Cleveland Clinic Florida colorectal surgeon Steven Wexner, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS (Eng, Ed) Hon FRCS (I, Glasg) has been reappointed as Chair of the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC) a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Dr. Wexner currently serves as the Chair of the Department of Colorectal Surgery and Director of the Digestive Disease Institute at Cleveland Clinic Florida. He also is a clinical professor with Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University.
The NAPRC goal is to ensure patients with rectal cancer receive appropriate care using a multidisciplinary approach. The NAPRC is based on successful international models that emphasize program structure, patient care processes, performance improvement, and performance measures.
“Dr. Wexner continues to be at the forefront of advancing higher standards for rectal cancer,” said Conor P. Delaney, MD, PhD, CEO and President of Cleveland Clinic’s Florida region. “Through his commitment to high-quality care, Dr. Wexner continues to enhance the future of our practice with ongoing innovative medical solutions for all patients.”
A renowned surgeon, researcher and writer, Dr. Wexner was elected to the ACS Board of Regents in 2012 and currently serves as its Vice Chair. He is the founding Chair of the ACS Commission on Cancer (CoC) National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer, a member of the Executive Committee of the CoC, and served as President of the College’s South Florida Chapter (2000-2004). He also served as an ACS Governor (2000-2006), as Chair of the ACS Advisory Council for Colon and Rectal Surgery, and on both the ACSPA-SurgeonsPAC (2005-2011 and 2017-2023), and ACS Foundation Board (2020) among numerous other involvements with the ACS.
Dr. Wexner is an active member of 42 learned societies and has held more than 70 appointed or elected offices in these societies. He is a past-president of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (2011-2012), past-president of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Research Foundation (2014-2016), past-president of the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery (2011), and past-president of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (2006-2007). He is an honorary member of 30 surgical societies in 25 other countries or regions, has published over 800 peer-reviewed publications, and is Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious journal Surgery.
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