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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.

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ACS Fellow Since 2012

Amy Elizabeth Vertrees, MD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

  • Assn of Women Surgeons

Additional Information

Gender

Female

General Surgery

Contact Information

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Breast Disease/Cancer

  • axillary dissection
  • benign breast disease
  • breast biopsy
  • breast cancer
  • Breast Disease/Cancer
  • breast ultrasound
  • duct excision/microdochotomy
  • lumpectomy
  • lymph node biopsy
  • mastectomy
  • sentinel node

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

  • Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure
  • abdominal pain
  • adhesion removal
  • anti-reflux procedures
  • appendectomy
  • feeding tubes
  • fundoplication
  • fundoplication - laparoscopic
  • gastric cancer
  • gastroesophageal reflux disease
  • malrotation
  • peptic ulcer disease
  • peritonitis
  • splenectomy

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

  • bile duct surgery
  • biliary tract disease
  • cholecystectomy
  • gallbladder cancer
  • gallstone disease
  • laparoscopic cholecystectomy
  • liver biopsy

Hernia Procedures

  • abdominal hernia
  • component separation
  • epigastric hernia
  • femoral hernia
  • Hernia Procedures
  • inguinal hernia
  • laparoscopic hernia repair
  • paraesophageal hernia
  • umbilical hernia
  • ventral hernia

Minimal Access Surgery

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

  • cellulitis
  • decubitus ulcer
  • epidermal cyst
  • skin and soft tissue infections
  • skin biopsy
  • skin grafting
  • tissue flaps
  • wound infections

Anal-rectal Disorders/Procedures

  • anal abscess
  • anal fissure
  • anal fistula
  • anal tears
  • anal warts
  • Anal-rectal Disorders/Procedures
  • hemorrhoid problems
  • rectal bleeding

Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer

  • anal abscess
  • anal cancer
  • biopsy of tumors
  • colectomy
  • Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer
  • colon surgery
  • colon/rectal cancer
  • colonic polyps
  • colostomy
  • Crohn's disease
  • diverticular disease
  • esophagogastroduodenoscopy
  • gastrointestinal bleeding
  • gastrointestinal cancer
  • hemorrhoidectomy
  • ileostomy
  • intussusception
  • irritable bowel syndrome
  • laparoscopic colon surgery
  • Meckel's diverticulum
  • small bowel syndrome
  • stomach cancer
  • ulcerative colitis

Minimally Invasive Procedures

  • fine needle aspiration/biopsy
  • laparoscopic surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Procedures
  • robotic surgery

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

  • anal cancer/tumors
  • basal cell cancer
  • biopsy of tumors
  • breast cancer
  • breast masses
  • colon cancer/polyps
  • colon/rectal cancer
  • gastrointestinal cancer/tumors
  • melanoma
  • skin cancer

Thoracic

  • pneumothorax

Trauma/Injury Procedures

  • abdominal injuries
  • blunt trauma
  • burns
  • cricothyroidotomy
  • extremity injury
  • intestine injuries
  • neck injuries
  • stomach injuries
  • tracheotomy
  • wound debridement

Hospital Appointments

Walter Reed AMC,

Washington,, DC

Attending

07/2010—11/2011

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Bethesda, MD

Attending

11/2011—05/2017

Maury Regional Medical Center

Columbia, TN

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

06/2017—Present

Academic Appointments

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert

Bethesda, MD

Assistant Professor

07/2012—Present