Tulane professor is the first American editor-in-chief of ‘Gray’s Anatomy’

A Tulane University professor served as the first American editor-in-chief of the international edition of “Gray’s Anatomy,” one of the most widely used medical textbooks in the world.  

For the 43rd edition of the 168-year-old textbook, which was published in 2025, R. Shane Tubbs, anatomical research director in Tulane’s Clinical Neuroscience Research Center and surgical anatomy director in the School of Medicine, served as co-editor-in-chief, a post that had, until now, been held exclusively by British editors. Read the full story here.