Thomas McLean, MD, JD

Born in Chicago, Dr. McLean received his medical degree from the University of Chicago; and is board certified in Critical Care Medicine, Thoracic and General Surgery.

He received his law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City; and has been admitted to the Bar in Kansas and Illinois.

Dr. McLean, who is a clinical assistant professor of surgery for the University of Kansas and the author of more than 100 publications, is on staff at the Eastern Kansas VA Health Care System, Leavenworth KS, where he instructs medical students and surgery residents from the University of Kansas. In his teaching Dr. McLean stresses how the law impacts medicine, medical economics, and the principle that patients should be treated the way "you would want your parents to be treated."

In his free time Dr. McLean enjoys traveling the world and spending time with his most excellent sons.