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ACS Fellow Since 1989

Debra G. Koivunen, MD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

  • Assn of Women Surgeons
  • Assn for Acad Surg
  • F A Coller Surg Soc
  • Assn for Surg Ed
  • Am Soc of Breast Surgeons
  • Am Assoc of Endo Surg

Additional Information

Gender

Female

Type of Practice

Academic medical center

General Surgery

Contact Information

Phone:573-882-8454

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Breast Disease/Cancer

  • axillary dissection
  • benign breast disease
  • breast biopsy
  • breast cancer
  • core needle biopsy
  • lumpectomy
  • lymph node biopsy
  • mastectomy
  • sentinel node

Endocrine (Gland)

  • hyperparathyroidism
  • parathyroid cancer
  • parathyroid surgery
  • thyroid nodules/cancer
  • thyroid surgery

Hospital Appointments

Milton S Hershey Medical Center

Hershey, PA,

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

07/1986—06/1989

Univ Hosp and Clins

Columbia, Missouri,

Attending

07/1989—Present

Consultation Staff H S Truman Mem Veterans Hosp.

Columbia, Missouri,

Consultant, Urological Surgeon

07/1989—Present

Academic Appointments

Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

Hershey, PA

Assistant Professor

07/1986—06/1989

University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine

Columbia, MO

Assistant Professor

07/1989—08/1995

University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine

Columbia, MO

Associate Professor

09/1995—Present

University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine

Columbia, MO

Program Director

02/1997—06/2011

University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine

Columbia, MO

Other

09/2010—Present