical Critical Care for VA-PSHC, and a Professor in the University of Washington Department of Surgery.

Dr. Langdale has a broad general surgical practice which includes care and management of surgical oncology (gastro-intestinal tumors, esophageal and pancreatic cancer), endocrine disorders (thyroid and parathyroid), hernias and other gastrointestinal disorders. Within Surgical Critical Care, she manages a spectrum of critical illness for our nation’s veterans.

Dr. Langdale maintained a basic science research laboratory focusing on liver ischemia-reperfusion injury for many years, but has focused on education and surgical training since 2010. She has served the American College of Surgeons and other national organizations in various capacities including governance and continuing medical education programs. She served a six year term on the board of the ACGME which accredits all graduate medical education for the United States. Dr. Langdale is building Education Research and Wellness Teams for the Department of Surgery. She has twice received the John K. Stevenson Award for Resident Teaching, and in 2018 received the Women’s Mentoring Award from the UW School of Medicine.