Jean Hearst Ashburn, MD

About Me

Education: BS, Erskine College, 1999; MS, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2001; MD, Wake Forest School of Medicine, 2006
Internship: Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 2007
Residency: Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 2011
Fellowship: Colon & Rectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, 2017
Board Certifications: American Board of Surgery, Surgery; American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery
Memberships: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons; North Carolina Chapter - American College of Radiology; North Carolina Medical Society; Ohio Valley Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons; American College of Surgeons; American Medical Association; Cleveland Surgical Society; Collaborative Group of the Americas; American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons; Wake Forest University School of Medicine Alumni Association; World Council of Enterostomal Therapists
Positions: Assistant Professor, Colon and Rectal Surgery
Departments and Affiliations: Colon and Rectal Surgery

Case-Matched Comparison of Long-Term Functional and Quality of Life Outcomes Following Laparoscopic Versus Open Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis. Lavryk OA, Stocchi L, Ashburn JH, Costedio M, Gorgun E, Hull TL, Kessler H, Delaney CP. World J Surg. 2018 11; 42(11):3746-3754.
Cancer-predicting transcriptomic and epigenetic signatures revealed for ulcerative colitis in patient-derived epithelial organoids. Sarvestani SK, Signs SA, Lefebvre V, Mack S, Ni Y, Morton A, Chan ER, Li X, Fox P, Ting A, Kalady MF, Cruise M, Ashburn J, Stiene J, Lai W, Liska D, Xiang S, Huang EH. Oncotarget. 2018 Jun; 9(47):28717-28730.
Peripouch Fat Area Measured on MRI Image and Its Association With Adverse Pouch Outcomes. Gao XH, Chouhan H, Liu GL, Lan N, Remer E, Stocchi L, Ashburn J, Hull TL, Shen B. Inflamm. Bowel Dis. 2018 03; 24(4):806-817.
Outcomes of Endoscopic Balloon Dilation vs Surgical Resection for Primary Ileocolic Strictures in Patients With Crohn's Disease. Lan N, Stocchi L, Ashburn JH, Hull TL, Steele SR, Delaney CP, Shen B. Clin. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 2018 Aug; 16(8):1260-1267.
Clostridium difficle Enteropathy Is Associated With a Higher Risk for Acute Kidney Injury in Patients With an Ileostomy-A Case-Control Study. Kochhar G, Edge P, Blomme C, Wu XR, Lopez R, Ashburn J, Shen B. Inflamm. Bowel Dis. 2018 01; 24(2):402-409.

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