Donald Dafoe
Donald Dafoe | |
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| Born | Donald Christian Dafoe 1949 or 1950 (age 75–76)[1] |
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| Occupations | Surgeon and research scientist |
| Spouse |
Rhoda Dafoe (divorced)Sahara Dafoe (divorced) |
| Children | 5 |
| Relatives | Willem Dafoe (brother) |
Donald Christian Dafoe is an American surgeon, research scientist, and brother of actor Willem Dafoe.
Biography
[edit | edit source]The eldest son of surgeon Dr. William Alfred Dafoe (1917–2014),[2] Dafoe graduated from Appleton West High School in Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1967, where he was on the football and wrestling teams.[3] His mother was nurse Muriel Isabel (née Sprissler; 1922–2012) Dafoe.[4][5]
He then attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he received his undergraduate degree in zoology[3] and his medical degree.[6]
He became a transplant surgeon after training in surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and now works at University of California Irvine Medical Center in Orange, California, where he is chief of transplantation surgery. He previously worked at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was Director of the Pancreas Transplantation, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Center; Director of Surgical Education; and held the Eris M. Field Endowed Chair in Diabetes Research. He was previously medical director for the California Transplant Donor Network.
He has written over 160 peer-reviewed articles, and has been on the editorial board of Journal of Surgical Research, The Chimera, and Transplantation Science.[6]
Ex-husband to vascular surgeon Dr. Rhoda Dafoe and Sahara Dafoe, he is a father of five,[2] and is the brother of actor Willem Dafoe.[2] He also has five sisters[7] and another brother.[8]
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- American transplant surgeons
- Living people
- People from Appleton, Wisconsin
- Physicians from Wisconsin
- University of California, Irvine faculty
- University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni
- University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health alumni
- American people of Swiss-French descent