Education

MD, Universitatea Din Craiova, Facultatea de Medicina, Craiova, Romania (1985)

Postdoctoral Training

Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fellow, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL (2008-2009)
General Surgery Resident, North Shore University Hospital-LIJ, Manhasset, NY (2004-2008)
General Surgery Clinical Fellow, North Shore University Hospital-LIJ, Manhasset, NY (2003-2004)
Minimally Invasive and Gastrointestinal Surgery Clinical Fellow, European Institute of Telesurgery, Strasbourg, France (1998)
Minimally Invasive and Gastrointestinal Surgery Clinical Fellow, Sackler School of Medicine - Israeli Branch, Tel-Aviv, Israel (1996-1997)
General Surgery Resident, Makassed Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel (1991-1996)

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2015-Present)
Assistant Professor, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2009-2015)

Other Professional Appointments

Clinical Assistant Professor, Al-Quds University, Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel (1999-2003)

Awards and Honors

Howe Outstanding Teacher Award for Excellence in Surgery, University of Vermont College of Medicine (2015)
H. Gordon Page Surgical Clinical Award for Dedication and Commitment to Excellence in Patient Care, University of Vermont College of Medicine (2012-2013)

Publications

Kapoor T, Wrenn SM, Callas PW, Abu-Jaish W. Cost Analysis and Supply Utilization of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Minim Invasive Surg. 2018 Dec 10;2018:7838103. doi: 10.1155/2018/7838103. PMID: 30643645; PMCID: PMC6311257.

Coffin SJ, Wrenn SM, Callas PW, Abu-Jaish W. Three decades later: investigating the rate of and risks for conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy. Surg Endosc. 2018 Feb;32(2):923-929. doi: 10.1007/s00464-017-5767-7. Epub 2017 Aug 4. PMID: 28779254.

Wrenn SM, Callas PW, Abu-Jaish W. Histopathological examination of specimen following cholecystectomy: Are we accepting resect and discard? Surg Endosc. 2017 Feb;31(2):586-593. doi: 10.1007/s00464-016-5002-y. Epub 2016 Jun 20. PMID: 27324336.

Patel S, Eckstein J, Acholonu E, Abu-Jaish W, Szomstein S, Rosenthal RJ. Reasons and outcomes of laparoscopic revisional surgery after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for morbid obesity. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2010 Jul-Aug;6(4):391-8. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2009.12.010. Epub 2010 Jan 25. PMID: 20655021.

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