Associate Director for Clinical Affairs
Deputy Chairman and Professor, Department of Surgery
John P. Delaney, M.D. Chair in Clinical Surgical Oncology

rothe002@umn.edu
612-626-6122 — office
612-625-3660 — fax
Preferred method of contact: Assistant, Sharon Drobny, drob0008@umn.edu, 612-626-6122

Dr. Rothenberger's clinical profile
(University of Minnesota Physicians Web site)

• M.D.: Tufts University, 1973
• Residency: St. Paul-Ramsey Hospital, 1973-1978
• Colon & Rectal Surgery Fellowship: University of Minnesota, 1978-1979

Research Interests

1. Colon & Rectal Cancer
2. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
3. Anorectal Diseases
4. Anal Incontinence

Selected Publications

Levin B, Ades T, Brooks D, Crane C, Hoff P, Limburg P, and Rothenberger D. eds. American Cancer Society's Complete Guide to Colorectal Cancer. Atlanta, GA: American Cancer Society, Health Promotions. 2006: (Winner of a Silver EXCEL Award in the Special Publications/Books Category of the Society of National Association Publications; EXCEL awards recognize editorial and design excellence; this guide was selected among 1,040 entries).

Ricciardi R, Madoff RD, Rothenberger DA, Baxter NN. Population-based analyses of lymph node metastases in colorectal cancer. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006;4:1522-1527.

Ausch C, Madoff RD, Gnant M, Rosen HR, Garcia-Aguilar J, Hölbling N, Herbst F, Buxhofer V, Holzer B, Rothenberger DA, Schiessel R. Aetiology and surgical management of toxic megacolon. Colorectal Dis. 2006;8:195-201.

Papaconstantinou HT, Bullard KM, Rothenberger DA, Madoff RD. Salvage abdominoperineal resection after failed Nigro protocol: modest success, major morbidity. Colorectal Dis, 2006;8:124-129.

Rossi H, Rothenberger DA. Surgical treatment of colon cancer. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2006;15:109-127.