Clinical Decision Making in Colorectal Surgery (PDF)

and invited commentaries. He is the editor or co-editor of 26 textbooks or freestanding volumes to date and is a member of 34 editorial boards and a reviewer for an additional 31 journals. He is an active member of 41 learned societies and has held more than 36 appointed or elected offices in these societies. He is an honorary member of the surgical societies of eight other countries and has held over 41 visiting professorships and delivered over 1270 scientific lectures. He has received 16 national, international, and regional awards for his research and is the Symposium Director of the Annual International Colorectal Disease Symposium held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In addition, Dr. Wexner trains 15-20 surgeons per year in laparoscopic colorectal surgery, surgical oncology, and the surgical management of inflammatory bowel disease. In that capacity, he has been the host educator to thousands of surgeons from around the world.

Justin A. Maykel, M.D., FACS, FASCRS

Dr. Maykel is the Chief of the Division of Colon and Rectal surgery at UMassMemorial Medical Center. He completed his General Surgery training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, followed by a fellowship in Colorectal Surgery at the University of Minnesota. In addition, he completed a clinical fellowship in Nutrition and Metabolism at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School. He is currently an Associate Editor for Diseases of the Colon & Rectum and Community Associate Editor for the American College of Surgeons e-portal. He is an active member of several local and national surgical societies and serves on national committees of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. He is a committed educator, serving as a question writer for the Written Exam of the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery and has been recognized for teaching at the University of Massachusetts Medical School as the recipient of several teaching and mentoring awards. He has multiple national presentations and authored several peer-reviewed articles and invited manuscripts on the evaluation and treatment of colorectal disease, and has been the co-editor of one other textbook regarding colorectal disease.