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Layton F. Rikkers, MD

A.R. Curreri Professor of Surgery
Chairman, Department of Surgery

H4/710D Clinical Science Center
600 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53792-7375

Appointments: (608) 263-7502

Office: (608) 265-8854

FAX: (608) 265-5963

Send an email to Layton F. Rikkers, MD rikkers@surgery.wisc.edu

Education

  • MD, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, 1970
  • Surgical Residency, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, 1970-1976
  • Research Fellow in Hepatology, Royal Free Hospital; London, England, 1973-1974
  • Research Fellow in Surgical Hepatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 1976-1977

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Rikkers is certified by the American Board of Surgery. He specializes in hepatobiliary, pancreatic, and gastrointestinal surgery, including the treatment of portal hypertension.

Professional Activities

Dr. Rikkers is editor-in-chief of Annals of Surgery. He also serves on the editorial boards of Digestive Surgery and Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. He holds or has held offices for the following national and international professional societies:

  • American Board of Surgery (Past-Chairman)
  • Collegium Internationale Chirurgiae Digestivae (Past-President, United States Section)
  • Halsted Society (Past-President)
  • International Surgery Society (Past-President)
  • Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (Past-President)
  • Society of Clinical Surgery (Past-President)
  • Central Surgical Association (Past-President)

Recent Publications

  • Pinchot S, Lewis BJ, Weber SM, Rikkers LF, Chen H. Are Surgical Progeny More Likely to Pursue a Surgical Career?, J. Surg. Res. 2008 Apr 9;():.
    [PubMed ID: 18440026]
  • Boyer TD, Henderson JM, Heerey AM, Arrigain S, Konig V, Connor J, Abu-Elmagd K, Galloway J, Rikkers LF, Jeffers L. Cost of preventing variceal rebleeding with transjugular intrahepatic portal systemic shunt and distal splenorenal shunt., J. Hepatol. 2008 Mar;48(3):407-14.
    [PubMed ID: 18045724]
  • Spier BJ, Fayyad AA, Lucey MR, Johnson EA, Wojtowycz M, Rikkers L, Harms BA, Reichelderfer M. Bleeding stomal varices: case series and systematic review of the literature., Clin. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 2008 Mar;6(3):346-52.
    [PubMed ID: 18328439]
  • McCord JH, McDonald R, Leverson G, Mahvi DM, Rikkers LF, Chen HC, Weber SM. Motivation to pursue surgical subspecialty training: is there a gender difference?, J. Am. Coll. Surg. 2007 Nov;205(5):698-703.
    [PubMed ID: 17964446]
  • Musunuru S, Chen H, Rikkers LF, Weber SM. Computed tomography in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis: definitive or detrimental?, J. Gastrointest. Surg. 2007 Nov;11(11):1417-21; discussion 1421-2.
    [PubMed ID: 17701439]
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