Scott R. Steele, MD, MBA is the Rupert B. Turnbull, MD Endowed Chair in Colorectal Surgery and Chairman of Colorectal Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH. A graduate of the USA Military Academy at West Point, NY, he was an active duty Army officer for over 20 years, serving as the Chief of Colorectal Surgery at Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WA. He has served 4 combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, being awarded the Bronze Star and Combat Medical Badge, amongst others. He is on the editorial board for multiple national surgical journals including Annals of Surgery, Cochrane Collaboration, and serves as the Colon & Rectal Surgery Community Editor for the American College of Surgeons. He is also the Co-Editor for Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, and the Editor-in-Chief for Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery. Additionally, he is a reviewer for numerous peer-reviewed journals. He has also been appointed to the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery for the last several years. His research interests include rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, and locally advanced and metastatic cancer including HIPEC.