Medical School:

• University of Nebraska Medical Center, NE

Internship:

• Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, MN

Residency:

• Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, MN (General Surgery)

Certification:

• American Board of General Surgery
• American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Societies, Organizations and Honors:

• Alpha Omega Alpha
• Harold Dunphy Award in Gynecology
• Citation for Scholastic Achievement
• Lange Medical Award for Outstanding Achievement
• Rowell Laboratories Education Committee Award
• Harry E. Bacon Foundation Award
• American Medical Association
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons
• Iowa Medical Society
• American Gastroenterological Association
• American College of Surgeons
• Central Surgical Association
• American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
• Association of Woman Surgeons
• Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract

Research Interests:

• Neurogenic control of colonic motility
• Colonic transit in dysmotility syndromes
• Defecation dynamics and anorectal physiology
• Advanced laparoscopic techniques
• Inflammatory bowel disease

Current Projects:

• Laparoscopic colectomy vs. Open colectomy for colon cancer
• Etiology, natural history and management of pouchitis after ileal J-pouch procedure
• Perineal wound healing after proctectomy for inflammatory bowel disease
• Natural history of inflammatory bowel disease in the elderly
• Long-term functional results in patients with Hirschsprung's Disease

Selected Recent Publications:
Recent Peer-Reviewed Papers:

• VanGilder JG, Randall MA, Metcalf AM. Transverse colon volvulus: Case Reports and Literature Review. Contemporary Surgery 1997;51(4):239-44.
• Hovey MA, Metcalf AM. Incarcerated rectal prolapse-rupture and ileal evisceration after failed reduction: report of a case. Dis Colon Rectum 1997;40(10):1254-57.
• Metcalf AM. Laparoscopic colectomy. Surgical Clinics of North America 2000;80(4):1321-26.
• Metcalf AM. Anal Fissure. Surgical Clinics of North America 2002 (in press).
• Recent Chapters:
  Metcalf AM. Laparoscopic-assisted proctocolectomy with ileal-pouch anastomosis. In: Scott-Conner CEH, ed. SAGES Manual: Fundamentals of Laparoscopy and GI endoscopy. New York, NY:Springer-Verlag, 1998;28:300-6.
• Metcalf AM. Appendix. In: Corson J, Williamson R, eds. Surgery. London: Mosby, 2001;3:16.1-16.8.
• Metcalf AM. Concepts in surgery of the anus, rectum, and pilonidal region. In: Scott-Conner CEH, ed. Chassin's Operative Strategy in General Surgery: An Expositive Atlas 3e. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 2002:57:517-524.
• Metcalf AM. Pruritus Ani and Vulvae. In: Rakel RE and Bope ET, eds. Conn's Current Therapy. 2003 Edition. (in press).