WesleyAllanPapenfussMDFACS

Hepatobiliary Surgery, Pancreas, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast), Minimally Invasive Surgery

Board Certified Surgical Oncologist Robotic Surgeon Specialized in Complex Surgical Oncology

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Board Certified Surgical Oncologist with greater than 5 years of experience. Special interest in minimally invasive / robotic surgery including pancreatectomy (whipple & distal), gastrectomy, esophagectomy, and hepatectomy.

Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of RochesterFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 2012 - 2014
Central Iowa Health System (Iowa Methodist Medical Center)Residency, Surgery, 2003 - 2008
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health SciencesClass of 2003
University of Illinois at ChicagoCollege of Business Administration, 1997 - 1999
University of North Dakota, College of Liberal Arts and SciencesBA, 1994 - 1997

Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
General Surgery Resident of the Year VA Medical Center, Des Moines, IA, 2008
First Place Research Poster Presentation: Helicopter Transportation of Injured Patients at a Level I Trauma Center Throckmorton Surgical Society Residents’ Paper Competition, Des Moines, IA
Charles and Emma Bollinger Memorial Medical Scholarship University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Ray Duggan Memorial Scholarship University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Beta Gamma Sigma University of Illinois at Chicago School of Business
Honor’s College University of Illinois at Chicago
Dean’s List University of Illinois at Chicago
Chancellor’s Student Service Award University of Illinois at Chicago
Junior Marshall Nominee University of North Dakota
Fellow American College of Surgeons
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PubMed

34 citations
Multidisciplinary Cancer Conferences for Gastrointestinal Malignancies Result in Measureable Treatment Changes: A Prospective Study of 149 Consecutive Patients
Jacqueline Oxenberg, Wesley A. Papenfuss, Iyare Esemuede, Kristopher Attwood, Marko Simunovic, Boris W. Kuvshinoff, Valerie Francescutti> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2015 May 1
42 citations
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) at uncommon locations: a large population based analysis.
Moshim Kukar, Aditi Kapil, Wesley A. Papenfuss, Adrienne Groman, Stephen R. Grobmyer, Steven N. Hochwald> ;Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2015 May 1
17 citations
Transhiatal versus transthoracic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: a 2005-2011 NSQIP comparison of modern multicenter results.
Wesley A. Papenfuss, Moshim Kukar, Kristopher Attwood, Venkata R. Kakarla, Soni Chousleb, Steven N. Hochwald, Steven J. Nurkin> ;Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2014 Sep 1
169 citations
Morbidity and mortality associated with gastrectomy for gastric cancer.
Wesley A. Papenfuss, Moshim Kukar, Jacqueline Oxenberg, Kristopher Attwood, Steven J. Nurkin, Usha Malhotra, Neal Wilkinson> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2014 Apr 4
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