AnthonyVernavaMD

Colon & Rectal Surgery • Naples, FL

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Office
6101 Pine Ridge Road
Naples, FL 34119
Phone+1 239-348-4531

Fax+1 239-348-4341
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Education & Training

University of MinnesotaResidency, Colon and Rectal Surgery, 1987 - 1988
St Louis University School of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1982 - 1987
Saint Louis University School of MedicineClass of 1982

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 1999 - 2026
NY State Medical License 2005 - 2007
IL State Medical License 1992 - 1999
MN State Medical License 1987 - 1995
American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery Colon & Rectal Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification NextGen Ambulatory EHR, NextGen Healthcare, 2012
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

10 citations
Laparoscopic versus open proctectomy for rectal cancer: patients' outcome and oncologic adequacy.
Marat Khaikin, Badma Bashankaev, Benjamin Person, Susan M. Cera, Dana R. Sands, Eric G. Weiss, Juan J. Nogueras, Anthony M. Vernava, Steven D. Wexner> ;Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques. 2009 Apr 1
24 citations
Prophylactic ureteric catheters in laparoscopic colorectal surgery.
Shingo Tsujinaka, S. D. Wexner, Giovanna Dasilva, Dana R. Sands, Erhard Weiss, Juan J. Nogueras, Jonathan E. Efron, A. M. Vernava> ;Techniques in Coloproctology. 2008 May 30
12 citations
Abdominal Approaches for Rectal Prolapse
Bashar Safar, Anthony M. Vernava> ;Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery. 2008 May 1
39 citations
Do elderly patients benefit from laparoscopic colorectal surgery
Benjamin Person, Susan M. Cera, Dana R. Sands, Erhard Weiss, A. M. Vernava, Juan J. Nogueras, Steven D. Wexner> ;Surgical Endoscopy. 2008 Feb 1
59 citations
Laparoscopic vs. open surgery for acute adhesive small-bowel obstruction: patients' outcome and cost-effectiveness.
Marat Khaikin, N. Schneidereit, Susan M. Cera, Daniel Z. Sands, Jonathan E. Efron, Erhard Weiss, Juan J. Nogueras, A. M. Vernava, S. D. Wexner> ;Surgical Endoscopy. 2007 Mar 1
10 citations
Correlating the Fecal Incontinence Quality-of-Life Score and the SF-36 to a proposed Ostomy Function Index in patients with a stoma.
Patrick Colquhoun, Roberto Kaiser, Eric G. Weiss, Jonathan E. Efron, Anthony M. Vernava, Juan J. Nogueras, Steven D. Wexner> ;Ostomy/wound Management. 2006 Dec 1
23 citations
Strategies of follow-up for colorectal cancer: a survey of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
Pasquale Giordano, Jonathan E. Efron, A. M. Vernava, Erhard Weiss, Juan J. Nogueras, S. D. Wexner> ;Techniques in Coloproctology. 2006 Sep 20
39 citations
Is the Quality of Life Better in Patients with Colostomy than Patients with Fecal Incontience
Patrick Colquhoun, Roberto Kaiser, Jonathan E. Efron, Eric G. Weiss, Juan J. Nogueras, A. M. Vernava, Steven D. Wexner> ;World Journal of Surgery. 2006 Aug 29
12 citations
Do internal anal sphincter defects decrease the success rate of anal sphincter repair
M. Oberwalder, A. Dinnewitzer, M. K. Baig, Juan J. Nogueras, Eric G. Weiss, Jonathan E. Efron, A. M. Vernava, Steven D. Wexner> ;Techniques in Coloproctology. 2006 Jun 19
5 citations
Colorectal Cancer Screening: Do We Practice What We Preach?
Patrick Colquhoun, Eric G. Weiss, Jonathan E. Efron, Juan J. Nogueras, A. M. Vernava, Steven D. Wexner> ;Surgical Innovation. 2006 Jun 1
22 citations
Surgical management of pouch-vaginal fistula after restorative proctocolectomy
Shingo Tsujinaka, Dan E. Ruiz, Steven D. Wexner, M. K. Baig, Dana R. Sands, Eric G. Weiss, Juan J. Nogueras, Jonathan E. Efron, A. M. Vernava> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2006 Jun 1
13 citations
Timing of restorative proctectomy following subtotal colectomy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
A. Dinnewitzer, S. D. Wexner, M. K. Baig, M. Oberwalder, Turab Pishori, Erhard Weiss, Jonathan E. Efron, Juan J. Nogueras, A. M. Vernava> ;Colorectal Disease. 2006 May 1
18 citations
Ileal pouch anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis is feasible for septuagenarians.
Kok Sun Ho, C C Chang, M. K. Baig, Lars Börjesson, Juan J. Nogueras, Jonathan E. Efron, Erhard Weiss, Dana R. Sands, A. M. Vernava, S. D. Wexner> ;Colorectal Disease. 2006 Mar 1
16 citations
Horseshoe abscesses and fistulas: How are we doing?
Seth A. Rosen, Patrick Colquhoun, Jonathan E. Efron, A. M. Vernava, Juan J. Nogueras, Steven D. Wexner, Eric G. Weiss> ;Surgical Innovation. 2006 Mar 1
12 citations
Erratum: The efficacy of a nerve stimulator (Cavermap®) to enhance autonomic nerve identification and confirm nerve preservation during total mesorectal excision (Dise...
Giovanna da Silva, Oded Zmora, Lars Börjesson, Nelly Mizhari, Norma Daniel, Farah Khandwala, Jonathan E. Efron, Eric G. Weiss, Juan J. Nogueras, Anthony M. Vernava, St...> ;Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. 2005 Dec 1
2 citations
Small bowel transit does not correlate with outcome of surgery in patients with colonic inertia
Oded Zmora, Patrick Colquhoun, Joshua A. Katz, Jonathan E. Efron, Eric G. Weiss, Juan J. Nogueras, A. M. Vernava, Steven D. Wexner> ;Surgical Innovation. 2005 Sep 1
37 citations
Quality of life after colectomy for colonic inertia
Klaus Thaler, A. Dinnewitzer, M. Oberwalder, Erhard Weiss, Juan J. Nogueras, Jonathan E. Efron, A. M. Vernava, S. D. Wexner> ;Techniques in Coloproctology. 2005 Jul 8
2 citations
Not all inflammation in the right lower quadrant is appendicitis: A case report of Escherichia coli O157:H7 with a review of the literature
Seth A. Rosen, Steven D. Wexner, Sherry Woodhouse, Patrick Colquhoun, Eric G. Weiss, Juan J. Nogueras, Jonathan E. Efron, A. M. Vernava> ;The American Surgeon. 2005 Jun 1
22 citations
Formalin instillation for hemorrhagic radiation proctitis.
Shingo Tsujinaka, M. K. Baig, Radislov Gornev, Carlos de la Garza, J K Hwang, Dana R. Sands, Eric G. Weiss, Juan J. Nogueras, Jonathan E. Efron, A. M. Vernava, Steven ...> ;Surgical Innovation. 2005 Jun 1
The efficacy of a nerve stimulator (CaverMap) to enhance autonomic nerve identification and confirm nerve preservation during total mesorectal excision.
da Silva, G. M., Zmora, O., Börjesson, L., Mizhari, N., Daniel, N., Khandwala, F., Efron, J., Weiss, E. G., Nogueras, J. J., Vernava, A. M., Wexner, S. D.> ;Dis Colon Rectum. 2004 Dec
4 citations
The effect of diverticular disease on the colonic J pouch.
G. da Silva, Roberto Kaiser, Lars Börjesson, P Colqhoun, C Lobo, Farah Khandwala, J Thornton, Jonathan E. Efron, A. M. Vernava, Eric G. Weiss, Steven D. Wexner, Pascal...> ;Colorectal Disease. 2004 May 1
36 citations
High compliance rates observed for follow up colonoscopy post polypectomy are achievable outside of clinical trials: efficacy of polypectomy is not reduced by low comp...
Patrick Colquhoun, H.-C. Chen, Jong Ik Kim, Jonathan E. Efron, Eric G. Weiss, Juan J. Nogueras, A. M. Vernava, Steven D. Wexner> ;Colorectal Disease. 2004 May 1
48 citations
The Association Between Late-Onset Fecal Incontinence and Obstetric Anal Sphincter Defects
Michael Oberwalder, A. Dinnewitzer, M. Khurrum Baig, Klaus Thaler, Kathy Cotman, Juan J. Nogueras, Eric G. Weiss, Jonathan E. Efron, Anthony M. Vernava, Steven D. Wexner> ;Archives of Surgery. 2004 Apr 1
34 citations
Outcome of Patients With Indeterminate Colitis Undergoing a Double-Stapled Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis
Turab Pishori, A. Dinnewitzer, Oded Zmora, M. Oberwalder, Luay Hajjar, Kathy Cotman, A. M. Vernava, Jonathan E. Efron, Eric G. Weiss, Juan J. Nogueras, Steven D. Wexner> ;Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. 2004 Mar 25
20 citations
Anal ultrasound and endosonographic measurement of perineal body thickness: a new evaluation for fecal incontinence in females.
M. Oberwalder, Klaus Thaler, M. K. Baig, A. Dinnewitzer, Jonathan E. Efron, Eric G. Weiss, A. M. Vernava, Juan J. Nogueras, Steven D. Wexner> ;Surgical Endoscopy. 2004 Mar 19
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