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Position(s):
Associate Professor of Surgery
Affiliation(s):
Other Affiliation(s):
Surgery/General
Bio / Education:
Medical School
East Tennessee State University
Residency
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Fellowship
Colon and Rectal Surgery Residency Program
Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Board Certification
American Board of Surgery
American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Surgical Interests
Colon and Rectal Cancer
Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Crohns Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
Diverticulitis
Common Anorectal Disorders - Hemorrhoids, Anal Fistula
Laparoscopic Colon and Rectal Surgery
PubMed Publications:
- Mustain, WC ; Davenport, DL ; Parcells, JP ; Vargas, HD ; Hourigan, JS "Abdominal versus perineal approach for treatment of rectal prolapse: comparable safety in a propensity-matched cohort." The American surgeon 79, 7 (2013): 686-92. [PubMed Link] |
- Mustain, WC ; Davenport, DL ; Hourigan, JS ; Vargas, HD "Obesity and laparoscopic colectomy: outcomes from the ACS-NSQIP database." Diseases of the colon and rectum 55, 4 (2012): 429-35. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
- Hourigan, JS "Impact of obesity on surgical site infection in colon and rectal surgery." Clinics in colon and rectal surgery 24, 4 (2011): 283-90. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
- Stults, DM ; Killen, MW ; Williamson, EP ; Hourigan, JS ; Vargas, HD ; Arnold, SM ; Moscow, JA ; Pierce, AJ "Human rRNA gene clusters are recombinational hotspots in cancer." Cancer research 69, 23 (2009): 9096-104. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]