Sherry M. Wren

Clinical Focus

• Cancer> GI Oncology
• Surgical Oncology
• Colorectal Surgery
• General Surgery
• Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive

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)

Honors and Awards

• Alumni of the Year, Loyola Stritch School of Medicine (2009)
• Cancer Liaison Physician Outstanding Performance Award, Commission on Cancer (2008)
• John Austin Collins Memorial Award for Outstanding Dedication to Resident Teaching, Stanford University Department of Surgery (2007)
• Kaiser Foundation Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, Stanford University School of Medicine (2006)
• Outstandng Teacher Award, Association of Surgical Education (2005)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Surgery

Community and 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 

Current 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

• Racial and ethnic differences in lymph node examination after colon cancer resection do not completely explain disparities in mortality. Rhoads KF, Cullen J, Ngo JV, Wren SM. Cancer. 2012; 118 (2): 469-77
• Single-port robotic cholecystectomy: results from a first human use clinical study of the new da Vinci single-site surgical platform. Wren SM, Curet MJ. Arch Surg. 2011; 146 (10): 1122-7
• Postoperative pneumonia-prevention program for the inpatient surgical ward. Wren SM, Martin M, Yoon JK, Bech F. J Am Coll Surg. 2010; 210 (4): 491-5
• 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