Donald Dafoe
{{Short description|American surgeon, and the brother of Willem Dafoe}}
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| birth_name = Donald Christian Dafoe
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| occupation = Surgeon and research scientist
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| relations = Willem Dafoe (brother)
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Donald Christian Dafoe is an American surgeon, research scientist, and brother of actor Willem Dafoe.
Biography
The eldest son of a surgeon,{{cite web|url=http://www.newswise.com/articles/pancreas-transplant-director-donald-dafoe-joins-cedars-sinai |title=Pancreas Transplant Director Donald Dafoe Joins Cedars-Sinai|date=May 13, 2005|publisher=Cedars-Sinai Medical Center press release via Newswise.com| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20111209144951/http://www.newswise.com/articles/pancreas-transplant-director-donald-dafoe-joins-cedars-sinai|archivedate=December 9, 2011|accessdate=December 9, 2011|url-status=live}} Dafoe graduated from Appleton West High School in Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1967, where he was on the football and wrestling teams.{{cite web|author=Appleton West Legends Club students|url= http://www.aasd.k12.wi.us/west/west%20web%20site/halloffame/Dafoe,%20Dr.pdf |title=Dr. Donald Dafoe|publisher=Appleton Area School District via Appleton West Hall of Fame|location=Appleton, Wisconsin|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701114946/http://www.aasd.k12.wi.us/West/West%20Web%20Site/Alumni.htm|archivedate=July 1, 2010|url-status=live}} He then attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he received his undergraduate degree in zoology and his medical degree.{{cite web|url=http://www.cedars-sinai.edu/Bios---Physician/A-G/Donald-C-Dafoe-MD.aspx |title=Donald C. Dafoe, MD|publisher=Cedars-Sinai Medical Center|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208234610/http://cedars-sinai.edu/Bios---Physician/A-G/Donald-C-Dafoe-MD.aspx|archivedate=December 8, 2011|accessdate=December 8, 2011}}
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.
Ex-husband to vascular surgeon Dr. Rhoda Dafoe and Sahara Dafoe, he is a father of five, and is the brother of actor Willem Dafoe. He also has five sisters{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/nov/22/relationships-women-willem-dafoe|title=What I Know about Women|first=Willem |last=Dafoe |work=The Observer|location =UK|date= November 21, 2009|archivedate=November 26, 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091126020001/http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/nov/22/relationships-women-willem-dafoe|url-status=live}} and another brother.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/postcrescent/obituary.aspx?n=william-dafoe&pid=173291067|title = William Dafoe Obituary (2014) Appleton Post-Crescent|website = Legacy.com}}
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Category:American transplant surgeons
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Category:People from Appleton, Wisconsin
Category:Physicians from Wisconsin
Category:University of California, Irvine faculty
Category: University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni
Category:University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health alumni