William Cirocco, MD FACS

Native of Detroit, graduate of Wayne State University (WSU) as Merit Scholar with high distinction (2 letters NCAA football) & WSU School of Medicine, completed General Surgery Residency at St. John Hospital (Detroit) & Colorectal Surgery (CRS) Residency at St. Vincent Hospital (Erie, PA). He began his career in New York City at SUNY-Downstate (Brooklyn), involved in transrectal U/S to stage rectal cancer prior to preoperative (neoadjuvant) therapy- a multidisciplinary approach to improve rectal cancer outcomes & brought this innovation to the Midwest (Kansas City) publishing results matching tertiary referral centers and a national trial- ACOSOG Z6051 (Am J Surg 2019; 217:430-434). He was recruited back to academia to Ohio State University (OSU) to create a CRS Residency and serve as Program Director (2013-2019). He originated CRS services at MD Anderson-affiliated cancer centers in the South (Phoenix, Ochsner-New Orleans) before returning to Michigan. He served on the Editorial Board of the ASCRS' official journal, "Diseases of the Colon & Rectum" (DCR) for 20 years: 1st recipient of the ASCRS "Victor Fazio Award for Editorial Excellence" in 2007 (2nd award in 2022), named DCR "Star Reviewer" 9 years running (2017-2025), prior Selected Abstracts section editor (2007-2015) & current "Historical Perspectives" section editor. He is also on the Editorial Boards of "Techniques in Coloproctology" & "The Journal of Gastrointestinal Disease". He received the ASCRS "Unsung Hero" award (2020), served a term on ASCRS Executive Council & past Chair of the Young Surgeons Committee of both ASCRS & the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Past president of the ACS Kansas Chapter, Midwest Surgical Association (MSA), Ohio Valley & Southwest Society of CRS. He is past Secretary/Treasurer of the ACS Arizona Chapter, MSA representative to the ACS Board of Governors (BOG) & Chair BOG Surgical Care Delivery Workgroup. He is Senior Examiner- American Board of Colon & Rectal Surgery.

Anorectal Disease

• colonoscopy
• rectal prolapse
• sphincter sparing surgery

Colon and Rectal Disorder/Procedures

Colon and Rectal Cancer/Tumors

• anal cancer
• colon cancer screening
• colon/rectal cancer
• colonic polyps
• colostomy
• diverticular disease
• ileostomy

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

• Crohn's disease
• ulcerative colitis

Minimal Invasive/Endoscopic Procedures

• colon/rectal cancer screening
• colonoscopic polypectomy
• colonoscopy
• minimally invasive surgery
• Sphincter sparing surgery
• Trans anal Minimally Invasive Surgery

Banner Gateway Medical Center

Gilbert, AZ

Attending

07/2019—Present

Banner Baywood Medical Center

Gilbert, AZ

Attending

04/2020—Present

SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine

Brooklyn, NY

Assistant Professor

07/1991—06/1994

University of Missouri- Kansas City

Clinical Associate Professor

07/2002—06/2010

Wayne State University School of Medicine

Detroit, MI

Clinical Associate Professor

07/2011—08/2013

Ohio State University College of Medicine

Columbus, OH

Professor

09/2013—01/2019