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Office
14 Medical Park Drive
Asheville, NC 28803Phone+1 828-252-3366
Summary
- John Whitfield, MD, is a colon and rectal surgeon based in Asheville, NC, currently practicing at Mission Hospital and previously at Mercy Clinic Physicians. He completed his surgical residency at Carolinas Medical Center and specialized in colon and rectal surgery at Louisiana State University in Shreveport. Dr. Whitfield is a graduate of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, Class of 2007, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. His published research includes articles in prestigious journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine, Obesity Surgery, and the American Journal of Physiology, with several citations in other medical literature.
Education & Training
Carolinas Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2007 - 2012
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of MedicineClass of 2007
Louisiana State University (Shreveport)Residency, Colon and Rectal Surgery
Certifications & Licensure
NC State Medical License 2022 - 2025
MO State Medical License 2019 - 2023
GA State Medical License 2016 - 2019
SC State Medical License 2017 - 2019
TN State Medical License 2013 - 2019
LA State Medical License 2012 - 2013
American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery Colon & Rectal Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsImages in clinical medicine. Ileocecal intussusception.John D Whitfield, Gamal Mostafa
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2009-12-10 - 27 citationsAre African–Americans as Successful as Caucasians after Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass?Atul K. Madan, John D. Whitfield, John N. Fain, Bettina M. Beech, Craig A. Ternovits
Obesity Surgery. 2007-05-03 - 34 citationsCARBON MONOXIDE CONTRIBUTES TO HYPOTENSION-INDUCED CEREBROVASCULAR VASODILATION IN PIGLETSAlie Kanu, John D. Whitfield, Charles W. Leffler
American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 2006-06-02
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