Beverley Petrie, MD
PCSA Member: 6 years
Biographical Information:
Dr. Beverley A. Petrie matriculated from UCLA School of Medicine in 1994 and completed general surgery residency in 1999 at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (HUMC). There she also completed a surgical oncology fellowship and subsequently worked at Kaiser Permanente, Woodland Hills, for three years. With a specific interest in Colon & Rectal Surgery, Dr. Petrie returned to training and completed a residency in that specialty at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, in 2004. Subsequently, she accepted a faculty position at HUMC and has remained there for over 20 years. During this time, Dr. Petrie developed a keen interest in leadership and completed a two-year fellowship in 2016 from the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) Health Care Leadership Program, Center for the Health Professions, at UCSF.
Currently, she is a Professor of Surgery at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Executive Vice-Chair of the Department of Surgery and Chief of the Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery at HUMC. She has also served as the Chief of Staff at HUMC, Board of Governors for the ACS, Board of Directors for the Southern California Chapter of the ACS, and Chair of the Southern California District #3 Committee on Applicants for the ACS. Dr. Petrie is a past Vice-President and current Southern California Caucus Councilor for the PCSA.
Leadership roles in PCSA:
- 2023 PCSA 94th Annual Meeting, Discussant – Session 5 – Paper #13
- 2023 - 2024 PCSA Program Planning Committee
- 2023-2024 PCSA Vice-President (President Christian de Virgilio, M.D.)
- 2025 PCSA 95th Annual Meeting Moderator – Podium Session 2
- 2025 - present PCSA, Councilor, Southern California Caucus