B Todd Heniford MD

Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast), Minimally Invasive Surgery

Chief - Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery Director - Carolinas Hernia Center

1000 Central St.Suite 800Evanston, IL 60201
Phone+1 847-570-1700
Fax+1 224-251-5470

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Education & Training

Medical University of South CarolinaClass of 1989
Clemson UniversityB.S., Magna Cum Laude, 1985

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Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 2025 - 2029
NC State Medical License 1998 - 2027
FL State Medical License 2015 - 2021
KY State Medical License 1990 - 1999
OH State Medical License 1997 - 1998
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Americas Hernia Society Research Award 2019
Brendan Devlin Research Award British Hernia Society, 2019
1st place Trauma Paper Competition North Carolina/South Carolina American College of Surgeons Committee, 2018

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

10 citations
Impact of race and ethnicity on rates of emergent ventral hernia repair (VHR): has anything changed?
Michael Katzen, Jana Sacco, Dau Ku, Gregory Scarola, Paul Colavita
Surgical Endoscopy. 2023-07-01
5 citations
Factors Predicting Increased Length of Stay in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction.
Sharbel A Elhage, Sullivan A Ayuso, Eva B Deerenberg, Jenny M Shao, Tanushree Prasad
The American Surgeon. 2023-05-01
27 citations
Outcomes of biologic versus synthetic mesh in CDC class 3 and 4 open abdominal wall reconstruction.
Michael Katzen, Sullivan A Ayuso, Jana Sacco, Dau Ku, Gregory T Scarola
Surgical Endoscopy. 2023-04-01

Journal Articles

Design and Implementation of the Americas Hernia Society Quality Collaborative (AHSQC): Improving Value in Hernia Care
Poulose BK, Roll S, Murphy J, Matthews B, Heniford BT, Voeller G, Hope W, Goldblatt M, Adrales G, Rosen M, Hernia, 1/1/2016
Abdominal Wall and Inguino Femoral Hernia Repair as a Super Specialization
van Assen T, Boelens OB, van Eerten PV, Scheltinga MR, Roumen RM, Prasad T, Huntington C, Blair L, Cox T, Augenstein V, Heniford BT, Gogia B, Alyautdinov R, Chen J, Sh..., Hernia, 1/1/2015
Ato que marcou o inicio dos trabalhos da missao humanitaria internacional no hospital sao joao em sananduva
Heniford BT, Journal O Informativo Regional, 1/1/2015

Books/Book Chapters

Procedures, pain management, and post-operative complications.
Chapter: Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair.
Williams Z, Seita H, Heniford BT, Hope WNova Publications2014
Operative Techniques in Surgery.
Chapter: Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair.
Heniford BT, Williams KLippincott, Williams, and Wilkins2014
Reoperation for recurrent and complex ventral or incisional hernia.
Zemlak A, Colavita PD, Heniford BTEditors: Mizrahi, Reissman, and Polk.JP Medical Limited2014

Abstracts/Posters

Long-Term Assessment of Surgical and Quality of Life (QOL) Outcomes Between Lightweight (LWM) and Standard (HWM) Three-Dimensional Contoured Mesh in Laparoscopic Ingui...
KM Coakley DO; EJ Fromke; SA Groene MD; T Prasad MA; PD Colavita MD; VA Augenstein MD; KW Kercher MD; BT Heniford MD, Americas Hernia Society, Cancun, Mexico, 1/1/2017
Quality of Life (QOL) Following Transabdominal PrePeritoneal (TAPP) Inguinal Hernia Repair (IHR): Does Peritoneal Flap Closure Method Make a Difference?
SW Ross, SA Groene, T Prasad, AE Lincourt, KW Kercher, VA Augenstein, BT Heniford, Americas Hernia Society, Cancun, Mexico, 1/1/2017
Robotic general surgery- national trends from 2008-2013.
Coakley KM, Groene SA, Wormer BA, Prasad T, Lincourt AE, Augenstein VA, Heniford BT, Colavita PD, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, Houston, TX, 1/1/2017

Lectures

Data on biologic mesh reinforcement.
Cancun, Mexico - 1/1/2017
Hernia surgery forecast for the next 10 years.
Cancun, Mexico - 1/1/2017
Complex ventral hernia repair � Components separation.
Celebration Hospital, Orlando, FL, 2014; Northshore Hospital, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, - 1/1/2017

Other

Physicians can learn from their mistakes � Data drives better decision-making.
Heniford BT, Becker�s GI and Endoscopy News
1/1/2014
Potential seen for synthetic mesh in contaminated surgical sites.
Heniford BT, General Surgery News
1/1/2014
H.E.R.N.I.A.: Hernia Experts Roundtable and New Innovations Assembly�Expert Consensus on the Use of Biosynthetic and Biologic Mesh in Hernia Repair.
Heniford BT, General Surgery News
1/1/2014