Gerald m lemole m d biography

Dr. Gerald M. Lemole is a distinguished board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon and integrative physician, recognized for his pioneering work in lymphatic health. He served as chief of cardiovascular surgery at Christiana Care Health Services and later as Medical Director for the Center of Integrative Health at the Preventive Medicine and Rehabilitation Institute. A key figure in the first successful U.S. heart transplant in 1968, Dr. Lemole has held prominent academic and clinical positions, including professorships at Temple University and Thomas Jefferson Medical College. He is a prolific author with over 150 peer-reviewed articles and several books to his name, and is listed in prestigious directories like Who’s Who in the United States.

Aaron Bauer, PhD

Aaron Bauer, PhD, professor of Biology, is the first recipient of the Gerald M. Lemole, MD, Endowed Chair in Integrative Biology. Dr. Bauer is a world-renowned herpetologist whose research concentrates on the morphology and systematics of geckos and other lizards. Dr. Bauer received a BS in Zoology and BA in History (Honors) from Michigan State University and a PhD in Zoology from the University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Bauer’s research focuses on systematics, or the study of biodiversity. Dr. Bauer regularly travels around the world to study geckos, how they adapt to their environments and how they respond to threats such as climate change. Dr. Bauer regularly involves Villanova students—both graduate and undergraduate—in his research, and many of his papers are co-authored by his students.

Dr. Bauer has published over 700 manuscripts in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the Royal Society and Journal of Biogeography and has contributed chapters to dozens of scholarly books. His paper on leaf-toed geckos and their biogeography was selected as 2014 paper of the year in the international journal Systematics and Biodiversity. He has also published five books, including Geckos: The Animal Answer Guide (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013) and The Amphibians and Reptiles of Alberta (University of Calgary Press, 1994 – second edition 2000), which won the Alberta Scholarly Book of the Year Award and the Emerald Award for Environmental Excellence. He contributed to the highly acclaimed book The Curious Mr. Catesby (University of Georgia Press, 2015) a study of America’s first naturalist and is editor of the book series The Emergence of Natural History published by E.J. Brill.

Dr. Bauer received the Villanova Outstanding Faculty Research Award in 2002 and the Graduate Alumni Founder’s Award in 2008. He has been the principal investigator or co-pr

Gerald M. Lemole, MD, is a board certified cardiothoracic surgeon and integrative physician. Dr. Lemole served as chief of cardiovascular surgery at Christiana Care Health Services from 1986 to 2006 and subsequently served as the Medical Director for the Center of Integrative Health at the Preventive Medicine and Rehabilitation Institute. In 1968, he was a member of the surgical team that performed the first successful heart transplant in the United States. He has since served as professor of surgery and chief of cardiac surgery at Temple University School of Medicine and chief of surgery at the Deborah Heart and Lung Center.

His professional memberships include the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and the Society for Vascular Surgery. Dr. Lemole has lectured extensively and written over 150 peer-reviewed articles for professional publications. He has also published four books, including After Cancer Care, The Healing Diet,An Integrative Approach to Cardiac Care, and Facing Facial Pain. He is listed in the publication Who’s Who in the United States, in the Marquis Who’s Who Directory of Medical Specialists and is a past recipient of the American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award.