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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Membership Benefits
ACS
ACS Fellow Since 1996

Robert Peter Sticca, MD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

  • Assn for Surg Ed
  • Soc of Am Gast End Surgs
  • Soc of Surg Oncol
  • Am Medical Association
  • Assoc of Prog Dir in Surg
  • Southwestern Surg Cong
  • Western Surg Assn
  • Am Medical Association
  • Midwest Surg Assn
  • Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract

Additional Information

Gender

Male

General Surgery

1230 5th St N

Fargo, ND 58102

United States

Contact Information

Biography

General Surgery with emphasis in Surgical Oncology, including diagnosis and treatment of cancers of the breast, soft tissues, melanoma and gastrointestinal tract. Management of peritoneal carcinomatosis with specialized techniques in intraperitoneal chemohyperthermia.

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

  • gastric cancer
  • peritonitis
  • splenectomy

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

  • bile duct malignancies
  • bile duct surgery
  • biliary tract disease
  • cholecystectomy
  • gallbladder cancer
  • gallstone disease
  • hepatic artery infusion pumps
  • hepatobiliary surgery
  • laparoscopic cholecystectomy
  • liver surgery
  • liver/hepatic disease
  • pancreatic cancer

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

  • colon/rectal cancer
  • melanoma
  • ovarian cancer/tumors
  • pancreatic cancer/tumors
  • pelvic tumors
  • skin cancer
  • stomach cancer/tumors
  • thyroid cancer/nodules

Thoracic

  • Barrett's esophagus

Hospital Appointments

Altru Health System

Grand Forks, ND

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

04/2003—Present

Fargo VA Health Care System

Fargo, ND

Consultant, Urological Surgeon

01/2005—Present

Sanford Health System - Fargo

Fargo, ND

Attending

07/2008—Present

Academic Appointments

University at Buffalo State University of New York School of Medicine

Buffalo, NY

Clinical Instructor

07/1992—06/1993

Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Charleston, SC

Assistant Professor

08/1993—06/1999

University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Columbia, SC

Assistant Professor

08/1993—06/1999

Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Charleston, SC

Associate Professor

07/1999—02/2003

University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Columbia, SC

Associate Professor

07/1999—02/2003

University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Grand Forks, ND

Program Director

02/2003—Present

University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Grand Forks, ND

Associate Professor

02/2003—07/2004

Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Charleston, SC

Assistant Professor

08/2003—06/2009

University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Grand Forks, ND

Professor

07/2004—Present

University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Grand Forks, ND

Chairman

05/2005—Present