What is a Colorectal Surgeon?
A colorectal surgeon has completed
- college (4 years)
- medical school (4 years)
- general surgery residency (5-7 years)
- colorectal surgery residency (1 year)
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After training, surgeons focus on surgical treatment of disease. As a colorectal surgeon, I work closely with gastroenterologists, who focus primarily on endoscopic and medical treatment of disease.
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Jill Clark, MD, FACS, FASCRS
- College: Vanderbilt University, BS, 1999
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- Medical School: East Tennessee State University, MD, 2003
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- General Surgery Residency: East Tennessee State University, 2008
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- Colorectal Surgery Residency (fellowship): St. Francis Hospital and University of Connecticut, 2009
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- Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery (ABS) since 2009
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- Board Certified by the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery
(ABCRS) since 2010
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- FACS means Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
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- FASCRS means Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
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- To qualify for these designations, a practicing surgeon must demonstrate professional growth and development during their career after training.