Biography

Dr. Steven Wexner is the Director of the Digestive Disease Center and Chairman of the Department of Colorectal Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Florida. Dr. Wexner holds academic appointments at many universities internationally. In 1999, he was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) of Scotland. In 2008, the Council of the RCS of England recognized him with its highest distinction by unanimous election. He has been president of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, and other organizations. He has served as Chairman of the Advisory Council for Colon and Rectal Surgery to the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and as a board member of the ACS Political Action Committee. In 2012, Dr. Wexner was elected to the ACS Board of Regents and in 2017 conferred with an Honorary fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and in 2018 from the European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons. Dr. Wexner was the first surgeon in the USA to publish his study of the colonic J-pouch for rectal cancer. His role in conducting seminal research on this procedure has contributed to its current application as a standard of care for patients with rectal carcinoma. Through innovation and research, He has also contributed significantly to the advancement of laparoscopy for patients with colon cancer and rectal cancer. He has published over 650 manuscripts, 200 textbook chapters, and 100 editorial and invited commentaries. He serves as editor or coeditor of over 25 textbooks or freestanding volumes, a member of 33 editorial boards, and a reviewer for another 31 journals. Dr. Wexner is Symposium Director of the Annual International Colorectal Disease Symposium held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida--the largest international colorectal course in the US. He has been host educator to thousands of surgeons from around the world.

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Research Interest

Colon cancer and Rectal cancer.