Lawrence E Stern MD FASCRS, FACS

Surgeon at Fairfax Colon and Rectal Surgery and System Section Chief, Colorectal Surgery, at Inova Health System

2710 Prosperity Ave200Fairfax, VA 22031
Phone+1 703-280-2841
Fax+1 703-280-4773

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Education & Training

Lahey ClinicResidency, Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2003 - 2004
University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1996 - 2003
Cincinnati Children’s HospitalFellowship, 1998 - 2000
University of Virginia School of MedicineClass of 1996
University of MichiganBS, Biology, Honors 1988, 1989, 1988 - 1992

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Certifications & Licensure

VA State Medical License 2004 - 2028
OH State Medical License 1997 - 2006
American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery Colon & Rectal Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Greenway PrimeSUITE, Greenway Health, LLC, 2017
Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Member Alpha Omega Alpha

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

8 citations
Safety of Combined Abdominal Sacral Colpopexy and Sigmoid Resection With Suture Rectopexy: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Shannon V. Lamb, Jason C. Massengill, Michael J. Sheridan, Lawrence E. Stern, Walter S. von Pechmann
Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery. 2015-01-01
11 citations
Uncommon anal neoplasms
Kevin G. Billingsley, Lawrence E Stern, Andrew M. Lowy, Morton S. Kahlenberg, Charles R. Thomas
Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America. 2004-04-01
21 citations
Renal cell carcinoma as a secondary malignancy after treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia.
Frederick S. Huang, Theodore Zwerdling, Lawrence E. Stern, Edgar T. Ballard, Brad W. Warner
Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology. 2001-12-01

Books/Book Chapters

Hernia
Chapter: Congenital Abdominal Internal Hernias
Stern, LE and Warner, BWEditors: R.J. Fitzgibbons and G. Greenburg.Mosby-Elsevier, PhiladelphiaEdition 5th,2002
Mont Reid Surgical Handbook
Chapter: Diverticular Disease
Stern, LEEditors: D.R. Fischer and B.S. Kelly.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, PhiladelphiaEdition 5th,2005
Mont Reid Surgical Handbook
Chapter: Tube Thoracostomy
Stern, LEEditors: D.R. Fischer and B.S. Kelly.Mosby-Elsevier, PhiladelphiaEdition 5th,2005