Curriculum Vitae James W. Fleshman Jr., M.D. CV_ 2016.pdf2006 - 2009 The ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery, 1st Edition, Senior Editor 2009 - 2009 Atlas of Surgical Techniques,

Curriculum Vitae James W. Fleshman Jr., M.D.

Career Summary:

Dr. Fleshman’s professional focus is the treatment of patients with colorectal diseases. He has developed an international reputation in the laparoscopic treatment of colorectal cancer, the training of surgeons in the laparoscopic resection of colorectal problems, and the development of randomized controlled trials to evaluate the use of laparoscopic techniques in the treatment of colorectal cancer. He is the Chief of Surgery at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. He has served as President of the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, President of the Research Foundation of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and President of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.

Personal Information:

Gender: Male

Birth Date: Birth Place:

8/2/1954 New Orleans, Louisiana

Personal Summary: Wife: Linda Children: Brett, Cynthia, Angela

Citizenship:

Citizen: USA

Address and Phone:

Office: Baylor University Medical Center Phone: 214-820-2404 Department of Surgery 3500 Gaston Avenue Dallas, TX 75246

Present Position:

2012-Present Chief of Surgery – Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas Helen Buchanan and Stanley Joseph Seeger Endowed Professor and Chairman – Department of Surgery Baylor University Medical Center Dallas, TX

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Education:

Undergraduate: 1972 - 1976 BA Liberal Arts, Summa Cum Laude

Washington University in St Louis St Louis, Missouri

Graduate: 1976 - 1980 M. D.

Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO

Postgraduate: 1980 - 1981 Intern Department of Surgery

The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO

1981 - 1984 Resident Department of Surgery The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO

1984 - 1985 Monheimer Research Fellow, Department of Surgery The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO

1985 - 1986 Chief Resident, Department of Surgery The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO

1986 - 1987 Fellow, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery University of Toronto Toronto, Canada

Positions Held:

Academic Positions: 1987 - 1988 Instructor in Clinical Surgery

Section of Colon Rectal Surgery Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO

1988 - 1995 Assistant Professor of Surgery Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO

1989 - 1996 Coordinator for 3rd Year Medical Students Rotation Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO

1993 - 1999 Program Director Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery Barnes-Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO

1995 - 2000 Associate Professor of Surgery Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO


2000 - 2012 Professor of Surgery Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO

2012–Present Professor of Surgery Department of Surgery Texas A&M Health Science Center Baylor University Medical Center Dallas, TX

Hospital Positions:

1987-2012 Staff Surgeon Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO 1999-2012 Chief

Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO

2007-2012 Chief of Surgery Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital St. Louis County, MO

2012-Present Chief of Surgery Baylor University Medical Center Dallas, TX

Medical Licensure and Board Certifications:

1981 Medical License License Number: R7B36 State: MO Term: Full

1981 National Medical Board License\Cert #: 230950

1987 American Board of Surgery Expiration: 01/01/2015

1988 American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery Expiration: 05/01/2022 2008 Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) Certification 2012 Texas Medical Board License Number: P4647 Expiration: 11/30/2017

Honors and Awards:

1975 Grass Foundation Fellowship for Honors, Research in Neurobiology 1992 Young Researchers Award, American Society of Colon and Rectal

Surgeons 1994 Ethicon Research Award, American Society of Colon and Rectal

Surgeons 1995 United Ostomy Association, Inc, President's Award 1996 Eagle Foundation Award ($5,000) 1998 Honorary Fellow, Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia


1998 Award of Appreciation-DCR Editor, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery

2002 President, Research Foundation of American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery

2002 Faculty Member of Alpha Omega Alpha 2003 Distinguished Alumni Scholarship Honoree, Washington University

Medical Center Alumni Association Executive Council, 2003-2004 2003 Award of Appreciation-Program Chair, American Society of Colon and

Rectal Surgery 2014 The Robert W. Beart, Jr. MD – Impact Paper of the Year Award, The American

Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons 2014 Mentor Award, The Research Foundation of the American Society of Colon and

Rectal Surgeons 2016 PAC Award for Total Dollars Raised per State on behalf of the State of Texas

Professional Societies and Organizations:

1987 - 2000 United Ostomy Association National Medical Advisory Committee, Chairman 1987-1994, Medical Community Contact Program, 1988-1989, Director of Registry, 1987-1995, National Ostomy Needs Task Force, 1990-1991, Editorial Board for Ostomy Quarterly, 1992

1987-Present American Medical Association, Member 1987-Present Canadian Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Fellow 1987-Present St. Louis Surgical Society, Member 1989-Present American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

Hospitality Committee, 1989-1990, Standards Committee, 1989-1995, CPT Advisory Committee, 1992, Executive Council, 1993-1995 member at large Outcome Measures Committee, 1993-1997 Vice-Chairman UOA Steering Committee, Chairman 1993-1994, Core Subject Coordinator, 1994-1997, Program Committee, 1994-1999, Chairman of Program Committee, 1998 Continuing Education Committee, 1994-2002, Self-Assessment Committee, 1994-1997, Vice Chairman of Self-Assessment Committee, 1999-2002, Impact Paper Committee, Chairman 1996-1998, Quality Assessment and Safety Committee, 2000-2007, Research Foundation President, 2001-2004, Maintenance of Certification Committee, 2005-Present, Executive Council Secretary, 2005-2007, Executive Council President Elect, 2008-2009, Executive Council President, 2009-2010, Operative Competency Committee Member, 2009-Present Fundraising Assistance Committee (Research Foundation Committee)

2009-2012 History of ASCRS Committee 2011-2012 Industry Relations Committee 2011-2012 Rectal Cancer Coordinating Committee 2011 – Present History of ASCRS Committee 2016-Present Operative Competency Evaluation Committee 2016-Present

1989 - 1990 International Ostomy Association Medical Advisor, 1989-1990


1990-Present American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery Associate Recertification Committee, 1993-Present, Examiner, 1990-1994, Recertification Committee, 1993-Present, Director, 1997-2005, Chairman of Recertification Exam Committee, 1997-2001, American Board of Surgery Liaison 2002-2008, Examination Committee, Chairman 2001-2005, President 2003-2004, Blue Ribbon Committee 2006-2008, Associate Examiner, 1990-1997, Senior Examiner, 2005-Present

1990-Present Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Member 1990 - 1991 United Way, St. Louis Opportunity Clearinghouse

Development Committee, 1990-1991, Board of Directors, 1991

1990-Present American College of Surgeons Fellow (FACS), 1990-present, Colorectal Postgraduate Course Chairman, 2000 Advisory Council for Colorectal Surgery, 2005-present ACS Board of Governors - Governor Representative for the ASCRS,

October 8, 2010-present Nominating Committee of the Board of Governors – 2012

Chairman, 2013-2104 Board of Governors Liaison ACS Health Policy Advisory Council, 2013 Surgical Volunteerism and Humanitarian Awards Workgroup, 2013

1991 - 1991 National Digestive Disease Advisory Board Steering Committee for Standards of Enterostomal Patient Education,

Chairman, 1991 1993 - 2000 Association of Program Directors in Colon and Rectal Surgery

Laparoscopy Education Committee, Chairman 1996 - 1999 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

Residency Review Committee for Colon and Rectal Surgery, 1996-1999,

Vice Chairman 1998-1999, Member of Appeal Panel, 2009-2015

1998 - 2000 International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons Council, Member

1998 - 1998 NCI Colorectal Cancer Surgery Guideline Committee RTOG representative

1998-Present Society of Surgical Oncology Fellow

1998-Present Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia Honorary Member

2001-Present Piedmont Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Member President, 2011 - 2013

2001-Present Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Board of Directors, 2003-2009 Program Committee, 2008-2012 Membership Committee May 2001-May 2005 Board of Trustees, May 2004-May 2010 Vice President, 2011

2002-Present American Board of Surgery Director, 2002-2008 Chairman of Advanced Training Committee, 2007-2008 Senior Member, 2008-present


2002-Present Alpha Omega Alpha, Member 2006-Present American Surgical Association, Member 2007-Present Western Surgical Association, Member 2009 - 2014 Colon Cancer Alliance, Board of Trustees 2010 - 2011 Minimally Invasive Robotic Association, Board Member 2010-Present OSTRiCh Group, Member 2013-Present Texas Surgical Society, Member 2013-Present Southern Surgical Association, Member

Other Committees and Leadership Positions:

University: 1990 - 2008 Washington University Medical Center Alumni Association

St. Louis, MO Executive Council, 1990-1993, 2004-2008 President-Elect, 2003-2004 President, July 2004-June 2005 Eliot Society Membership Committee

Member, 1995-1998 Chairman, 1999-2001

20th Class Reunion, Social Chairman, 2000 25th Class Reunion, Gift Committee Chairman, 2005

1996 - 1999 Washington University Medical Center Faculty Practice Plan St. Louis, MO

Purchasing Work Group, Co-Chair Purchasing Design, 1996- 1997 Supplier Diversity Initiative Advisory Council, 1999

1996 - 1996 Washington University Cancer Center St. Louis, MO

Preventive Control Program, 1996 GI Oncology Focus Group, 1996 Oncologic Imaging Program, 1996

1997 - 2000 Washington University Faculty Senate & Senate Council St. Louis, MO

Senate Council Member, 1997-2000, Advisory Committee of Academic Freedom & Tenure, 1997

2007 - 2012 Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO

Admissions Committee, 2007-2012 2009 - 2015 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

St. Louis, MO Member, Appeal Panel for Colon and Rectal Surgery

2012-Present Texas A&M Health Sciences Center Dallas, TX Faculty

Hospital:

2007-2012 Barnes Jewish West County Hospital St. Louis, MO

OR Committee, Chair 2007-Present, Medical Executive Committee, 2006-Present, Chief of Surgical Service, 2007-Present

2008- 2012 Barnes Jewish Hospital


St. Louis, MO Oncology Service Line VSA Steering Committee, 2008-Present

2012–Present Baylor University Medical Center Patient Safety Committee Credentials Committee Faculty Plan Governance Council Graduate Medical Education Committee Medical Executive Committee Medical Board Surgical Services Practice Council

2012-Present North Texas Chapter of American College of Surgeons, Member Executive Council Member, 2013-present

Editorial Responsibilities:

Editorial Board: 1995 - 2004 Diseases of Colon and Rectum, Member 1999 - 2002 Journal of Pelvic Surgery, Member 2004-Present Annals of Surgery, Member 2004-Present Journal of American College of Surgeons, Member 2005-Present Surgery, Member 2006-2012 Surgical Innovation, Member 2007-2010 Journal of Colorectal Disease, Editorial Advisory Board 2009-Present Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Member 2009-Present The American Journal of Surgery, Board Member 2011-Present JAMA – Surgery 2016-Present Annals of Surgical Oncology, Editorial Board Member

Editorship:

2006 - 2009 The ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery, 1st Edition, Senior Editor 2009 - 2009 Atlas of Surgical Techniques, Senior Editor 2009 - 2009 Master Techniques of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Senior Editor 2009-Present Annals of Surgery, Associate Editor for Colorectal Disease

Research and Support

Governmental: 1994 - 2008 Executive Committee Member/Co-investigator with Dr. Heidi Nelson, Mayo

National Institutes of Health Grant to Mayo Clinic NCI Study (INT 0146) A Phase III Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Laparoscopic - Assisted Colectomy with Open Colectomy for Colon Cancer. $3,500,000

1999 - 2001 Collaborator; PI – Stephen Ristvedt, PhD National Cancer Institute “Impediments and Cues to Seek Treatment for Rectal Cancer” 1 R03 CA84845-01 $98,538

2002 - 2007 Lead Investigator: Matthew G. Mutch (10%) Co-PI: James W. Fleshman (5%) Aberrant Crypt Foci (ACF) Research Project, Abberrant Crypt Foci (ACF) is a special study of the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) cancer screening trial. It is being launched to assess ACF prevalence and 12 month natural history of colorectal mucosa in a high risk population using an investigational endoscopic technique. $400,000

2008-Present PI ACOSOG


A Phase III Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Laparoscopic- assisted Resection Versus Open Resection for Rectal Cancer. ACOSOG Z6051 Study Chair and Principal Investigator-CTEP/NCI $3 million funding, accruing $3,000,000

Non-Governmental:

1991 - 1991 Ethicon Research Award Development of Laparoscopic Triple Stapled Anastomosis in the Porcine Model $11,000

1994 - 1995 American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons/Ethicon Research Award Influence of Laparoscopy on Tumor Implantation at Trocar Sites $20,000

1995 - 1998 American Medical Systems, Inc. A Multi-Center Prospective Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of the American Medical Systems, Inc., Artificial Bowel Sphincter (ABS) Prosthesis Protocol #AMS96-01,HS# 97-0696 Closed. $20,430

1997 – 1998 PI at Washington University/First author on manuscript and top accruer RO93877-USA-5 Janssen Pharmaceutical Research Foundation Evaluation of the efficacy, the safety and the tolerability of RO93877 (enterokinetic) given subcutaneously in patients undergoing elective partial colectomies. $270,160

1998 - 2000 PI North American Surgical Crohn's Disease Trial A randomized controlled trial to compare stapler functional end-to-end anastomosis with sutured end-to-end anastomosis following resection for primary or recurrent ileocolic Crohn's disease.

1998 - 1999 Genzyme Corporation Genzyme Seprafilm Study, Randomized Control Trial for the Prevention of SBO after Colectomy, Steering Committee, Protocol, Writing Committee. A prospective, randomized, multicenter, controlled evaluation of the efficacy and safety of Seprafilm(TM) bioresorbable membrane in the reduction of the incidence of small bowel obstruction in general surgery. SF97-0601 $99,942

1998 - 1998 PI at Washington University R108512-USA-13 Janssen Pharmaceutical Research Foundation A double-blind, placebo controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of R10812 tablets in subjects with chronic constipation $97,671

1998 - 2000 PI at Washington University School of Medicine Smith & Nephew, Inc. A prospective randomized study comparing hand-assist laparoscopic colorectal surgery using the HandPort device versus the laparoscopic approach for benign and noncurative colorectal disease. EU/US 0198 $17,498

1998 - 2000 PI at Washington University Janssen Pharmaceutical Research Foundation A trial to evaluate the long-term tolerability, safety, subject satisfaction, pharmacokinetics, and use patterns of oral R108512-USA-22 tablets in subjects with chronic constipation. $27,373

1999 - 1999 PI at Washington University R108512-USA-28 Janssen Pharmaceutical Research Foundation


A two-period, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the effects of re- treatment of prucalopride on efficacy and safety in subjects with chronic constipation. $9,000

2003 - 2004 NiTi Clip study: Evaluation of NiTi Compression Anastomosis Clip (CAC) for Colonic Compression Anastomosis HSC #05-0379 CLOSED. $0

2005 - 2005 NiTi: End-to-End Compression Anastomosis for Left-Sided Colectomy Endo-CAR 27™ Study Fleshman PI: 5 sites. 06-1205 $0

1999-Present PI Gore & Associates STC & Fully Executed Agreement $36,243

1999 - 1999 Ethicon Endosurgery, Inc. A randomized, prospective, multi-centered, parallel group study comparing the Ferguson closed wound surgical treatment of hemorrhoidal disease to stapled hemorrhoidectomy using the proximate ACS circular stapler. CM-00-0000 $0

1999 - 1999 PI for Colorectal Surgery Washington University Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery Member Executive Committee/Co-Investigator with Dr. Nathaniel Soper over 5 years $3,500,000

Other:

1993 - 1993 Washington University Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery Laparoscopic Factors Related to the Development of Trocar Implantation of Colon Cancer $13,600

1996 - 1996 Eagle Foundation Award $5,000

1997 - 1997 Washington University Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery Does Solid Tumor Manipulation Cause Tumor Implants in Abdominal Wounds $11,300

1997 - 1997 Washington University Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery Develop Teaching Model – Fresh Tissue Cadaver for Program Directors Association in Colorectal Surgery, Laparoscopy Education Committee $10,840

1997 - 1997 Barnes-Jewish Foundation Solid Tumor Model $53,144

1997 - 1997 Washington University Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery Inhibition of Tumor Implants by Sodium Hyaluronate-Based Bioresorbable Membrane (Seprafilm) $11,945

1998 - 1998 Washington University Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery Standardization of Techniques for Laparoscopic Treatment of Rectal Cancer $3,280

1999 - 1999 Washington University Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery Does Solid Tumor Manipulation Cause Tumor Implants in Abdominal Wounds? Phase II $35,972

1999 - 1999 Washington University Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery Definitive study of the influence of tumor inoculum on the implantation of


tumor at trocar sites during laparoscopy. $13,895

1999 - 1999 Washington University Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery Does solid tumor manipulation cause tumor implants at trocar sites? $34,391

1999 - 1999 Washington University Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery Radioimmunotherapy Using 131I-Mab-1A3 for treatment of GW -39 tumors in a hamster micrometastatic model. $11,753

1999 - 1999 Washington University Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery Patient Mobility and Subjective Comfort Following Laparoscopic vs. Open Colectomy Surgery – A Pilot Study $16,380

1999 - 1999 Washington University Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery Influence of Helium Pneumoperitoneum on Tumor Implantation at Trocar Sites $15,520

Presentations:

Named Lectureships: 1. "Laparoscopic Surgery: Washington University Experience", Gibbon Visiting Professor,

Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 5/24/1995 2. “Laparoscopic Colectomy for Cancer: The Controversy and Research” “The Use of

Endorectal Ultrasound in the Management of Anal Incontinence and Low Rectal Cancer” - John Ray Lectureship presented at Piedmont Colon and Rectal Surgical Society Meeting, March 26-28,1998, 3/1/1998

3. J. Milton Stockman Lectureship, 4/1/1998 4. “Laparoscopic Colectomy,” “Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer,” presented at

Albert Einstein Medical Center as R. Greenspan Visiting Professor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 19, 1999, 4/19/1999

5. “Preoperative radiation is the way to treat rectal cancer patients,” and “Laparoscopic management of rectal malignancies: research and preliminary clinical trial data,” Waltman Walters Visiting professorship presented at the Mayo Clinic Surgical Update Course, Scottsdale Arizona, 4/1/2001

6. The John E Ray MD, Lectureship "Laparoscopic Treatment of Rectal Cancer" Piedmont Colon and Rectal Surgical Society, 8/1/2001

7. “BJS Lecture: Local Excision of Rectal Cancer-Extending the Horizons,” presented at the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 7/8/2003

8. Cleveland Clinic Foundation 'Krause-Lieberman' Lecture at the 2nd Annual Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Course, 1/1/2005

9. “Management of Diverticulitis in 21st Century”, John D. Rosin Memorial Lecturer, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 4/8/2005

10. “Basics of Laparoscopy Part 1”, presented at Piedmont Society Meeting, The J. Milton Stockman Lectureship, Amelia Island, Florida, 8/10/2006

11. “MOC – This is Your Livelihood”, “Current Management of Rectal Cancer”, 21st Annual Visiting Buie Professor - Mayo Clinic - Rochester, MN, 4/20/2007

12. “Controversies in Treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease”, Stern Lecturer, Grand Rounds George Washington University Medical Center, Washington D.C., December 3, 2008, 12/3/2008

13. Zane Cohen Lecture “Quality Assurance in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Colorectal Cancer” October 1, 2009, Toronto, Canada, Mt. Sinai Hospital, 10/1/2009

14. Krause-Leiberman Lecture "Laparoscopy for Rectal Cancer" at Cleveland Clinic Turnbull Symposium at Cleveland, Ohio, 9/29/2010

15. George Block Lecture “Critical Role of the Surgeon in the Treatment of Rectal Cancer” University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, May 1, 2012

16. David Jagelman Lecture, “Evolution and Current Status of Laparoscopy for Rectal Carinoma”,


Cleveland Clinic Florida, Westin, FL, February 14, 2012 17. Joseph M. Mathews Oration, “The Surgeon is Critical to the Treatment of Rectal Cancer”,

University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, January 25, 2013 18. Samuel B. & Michelle D. Labow Lecture, “The Critical Role of the Surgeon in the Treatment of

Rectal Cancer”, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, April 3, 2014 19. “Management of Diverticulitis in the 21st Century”, Rush University Surgery Grand Rounds,

Chicago, IL, March 8, 2016 20. “Laparoscopic vs Open Surgery for Rectal Cancer”, Piedmont Colon and Rectal Surgical

Society Meeting, Amelia Island, FL, August 3, 2016 21. “Management of Rectal Cancer in the 21st Century”, Texas Tech University Health Science

Center, Lubbock, TX, August 18, 2016

Visiting Professorships: 1. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, September 30-October 1,

1998, 9/30/1998 2. “Laparoscopic Colectomy – State of the Art,” Allegheny General, Allegheny University

Hospitals, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 6/8/1999 3. “The Place of Total Mesorectal Excision and Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Rectal

Cancer,” Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 6/9/1999 4. “Laparoscopic Colectomy for Cancer,” New Orleans Surgical Society, New Orleans

Louisiana, 4/14/2000 5. “Current Management of Rectal Cancer”, "Management of Diverticulitis in the 21st

Century","Laparoscopic Total and Proctocolectomy", C l eveland Clinic Florida, Westin, Florida, 11/6/2006

6. "Surgical Treatment for Abdominal Carcinomatosis" SUNY Downstate – Brooklyn, NY presented at dinner meeting, 3/1/2007

7. "Laparoscopic Treatment of Rectal Cancer", "Management of Carcinomatosis", and "Excellence Costs or Does It? Quality in Healthcare Reform. Cleveland Clinic Florida, 1/11/2010

8. "Laparoscopic Treatment of Rectal Cancer" Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte North Carolina, 6/11/2010

9. “The Surgeon’s Role is Critical in the Treatment of Rectal Cancer”, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western University, Ohio, December 18, 2012

10. “The Critical Role of the Surgeon in the Treatment of Rectal Cancer”, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University, September 17, 2013

11. “The Critical Role of the Surgeon in the Treatment of Rectal Cancer”, Shackford-Labow Lecture, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, April 3, 2014.

12. “Laparoscopic Treatment of Rectal Cancer: Current Evidence for a Changing Horizon”, JD Ashmore Lectureship, Greenville Health System/University of South Carolina, Greenville, SC, June 12, 2015

13. “Emotional Intelligence and Leadership”, Loyola University Medical Center, Surgery Grand Rounds Speaker, Chicago, IL, October 21, 2015

14. “Emotional Intelligence and Leadership”, University of South Alabama, Emmett Frazer Endowed Memorial Leadership, Mobile, AL, November 6, 2015

15. “Current Status of Laparoscopic Treatment of Rectal Cancer, Cleveland, OH, November 9, 2015

16. "Management of Diverticulitis in the 21st Century," Grand Rounds @ Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, March 9, 2016

National: 1. "Pudendal Nerve Motor Latency," invited presentation at Second Congress on the

Laboratory Study of Anus, Rectum and Colon, Washington, D.C., 7/28/1988 2. "Single Fiber EMG Technique" and "Outpatient Biofeedback", invited presentations at the

Symposium on the Laboratory Study of the Anus, Rectum, and Colon, George Washington


University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., 7/25/1990 3. "Conventional Ileostomies" and "Update on Alternate Procedures as an Option to

Conventional Ileostomies", invited presentations at the 28th Annual Conference of the United Ostomy Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, 8/23/1990

4. "Diverticulitis", invited presentation at the 64th Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists, Orlando, Florida, 10/1/1991

5. "Nonoperative Therapy of Incontinence", invited presentation at the 1991 Clinical Congress American College of Surgeons Postgraduate Course, Chicago, Illinois, 10/23/1991

6. "Laparoscopic Colectomy", invited presentation at the Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington, 2/1/1995

7. "Surgical Management of Crohn's Disease" and "Laparoscopic Approaches to Colorectal Disease", visiting professor, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia, May 18 and 19, 1995, 5/18/1995

8. "Laparoscopic Colectomy and Tumor Implants: Hamster Model", presented at the SSAT symposium, Digestive Disease Week, San Francisco, CA, 5/22/1996

9. "Sphincteroplasty and Endorectal Flap Advancement for Sphincter Injury in Rectovaginal Fistula" Principles of Anorectal Physiology Testing Sphincteroplasty for Incontinence" presented at the course Principles of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 18-20,1996, 9/18/1996

10. “Anorectal Physiological Testing” presented at the Ochsner Third Annual Patrick Hanley Colorectal Surgery Symposium. New Orleans, Louisiana. February 1, 1997, 2/1/1997

11. “Laparoscopic Colectomy” “Transrectal Ultrasound and Incontinence” presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Ohio Valley Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. Grant/Riverside Methodist Hospitals. Columbus, Ohio. June 7, 1997, 6/7/1997

12. “Genetics for the Surgeon” “Current Status of Laparoscopy for Disease of the Colon” presented at the 46th Annual Clinical Meeting of the New Jersey Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. Troy Hills, New Jersey. December 6, 1997, 12/6/1997

13. “Fecal Incontinence: Clinical Presentation, Diagnostic Evaluation, Treatment Options” presented at Digestive Disease Week, American Gastroenterologic Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 19, 1998, 5/19/1998

14. “Right hemicolectomy” “Abdominal perineal resection” presented at Turnbull Pre-symposium Laparoscopic Colorectal Course, Cleveland Clinic Foundation Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Cleveland, Ohio, October 7-8, 1998, 10/7/1998

15. “Evaluation of incontinence: is all the fancy stuff necessary?” “Should laparoscopy be done for colorectal cancer?” presented at the 19th Annual Turnbull Symposium, Practical Tips in Colorectal Management, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, October 9-10, 1998, 10/9/1998

16. “Mesorectal Excision and Pelvic Lymphadenectomy,” “Preoperative Evaluation: IRUS vs MRI vs PET,” presented at American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Orlando, Florida, October, 25-29, 1998, 10/25/1998

17. “The Role and Limitations of Laparoscopic Surgery for Cancer,” presented at the Society of American Gastroenterological Endoscopic Surgeons 1999 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, March 24-27, 1999, 3/24/1999

18. “The Management of Advanced and Recurrent Colorectal Cancer,” presented at the Texas Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, 5/8/1999

19. “Laparoscopic Surgery for Rectal Cancer” presented at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, San Francisco, California, 10/15/1999

20. “Abdominoperineal Resection,” “Low Anterior Resection and APR – Tricks of the Trade,” presented at SAGES (Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons), Atlanta, Georgia, 3/29/2000

21. “Laparoscopic Approaches to Diverticulitis,” “Hand-assisted Laparoscopic Colectomy,” “Familial Colorectal Cancer,” invited presentations at Colon and Rectal Surgery 2001 Course, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Pasadena, California, 1/29/2001

22. “Laparoscopic Rectal Cancer Resection” presented as part of program on Minimally Invasive (Novel) Surgical Techniques in the Staging and Treatment of Solid Tumors, at the 54th


Annual Cancer Symposium of the Society of Surgical Oncology, Washington, D.C., 3/15/2001

23. “Stapled Hemorrhoidectomy: Be Modern,” “VIDEO: Laparoscopic Abdominoperineal Resection,” “Crohn’s Rectovaginal Fistula,” “Adhesions: Incidence and Avoidance,” “PET Scan for Recurrent Colorectal Cancer: Sensitive? Specific? Helpful?,” presented at Colon and Rectal Surgery: Principles and Practices 2001, Minneapolis, MN, 9/6/2001

24. "Pelvic Surgery", Video Exhibition Cine Clinic I present at American College of Surgeons Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 10/7/2002

25. “Treatment of Complicated Diverticulitis in the Era of Total Parenteral Nutrition and Laparoscopy,” presented at the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, New Orleans, LA, 6/1/2003

26. “Outcomes, Risk of other Malignancies, and Need for Formal Mapping Procedures in Patients with Perianal Bowen’s Disease,” presented at the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, New Orleans, LA, 6/1/2003

27. “Neoadjuvant Therapy for Rectal Cancer: Histologic Response of the Primary Tumor Predicts Nodal Status,” presented at the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, New Orleans, LA, 6/23/2003

28. “Laparoscopic Approaches to Colorectal Cancer”, Penn State University, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 9/11/2003

29. “Laparoscopic Colon Surgery for Cancer”, Spokane, WA, 10/10/2003 30. “Laparoscopic Colectomy Is It Time?” University of California, San Francisco, CA,

3/25/2004 31. “Surgical Techniques for Cancer” presented at the Society of American Gastrointestinal

Endoscopic Surgeons, Denver, CO, 4/1/2004 32. “Where Do We Stand with Laparoscopic Colectomy for Cancer?” American College of

Surgeons Spring Meeting, Boston, MA, 4/24/2004 33. “Relationship between Escalating Immunosuppression and Post-Operative Complications in

Patients Under-going Subtotal Colectomy for Fulminant/Toxic Colitis: Should We Be Concerned?” D. Dietz, A. Chao, I. Kodner, M. Mutch, E. Birnbaum, J. Fleshman, presented at the ASCRS Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, 5/1/2004

34. “Laparoscopy and Other Therapeutic Alternatives” J. Fleshman presented at The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Postgraduate Course: Practical Issues in Managing Colorectal Diseases, New Orleans, Louisiana, 5/16/2004

35. “Laparoscopic Total Colectomy And Proctocolectomy” J. Fleshman presented at Legacy Health Systems, Portland, Oregon, 9/29/2004

36. “A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Multicenter Trial Comparing Stapled Hemorrhoidopexy and Ferguson Hemorrhoidectomy: One Year Results” Legacy Health Systems, Portland, Oregon, 9/29/2004

37. “Laparoscopic Colectomy for Colon and Rectal Cancer: What are the Controversial Points?”, ACS Fall Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 10/10/2004

38. “Perforated Sigmoid Diverticulitis During Vexing Problems in Minimally Invasive Surgery: Evidence, Experience, and Innovation” ACS Fall Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 10/10/2004

39. “Current Laparoscopic Colorectal Techniques Session – Right Colectomy”, Cleveland Clinic Turnbull Symposium, Cleveland, Ohio, 10/25/2004

40. “Colorectal Cancer and Polyps Session – Choosing the Best Colo Anal Anastomosis”, Cleveland Clinic Turnbull Symposium, Cleveland, Ohio, 10/25/2004

41. “Laparoscopic Colectomy” presented at University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Surgery Postgraduate Conference, Iowa City, Iowa, 11/11/2004

42. “ASCRS Perspectives on Training”, panel discussion presentation at annual SAGES meeting, Hollywood, Florida, 4/14/2005

43. “The Management of Diverticulitis in the 21st Century”, "The Laparoscopic Total Colectomy and Proctocolectomy, The Next Step”, “Low, Low Resection of Rectal Cancer”, presentation at the Colorectal Surgery Issues and Updates: The Piedmont Society, Kingsmill, Virginia, 8/4/2005

44. “Laparoscopic Colectomy for Cancer”, “Laparoscopy for Colon Cancer; What Have We


Learned from the Randomized Clinical Trials?”, “Neoadjuvant Therapy for Rectal Cancer – the Controversy Continues”, presented at Laparoscopic Course at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, San Francisco, California, 10/17/2005

45. “The Role of the Hand” panel discussion “Laparoscopy: Conquering the Challenges”, "Abdominoperineal Resection" Video Session I: “Laparoscopic Pelvic Dissection”, "Searching for the Leak Proof Anastomosis" panel discussion “New Horizons”, “Is a Minimalist Resection Appropriate for Polyps?” panel discussion “Current Controversies in Colon Cancer” presented at annual Cleveland Clinic Florida Symposium, Ft Lauderdale, FL, 2/15/2007

46. "Searching for the Leak Proof Anastomosis" panel discussion “New Horizons” presented at annual Cleveland Clinic Florida Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 2/17/2007

47. “Update on MOC” presented at Piedmont Society Meeting in Key Largo, FL, 3/9/2007 48. “Wound Complications of Laparoscopic vs. Open Colectomy,” presented at 8th World

Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, hosted by SAGES, New York, NY, 3/13/2007 49. "Local Excision vs APR/LAR for Stage 1 Rectal Cancer” presented at Surgical Oncology

Meeting in Washington DC, 3/18/2007 50. "Laparoscopic Resection of Rectal Cancer” presented at Washington Hospital Center,

Washington DC, 5/22/2007 51. "Current Status of the MOC for Surgery", presented at the Portland Surgical Society

Meeting, 10/1/2007 52. “Current Status of Laparoscopic Treatment of Rectal Cancer” presented at the Western

Surgical Association Meeting, Colorado Springs, CO, 11/6/2007 53. "Pyogenic Complications of Crohn’s", SSAT/DDW at San Diego, CA, 5/19/2008 54. "Preoperative Considerations" FLS Course thru SAGES presented at American Society of

Colon Rectal Surgery, Boston, MA, 6/7/2008 55. Laparoscopic Rectal Resection: Trials and Tribulations Symposium -"Update on the COST

Rectal Cancer Trial" presented at American Society of Colon Rectal Surgery, 6/9/2008 56. "Management of Carcinomatosis" presented as Visiting Speaker at New York Colorectal

Surgical Society. New York, New York, 1/21/2010 57. "Laparoscopic Surgery for Rectal Cancer" Texas Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery,

Dallas, Texas, 5/1/2010 58. "Laparoscopic Resection of Rectal Cancer: Current Results", University of Wisconsin,

Madison, 6/3/2011 59. "Cryptoglandular Disease and the Role for Biologic Plugs", University of Wisconsin,

Madison, 6/3/2011 60. “Can Clinical Checklists Improve Care of Patients with Colorectal Cancer?”, American

College of Surgeons, Washington DC, 10/6/2013 61. “Laparoscopic Low Anterior Resection” Western Surgical Association, Salt Lake Utah,

11/4/2013 62. “The Critical Role of the Surgeon in the Treatment of Rectal Cancer,” North Texas American

College of Surgeons, Dallas, TX, 2/21/2014 63. “Rectal Cancer”, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Hollywood, FL, 5/19/2014 64. “Dealing With The Intraoperative Disaster: The Stapler’s Stuck! The Anastomosis is

Bubbling,” American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL, 10/6/2015 65. “Laparoscopic Resection for Rectal Cancer-Latest Clinical Trial Results and Impact on Clinical

Practice,” American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL, 10/7/2015 66. “Fourth Annual Update on Gastrointestinal Cancers: A Multidisciplinary Approach to

Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment,” GI Oncology Conference, New York City, New York, 10/30/2015

67. Managing Others: “Emotional Intelligence and Understanding Perception,” Society of University Surgeons Development Course, Jacksonville, FL, 2/1/2016

68. “What to do with Perforated Diverticulitis,” SAGES Annual Meeting, Boston, MA 3/18/2016 69. “Effect of Laparoscopic-Assisted Resection Vs. Open Resection of Stage Ii-Iii Rectal Cancer

on Pathologic Outcomes: The Acosog Z6051 Randomized Clinical Trial," The 197th Semi-Annual Meeting of the Texas Surgical Society, Waco, TX, 4/2/2016

70. “ASA Discussant: Should Elective Resection Follow Nonoperative Management of First


Episode of Acute Diverticulitis of the Colon with Abscess/Extraluminal Air?” ASA 136th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 4/14/16

71. Laparoscopic-Assisted or Open Resection for Treating Patient with Rectal Cancer (Z6051 Study), ASCRS – American Society of Colon Rectal Surgeons – Rectal Surgeons – Rectal Cancer One “The Trials of Rectal Cancer – Los Angeles, CA, 5/2/16

72. Evidence to Change Clinical Practice-How High is the Bar? ASCRS – Building a Successful Research Program, Los Angeles, CA, 5/3/16

73. How the Multi-Disciplinary Team Improves Outcomes, ASCRS – Rectal Cancer Center Accreditation Program, Los Angeles, CA 5/3/16

International:

1. "Correlation of Defecography with Presenting Symptoms in Patients with Pelvic Floor Abnormalities" and "Results of Retrorectal Sacral Fixation in Patients with Internal Intussusception," invited presentations at the Symposium on Obstructed Defecation/Constipation, Bristol, England, 6/22/1989

2. "Laparoscopic Surgery of the GI Tract", Visiting Professor, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, 11/7/1992

3. "Colectomy-Right Hemicolectomy, Subtotal Colectomy, Segmental Resection", invited presentation at the Laparoscopic Techniques in Colon and Rectal Surgery Course, Toronto, Canada, January 29, 1993, 1/29/1993

4. "Clinical Management of the Constipated Patient", invited presentation at the 14th International Symposium on Gastrointestinal Motility, Muskoka Ontario, Canada, 8/29/1993

5. "Laparoscopic Colectomy for Colorectal Cancer" and "The Anal Physiology Lab in the Evaluation and Management of Anal Incontinence", invited presentations at the American College of Surgeons meeting in Paris, France, 10/7/1993

6. "Rectovaginal Fistulas", "The Colorectal Laboratory", "Blood Transfusions and Recurrence Rates in Crohn's Disease", "Adjunctive Radiation Therapy for Rectal Cancer", "Laparoscopic Bowel Resection: Advantages and Limitations", and "Principles of Stoma Surgery", invited presentations at the Curacao Tropical International Surgical Congress, Willemstad, Curacao, 11/15/1993

7. "Laparoscopic Abdominoperineal Resection", Visiting Professor for Stadiches Krankenhaus Munchen-Bogenhausen, Munich, Germany, 2/4/1994

8. "Laparoscopic Surgery for Colorectal Disease: Early Results", invited presentation at the Internal Workshop of Proctology, Munich, Germany, 2/5/1994

9. "Laparoscopic Surgery in the Cancer Patient: What are the Concerns?", invited presentation at the General Surgery Refresher Course, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada, 4/18/1994

10. "Advancement Flap for Perianal Fistula", "Laparoscopy for Malignant Disease", Pouch Surgery Indications", "Sphincter Repair", "Adjuvant Radiotherapy in Colorectal Cancer", "Locally Advanced Low Rectal Cancer", presented at the Curaco Tropical International Congress, Bali, Indonesia, September 25-30, 1995, 9/25/1995

11. "Current Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease" and "Laparoscopic Colectomy: Experience of the Washington University Medical Center", presented at the American College of Surgeons Scientific Program, Dominican Republic, February 24-March 2, 1996, 2/24/1996

12. “American Standards for Laparoscopic Colon Surgery” presented in Bietigheim, Germany. November 29, 1996, 11/29/1996

13. “Experimental study of intraperitoneal dissemination of tumor cells during laparoscopic colorectal resection for colon carcinoma” “Laparoscopic colorectal resection” presented at the University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain, February 7, 1997

14. “Experience in Colorectal Laparoscopic Surgery” presented at the 22nd International Meeting on Digestive Surgery, Porto, Portugal, January 26, 1998, 1/26/1998

15. “Laparoscopy: where will it be in ten years?” “Familial Cancer Syndromes - recent developments” (Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia Oration) presented at The Spring CME Meeting, Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia, Adelaide, Australia, September 11-


12, 1998, 9/11/1998 16. “Laparoscopic Colectomy for Cancer” “Research in Trocar Site Tumor Implantation”

“Education in Laparoscopic Colectomy” presented at the Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Symposium, Johnson & Johnson European Surgical Institute, Norderstedt, Germany, November 22-25, 1998, 11/22/1998

17. “Laparoscopy for Colon Cancer has a Role in Prospective Randomized Trials,” presented at the 4th International Association of Europeene de Chirurgie Viscerale Congress on New Technology in Surgery, Munich, Germany, December 9-12, 1998, 12/9/1998

18. “Recurrent Rectal Cancer: the Influence of the Surgeon” presented at the Medical Surgical Meeting on Colonic Therapy, Barcelona, Spain, 10/28/1999

19. “Laparoscopic Surgery,” presented at the European Council of Coloproctology Meeting, Munich, Germany, 10/30/1999

20. “Advantages and Disadvantages of Adjuvant Treatment in Rectal Cancer,” “Laparoscopic Colectomy,” presented at the National Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Coloproctology, Coimbra, Portugal, 12/3/1999

21. “Laparoscopic Surgery for Cancer,” “Fresh Tissue Model for Training for Laparoscopic Colectomy,” “Hand-Assisted Laparoscopy,” presented at the Advanced Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Course, Hamilton Ontario, Canada, 1/22/2000

22. “Laparoscopic Colectomy for Cancer,” presented at the Medical Congress, Sonnenalp, Bavaria, 2/3/2000

23. “Laparoscopic Colectomy for Carcinoma,” presented at the 8th International May Symposium of the European Surgical Institute, Hamburg, Germany, 5/22/2000

24. “Update in General Surgery,” presented as Speaker at The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada at the University of Toronto, 4/19/2001

25. “Laparoscopic Resection of Colorectal Cancer” presented Epworth Hospital, Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 11/25/2004

26. “Laparoscopic Surgery for Rectal Carcinoma”, presentation at the Turkish Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Istanbul, Turkey,

27. “COST Study - Laparoscopic Surgery Versus Conventional Surgery in Colorectal Cancer”, presentation at European Cancer Conference, Paris, France, 10/31/2005

28. “Colorectal Update,” “Familial Colorectal Cancer,” “Laparoscopic Surgery for Colorectal Disease – Basic Principles, Technical Tips and Tricks,” “Laparoscopic Surgery for Colorectal Disease – Outcomes and Oncological Safety,” presented at Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting, Dunedin, New Zealand, 9/5/2008

29. "Current Status of Colorectal Surgery in United States", Berlin, 6/15/2010 30. “Minimal Invasive Surgery for Colorectal Cancer in Japan and USA”, Japan, 7/14/2016

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49. Ogunbiyi OA, Flanagan FL, Dehdashti F, Siegel BA, Trask DD, Birnbaum EH, Fleshman JW, Read TE, Philpott GW, Kodner IJ. Detection of recurrent and metastatic colorectal cancer:


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50. Wu JS, Birnbaum EH, Kodner IJ, Read TE, Fleshman JW. Laparoscopic-assisted ileocolic resections in Crohn’s patients: are abscesses, phlegmons, or recurrent disease contraindications? Surgery 1997; 122:682-689.

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57. Myerson R, Genovesi D, Lockett M, Birnbaum E, Fleshman J, Fry R, Kodner I, Menteer J, Picus J, Read T, Walz B. Five fractions of preoperative radiotherapy for selected cases of rectal carcinoma: long term tumor control and tolerance to treatment. Int J Radiation Oncology Biol Phys 1999;43:537-543.

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60. Yee LF, Birnbaum EH, Kodner IJ, Read TE, Fleshman JW. Use of endoanal ultrasound in patients with rectovaginal fistula. Dis Colon Rectum 1999;42:1057-1064.

61. Birnbaum EH, Ogunbiyi OA, Gagliardi G, Fry RD, Myerson RJ, Kodner IJ, Fleshman JW. Selection criteria for treatment of rectal cancer with combined external/endocavitary radiation. Dis Colon Rectum, 1999;42:727-735.

62. Rockwood TH, Church JM, Fleshman JW, Kane RL, Mavrantonis C, Thorson AG, Wexner SD, Bliss D, Lowry AC. Patient and surgeon ranking of the severity of symptoms associated with fecal incontinence. The Fecal Incontinence Severity Index. Dis Colon Rectum, 1999; 42:1525-1532.

63. Weinstock LB, Fleshman JW. Utilization of naloxone plus heater probe jet washing to localize friable colonic submucosal vascular ectasia (Letter to the Editor re: Brandt LF, Spinnell MK. Ability of naloxone to enhance the colonoscopic appearance of normal colon vasculature and colon vascular ectasia. Gastrointest Endosc 1999;49:79-84).

64. Rockwood TH, Church JM, Fleshman JW, Kane RL, Mavrantonis C, Thorson AG, Wexner SD, Bliss D, Lowry AC. Fecal incontinence quality of life scale: Quality of life instrument for patients with fecal incontinence. Dis Colon Rectum 2000;43:9-17.

65. Beck DE, Ferguson MA, Opelka FG, Fleshman JW, Gervaz P, Wexner SD. Effect of previous surgery on abdominal opening time. Dis Colon Rectum 2000;43:1749-1753.

66. Whiteford MH, Whiteford HM, Yee LF, Ogunbiyi OA, Dehdashti F, Siegel BA, Birnbaum EH Fleshman JW, Kodner IJ, Read TE. Usefulness of FDG-PET scan in the assessment of suspected metastatic or recurrent adenocarcinoma of the colon and rectum. Dis Colon Rectum 2000;53:759-770.

67. Fleshman JW. Invited editorial for “Laparoscopic-assisted Hartmann’s Reversal with the Dexterity® Pneumo Sleeve™” by Lucarini L (et al.). Dis Colon Rectum 2000;43:1166-1167.

68. Singh AK, Myerson RJ, Birnbaum EH, Fleshman JW, Kodner IJ, Lockett MA, Read TE. Outcome of patients with rectal adenocarcinoma and localized pelvic non-nodal metastatic foci. Dis Colon Rectum 2000;43:1217-1221.

69. Litwin DEM, Darzi A, Jakimowiz J, Cohen R, Fleshman JW, Birnbaum, et al. Hand-assisted


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70. Fleshman JW. Invited commentary for: Milsom JW, Hammerhofer KA, Bohm B, Marcello P Elson P, Fazio VW. Prospective, randomized trial comparing laparoscopic vs. conventional surgery for refractory ileocolic Crohn’s disease. Dis Colon Rectum 2001;44:8-9

71. Nelson H, Petrelli N, Carlin A, Couture J, Fleshman JW, Guillem J, Miedema B, Ota D, Sargent D. Guidelines 2000 for colon and rectal cancer surgery: special article. J National Cancer Institute 2001;93(8):583-596.

72. Ha HT, Fleshman JW, Smith M, Read TE, Kodner IJ, Birnbaum EH. Manometric squeeze pressure difference parallels functional outcome after overlapping sphincter reconstruction. Dis Colon Rectum 2001;44:655-660

73. Read TE, McNevin MS, Gross EKM, Whiteford HM, Lewis JL, Ratkin G, Picus J, Birnbaum EH, Fleshman JW, Kodner IJ, Myerson RJ. Neoadjuvant therapy for adenocarcinoma of the rectum: tumor response and acute toxicity. Dis Colon Rectum 2001;44:513-522.

74. Stamos MJ, Fleshman JW, Senagore A, Corman ML, Colquhoun P, Thorson A, Sweeney WB, Bailey HR. LBO: A multicenter experience of colonic stenting. Submitted Dis Colon Rectum 2001.

75. Myerson RJ, Singh A, Birnbaum EH, Fry RD, Fleshman JW, Kodner IJ, Lockett MA, Picus J, Walz BJ, Read TE. Pretreatment clinical findings predict outcome for patients receiving preoperative radiation for rectal cancer. Int J Radiation Oncology Biol Phys 2001;50(3)665-674.

76. Myerson RJ, Valentini V, Birnbaum EH, Cellini N, Coco C, Fleshman JW, Gambacorta MA, Genovesi D, Kodner IJ, Picus J, Ratkin GA, Read TE. A phase I/II trial of three-dimensionally planned concurrent boost radiotherapy and protracted venous infusion of 5-FU chemotherapy for locally advance rectal cancer. Int J Radiation Oncology Biol Phys 2001;50(5):1299-1308.

77. Aumock A, Birnbaum E, Fleshman JW, Fry RD, Gambacorta MA, Kodner IJ, Malyapa RS, Read TE, Walz BJ, Myerson RJ. Treatment of rectal adenocarcinoma with endocavitary and external beam radiotherapy: results for 199 patients with localized tumors. Int J Radiation Onocology Biol Phys 2001;51(2):363-370.

78. Myerson RJ, Kong F, Birnbaum EH, Fleshman JW, Kodner IJ, Picus J, Ratkin GA, Read TE, Walz BJ. Radiation therapy for epidermoid carcinoma of the anal canal, clinical and treatment factors associated with outcome. Radiotherapy and Oncology 2001;61:15-22.

79. Read TE, Ogunbiyi OA, Fleshman JW, Birnbaum EH, Fry RD, Myerson RJ, Kodner IJ. Neoadjuvant external beam radiation and proctectomy for adenocarcinoma of the rectum Dis Colon Rectum 2001;44:1778-1790.

80. Wong WD, Congliosi SM, Spencer MP, Corman ML, Tan P, Opelka FG, Burnstein M, Nogueras JJ, Bailey HR, Devesa JM, Fry RD, Cagir B, Birnbaum E, Fleshman JW, Lawrence MA, Buie WD, Heine J, Edelstein PS, Gregorcyk S, Lehur PA, Michot F, Phang PT, Schoetz DJ, Potenti F, Tsai JY. The safety and efficacy of the artificial bowel sphincter for fecal incontinence – results from a multicenter cohort study. Dis Colon Rectum 2002Sep;45(9):1139-53

81. Read TE, Myerson RJ, Fleshman JW, Fry RD, Birnbaum EH, Walz BJ, Kodner IJ. Surgeon specialty influences outcome in rectal cancer. Dis Colon Rectum 2002;45:904-914

82. Read TE, Mutch MG, Chang BW, McNevin MS, Fleshman JW, Birnbaum EH, Fry RD, Caushaj PF, Kodner IJ. Locoregional recurrence and survival following curative resection of adenocarcinoma of the colon. J Am Coll Surg 2002;195:33-40.

83. Gemlo B, Fazio VW, Fleshman JW, Wolff BW. The problem pouch: panel presentation. J Pelvic Surg 2002;8:105-116.

84. Weeks JC, Nelson H, Gelber S, Sargent D, Schroeder G, Fleshman JW, Clinical Outcomes of Surgical Therapy (COST) Study Group. Short-term quality-of-life outcomes following laparoscopic-assisted colectomy vs. open colectomy for colon cancer. JAMA 2002;287:321-328.

85. Singer MA, Cintron JR, Fleshman JW, Chaudhry V, Birnbaum EH, Read TE, Spitz JS, Abcarian H. Early experience with stapled hemorrhoidectomy in the United States. Dis Colon Rectum 2002;45:360-369.

86. Read TE, Henry SE, Hovis RM, Fleshman JW, Birnbaum EH, Caushaj PF, Kodner IJ.


Prospective Evaluation of anesthetic technique for anorectal surgery. Dis Colon Rectum. 2002 Nov:45(11):1553-8; discussion 1558-60.

87. Winslow ER, Fleshman JW, Birnbaum EH, Brunt LM. Wound complications of laparoscopic vs open colectomy. Surg Endosc. 2002 Oct;16(10):1420-5.

88. Madoff RD, Fleshman JW. AGA technical review on the diagnosis and care of patients with anal fissure. Gastroenterology 2003 Jan;124(1):235-45

89. Beck DE, Cohen Z, Fleshman JW, Kaufman HS, van Goor H, Wolff BG. A prospective, randomized multicenter, controlled study of the safety of Seprafilm® adhesion barrier in abdominopelvic surgery of the intestine. Dis Colon Rectum. 2003, Oct 46(10):1-10.

90. Church RD, Fleshman JW, McLeod HL. Cyclo-oxygenase 2 inhibition in colorectal surgery Brit J Surg. 2003 90:1055-1067.

91. Sklow B, Read T, Birnbaum E, Fry R, Fleshman J. Age and type of procedure influence the choice of patients for laparoscopic colectomy. Surg Endosc 2003 17:923-929

92. Efron JE, Corman M, Fleshman JW, Barnett J, Nagle D, Birnbaum EH, Weiss EG Nogueras JJ, Sligh S, Rabine J, Wexner SD. Multi-center, Open Label, Prospective Trial Evaluating the Safety and Effectiveness of Temperature-Controlled Radio-Frequency Energy to the Anal Canal (Secca Procedure) for the Treatment of Fecal Incontinence. Dis Colon Rectum 2003 Dec 46(12):1606-1618.

93. Crane CH, Skibber JM, Birnbaum EH, Feig BW, Singh AK, Delclos ME, Lin EH, Fleshman JW, Thames HD, Kodner IJ, Lockett MA, Picus J, Phan T, Chandra A, Janjan NA, Read TE, Myerson RJ. The addition of continuous infusion 5-FU to preoperative radiation therapy increases tumor response, leading to increased sphincter preservation in locally advanced rectal cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2003 Sep 1;57(1):84-9.

94. Read TE, Andujar JE, Caushaj PF, Johnston DR, Dietz DW, Myerson RJ, Fleshman JW Birnbaum EH, Mutch MG, Kodner, IJ. Neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer: histologic response of the primary tumor predicts nodal status. Dis Colon Rectum, 2004; 47: 825-831.

95. Loungnarath R, Dietz D, Mutch MG, Birnbaum EH, Kodner IJ, Fleshman JW. Fibrin Glue Treatment of Complex Anal Fistulas Has Low Success Rate. Dis Colon Rectum 2004; 47432-436.

96. Nelson H, Sargent DJ, Wieand HS, Fleshman JW, Mehran A, Stryker SJ, Beart RW, Hellinger M, Flanagan R, Peters W, Ota D. A Comparison of Laparoscopically Assisted and Open Colectomy for Colon Cancer. N Engl J Med 2004, 350:2050-2059.

97. Senagore AJ, Singer M, Abcarian H, Fleshman J, Corman M, Wexner S, Nivatvongs S and the PPH Multicenter Study Group. A Prospective Randomized, Controlled Multicenter Trial Comparing Stapled Hemorrhoidopexy and Ferguson Hemorrhoidectomy: Perioperative and One Year Results. Dis Colon Rectum, 2004, 47(11):1824-36.

98. Church RD, Yu J, Fleshman JW, Shannon WD, Govindan R, McLeod HL. RNA profiling of cyclooxygenases 1 and 2 in colorectal cancer. Br J Cancer. 2004 Sep 13;91(6):1015-8.

99. Bertagnolli M, Miedema B, Redston M, Dowell J, Niedzwiecki D, Fleshman JW, Bem J,Mayer R, Zinner M, Compton C. Sentinel node staging of resectable colon cancer: results of a multicenter study. Ann Surg. 2004 Oct;240(4):624-8;

100. Wolff BG, Michelassi F, Gerkin T, Techner L, Gabriel K, Du W, Wallin BA, Fleshman JW. Alvimopan, a novel, peripherally acting µ opioid antagonist: results of a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III trial of major abdominal surgery and postoperative ileus. Ann of Surg, 2004. 240:728-735.

101. Margenthaler, JA, Dietz DW, Mutch MG, Birnbaum EH, Kodner IJ, Fleshman JW. Outcomes, risk of other malignancies, and need for formal mapping procedures in patients with perianal Bowen’s disease. Dis Colon Rectum. 2004 47:1655-1660.

102. Winslow ER, Kodner IJ, Mutch MG, Birnbaum EH, Fleshman JW, Dietz DW. Outcome of salvage abdominoperineal resection after failed endocavitary radiation in patients with rectal cancer. Dis Colon Rectum 2004, 47: 2039-2046.

103. Kabon B, Nagele A, Reddy D, Eagon C, Fleshman JW, Sessler DI, Kurz A. Obesity decreases perioperative tissue oxygenation. Anesthesiology. 2004 Feb;100(2): 274-80.

104. Brill, AL, Fleshman JW Jr, Ramshaw BJ, Wexner SD, Kaidar-Person O. Minimally invasive procedures: what family physicians need to know. J Fam Pract. 2005; Suppl: S1-22.

105. Glasgow SC, Yu J, Carvalho LP, Shannon WD, Fleshman JW, McLeod HL. Unfavorable


expression of pharmacologic markers in mucinous colorectal cancer. Brit J Cancer 2005, 92:259-264.

106. Ristvedt SL, Birnbaum EH, Dietz DW, Fleshman JW, Kodner IJ, Read TE. Delayed Treatment for Rectal Cancer. Dis Colon Rectum 2005, 48:1736-1741.

107. Halpin VJ, Underwood RA, Ye D, Cooper DH, Wright M, Hickerson SM, Connett WC,Connett JM, Fleshman JW. Pneumoperitoneum does not influence trocar site implantation during tumor manipulation in a solid tumor model. Surg Endosc, 2005, 19:1636-1640.

108. Read TE, Fleshman JW, Caushaj PF. Sentinel lymph node mapping for adenocarcinoma of the colon does not improve staging accuracy. Dis Colon Rectum 2005, 48:80-85.

109. Glasgow, Sc, Birnbaum EH, Lowney JK, Fleshman JW, Kodner IJ, Mutch DC, Lewin S,Mutch MG, Dietz DW. Retrorectal tumors: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Dis Colon Rectum 2005, 48:1581-1587.

110. Glasgow S, Birnbaum EH, Kodner IJ, Fleshman JW, Dietz DW. Preoperative Anal Manometry Predicts Continence After Perineal Proctectomy for Rectal Prolapse. Dis Colon Rectum 2006;49:1052-1058.

111. Lowney JK, Dietz DW, Birnbaum EH, Kodner IJ, Mutch MG, Fleshman JW. Is there any difference in recurrence rates in laparoscopic ileocolic resection for Crohn’s disease compared with conventional surgery? A long-term, follow up study. Dis Colon Rectum 2006; 49:58-63.

112. Fazio VW, Cohen Z, Fleshman JW, van Goor H, Bauer JJ, Wolff BG, Corman M, BeartRW, Wexner SD, Becker JM, Monson JRT, Kaufman HS, Beck DE, Bailey HR, Ludwin KA, Stamos MJ, Darzi A, Bleday R, Dorazio R, Madoff RD, Smith LE, Gearhart S, Lillemoe K, Gohl J. Reduction in adhesive small bowel obstruction by seprafilm adhesion barrier after intestinal resection. Dis Colon Rectum 2006 49:1-11.

113. Cotter SE, Grigsby PW, Siegel BA, Dehdashti F, Malyapa RS, Fleshman JW, Birnbaum EH, Abbey E, Tan B, Kodner IJ, Hunt SR, Lowney JK, Mutch MG, Dietz DW, Myerson RJ. FDG-PET/CT in the evaluation of anal carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2006 Jul 1;65(3):720-5. Epub 2006 Apr 19.

114. Yang YLY, Fleshman JW, Strasberg SM. Detection and Management of Extra hepatic Colorectal Cancer in Patients with Resectable Liver Metastases. J Gastrointest Surg. 2007 Jul;11(7):929-44.

115. Stewart D, Hunt S R, Pierce R, Mao D, Frisella M, Cook K, Starcher B, Fleshman JW. Validation of the NITI Endoluminal Compression anastomosis Ring (EndoCAR) Device and Comparison to the Traditional Circular Stapled Colorectal Anastomosis in a Porcine Model. Surg Innov. 2007 Dec;14(4):252-60

116. Fleshman JW; Sargent, Daniel J.; Green, Erin; Anvari, Mehran; Stryker, Steven J.; Beart, Robert W. Jr; Hellinger, Michael; Flanagan, Richard Jr; et al. The Clinical Outcomes of Surgical Therapy Study Group. Ann of Surg. 246(4):655-664, October 2007.

117. Marcello PW, Fleshman JW, Milsom JW, Read TE, Arnell TD, Birnbaum EH, Feingold DL, Lee SW, Mutch MG, Sonoda T, Yan Y, Whelan RL. Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic vs.Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery: A Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized Trial. Dis Colon Rectum, 2008;51(6):818-26.

118. Enker WE, Martz J, Picon A, Wexner SD, Fleshman JW, Koulos, J and Goldman, N. An Incremental Step in Patient Safety: Reducing the risk of retained foreign body by the use of an integrated laparotomy pad/retractor. Surg Innov 2008;15:203-207.

119. Auman JT, Church R, Lee Soo-Youn, Watson MA, Fleshman JW, Mcleod HL, Celecoxibpre-treatment in human colorectal adenocarcinoma patients is associated with gene expression alterations suggestive of diminished cellular proliferation. Eur J Cancer. 2008 Aug;44(12):1754-60.

120. Glasgow SC, Birnbaum EH, Kodner IJ, Fleshman JW, Dietz DW. Recurrence and quality of life following perineal proctectomy for rectal prolapse. J Gastrointest Surg. 2008 Aug;128):1446-51. Epub 2008 May 31.

121. Schwarz JK, Siegel BA, Dehdashti F, Myerson RJ, Fleshman JW, Grigsby PW. Tumor response and survival predicted by post-therapy FDG-PET/CT in anal cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 May 1;71(1):180-6. Epub 2007 Nov 8.

122. Ross HM, Simmang CL, Fleshman JW, Marcello PW. Adoption of Laparoscopic Colectomy


Results and Implications of ASCRS Hands-on Course Participation. Surg Innov, 2008; 15:179-183.

123. Fleshman JW. Pyogenic Complications of Crohn’s disease, evaluation, and management. J Gastrointestinal Surg 2008;12(12):2160-3.

124. Chung TP, Fleshman JW, Birnbaum EH, Hunt SR, Dietz DW, Read TE, Mutch MG. Laparoscopic vs. open total abdominal colectomy for severe colitis: impact on recovery and subsequent completion restorative proctectomy. Dis Colon Rectum. 2009 Jan;52(1)4-10.

125. Fleshman JW. Total number of lymph nodes as a quality of care measure for stage III colon cancer: is it reliable as a quality indicator? Ann Surg. 2009;249(4):564.

126. RJ Myerson, ED Outlaw, A Chang, EH Birnbaum, Fleshman JW, PW Grigsby, IJ Kodner, RS Malyapa, MG Mutch, J Picus, BR Tan. Radiation Therapy for Epidermoid Carcinoma of the Anus: A Thirty Year Experience. Int J Rad Onc Biol. Phys, 75(2), 428-35, 2009.

127. Mutch MG, Schoen RE, Fleshman JW, Rall CJ, Dry S, Seligson D, Charabaty A, Chia D, Umar A, Viner J, Hawk E, Pinsky PF. A multicenter study of prevalence and risk factors for aberrant crypt foci. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009 May;7(5):568-74.

128. Finan, KR, Lewis JS, Winslow, E, Mutch, MG. Birnbaum, EH., Fleshman, JW. Ex Vivo Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in Patients Undergoing Proctectomy for Rectal Cancer. Dis Colon Rectum. pg. 243-250, 2010.

129. Fracasso PM, Williams KJ, Chen RC, Picus J, Ma CX, Ellis MJ, Tan BR, Pluard TJ, Adkins DR, Naughton MJ, Rader JS, Arquette MA, Fleshman JW, Creekmore AN, Goodner SA, Wright LP, Guo Z, Ryan CE, Tao Y, Soares EM, Cai SR, Lin L, Dancey J, Rudek MA,McLeod HL, Piwnica-Worms H. A Phase 1 study of UCN-01 in combination with irinotecanin patients with resistant solid tumor malignancies. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol.2011 Jun;67(6):1225-37.

130. Fajardo AD, Chun J, Stewart D, Safar B, Fleshman JW. 1.5:1 Meshed AlloDerm Bolsters for Stapled Rectal Anastomoses Does Not Provide Any Advantage in Anastomotic Strength in a Porcine Model. Surg Innov. 2011 18:1.

131. Cellini C, Safar B, Fleshman J. Surgical management of pyogenic complications of Crohn's disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2010 Mar;16(3):512-7.

132. Bennett-Guerrero E, Pappas TN, Koltun WA, Fleshman JW, Lin M, Garg J, Mark DB, Marcet JE, Remzi FH, George VV, Newland K, Corey GR; SWIPE 2 Trial Group. Gentamicin-collagen sponge for infection prophylaxis in colorectal surgery. N Engl J Med. 2010 Sep 9;363(11):1038-49.

133. Fajardo AD, Dharmarajan S, George V, Hunt SR, Birnbaum EH, Fleshman JW, Mutch MG. Laparoscopic versus open 2-stage ileal pouch: laparoscopic approach allows for faster restoration of intestinal continuity. J Am Coll Surg. 2010 Sep;211(3):377-83.

134. Awad MM, Fleshman JW. Robot-assisted surgery and health care costs. N Engl J Med.2010 Nov 25;363(22):2174-5.

135. Rivet EB, Mutch MG, Ritter JH, Khan AA, Lewis JS, Winslow E, Fleshman JW. Ex vivosentinel lymph node mapping in laparoscopic resection of colon cancer. Colorectal Dis. 2011 Nov;13(11):1249-55.

136. Cellini C, Hunt SR, Fleshman JW, Birnbaum EH, Bierhals AJ, Mutch MG. Stage IV rectal cancer with liver metastases: is there a benefit to resection of the primary tumor? World J Surg. 2010 May;34(5):1102-8.

137. Loungnarath R, Mutch MG, Birnbaum EH, Read TE, Fleshman JW. Laparoscopic colectomy using cancer principles is appropriate for colonoscopically unresectable adenomas of the colon. Dis Colon Rec. 2010 Jul;53(7):1017-22.

138. Baik SH, Gincherman M, Mutch MG, Birnbaum EH, Fleshman JW. Laparoscopic vs open resection for patients with rectal cancer: comparison of perioperative outcomes and long term survival. Dis Colon Rec. 2011 JAN:54(1);6-20.

139. Fajardo AD, Chun J, Stewart D, Safar B, Fleshman JW. 1.5:1 meshed AlloDerm bolsters for stapled rectal anastomoses does not provide any advantage in anastomotic strength in a porcine model. Surg Innov. 2011 Mar;18(1):21-8.

140. Tan BR1, Thomas F, Myerson RJ, Zehnbauer B, Trinkaus K, Malyapa RS, Mutch MG, Abbey EE, Alyasiry A, Fleshman JW, McLeod HL. Thymidylate Synthase Genotype-Directed Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for Patients With Rectal Adenocarcinoma. J Clin Oncol. 2011


Mar 1;29(7):875-83. 141. Carvalho L, Yu J, Schwartsmann G, McLeod HL, Fleshman JW. RNA expression of the

molecular signature genes for metastasis in colorectal cancer. Oncol Rep. 2011 May;25(5)1321-7.

142. Dharmarajan S, Hunt Steven, Birnbaum E, Fleshman JW, Mutch M. The Efficacy of Nonoperative Management of Acute Complicated Diverticulitis. Dis Colon Rec. 2011 Jun 54(6):663-71(6).

143. Dharmarajan S, Shuai D, Fajardo AD, Birnbaum EH, Hunt SR, Mutch MG, Fleshman JW, Lin AY. Clinically Enlarged Lateral Pelvic Lymph Nodes Do Not Influence Prognosis afterNeoadjuvant Therapy and TME in Stage III Rectal Cancer. J Gastrointest Surg. 2011 Aug;15(8):1368-74. Epub 2011 May 2.

144. Fleshman JW. Should we, not could we? A commentary on "Pyloric valve transposition as substitute for a colostomy in humans: a preliminary report". Am J Surg. 2011 Oct;202(4):417-8.

145. Thomas F, Motsinger-Reif AA, Hoskins JM, Dvorak A, Roy S, Alyasiri A, Myerson RJ, Fleshman JW, Tan BR, McLeod HL.. Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genetic polymorphisms and toxicity to 5-FU-based chemoradiation in rectal cancer. Br J Cancer. 2011 Nov 22;105(11):1654-62.

146. Fajardo AD1, Amador-Ortiz C, Chun J, Stewart D, Fleshman JW. Evaluation of bioabsorbable seamguard for staple line reinforcement in stapled rectal anastomoses. Surg Innov. 2012 Sep;19(3):288-94.

147. Fleshman JW. Learning to Recycle: Comment on Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Morbidity After Elective Left Colectomy. Arch Surg. 2011 Oct;146(10):1156..

148. Patel J, Fleshman JW, Hunt S, Safar B, Birnbaum E, Lin A, Mutch M. Is an Elective Diverting Colostomy Warranted in Patients With an Endoscopically Obstructing Rectal Cancer Before Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy? Dis Colon Rectum. 2012 Mar 55(3): 249-255.

149. Manwaring M, Ko Clifford Y, Fleshman JW, Beck D, Schoetz D, Senagore A, Ricciardi R, Temple L, Morris A, Delaney C. Identification of Consensus-Based Quality End Points for Colorectal Surgery. Dis Colon Rec. 2012 Mar 55(3): 294-301.

150. Fajardo AD, Tan B, Reddy R, Fleshman JW. Delayed repeated intraperitoneal chemotherapy after cytoreductive surgery for colorectal and appendiceal carcinomatosis. Dis Colon Rectum. 2012; 55(10): 1044-1052.

151. de Montbrun SL, Roberts PL, Lowry AC, Ault GT, Burnstein MJ, Cataldo PA, Dozois EJ, Dunn GD, Fleshman JW, Isenberg GA, Mahmoud NN, Reznick RK, Satterthwaite L, Schoetz D Jr, Trudel JL, Weiss EG, Wexner SD, Macrae H. A Novel Approach to Assessing Technical Competence of Colorectal Surgery Residents: The Development and Evaluation of the Colorectal Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skill (COSATS). Ann Surg. 2013 Dec;258(6):1001-6

152. Strouch MJ, Zhou G, Fleshman JW, Birnbaum EH, Hunt ST, Mutch MG. Time to Initiation of Postoperative Chemotherapy: An Outcome Measure for Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Resection for Rectal Cancer. Dis Colon Rectum. 2013; 56: 945-951

153. Berho M, Fleshman JW, Wexner SD, Botero-Anug AM, Pelled, D. Histopathological Advantages of Compression Ring Anastomosis Healing As Compared To Stapled Anastomosis In A Porcine Model: A Blinded Comparative Study. Dis Colon Rectum. 2014 Apr;57(4):506-13.

154. Dharmarajan S, Newberry EP, Montenego G, Nalbantoglu I, Davis VR, Clanahan MJ, Blanc V, Xie Y, Lou J, Fleshman JW, Kennedy S, Davidson NO. Liver Fatty Acid Binding Protein (L-Fabp) Modifies Intestinal Fatty Acid Composition and Adenoma Formation in ApcMin/+ Mice. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2013 Oct;6(10):1026-37

155. Fleshman JW. Multidisciplinary treatment of rectal cancer: the way of the future. Am J Surg 2013 Aug; 148(8):778

156. Crapko M, Fleshman JW. Minimally Invasive Surgery for Rectal Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2014 Jan;21(1):173-8.

157. Myerson RJ, Tan B, Hunt S, Olsen J, Birnbaum E, Fleshman JW, Gao F, Kodner I, Lockhart C, Mutch M, Naughton M, Picus J, Rigden C, Safar B, Sorscher S, Suresh R, Wang-Gillam A, Parikh P. Five Fractions of Radiotherapy Followed by Four Courses of FOLFOX


Chemotherapy as Preoperative Radiotherapy for Rectal Cancer. Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys. 2014 Vol 88 (4) 829-836.

158. Fleshman JW, Beck DE, Hyman N, Wexner SD, Bauer J, George V, PRISM Study Group, A Prospective. Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Study of Non-crosslinked Porcine Acellular Dermal Matrix Fascial Sublay for Parastomal Reinforcement in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Permanent Abdominal Wall Ostomies. Dis Colon Rectum, Accepted.

159. Monson JR, Sharma A, Dietz DW, Madoff RD, Fleshman JW, Greene FL, Wexner SD, Remzi FH. Optimizing rectal cancer management: analysis of current evidence. Dis Colon Rectum. 2014 Feb;57(2):252-9.

160. Klos CL1, Safar B, Jamal N, Hunt SR, Wise PE, Birnbaum EH, Fleshman JW, Mutch MG, Dharmarajan S. Obesity increases risk for pouch-related complications following restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA). J Gastrointest Surg. 2014 Mar;18(3):573-9

161. Klos CL, Montenegro G, Jamal N, Wise PE, Fleshman JW, Safar B, Dharmarajan S. Segmental versus extended resection for sporadic colorectal cancer in young patients. J Surg Oncol 2014 Sep;110(3):328-32

162. Monson JR, Probst CP, Wexner SD, Remzi FH, Fleshman JW, Garcia-Aguilar J, Chang GJ, Dietz DW, Failure of evidence-based cancer care in the United States: the association between rectal cancer treatment, cancer center volume, and geography, Ann Surg 2014 Oct; 260(4):625-31

163. Fleshman JW. MD: a conversation with the editor. Baylor University Medical Center

Proceedings. 2014 Jul; Vol.27(3), pp. 263-75

164. Agarwal S, Gincherman M, Birnbaum E, Fleshman JW, Mutch M. Comparison of long-term

follow up of laparoscopic versus colon cancer. Baylor Proceedings 2015 July; Volume 28,

Number 3 165. Smallwood NR, Fleshman JW, Leeds SG, Burdick JS. The use of endoluminal vacuum (E-

Vac) therapy in the management of upper gastrointestinal leaks and perforations. Surgical Endoscopy 2015 Sep 30

166. James Fleshman MD, Megan Branda MS, Daniel J Sargent PhD, Anne Marie Boller MD, Virgilio George MD, Maher Abbas MD, Walter R Peters Jr MD, Dipen Maun MD, George Chang MD, Alan Herline MD, Alessandro Fichera MD, Matthew Mutch MD, Steven Wexner MD, Mark Whiteford MD, John Marks MD, Elisa Birnbaum MD, David Margolin MD, David Larson MD, Peter Marcello MD, Mitchell Posner MD, Thomas Read MD, John Monson MD, Sherry M Wren MD, Peter WT Pisters MD, Heidi Nelson MD. Effect of laparoscopic-assisted resection vs open resection of stage II-III rectal cancer on pathologic outcomes: the ACOSOG Z6051 randomized clinical trial. Jama 2015 Oct 6;314(13):1346-55.

167. Richardson B, Preskitt J, Lichliter W, Peschka S, Carmack S, De Prisco G, Fleshman JW. The effect of Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDT) for rectal cancer on delivery of care and patient outcome: Has the use of MDT for rectal cancer effected the utilization of available resources, proportion of patients meeting the standard of care, and does this translate into changes in patient outcome? The American Journal of Surgery 2015.

168. Abbas M.A., Chang G.J., Read T.E., Rothenberger D.A., Garcia-Aguilar J., Peters W., Monson J.R., Sharma A., Dietz D. W., Madoff R.D., Fleshman J.W., Greene F.L., Wexner S.D., Remzi F.H. Optimizing rectal cancer management: Analysis of current evidence. Dis Colon Rectum. 2014; 57(2):252-259.

169. Rickles A.S., Dietz D.W., Chang G.J., Wexner S.D., Berho M.E., Remzi F.H., Greene F.L., Fleshman J.W., Abbas M.A., Peters W., Noyes K., Monson J.R., Fleming F.J. High rate of positive circumferential resection margins following rectal cancer surgery: A call to action. Ann Surg. 2015; 262(6):891-898.

170. Agarwal S., Gincherman M., Birnbaum E., Fleshman J.W., Mutch M. Comparision of long-term follow up of laparoscopic versus open colectomy for transverse colon cancer. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent).2015;28(3):296-299.

171. Fleshman J. Considering standards of care for anal cancer. JAMA Surg. 2015;150(6):569. 172. Beck D.E. Dr. James W. Fleshman and Dr. Warren E. Lichliter. Clin Colon Rectal Surg.

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173. Fleshman J.W., Smallwood N. Current concepts in rectal cancer. Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2015;28(1):5-11.

174. Fleshman J.W., Lichliter W.E. Rectal cancer, Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2015;28(1):3-4. 175. Hakiman H., Pendola M., Fleshman J.W. Replacing transanal excision with transanal

endoscopic microsurgery and/or transanal minimally invasive surgery for early rectal cancer. Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2015;28(1):38-42.

176. Patel A., Franko E.R., Jr., Fleshman J.W. Utilizing the multidisciplinary team for planning and monitoring care and quality improvement. Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2015;28(1):12-20.

177. Weaver K.L., Grimm L.M., Jr., Fleshman J.W. Changing the way we manage rectal cancer-standardizing tme from open to robotic (including laparoscopic). Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2015;28(1):28-37.

178. Fleshman J.W., Beck D.E., Hyman N., Wexner S.D., Bauer J., George V. A prospective, multicenter, randomized, controlled study of non-cross-linked porcine acellular dermal matrix fascial sublay for parastomal reinforcement in patients undergoing surgery for permanent abdominal wall ostomies. Dis Colon Rectum. 2014;57(5):623-631.

179. Shogan B.D., An G.C., Schardey H.M., Matthews J.B., Umanskiy K., Fleshman J.W., Jr., Hoeppner J., Fry D.E., Garcia-Granereo E., Jeekel H., van Goor H., Dellinger E.P., Konda V., Gilbert J.A., Auner G.W., Alverdy J.C. Proceedings of the first international summit on intestinal anastomotic leak, Chicago, Illinois, October 4-5, 2012. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2014;15(5):479-489.

180. Fleshman J., Branda M., Sargent D.J., Boller A.M., George V., Abbas M., Peters W.R., Jr., Maun D., Chang G., Herline A., Fichera A., Mutch M., Wexner S., Whiteford M., Marks J., Birnbaum E., Margolin D., Larson D., Marcello P., Posner M., Read T., Monson J., Wren S.M., Pisters P.W., Nelson H. Effect of laparoscopic-assisted resection vs open resection of stage ii or iii rectal cancer on pathologic outcomes: The acosog z6051 randomized clinical trail. JAMA. 2015;314(13):1346-1355.

181. Hassan I., Wise P.E., Margolin D.A., Fleshman J.W. The role of transanal surgery in the management of t1 rectal cancers. J. Gastrointest Surg. 2015;19(9):1704-1712.

182. Fleshman J, Current Status of Minimally Invasive Surgery for Rectal Cancer. J Gastrointest Surg. 2016 May;20(5), 1056-64.

Non Peer Reviewed: 1. Fry RD, Fleshman JW, Kodner IJ. Letter to Editor: Effect of perioperative transfusion on

recurrence of Crohn's disease. Lancet 2:1048, 1989. 2. Kodner IJ, Fry RD, Fleshman JW. The surgical management of inflammatory bowel disease.

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology 6:547-55, 1990. 3. Fry RD, Fleshman JW, Kodner IJ. Adjuvant radiation therapy for rectal carcinoma. Seminars

in Colon & Rectal Surgery 1:37-43, 1990. 4. Fleshman JW. Follow-up after resection of colorectal cancer. Ostomy Quarterly 28:62-

4,1991. 5. Fleshman JW. Loop ileostomy. Surgical Rounds Feb. 1992; 129-140. 6. Fleshman JW. The medical community contact program: a physician's viewpoint. The

Phoenix 6:6;pg.2,July 1992. 7. Fleshman JW. Anorectal motor physiology and pathophysiology. Surgical Clinics of North

America 73:6;1245-1265, 1993. 8. Fry RD, Cohen AM, Fleshman JW, Vernava AM III. Coloanal anastomosis (expert

exchange). Perspectives in Colon & Rectal Surgery 1994;7:59-70. 9. Jager RM, Ballantyne GH, Fleshman JW, Franklin ME. The technical nuances in

laparoscopic colorectal surgery. (symposium) Contemporary Surgery 1994;45:6:355-369. 10. Fleshman JW, What's new in colon and rectal surgery. Bulletin of American College

ofSurgeons; 1995;80:1-4. 11. Fleshman JW. The decreasing need for ostomies in patients with colorectal cancer. Ostomy

International 16:1;9, 1995. 12. Ogunbiyi OA, Fleshman JW. Colorectal Cancer and Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery in the

Elderly Patient. Problems in General Surgery 1996;13:3;154-162. 13. Fleshman JW. Pouchitis. Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery 7:2;1-9, 1996.


14. Ogunbiyi, OA, Fleshman JW. Obstructed defecation: definitions and management options. Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery vol. 7, no. 3 (Sept) 1996:149-159.

15. Read TE, Fleshman JW. Outcomes: assessing the effectiveness of fecal incontinence therapy. Seminars in Colon & Rectal Surgery 1997;8(2):121-5.

16. Ogunbiyi OA, Fleshman JW. Colon cancer and laparoscopic colorectal surgery in the elderly. IN:Zenilman MA(ed), Problems in General Surgery 1997;30:154-162.

17. Ogunbiyi OA, Fleshman JW. The limitations and disadvantages of radionuclide scintigraphy. Seminars in Colon & Rectal Surgery 1997;8(3):1-3.

18. Nelson H, Beart RW Jr, Bleday R, Fleshman JW, Franklin ME Jr, Milsom JW, Ota D. The role of laparoscopic surgery in the treatment of colonic disease (symposium). Contemporary Surgery 1998;53(6):407-419.

19. Fleshman JW. Complications of ostomy construction. Ostomy Quarterly 1998 (Jan). 20. Fleshman JW. Choosing a surgeon. Ostomy Quarterly 1998 (Jan). 21. Fleshman JW, Lee RA, Madoff RD, Pemberton JH. Panel presentation: Current

understanding of anal continence/incontinence. J Pelvic Surgery 1998;4(3):1-12. 22. Fleshman JW (ed). Laparoscopic colorectal surgery. Seminars in Colon & Rectal Surgery

W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia; Vol. 10, No. 2, June 1999. 23. Fleshman JW. Advanced technology in the management of hemorrhoids: stapling, laser,

harmonic scalpel, and ligature. J Gastrointestinal Surgery 2002;6:299-301. 24. Ramamoorthy SL, Fleshman JW. Surgical treatment of rectal cancer. Hematol Oncol Clin

North Am, 2002 Aug;16(4):927-46. 25. Myerson R, Zobeiri I, Birnbaum E, Dietz D, Fleshman JW, Kodner I, Picus J, Ratkin G Early

results from a phase I/II radiation dose-escalation study with concurrent amifostine and infusional 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy for preoperative treatment of unresectable or locally recurrent rectal carcinoma. Semin Oncol 2002 Dec;29(6 Suppl 19):29-33.

26. Lowney J.K., Mutch M.G., Fleshman JW. Laparoscopic Colectomy in the Elderly: Is There a Benefit? IN: Seminars Colon and Rectal Surgery, David J. Schoetz, Jr., (ed), September 2003, Volume 14:129-139.

27. Loungnarath R, Fleshman JW. Hand-assisted laparoscopic colectomy techniques. Semin Laparoscopic Surgery, 2003, 10(4).

28. Safar B, and Fleshman JW. Laparoscopic Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer. Semin Colon Rectal Surg 21:75-80.

29. Nandakumar G, Fleshman JW. Laparoscopy for colon and rectal cancer. Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2010 Feb;23(1):51-8.

30. Nandakumar G, Fleshman JW. Laparoscopy for rectal cancer. Surg Oncol Clin N Am.2010 Oct;19(4):793-802.

31. Fleshman JW Jr., Getting Started in Clinical Research. Clinics in Colon and Rectal. 2011Jun;24(2).

32. Fleshman JW. The Impact of Professionalism. DCR 2011:54(3):267-274. 33. Fleshman JW. Laparoscopic Approaches in Oncology. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2013

Jan;22(1):xi. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2012.08.008. Epub 2012 Sep 19. 34. Grimm L, Fleshman JW. Modern rectal cancer surgery—Total mesorectal excision—The

standard of care. Seminars in Colon & Rectal Surgery. 2013 Sep; Vol. 24, Issue 3, Pages 125-131

35. Fleshman JW. James Walter Fleshman, Jr., MD: a conversation with the editor. Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings. 2014 Jul; Vol.27(3), pp. 263-75

36. Fleshman JW. James Walter Fleshman, Jr., MD: invited commentary. Jama Surgery. 2015 June; Vol.150(6), pp. 569

Books and Book Chapters:

1. Walz BJ, Fleshman JW. Adjunctive use of radiation therapy in rectal adenocarcinoma, IN: Colon, Rectal and Anal Surgery: Current Techniques and Controversies, Kodner IJ, Fry RD, Roe JP, (eds), CV Mosby, St. Louis, 1985, 204-217.

2. Kodner IJ, Fry RD, Fleshman JW. Low anterior resection of rectal cancer using the double stapling technique, IN: Surgical Profile, Merck, Sharp, and Dohme, 1987.

3. Kodner IJ, Fleshman JW, Fry Rd. Intestinal stomas, (pp. 1143-1173), IN: Maingot's


Abdominal Operations, 9th ed, (Schwartz SI, et al., eds), Appleton & Lange, Norwalk, CT,1989.

4. Fry RD, Fleshman JW, Kodner IJ. Cancer of Colon and Rectum. Clinical Symposia-CIBA, Ciba Foundation, Newark, NJ. 41:2-32, 1989.

5. Kodner IJ, Fleshman JW, Fry RD. Anal and rectal cancer: principles of management, (pp.1107-1117), IN: Maingot's Abdominal Operations, 9th ed, (Schwartz SI, et al., eds) Appleton & Lange, Norwalk, CT, 1989.

6. Fry RD, Fleshman JW, Kodner IJ. Sphincter-saving procedures for rectal cancer, (pp.1119-1130), IN: Maingot's Abdominal Operations, 9th ed, (Schwartz SI, et al., eds), Appleton & Lange, Norwalk, CT, 1989.

7. Fleshman JW, Kodner IJ, Fry RD. Total proctectomy for malignancy, (pp. 1131-1141), IN: Maingot's Abdominal Operations, 9th ed, (Schwartz SI, et al., eds), Appleton & Lange, Norwalk, CT, 1989.

8. Fry RD, Fleshman JW, Kodner IJ. Colorectal anastomosis for diverticulitis with phlegmon. Surgery Illustrated, Upjohn Company, 1990, 2-14.

9. Fleshman JW, Kodner IJ. Ostomy management, (pp. 380-383), IN: Current Therapy in Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, 3rd ed, (Bayless TM, ed), BC Decker, 1990.

10. Fleshman JW, Fry RD, Kodner IJ. Anal incontinence, (pp. 349-361), IN: Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 3rd ed, vol. l, (Zuidema GD, ed), WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1991. Page 31 of 34.

11. Kodner IJ, Fry RD, Fleshman JW. Intestinal stomas: their management, (pp. 65-167), IN: Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery, (Veidenheimer MC, ed), WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1991.

12. Fleshman JW, Fry RD, Kodner IJ. Nonneoplastic polyposis syndrome Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery (Timmcke AE, Gathright JB Jr., eds), 2:277-83.

13. Kodner IJ, Fry RD, Fleshman JW. Rectal prolapse and other pelvic floor abnormalities. IN Surgery Annual. Nyhus LM (ed.) Part2/Volume 24, Appleton & Lange, Norwalk, Connecticut 1992, pp 157-190.

14. Kodner IJ, Fry RD, Fleshman JW. Surgical management of Crohn's disease, (Chapter 31,pp. 615-42) IN Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Current Topics in Gastroenterology series, MacDermott RP, Stenson WF, (eds), Elsevier Science Publishing, New York, 1992.

15. Kodner IJ, Fry RD, Fleshman JW. Colorectal Tumors. IN: Current Surgical Therapy, Cameron JL (ed.), 4th ed., Mosby-Year Book, St. Louis, 1992, pp. 191-203.

16. Fleshman JW, Fry RD, Kodner IJ. The surgical management of constipation. IN: Henry Mm (ed.), Anorectal Disorders. Balliere's Clinical Gastroenterology, Vol. 6, no. 1.BalliereTindall, London, 1992, 145-161.

17. Fleshman JW. Fissure in Ano and Anal Stenosis. IN: Fundamentals of Anorectal Surgery. Beck DE, Wexner SD (eds.) McGraw-Hill, Inc., Chapter 12, pp. 170-182, 1992.

18. Kodner IJ, Fry RD, Fleshman JW, Birnbaum EH. Colon, Rectum, and Anus. IN: Schwartz SI (ed.), Principles of Surgery, 6th edition, Chapter 26, pp 1191-1306,McGraw-Hill, New York, NY 1993.

19. Birnbaum EH, Fleshman JW,. Anal Manometry. IN: Kuijpers HC (ed.), Colorectal physiology and fecal incontinence, CRC Press, Boca Raton 1993, 111-118.

20. Fleshman JW, Soper NJ. Medical management of benign anal disease. IN: Quigley EMM, Sorrell MF (eds), Medical care of the gastrointestinal surgical patient, Williams &Wilkins, Baltimore pp. 391-410, 1994.

21. Fleshman JW. Credentialing for laparoscopic colorectal surgery. IN: Jager RM, Wexner SD (eds), Laparoscopic colorectal surgery. pp 299-300, Churchill-Livingstone, New York 1995.

22. Fleshman JW. Ostomies. IN: Hicks TC, Beck DE, Opelka FG, Timmcke AE (ed),Complications of colon and rectal surgery, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD; 1996, 357-381.

23. Fleshman JW, Kodner IJ, Fry RD, Birnbaum EH. Anal incontinence. IN: Zuidema G (ed),Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, pp 386-401, 4th ed; WB Saunders, Philadelphia; 1996.

24. Fleshman JW. Fecal incontinence: etiology and evaluation. IN: Brubaker LT, Saclarides TJ (eds), The Female Pelvic Floor: Disorders of Function and Support. F.A. Davis Co.,


Philadelphia, PA, 1996:208-213. 25. Fleshman JW, Kodner IJ. Rectal cancer: transrectal ultrasound staging and endocavitary

irradiation. IN: Problems in General Surgery. Vol 12, No 4, pp 18-26, Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia, 1996.

26. Jones DB, Fleshman JW. Laparoscopic approaches to rectal cancer. IN: Problems in General Surgery. Vol 12, No 4, pp 135-145, Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia,1996.

27. Wu J, Fleshman JW. Colorectal Surgery, IN: Laparoscopic Surgery Principles and Procedures, Quality Medical Publishing, 1997:258-287.

28. Fleshman JW, Kuijpers HC. Pelvic Floor Abnormalities and Disordered Defecation, IN: Schwartz SI (ed), Maingot’s Abdominal Operations, 10th ed, Appleton & Lange, Stamford, CT 1997:1417-1435.

29. Fleshman JW. Fissure-in-ano and anal stenosis. (Chapter 14). IN: Beck DA, Wexner SD eds), Fundamentals of Anorectal Surgery. WB Saunders, Ltd., London; 1998:209-224.

30. Fleshman JW, Aliperti G (eds). The Year Book of Gastroenterology: a medical-surgical approach. Mosby, St. Louis; 1998.

31. Fleshman JW. The colon (chapter 4). IN: Fleshman JW, Aliperti G (eds). The Year Book of Gastroenterology: a medical-surgical approach. Mosby, St. Louis; 1998, pp 73-147.

32. Conde SM, Fleshman JW. Laparoscopic colon resection. IN: Cameron JL (ed), Current Surgical Therapy 6th ed; Mosby, Philadelphia; 1998:1195-1201.

33. Yee LF, Fleshman JW. Complication report: Current concepts in pouchitis. IN: Schrock TR (ed), Perspectives in Colon & Rectal Surgery, Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers, New York; 1998;11(1):71-82.

34. Kodner IJ, Fry RD, Fleshman JW, Birnbaum EH, Read TE. Colon, Rectum and Anus Chapter 26). IN: Schwartz SI (ed), Principles of Surgery, 7th ed; McGraw-Hill, New York,1999; pp 1265-1382.

35. Jones DB, Fleshman JW. Port site recurrence controversy: animal and bench-top research data. IN: Wexner SD (ed), Protocols in General Surgery: Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery; Wiley-Liss, New York; 1999:359-377.

36. Fleshman JW. Laparoscopic management of colonic volvulus. IN: Stamos MJ (ed), Colonic Volvulus. Seminars in Colon & Rectal Surgery, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia; Vol. 10, No.3, September 1999:1-4.

37. Fleshman JW. Pathogenesis: tumor cell lines and application in experimental animal studies (Chapter 7). IN: Reymond MA, Bonjer HJ, Koeckerling F (eds), Port-site and wound recurrences in cancer surgery. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2000.

38. Lawler LP, Fleshman JW. Solitary rectal ulcer, rectocele, hemorrhoids and pelvic pain. IN: Pemberton J, Swash M (eds), The Pelvic Floor, Harcourt Health Sciences, London; 2001356-382.

39. Thiele JW, Fleshman JW, Beck DE. Colorectal Surgery. IN: Laparoscopic Surgery, Principles and Procedures, second edition revised and expanded. Jones, DB, Wu, JS, Soper, NJ, (ed), Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2004, 327-358.

40. Read TE, Fleshman JW. Prevention and Treatment of Complications of Laparoscopic Intestinal Surgery. IN: Current Therapy in Colon and Rectal Surgery, Victor W. Fazio, James M. Church, Conor P. Delaney, (ed), Elsevier Mosby; 2005, 543-547.

41. Fleshman JW. Prevention and Management of Stoma Complications. IN: Current Therapy in Colon and Rectal Surgery, Victor W. Fazio, James M. Church, Conor P. Delaney, (ed), Elsevier Mosby; 2005, 549-555.

42. Carvalho LP, Fleshman JW. Laparoscopic Enterostomies. IN: Mastery of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery, Nathaniel J. Soper, Lee L. Swanstrom, W. Stephen Eubanks, ed), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2005, 470-477.

43. Fleshman JW, Senior Editor, The ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery. 2007. 44. Birnbaum EH, Fleshman JW, Kodner IJ, Read TE. Colorectum/Anus. IN: Doherty GM, Meko

J, Olson J, Peplinski G, Worrall N (eds). The Washington University Manual of Surgery, 2nd ed; Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 2009.

45. Ogunbiyi OA, Fleshman JW. Prevention and management of stoma complications. IN: Fazio VW, Church J (eds), Current therapy in colon and rectal surgery, 2/E; Mosby-Year Book, Philadelphia 2009.


46. Read TE, Fleshman JW. Prevention and treatment of complications in laparoscopic intestinal surgery. IN: Fazio VW, Church J (eds), Current therapy in colon and rectal surgery, 2/E, Mosby-Year Book, Philadelphia 2009.

47. Ogunbiyi OA, Fleshman JW. Place of laparoscopic surgery in Crohn’s disease. IN: Keighley MRB, Allan R (eds), Bailliere’s Clinical Gastroenterology, Harcourt Brace &Company, London 2009.

48. Nandakumar G and Fleshman JW, Laparoscopy for Colon and Rectal Cancer; Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery Vol 23 2010 number 1, page 51-8.

49. Wexner Steven, Fleshman JW Co-Editor. Colon and Rectal Surgery. Anorectal Operations. Wolters Kluwer. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2012.

50. Wexner Steven, Fleshman JW Co-Editor. Colon and Rectal Surgery. Abdominal Operations. Wolters Kluwer. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2012.

51. Fleshman JW, Birnbaum E, Hunt S, Mutch M, Kodner I, Safar B. Atlas of the Surgical Techniques for the Colon, Rectum, and Anus. Elsevier Saunders. 2012.

52. Fleshman JW, Barker A. Small Bowel Tumors. Clinical Decision Support. (submitted) 53. Fleshman JW, Tay R. Crohn's Disease (Chapter 19). IN: Anal Fistula: Principles and

Management Abcarian H (ed). Springer, New York, 2014, pp 139-157 54. Fleshman JW, Safar B. The Management of Toxic Megacolon. IN Cameron JL, Cameron AM,

Current Surgical Therapy Elsevier Saunders. 2013. 55. Fleshman JW, Smallwood N, Mutch, MG, The Failed Anastomosis (Chapter 18). IN:

Complexities in Colorectal Surgery. Springer, New York, 2014, pp.277-304 56. Fleshman JW . Laparoscopic Colon and Rectal Surgery. IN Cameron JL, Cameron AM,

Current Surgical Therapy Elsevier Saunders. 2013 57. Monson JR, Probst CP, Wexner SD, Remzi FH, Fleshman JW, Garcia-Aguilar J, Chang GJ,

Dietz DW; 2. Failure of evidence-based cancer care in the United States: the association between rectal cancer treatment, cancer center volume, and geography. Consortium for Optimizing the Treatment of Rectal Cancer (OSTRiCh). Ann Surg. 2014 Oct;260(4):625-32

58. Klos CL, Montenegro G, Jamal N, Wise PE, Fleshman JW, Safar B, Dharmarajan S., Segmental versus extended resection for sporadic colorectal cancer in young patients. Surg Oncol. 2014 Sep;110(3):328-32

59. Berho M, Wexner SD, Botero-Anug AM, Pelled D, Fleshman JW. Histopathologic advantages of compression ring anastomosis healing as compared with stapled anastomosis in a porcine model: a blinded comparative study. Dis Colon Rectum. 2014 Apr;57(4):506-13

60. Klos CL, Safar B, Hunt SR, Wise PE, Birnbaum EH, Mutch MG, Fleshman JW, Dharmarajan S. Accordion complication grading predicts short-term outcome after right colectomy. J Surg Res. 2014 Aug;190(2):510-6

61. Hakiman H, Boostrom S, Fleshman JW. Total Mesorectal Excision with Autonomic Nerve Preservation: “Optimized Surgery”. Modern Management of Cancer of the Rectum, Springer London. 2014

62. Fleshman JW, Boostrom S, Caton G, Robotic Rectopexy. Robotic Approaches to Colorectal Surgery 2015

63. Fleshman JW, Caton G, The Evolution of Evaluation and Management of Urinary/Fecal Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Part I. Current Problems in Surgery 2015 February; Volume 52 Number 2 pg 1-75

64. Hakiman H, Pendola M, Fleshman JW, Replacing Transanal Excision with Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery and/or Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery for Early Rectal Cancer. Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery 28:1 2015 Mar pg 38-42

65. Weaver KL, Grimm LM, Fleshman JW, Changing the Way We Manage Rectal Cancer-Standardizing TME from Open to Robotic (Including Laparoscopic). Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery 28:1 2015 Mar pg 28-37

66. Patel A, Franko ER, Fleshman JW, Utilizing the multidisciplinary team for planning and monitoring care and quality improvement. Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery 28:1 2015 Mar pg 12-20

67. Fleshman JW, Smallwood N, Current concepts in rectal cancer. Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery 28:1 2015 Mar pg 5-11

68. Fleshman JW, Lichliter WE, Rectal cancer. Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery 28:1 2015


Mar pg 3-4 69. Fleshman JW, Caton G, The Evolution of Evaluation and Management of Urinary/Fecal

Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Part II. Current Problems in Surgery 2015 March; Volume 52 Number 3 pg 77-136

70. Steele SR, Varma MG, Prichard D, Bharucha AE, Vogler SA, Erdogan A, Rao SS, Lowry AC, Lange EO, Hall GM, Bleier JI, Senagore AJ, Maykel J, Chan SY, Paquette IM, Audett MC, Bastawrous A, Umamaheswaran P, Fleshman JW, Caton G, O'Brien BS, Nelson JM, Steiner A, Garely A, Noor N, Desrosiers L, Kelley R, Jacobson NS. The evolution of evaluation and management of urinary or fecal incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. Curr Probl Surg. 2015

Mar;52(3):92-136 71. James Fleshman MD. Is it time for an alternative training pathway to become a board

certified colon and rectal surgeon? Seminar in Colon & Rectal Surgery 2015 September; Vol 26 Number 3

72. Fleshman JW, Boostrom S, Richards L. Management of Anastomotic Stricture. Gastrointestinal Surgery 2015

73. Fleshman JW, McFadden D, Matthews J, DeMeester S, 8th Edition of Shackelford’s Surgery of the Alimentary Tract.

74. Fleshman JW, Benign Anorectal Disease, Maingot’s Abdominal Operations Abstracts:

1. Lewis JS, Connett JM, Garbow JR, Buettner TL, Fujibayashi Y, Fleshman JW, Welch MJ.64Cu-PTSM for the prevention of tumor growth at wound sites following laparoscopic surgery: monitoring therapy response with microPET® and MRI1. Submitted Cancer Research – Experimental Therapeutics, 2001.

2. Fajardo AD, Hunt SR, Fleshman JW, Mutch MG. Transanal single-port low anterior resection in a cadaver model. Surg Endosc. 2010;24:1765.

3. Richardson B, Preskitt J, Lichliter W, Peschka S, Carmack S, De Prisco G, Fleshman JW. The effect of Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDT) for rectal cancer on delivery of care and patient outcome: Has the use of MDT for rectal cancer affected the utilization of available resources, proportion of patients meeting the standard of care, and does this translate into changes in patient outcome? The American Journal of Surgery Jan 2016; Vol. 211, 46-52.

4. Gentry L, Bennett M, Fleshman JW. Conscientiousness, Extroversion, & Psychological Well-Being Are Associated with Candidate Rank to a General Surgery Residency: An Exploratory Analysis. Journal of Surgery

5. Fleshman JW. Current Status of Minimally Invasive Surgery for Rectal Cancer. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery.

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