Kent W Kercher MD

Professor of Surgery, Chief - Minimal Access Surgery, Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs

Summary

Kent W. Kercher, MD, is a general surgeon based in Charlotte, NC and Professor of Surgery at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He completed a fellowship in minimally invasive surgery at UMass Memorial Medical Center after his surgical residency at Carolinas Medical Center. Dr. Kercher earned his medical degree with Distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. He holds a BA in Political Science from Davidson College. His expertise includes minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery, hernia repair, complex abdominal wall reconstruction, laparoscopic adrenalectomy and laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy for kidney transplantation. He has published over 175 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts and 16 book chapters in the fields of minimally invasive surgery, advanced laparoscopy, abdominal wall reconstruction, wound care, biomaterials for hernia repair, and solid organ surgery.