I am thrilled to share that as of January 2025, I am accepting new patients in my colorectal surgical practice with Lovelace Medical Group in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  I am picking up where their recently retired  colorectal surgeon left off.  I look forward to applying my breadth of career experiences and expertise--from cancer program development to bioethics to surgical education--here in the Land of Enchantment.

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I found an incredible team in Albuquerque.  I arrived just in time to make Christmas cookies with my partners for our office staff and operating room.  We share energy and synergy with our approach to patient care and program development, from the outpatient clinic team, to the OR Director, all the way to the CEO of Lovelace Medical Center.  Beyond Lovelace, I look forward to educational collaborations with the University of New Mexico School of Medicine students and surgical residents.  As I've advanced into my mid-career--and experienced our healthcare system as a patient and doctor, during my own cancer treatment, during the pandemic--I remain resolute in my commitment to educating the next generation of surgeons.

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A brief history of my career:

I am a colorectal surgeon, teacher, and bioethicist. For the first 12 years of my career (2009-2021), I served as core faculty with the ACGME-accredited ​St. Mark's Hospital Colon and Rectal Surgery Residency.  In 2020, I confronted a double whammy of the pandemic and a breast cancer diagnosis.  From late 2020 into early 2021, I had surgeries and chemotherapy for breast cancer, disruptions which ultimately led to my exit from my Utah private practice.

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While my hair was regrowing after chemotherapy, I conducted a job search.  I was blessed with an opportunity to join one of my former colorectal surgery trainees in practice in Bellevue, Washington, just east of Seattle.  During my tenure there, I completed my fellowship in surgical ethics with the Washington University, St. Louis, Center for Humanism and Ethics in the Surgical Specialties (CHESS Fellowship).  Additionally, I served as Clinical Associate Professor with the Elson S Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University, with which I will continue to engage, as permitted by my clinical commitments in Albuquerque.

 

In December 2023, I elected to take time to regroup, outside the manacles of the pandemic, recent cancer surgery, and chemotherapy, to focus on being the CEO of my own life.  Words insufficiently express my gratitude towards so many of my friends, colleagues, and coaches who helped me clarify that serving patients remains my greatest calling, as well as how that looks different after "paying the tuition" of the first half of my career.

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​I aim to keep my website updated about my unfolding adventure!

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Namaste,

Jill

 

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