Dr. Bagwell has been Professor and Chairman, Division of Pediatric Surgery at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond Virginia since 1993. He received his undergraduate degree in 1968 from Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C., and his medical degree from Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, N.C. in 1972. Dr. Bagwell also served as a Surgical Intern at University of Virginia Hospital, a Surgical Resident at the University of Virginia, a Surgical Fellow at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, and was Chief Resident in Pediatric Surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children. Dr. Bagwell holds the Certificate of Special Competence Critical Care in Surgery and the Certificate of Special Competence Pediatric Surgery in Laser Surgery. His clinical interests include Laser Surgery, Airway Surgery in Children, Pediatric Solid Tumors, and International Health Care for Children. Currently, he is coordinating divisional research efforts in the area of fetal wound healing. His plans for Pediatric Surgery at Virginia Commonwealth are to develop investigative techniques regarding solid tumors in children, grown both in cell culture and in experimental animals. Research in this area will focus on specific growth factors as well as operative procedures to reduce tumor bulk or prevent local tumor recurrence.