Scott R. Steele MD, MBA is the Rupert B. Turnbull MD Endowed Chair in Colorectal Surgery and Chairman of Colorectal Surgery at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH.   A graduate of the United States 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 had served as the Colon & Rectal Surgery Community Editor for the American College of Surgeons.  He is also an Editor for Surgery, Co-Editor for Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, and the Editor-in-Chief for Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery