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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.

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ACS
ACS Fellow Since 2004

James Wayne Thiele, MD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

  • Am Soc of Col& Rec Surg

Additional Information

Gender

Male

Colon-Rectal Surgery

Contact Information

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Anorectal Disease

  • anal abscess
  • anal fissure
  • anal fistula
  • anal sphincter repair
  • anal tears
  • anal warts
  • anorectal malformations
  • colonoscopy
  • hemorrhoid problems
  • hemorrhoidal banding
  • IRC (infrared coagulation) for hemorrhoi
  • prolapsing hemorroids
  • pruritus ani
  • rectal bleeding
  • rectal prolapse
  • recto-vaginal fistula
  • sphincter repair
  • sphincter sparing surgery

Colon and Rectal Disorder/Procedures

  • colectomy
  • colon polyps
  • colon surgery
  • colonoscopy
  • colostomy
  • diverticular disease
  • diverticulitis
  • flexible sigmoidoscopy
  • ileostomy
  • intestinal failure management
  • intussusception
  • laparoscopic colon surgery
  • Meckel's diverticulum
  • parastomal hernia repair
  • pelvic floor dysfunction
  • peritonitis
  • pilonidal disease
  • removal of colon polyps
  • sigmoidoscopy
  • small bowel syndrome
  • stoma revision
  • surgery for diverticulitis

Colon and Rectal Cancer/Tumors

  • anal cancer
  • colon cancer screening
  • colon surgery
  • colon/rectal cancer
  • colonic polyps
  • colostomy
  • diverticular disease
  • ileostomy
  • intestinal failure management
  • intussusception
  • laparoscopic colon surgery
  • Meckel's diverticulum
  • peritonitis
  • small bowel syndrome

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

  • Crohn's disease
  • ulcerative colitis

Laparoscopy (Min. Acc. Surg.)

Minimal Invasive/Endoscopic Procedures

Hospital Appointments

Memorial Med Ctr

Attending

Saint John's Hospital

Springfield, IL

Attending

07/2002—Present

Academic Appointments

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Springfield, IL

Clinical Associate Professor