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David Stewart Sr., MD, Colon & Rectal Surgery, Tucson, AZ, Banner - University Medical Center Tucson

DavidBStewartSr.MD

Colon & Rectal Surgery Tucson, AZ

Associate Professor, Surgery, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

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Education & Training

  • Barnes-Jewish Hospital
    Barnes-Jewish Hospital2007 - 2008
  • Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium
    Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, 2006 - 2007
  • Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
    Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital2002 - 2006
  • Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
    Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalResidency, Surgery, 2001 - 2006
  • Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
    Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital2001 - 2002
  • Baylor College of Medicine
    Baylor College of MedicineClass of 2001
  • Southern Methodist University
    Southern Methodist UniversityB.S, Biology, 1997

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2002 - Present
  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 2021 - 2026
  • AZ State Medical License
    AZ State Medical License 2017 - 2021
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2008 - 2018
  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 1983 - 2016
  • American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery Colon & Rectal Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Department of Surgery Teacher of the Year Award Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, California, 2006
  • American College of Surgeons Committee Trauma Paper Competition Won 3rd Place “B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels May Be Elevated in the Critically-Ill Trauma or Postoperative Patient Without Congestive Heart Failure” San Diego, California, 2005
  • Graduated Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa Southern Methodist University, 1997
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Disability and Chronic Pain After Open Mesh and Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair.  
    Bozuk MI, Stewart D, Schuster R, and Waxman K, American Surgeon, 69(10):839-41
  • Marathon Pancreatitis – Is the Etiology Repetitive Trauma?  
    Stewart D and Waxman K, American Surgeon, 70(6):561-3
  • Preoperative Oral Rofecoxib and Postoperative Pain in Patients After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: a Prospective, Randomized, Double-blinded, Placebo-controlled Trial.  
    Schuster R, Stewart D, Greaney G, and Waxman K, American Surgeon, 71(10):827-9
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Leak Rates for Left Colon Resections
    Stewart D, Schuster R, Greaney G, and Waxman K, Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Santa Barbara, California
  • Preoperative Oral Rofecoxib and Postoperative Pain in Patients After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial.
    Schuster R, Stewart D, Greaney G, and Waxman K, Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Santa Barbara, California
  • Endovascular Repair of a Secondary Aortoesophageal Fistula: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
    Stewart D, Taylor B, and Cisek P, Southern California Vascular Surgical Society, La Quinta, California
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Lectures

  • Segmental Colectomy. 
    General Surgery Residency Core Education Program Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsy
  • Laparoscopic Colon Resection. 
    Penn State University/Good Samaritan Hospital Family & Community Medicine Residency Program Lebano
  • Anatomy & Physiology of the Anorectum. 
    Colorectal Surgery Didactic Conference Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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Press Mentions

  • Single-Site Laparoscopic Surgery to Treat Colon Cancer
    Single-Site Laparoscopic Surgery to Treat Colon CancerMarch 11th, 2015

Grant Support

  • Microbial Community Structure and Meta-transcriptomics in C. difficile InfectionResearch Foundation of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons2017–2018
  • EGESTA – Emergent GI Therapy for Severe, Complicated CDI using Fecal Microbiota TransplantOpenBiome2016–2018
  • What are the Comparative Effects of Metronidazole, Vancomycin and Fidaxomicin on Host Associated Gut Microbial CommunitiesMerck Research Laboratories2016–2018
  • Dequalinium Analogues are Effective Transporters of Antisense Morpholinos in C. difficilePenn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute2015–2016
  • Use of Certolizumab Following Ileocolectomy Lowers Endoscopic and Histological Recurrence Rates for Crohn’s Disease at One Year Compared to MesalamineUCB/Pharma2012–2016
  • Morpholinos are an Effective Therapy for C. Difficile Infection and are an Alternative to Conventional AntibioticsBarsumian Trust Grant2015
  • Calcium Phosphosilicate Nanoparticles: Imaging and Drug Delivery for GI and Prostate TumorsPSU Pathway to Partnerships (P3) Stage One2015
  • Development of Anti-sense Morpholinos Targetting C. difficileBarsumian Trust Grant2014–2015
  • A Phase 3B Randomized Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Parallel Treatment Group Multi-Center Efficacy & Safety Study of Topical Diltiazem Hydrochloride 2% Cream in Subjects with Anal FissureVentrus Biosciences, Inc.2013–2015
  • Cellular Mechanisms of Anal Cancer Using HPV Infected Organotypic CulturesEberly Medical Research Endowment Innovation Fund Support2013–2014
  • Multicenter, Prospective, Observational Study of GORE BIO-A Fistula Plug for Use in Anal Fistula RepairW. L. Gore & Associates, Inc2011–2014
  • C. difficile Colitis: Predicting Severity to Save LivesBarsumian Trust Grant2011–2012

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