Dennis G. Begos, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S.

Mobile:781-***-****

ac9tmx@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Driven, results-oriented surgeon with over 20 years of clinical experience in both academic and community hospitals. Excellent communicator and team-leader. Held numerous key leadership positions, including Medical Staff President and Chair of Surgery. Extensive experience with teaching and medical writing. Significant experience with Quality and Patient Safety analysis and reporting.

Current Positions

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Tufts University School of Medicine

General and Colorectal Surgeon, Partner July 1998-present

Commonwealth Colon and Rectal Surgery

Administrative Positions (Local)

Medical Staff President, Winchester Hospital, 1/2016-12/2017

Chair, Medical Executive Committee 1/2016-12/2017

Chair, Department of Surgery, Winchester Hospital, 1/2007- 12/2016

Board member, Lahey Clinical Performance Network, 1/2018-10/2018

Member, Winchester-Lahey Physician Leadership Council, 1/2016-12/2017

Chair, Operating Room Committee, Winchester Hospital, 1/2007- 3/2009

Chief, Division of General Surgery, Winchester Hospital, 12/2001-1/2007, 9/2007-5/2018

Member, Medical Executive Committee, Winchester Hospital, 7/06- 5/2018

Administrative Positions (National)

Professional Outreach Committee, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, September 2017-present, July 2007-July 2010

Senior examiner (Oral exams), American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery. September 2017-present.

Associate examiner (Oral exams), American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery. September 2014-2017.

Associate member, Written Examination Committee, American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery. October 2012-present.

Young Surgeons Committee, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. July, 2003-June 2009

Self Assessment Committee, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. July, 2007- December 2015

Reviewer, Selected Abstracts. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, March 2008-June 2011

Manuscript reviewer, Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, Surgical Endoscopy

Board/Licensure Status

Licensed in Massachusetts #150***-****-present

Board Certified, American Board of Surgery, September 1997. #42460

Recertified, November 2007.

Board Certified, American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Sept. 1998. #1428. Recertified, June, 2008, 2018

Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS) since October, 2000

Fellow, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (FASCRS) since June, 2002

Postgraduate Training/Experience

1996-1997 Fellow, Colon and Rectal Surgery

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, OH

1995-1996 Chief Resident, General Surgery

Administrative Chief Resident

Instructor in General Surgery

Resident Representative, Surgical Education Committee

Yale University School of Medicine

Yale-New Haven Hospital

New Haven, CT

1994-1995 Resident, General Surgery

Resident Representative, Surgical Education Committee

Yale University School of Medicine

Yale-New Haven Hospital

1993-1994 Teaching Assistant in General Surgery

Laparoscopic Surgery and Colonoscopy Fellow

Research Fellow in General Surgery

Gastrointestinal Surgery Pathobiology Research Group

Department of Surgery

Yale University School of Medicine

1990-1993 Resident, General Surgery

Yale-New Haven Hospital

Education

1990 M.D.

New York Medical College

Valhalla, New York

Graduated #4 in class

1984-1986 Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Dublin, Ireland

1984 B.S. (Neuroscience)

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York

1980 Iona Preparatory School

New Rochelle, NY

Awards/Honors

Boston Magazine, 2009-2018

Top Doctors (Colon and Rectal Surgery)

US News and World Report

Top Doctors, 2011, 2013

Just Ask a Nurse, 2012

Award of recognition for excellence in patient care, competence, and skill. justaskanurse.net

Kenneth B. Schwartz Center

Compassionate Caregiver Recognition, 2009

Boston Super Doctors, 2011, 2013

Andover Junior Football League, 2009

Season Game Ball

Tufts University School of Medicine, 2008-2013

Excellence in Teaching, 3rd year surgical clerkship

Boston Consumers’ Checkbook Top Doctors

Outstanding Physician (General Surgery, Colorectal Surgery) 2007,2009, 2011, 2013, 2014

Tufts University Family Practice Residency, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006

Excellence in Teaching Award

Association of VA Surgeons Annual Meeting, 1994

Best clinical presentation: “Laparoscopic Colon and Rectal Surgery at a VA Hospital: Analysis of 50 Cases”

Alpha Omega Alpha, Vice President and Junior Member, Iota Chapter,1989

Merck Manual Award, New York Medical College, 1990

Top four in medical school class

Professional Memberships

Yale Surgical Society

Boston Surgical Society

American College of Surgeons

Society of American Gastroenterologic and Endoscopic Surgeons

American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

Alpha Omega Alpha

Massachusetts Medical Society

Courses Taught

Covidien Stapled Hemorrhoidopexy Course

Course Director, Winchester Hospital, 2010-2013

Cleveland Clinic Foundation 27th Annual Turnbull Colorectal Surgery Symposium

Guest faculty, September, 2006

Cleveland Clinic Foundation 3rd Annual Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Course

Guest faculty, September 2006

Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Colectomy Course and Animal Lab

Providence Rhode Island, March 2006

Course director, lab director

Procedure for Prolapse and Hemorrhoids (PPH)

Instructor and Preceptor, Ethicon Endosurgery

Winchester and Lawrence Memorial Hospital, 2003-2007

Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Colectomy

Course Director, Winchester and Lawrence Memorial Hospital, 1999 - 2006

Laparoscopic Ventral Herniorrhaphy, basic and advanced courses

Faculty Member, W.L.Gore, Inc., 1999 – 2005

Surgical preceptor for laparoscopic colon surgery, laparoscopic ventral hernia repair

PUBLICATIONS

1.Schadde, E., Smith, D, Alkoraishi, A., Begos, DG. Hand-assisted colorectal surgery at a community hospital: A prospective analysis of 110 consecutive cases. Surgical Endoscopy 2006 Jul;20(7):1077-82. Epub 2006 May 26.

2.Koehler RH, Begos D, Berger D, Carey S, LeBlanc K, Park A, Ramshaw B, Smoot R, Voeller G. Minimal adhesions to ePTFE mesh after laparoscopic ventral incisional hernia repair: reoperative findings in 65 cases. Zentralbl Chir. 128(8):625-30 August, 2003/ JSLS 2003 Oct-Dec;7(4):335-40.

3.Abeles, D., Begos, DG. Occult gastrointestinal bleeding and abdominal pain due to entero-enteric intussusception caused by splenosis. Case report and review of the literature. Surgical Endoscopy. 17(9): 1494 September, 2003.

4.Naar, D., Begos, DG. A single surgeon’s experience and results with laparoscopic ventral hernia repair. Abstract, Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 6 (3): 265 July-September, 2002.

5.Naar, D., Begos, DG, Alkoraishi, A. Comparison of Hand Assisted vs Total laparoscopic Colectomy: A single surgeon’s experience. Abstract, Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 5 (4):380 December, 2001.

6.Koehler, R. Begos, DG, et al. Second look observation of previously implanted gore-tex mesh. Abstract, Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 5 (4):380 December, 2001.

7.Begos, D.G. Gastrointestinal Motility and Postoperative Ileus. Selected Topics in Colon and Rectal Surgery, 1997.

8.Asgari, M., Begos, D.G. Splenic rupture complicating infectious mononucleosis: report of a case and review of the literature. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine,1997; 70(2): 175-182.

9.Begos, D.G., Jain, D., Rappaport, R.: Cytomegalovirus colitis masquerading as a flare up of ulcerative colitis: A case report and review of the literature. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 1997; 69(4):323-328.

10.Poulsom, R., Begos, D.G., Ballantyne, G.H., Modlin, I. M.: Molecular aspects of restitution: Functions of trefoil peptides. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine,1996; 69(2): 137-146.

11.Begos, D.G., Sandor, A., Modlin, I.M.: The diagnosis and management of adult intussusception. American Journal of Surgery, 1997; 173(2):88-95.

12.Modlin, I.M., Lawton, G.P., Begos, D.G.: Dumping syndrome and postvagotomy diarrhea. Mastery of Surgery (3rd edition) pp973-982. Nyhus, L.M., Fisher, J., editors. Little Brown, Boston, 1997.

13.Begos, D.G., Arsenault, J., Ballantyne, G.H.: Laparoscopic Colon and Rectal Surgery at a V.A. Hospital: Analysis of the First 50 Cases. Surgical Endoscopy, 1996; 10(11):1050-1056.

14.Poulsom, R., Begos, D.G., Ballantyne, G.H., Modlin, I.M.: Abstract : Altered expression of intestinal trefoil factor and spasmolytic polypeptide during healing of surgical anastomoses of rat small and large bowel. Gastroenterology, 1996; 110(4): A833.

15.Begos, D.G., Lee, F.A., Franco, K.A., Baldwin, J.C., Revkin, M., Modlin, I.M.: Laparoscopic surgery as an option for gallstones in cardiac transplant candidates and recipients. Progress in Surgery, 1996; 22:118-127.

16.Begos, D.G., Ballantyne, G.H. Laparoscopic Left Hemicolectomy and Anterior Resection. Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery. Monson, J., Darcy, D., eds. Isis Medical Media Ltd. Oxford, England, 1995; 11-38.

17.Ballantyne, G.H., Begos, D.G. Setting Up the Operating Room. Laparoscopic Colon and Rectal Surgery, Jager,R.M., Wexner, S.D.eds. Churchill Livingston, 1996; 105-125.

18.Begos, D.G., Lee, F.A., Revkin, M., Franco, K.A., Baldwin, J.C., Modlin, I.M. Optimal timing and indications for cholecystectomy in cardiac transplant patients. World Journal of Surgery, 1995; 19(4):661-667.

19.Begos, D.G., Kuan, S., Dobbins, J., Ravikumar, T.S.: Metachronous small bowel adenocarcinoma in celiac sprue. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 1995; 20(3):233-236.

20.Begos, D.G., Modlin, I.M.: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: From gimmick to gold standard. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology; 1994; 19(4): 325-330.

21.Modlin, I.M., Begos, D.G.: Book review: Minimally invasive surgery in gastrointestinal cancer. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 1994; 89(8): 1275-1276.

22.Begos, D.G., Modlin, I.M., Ballantyne, G.H.: A brief history of intestinal surgery. Perspectives in Colon and Rectal Surgery, 1994; 7(1):133-157.

23.Modlin, I.M., Begos, D.G., Ballantyne, G.H.: Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery: Current State of the Art. Supplement to Clinical Gastroenterology Howard Spiro, editor. McGraw-Hill, 1994; 1-22.

24.Begos, D.G., Ballantyne G.H.: Invited Commentary: Regional chemotherapy for colorectal liver metastases: Thirty years without patient benefit. Journal of Surgical Oncology, 1994: 56(3): 139-144.

25.Begos, D.G., Modlin, I.M.: Gastrin and colon cancer: Clarifying the controversy. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 1994; 18(3): 189-193.

26.Begos, D.G., Ballantyne, G.H.: Laparoscopic colectomy. Surgical Technology International II, 1993. Braverman, M.H., Tawes, R.L. (editors), pages 65-73.

27.Levien, D.L., Gibbons, S., Begos, D.G., Byrne, D.W.: Survival after resection of carcinoma of the splenic flexure. Disease of the Colon and Rectum, 1991; 34:402-403.

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