Education &Training:

B.S., Washington & Lee University, 1987
M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD,1991
General Surgery Internship & Residency, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital,  Philadelphia, PA, 1991-1998
Fellowship, Colon & Rectal Surgery, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, 1999

Honors & Awards:

2010 Marquis Who's Who in America
Portland Monthly Magazine, "Top Doctors," 2005-2010
2008 Recipient of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Traveling Fellowship
2007 Recipient of the Society of the Alimentary Tract Traveling Fellowship in Surgical Endoscopy
Past President, Portland Surgical Society

Other Activities:

Medical Director, Colorectal Surgery Program, Providence Portland Medical Center
Clinical Associate Professor, Oregon Health & Sciences University
American College of Surgeons
Northwest Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons:

• Quality Assessment and Safety Committee
• Public Relations Committee
• Self-Assessment Committee

Invited faculty to national laparoscopic teaching seminars:

• American College of Surgeons
• Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
• American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons:

• Quality Assessment and Safety Committee
• Public Relations Committee
• Self-Assessment Committee

Clinical Research:

• American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z6041 Trial: "A Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation and Local Excision for uT2uN0 Rectal Cancer"
• American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z6051 Trial: "A Phase III Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Laparoscopic-assisted Resection Versus Open Resection for Rectal Cancer"

For more information on these trials, please contact Dr. Whiteford or www.acosog.org