Sherry M. Wren

Clinical Focus

• Cancer > GI Oncology
• Surgical Oncology
• Colorectal Surgery
• General Surgery

Administrative Appointments

• Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, Stanford University School of Medicine (2008 - present)
• Govenor, American College of Surgeons (2008 - present)
• President, American College of Surgeons, Northern CA Chapter (2008 - 2009)
• Chief of General Surgery, Palo Alto Veterans Health Care System (1997 - present)
• Chair, Faculty Senate, Stanford University Medical School Faculty Senate (2006 - 2008)
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Honors and Awards

• Kaiser Foundation Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, Stanford University School of Medicine (2006)
• Outstandng Teacher Award, Association of Surgical Education (2005)
• Editorial Board, Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques (2000)
• Editorial Board, Surgical Endoscopy (2000)
• The Arthur L. Bloomfield Award for Excellence in Teaching of Clinical Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine (2003)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Surgery

Community & International Work

• California Coalition for Colrectal Cancer/C4 
• Doctors Without Borders/MSF 
• Cancer Site Committee, CA State American Cancer Society Cancer Team 
• Co-Chair Regional Council, American Cancer Society Central Coast Division 
• American Cancer Society Member, Chair of the Silicon Valley Unit Board of Directors 

Research Interests

Our research interests are primarily in surgical oncology, especially gastrointestinal cancers.We have ongoing studies in colorectal cancer screening, medical management trials for post operative ileus, and use of bioprosthetics. We are also developing new research studies in surgical outcomes using the NSQIP database.

Publications

• Death after colectomy: it's later than we think. Visser BC, Keegan H, Martin M, Wren SM. Arch Surg. 2009; 144 (11): 1021-7
• Care within a veterans hospital: earlier detection of colon cancer. van Roessel P, Rouse RV, Wren SM. Surg Endosc. 2007; 21 (8): 1434-40
• Preoperative oral antibiotics in colorectal surgery increase the rate of Clostridium difficile colitis. Wren SM, Ahmed N, Jamal A, Safadi BY. Arch Surg. 2005; 140 (8): 752-6
• Comparison of training on two laparoscopic simulators and assessment of skills transfer to surgical performance. Youngblood PL, Srivastava S, Curet M, Heinrichs WL, Dev P, Wren SM. J Am Coll Surg. 2005; 200 (4): 546-51
• Institutional commitment to rectal cancer screening results in earlier-stage cancers on diagnosis. Battat AC, Rouse RV, Dempsey L, Safadi BY, Wren SM. Ann Surg Oncol. 2004; 11 (11): 970-6