Jean Hearst Ashburn, MD
- Associate Professor, Colon and Rectal Surgery

Jean Hearst Ashburn, MD
- Associate Professor, Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Education
- BS, Erskine College, 1999
- MS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001
- MD, Wake Forest School of Medicine, 2006
- Residency
- General Surgery, University of North Carolina Hospitals, 2011
- Fellowship
- Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, 2012
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program, 2013
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery
- American Board of Surgery, Surgery
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Associate Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
- Departments and Affiliations
- Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Research
- Postoperative Steroid Taper Is Associated With Pelvic Sepsis After Ileal Pouch-anal Anastomosis. Ritter KA, Burke JP, Stocchi L, Aiello A, Holubar S, Ashburn JH, Lipman JM, Shawki S, Hull T. Inflamm. Bowel Dis. 2019 07; 25(8):1383-1389.
- Report From Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2018: An Update. Lightner AL, Ashburn JH, Fleshner PR, Gustavo Kotze P, Remzi FH, Strong SA. Dis. Colon Rectum. 2019 06; 62(6):659-660.
- Is Conversion of a Failed IPAA to a Continent Ileostomy a Risk Factor for Long-term Failure?. Aytac E, Dietz DW, Ashburn J, Remzi FH. Dis. Colon Rectum. 2019 02; 62(2):217-222.
- 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.