Thomas Andrew Erchinger MD FACS, FASCRS, CPE
Colorectal Surgeon, Geisinger Health System Director, Rectal Cancer Program Champion, National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
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Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, 37-621000 East Mountain BoulevardWilkes-Barre, PA 18711
Phone+1 570-808-2340
Fax+1 570-808-7904
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Summary
- Certified by the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery and the American Board of Surgery, Dr. Erchinger is a colorectal surgeon with The Geisinger Clinic at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, PA. He specializes in treating benign and malignant diseases of the colon, rectum and anus including minimally invasive and robotic approaches.
Education & Training
American College of Physician ExecutivesCPE, Physician Leadership, 2006 - 2008
University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonResidency, Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2000 - 2001- Keesler Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1988 - 1993
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of MedicineClass of 1988- United States Air Force AcademyBS, Chemistry, Distinguished Graduate with Honors, 1980 - 1984
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 2016 - 2026
MS State Medical License 1990 - 2025
MD State Medical License 2016 - 2024
American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery Colon & Rectal Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Legion of Merit Department of Defense, 2015
- Named to “America’s Top Surgeons” Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2007
- Andrew C. Ruoff, III Travel Award recipient Uniformed Services University Surgical Associates, 1999
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Pilonidal disease of the anterior perineum: an unusual presentation and review of current practice guidelines.David Matera, Kelcie Lushefski, Thomas Erchinger
Wounds. 2023-03-01 - 5 citationsIncidence of polyp formation following bariatric surgery.Andrew C. Droney, William Sellers, Anjuli Gupta, Kelly Rose Johnson, Marcus Fluck
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2021-10-01 - 1 citationsImprovement in Pathology Lymph Node Harvesting Guideline Adherence for Colorectal Cancer.Kelly A. Carman, Alanna Gretschel, Renee Frank, James Dove, Joseph P. Bannon
The American Surgeon. 2018-08-01
Abstracts/Posters
- “Castleman’s Disease Presenting as a Dumbbell Tumor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature"Erchinger TA, Poster presentation at the 60th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Southeast Surgical Congress; Meeting of the Society of Air Force Clinical Surgeons, 1/1/1992
Lectures
- “Distributed Human Patient Simulator: AFMS Vision for Medical Modeling and Simulation"11/12/2007
- “The Expert Review"12/2/2005
- “Joint Theater Trauma Registry"10/31/2005
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Press Mentions
Surgical Redesign Delivers Earlier DischargesJanuary 10th, 2019
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Fellow
- Member
- Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic SurgeonsMember
- Excelsior Surgical SocietyMember
- Pennsylvania Society of Colon and Rectal SurgeonsMember
- Association of Military Surgeons of the United StatesMember
External Links
- Geisinger Health Systemhttp://www.geisinger.org
- Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Centerhttp://www.geisinger.org/for-patients/locations-directions/gwv/
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