WilliamGRainerJr.MDFACS, LRCS&PI

Breast, Endocrine, Vascular Surgery, Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Active Staff, SW Memorial Hospital, Cortez, CO Active Staff, San Juan Hospital, Monticello, UT Medical Director, Partner: SW Colorado Surgery Center Associate Clinical Professor, Dept of Surgery, University of Colorado, Denver

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Office
106 E 1st St
Cortez, CO 81321
Phone+1 970-565-4500

Fax+1 970-565-0862
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Education & Training

University of ColoradoResidency, Surgery, 1984 - 1990
Royal College of Surgeons IrelandClass of 1984
University of DenverBA, Religion, 1975 - 1978
Duke UniversityNo Degree, 1972 - 1975

Certifications & Licensure

CO State Medical License 1987 - 2023
UT State Medical License 1989 - 2022
AZ State Medical License 1996 - 2021
American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centricity Practice Solution EMR, GE Healthcare, 2012-2014
Physicians Recognition Award AMA, 1992
Abrahamson Medal-Biological Society RCS&PI, 1984
Honors: Biochemistry, Anæsthesia RCS&PI, 1980, 1983
Eagle Scout Boy Scouts of America, 1970
Associate Clinical Professor, Surgery University of Colorado Health Science Center
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

Surgical specialty procedures in rural surgery practices: implications for rural surgery training; Sticca RP, Mullin BC, Harris JD, Hosford CC
Rainer Jr, WG, Am J Surg, 1/1/2012
Rural Surgery (Invited Critique)
Rainer Jr, WG, Archives of Surgery, 1/1/2000
A modified technique for performing axillobifemoral bypass grafting (letter)
Rutherford, RB and Rainer W, Journal of Vascular Surgery, 1/1/1989

Books/Book Chapters

Progress in Hepatic, Biliary, and Pancreatic Surgery
Chapter: Liver Trauma: An Old Friend Revisited
Page 98 - 105Eiseman, B and Rainer WEditors: JS Najarian and John P Delaney.Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc., Chicago1990
Surgical Debates II
Chapter: Banked Blood Transfusions-A Valuable Gift
Page 37 - 42Rainer WGEditors: Harken AH.Hanley & Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia1988

Lectures

Quality of Colonoscopy in a Rural Community: Analysis of a Small Surgical Center in Rural Colorado
1/1/2011
Rural Surgery: Hardships and Rewards
Vail, CO - 1/1/2010
Rural Surgery: "The Toughest Job You'll Ever Love
Denver, CO - 1/1/2009
Rural General and Vascular Surgery: What Is It and What Works?
Exempla St Joseph Hospital, Denver, CO - 1/1/2008
Regionalizing High Risk Operations
Grand Forks, ND - 1/1/2007
Rural General and Vascular Surgery in Cortez, CO
Cooperstown, NY - 1/1/2006
Presidential Address: "Rural Vascular Surgery: What Works and What Doesn't"
Mesa Verde, CO - 1/1/2006
Vascular Lab Accuracy in a Rural Colorado Hospital
Steamboat Springs, CO - 1/1/2005
Panel Discussion Re: Medical Liability Crisis
Denver, CO - 1/1/2004
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Professional Memberships

Rocky Mountain Vascular Society
Past President
Colorado Chapter American College of Surgeons
Past President
Southwest Surgical Congress
Member
American College of Surgeons - ACS
Member

Hospital Affiliations

Southwest Health SystemCortez, Colorado
San Juan Health Service DistrictMonticello, Utah