Wesley R. Heartfield, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Dr. Heartfield graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a major in biology.  He graduated from The Chicago Medical School with membership in the honor society Alpha Omega Alpha. 

Dr. Heartfield completed his general surgery residency at Baylor University Medical Center and then went on to a colorectal fellowship at the University of Southern California. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Society of Colorectal Surgery.

Dr. Heartfield received specialized training in sphincter-preserving operations for colon and rectal cancer, laparoscopic colorectal surgery, and reconstructive procedures for ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease.  He also has interests in screening, diagnostic and therapeutic colonoscopy, treatment of hemorrhoids and anal fistula, and treatment of constipation and fecal incontinence.

POST GRADUATE TRAINING

University of Southern California
Clinical Fellow, Colorectal Surgery 2002-03
Division of Colorectal Surgery
Los Angeles, California

Baylor University Medical Center
Resident, General Surgery 1998-2002
Dallas, Texas

Baylor University Medical Center
Intern, General Surgery 1997-1998
Dallas, Texas

EDUCATION

M.D. Finch University of Health Science/ The Chicago Medical School, 1993-97
North Chicago, Illinois

M.S. Finch University of Health Science/ The Chicago Medical School, 1993-94
North Chicago, Illinois
Applied Physiology

B.A. University of California, Berkeley, 1988-92
Berkeley, California
Integrative Biology

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT

University of Southern California
Department of Colorectal Surgery
Voluntary Clinical Faculty
Los Angeles, California

HONORS

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, inducted 1997

University of California Regents Scholar 1998-1992

PUBLICATIONS

Gonzalez-Ruiz, C., Heartfield, W., Vukasin, P., Beart, R., Anorectal pathology in HIV infected patients has not been impacted by improved antiretroviral therapy. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. 2004; 47:9 1483-1486.

Heartfield, W., Alvi A., Myssiorek, D. Vagal Paraganglioma.  Archives of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery. 1996; 9:1013-1014

CERTIFICATION

American Board of Surgery 2003
American Board of Colorectal Surgery Qualifying Exam 2004
California State Medical License, 2002 - present
Texas State Medical License, 2000 - present
National Board of Medical Examiners, 1999

SOCIETIES

American College of Surgeons, Fellow
American Society of Colorectal Surgeons
The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract