Medical School:

• Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA

Residency:

• Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI

Fellowship:

• Surgical Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY

Certification:

• American Board of Surgery 1998

Professional Affiliations

• Fellow, American College of Surgeons
• Society of Surgical Oncology Candidate Member (SSO)
• American Society of Clinical Oncology Associate Member (ASCO)
• Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT)
• Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (SLS)
• Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)

Honors and Awards:

• 2003 Holyoke Award for Outstanding Clinical/Scientific Achievement Roswell Park Cancer Institute
• 2003 Administrative Chief Fellow Roswell Park Cancer Institute
• 2002 Clinical Epidemiology Workshop: Cancer Education Consortium
• 2002 Genetics in Oncology Workshop: Cancer Education Consortium
• 2002 Society of Surgical Oncology:  Minimally Invasive Surgical Symposium
• 2001 American College of Surgeons Western New York 2001 Chapter Essay Contest Third Prize
• 2000 9th International Congress of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons Resident Presentation First Prize
• 2000 Army Achievement Medal Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center
• 1997 Army Expeditionary Medal 240th Forward Surgical Team, Kuwait 
• 1996 Hufnagel Research Competition Uniformed Health Services University Forum Finalist    1996
• 1996 American College of Surgeons Hawaii Chapter Resident Presentation First Prize
• 1988 Tulane Merit Scholarship, Tulane School of Medicine  
• 1988 Combined Degree Fellowship, Tulane School of Medicine and School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine 
• 1998 to 1988 Health Professions Scholarship Program, U.S. Army
• 1986 President’s Undergraduate Fellowship University of California Berkeley

Clinical Interests:

• Surgical Oncology

Research Interests:

• Rectal Adenocarcinoma (including neoadjuvant therapy for operable rectal adenocarcinoma)
• Esophageal Carcinoma

Selected and Recent Publications:

• Healy JT, Wilkinson NW, Sawyer M.  Abdominal wall endometrioma in a laparoscopic trocar tract.  American Surgeon 1: 962-3; 1995
• Wilkinson NW, Euhus DM.  Cyclosporin A does not affect adenoviral-mediated transgene expression of interleukin-2.  International Journal of Surgical Investigation 2 (6):491-498; 2001
• Carr SC, Dinsmore RC, Wilkinson NW.  Idiopathic spontaneous intra-peritoneal hemorrhage; a clinical update on abdominal apoplexy in the year 2001.  American Surgeon 4: 374-6; 2001
• Wilkinson NW, Shapiro AJ, Harvey SB, Stack RS, Cornum RL.  Port site recurrence reproduced in the VX-2 rabbit carcinoma model: An in vivo model comparing implantation metastasis of laparoscopic port site and open incision.  Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons;5(3):221-226; 2001
• Wilkinson NW, Gustafson RJ, Frizzi JD The effect of erythromycin on bile excretion and proximal small bowel motility following divided gastric bypass surgery:  A prospective randomized placebo-controlled trial.  Obesity Surgery;12(6):765-72; 2002
• Wilkinson NW, Shahryarinejad A, Winston J, Watroba N, Edge SB.  Concordance with breast cancer pathology reporting practice guidelines.  Journal of the American College of Surgeons; 196(1):38-43; 2003
• Wilkinson NW, Euhus DM.  Adenoviral-mediated gene transfer of interleukin-2 in a human breast cancer cell line and a fresh primary breast cancer culture. Journal of Investigative Surgery;16(4):203-8; 2003
• Edwards K, Adams ED, Wilkinson NW. Splenic infarction following laparoscopic nissen fundoplication: Management strategies.  Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons; 7(4):359-65; 2003
• Wilkinson NW, Loewen GM, Klippenstein DL, Litwin AM, Anderson TM.  The evolution of lung cancer screening.  Journal of Surgical Oncology; 84, (4):234-8; 2003
• Shaukat A, Mortazavi A, Demmy T, Nava H, Wilkinson N, Yang G, Kepner J, Javle M.  Should preoperative endoscopy be performed routinely for patients with esophageal cancer after chemo-radiation therapy?  Diseases of the Esophagus in press Issue II/2004