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, University Hospitals Cleveland, 2012
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program, 2022
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery
- American Board of Surgery, Surgery
- Memberships
- World Council for Enterostomal Therapists
- American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery
- North Carolina Chapter-American Coll of Radiology
- Cleveland Surgical Society
- Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
- American Medical Association
- North Carolina Medical Society
- Ohio Valley Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
- Collaborative Group of the Americas
- American College of Surgeons
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine Alumni Association
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Departments and Affiliations
- Colon and Rectal Surgery
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.