RussellMarsHowertonMD

General Surgery • Winston Salem, NC

Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

Professor of Surgery, Wake Forest University

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Office
S Hawthorne Rd
Winston Salem, NC 27157
Phone+1 336-716-2255

Fax+1 336-716-6637

Education & Training

Tufts Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1984 - 1989
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1983 - 1984
Vanderbilt University School of MedicineClass of 1983
Johns Hopkins UniversityB.A., With Honors, 1979

Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 1992 - 2025
FL State Medical License 2015 - 2017
OH State Medical License 1990 - 1992
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2010-2014
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Inpatient - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012
Best Doctors in America 2009
Chair Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center United Way Campaign, 2008
Chair Elect Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center United Way Campaign, 2007
Elected member Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society(AOA) 2004
Certificates of Appreciation, Patient Relations Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, 2004
America's Top Surgeons-General Surgery 2002-03 Consumers Research Council of America Guide to America's Top Surgeons, 2002
Delegate, North Carolina Medical Society House of Delegates Forsyth-Stokes-Davie County Medical Society, 2001
Chosen Representative of NC Chapter American College of Surgeons-25th Annual Meeting of the Young Surgeon Representatives, 1997
Nominated for the Award for Teaching Excellence Bowman Gray School of Medicine, 1995
Delegate, North Carolina Medical Society House of Delegates-NC Chapter American College of Surgeons, 1995, 2002
Medical Foundation Teaching Scholar Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1995
Teaching Award Medical Student to House Staff, Tufts University School of Medicine, 1989
Outstanding Contribution to the Advanced Specialty Training Program in Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Boston University School of Medicine/VA Medical Center, 1989
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

77 citations
Phase II Randomized Trial of Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy to Decrease Surgical Site Infection in Patients Undergoing Laparotomy for Gastrointestinal, Pancreatic, an...
Perry Shen, Aaron U. Blackham, Stacey Lewis, Clancy J. Clark, Russell Howerton
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2017-04-01
106 citations
Modified Frailty Index Predicts Morbidity and Mortality After Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Harveshp Mogal, Sarah A. Vermilion, Rebecca M. Dodson, Fang-Chi Hsu, Russell Howerton
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2017-01-05
57 citations
Peritoneal surface disease from colorectal cancer: Comparison with the hepatic metastases surgical paradigm in optimally resected patients
Perry Shen, Kurt Thai, John H. Stewart, Russell Howerton, Brian W. Loggie
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2008-09-11

Journal Articles

Optimal Timing of Systemic Therapy in Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases
Ihemelandu C, Levine EA, Aklilu M, Yacoub G, Howerton RM, Bolemon B, Graham M, Russell G, Shen P, American Surgeon, 1/1/2013
Oncocytic Biliary Cystadenocarcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Bardin R, Trupiano J, Howerton R, Geisinger K, Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 11/1/2011
Peritoneal Surface Disease from Colorectal Cancer: Comparison with the Hepatic Metastases Surgical Paradigm in Optimally Resected Patients
Shen P, Kurt T, Stewart JH, Howerton RM, Loggie BW, Russell GB, Levine EA, Annals of Surgical Oncology, 1/1/2008
Oncocytic Biliary Cystadenocarcinoma; A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Bardin RL,Trupiano JK Howerton RM, Geisinger K, Arch Pathol Lab Med, 1/1/2004
Surgical and Ablative Treatment for Metastatic Adenocarcinoma to the Liver from Unknown Primary Tumor
Hawksworth J, Geisinger K, Zagoria R, Kavanagh P, Howerton R, Levine E, Shen P, The American Surgeon, 1/1/2004
Irinotecan/Gemcitabine Followed by Twice-Weekly Gemacitabing/Radiation in Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Blackstock AW, Melin SA, Butler JM, Patton S, Pineau B, Albertson DA, Howerton RM, Levine E, Oncology, 1/1/2002
Cryosurgery of Close or Postive Margins After Hepatic Resection for Primary and Metastatic Hepatobiliary Malignancies
Shen P, Hoffman A, Howerton R, Loggie BW, The American Surgeon, 1/1/2002
Accessory bile duct and laparoscopic cholangiography: Report of three cases
Kellam LG, Howerton RM, Goco IR, Nolan RE, The American Surgeon, 1/1/1996
Complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Ponsky JL, Howerton RM, Complications in Surgery, 1/1/1994
Papillo-choledochectomy in the operative management of mucosal neoplasms of the periampullary region Invited Commentary for Kasahara K, Saito K, Kondo Y, Yasuda T, Ya...
Howerton R, Williamson RCN, HPB Surgery, 1/1/1993
Prevention of complications in pancreatic surgery
Howerton RM, Williamson RCN, Somatostatin Analogues and the Gastrointestinal Tract, 1/1/1993
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (Letter)
Emberton M, Howerton RM, British Medical Journal, 1/1/1992
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Press Mentions

Pandemic Staffing Strategies Receive Accolades from Hospital EmployeesOctober 15th, 2021
Nationally-Recognized 'Best Hospital' Snags Award for Exceptional PAsDecember 19th, 2018
Errant Cancer Diagnosis, Unneeded Surgery Leave North Wilkesboro Woman with Pain, NumbnessMay 21st, 2018