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204 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine HEALTH AND WELLNESS chief resident. He then served as an assistant chief resident and chief resident of thoracic surgery at Vanderbilt University. Board certified by the American Board of Surgery and American Board of Thoracic Surgery, Dr. Stewart has accrued a plethora of accolades during his longstanding career. Honored among the Top Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons in the Country in 2006, he was also recognized among 2,000 Notable American Men in 1992 and Who’s Who Among Rising Young Americans in 1991. In 1982, he received the George D. Zuidema Surgical Residents Research Award from Johns Hopkins University and the Bigger-Lehman Award from the Virginia Surgical Society. Furthermore, the University of Colorado School of Medicine bestowed upon him the Lange Award in Surgery in 1978 and the James J. Wareing Award for Diligent Scholarship and Devotion to Duty in the Field of Internal Medicine in 1977. He maintains affiliation with the American College of Surgeons. D rawing upon more than 40 years of professional excellence in medicine and surgery, Dr. James R. Stewart is noteworthy for being the Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine since 2009. Starting in 2015, he has served as the chief of thoracic surgery at UMKC and the Kansas City VA Medical Center. Earlier in his career, he was a surgeon at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado, from 1996 to 2009 and was a surgeon at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in which he achieved tenure in 1994. Furthermore, Dr. Stewart has lent his valuable expertise to academic institutions in teaching residents and medical students. To prepare for his career, Dr. Stewart pursued a formal education at DePauwUniversity, receiving a BA in chemistry and Spanish, with highest honors, in 1974. He went on to graduate magna cum laude from the University of Colorado with an MD in 1978. Shortly thereafter, he completed his medical training at Johns Hopkins University, where he was an intern in general surgery, junior assistant resident, senior assistant resident and JAMES R. STEWART, MD CLINICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SURGERY University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Kansas City, MO