Department of Surgery
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Specialties

Courtney Balentine, MD, MPH

Associate Professor

  • WiSOR Executive Director
  • Wisconsin Department of Surgery Director of Data Science
  • Morgridge Distinguished Chair in Health Services Research
  • Division of Endocrine Surgery

cbalentine@wisc.edu

600 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53792

Education

  • MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
  • MPH, University of Texas at Houston, Houston, TX
  • Residency, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
  • Fellowship, Research, Houston Center for Quality of Care & Utilization, Houston, TX
  • Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Endocrine Surgery
  • Implementation Science Certificate Program, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Balentine is a board-certified endocrine surgeon specializing in hernia repairs, dialysis outcomes, and endocrine surgery for veterans.

Research Interests

Dr. Balentine’s research is focused on inguinal hernia surgery in older adults and acute care for the elderly and veterans.

Dr. Balentine and Dr. Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Associate Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas Southwestern, were recently awarded at four-year, $1.6 million R01 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Read more here.

Dr. Balentine and Alan McMillan, PhD, professor in the Department of Radiology, were awarded a two-year, $69,000 grant from the Palliative and Supportive Care Disease-oriented Team at the UW Carbone Cancer Center. Read more here.

Recent Publications

  • Outcomes after inguinal hernia repair: how strong is the evidence for minimally invasive versus open repair?
    Cher BAY, Lin Q, Frank KA, Balentine CJ
    Hernia 2026 Sep 05; 30(1)
    [PubMed ID: 42700266]

  • How frequently does parathyroidectomy and adjuvant treatment lead to clinically meaningful changes in bone mineral density? A multi-institutional study.
    Druar N, Finn CB, Cher BA, Sant VR, Lu P, Applewhite M, Anderson D, Maalouf NM, Mosquera JE, Schneider D, Chiu A, Long K, Davies L, Sippel RS, Balentine C
    Surgery 2026 Sep 01; 110589
    [PubMed ID: 42778489]

  • Already in the room: How endocrine surgery patients are using and embracing artificial intelligence in care.
    Helbing A, Druar N, Finn CB, Holoubek SA, Allen BJ, Davies L, Long K, Schneider DF, Balentine C, Sippel RS, Chiu A
    Surgery 2026 Aug 31; 200: 110578
    [PubMed ID: 42767164]

  • Can the Cancer and Leukemia Group B 140503 trial support choice of segmental versus wedge resection for non-small cell lung cancer?
    Cher BAY, Lin Q, Frank KA, Maloney JD, Balentine CJ, Axtell AL
    JTCVS Open 2026 Aug; 32: 101874
    [PubMed ID: 42604292]

  • Enhancing Reality in the Multidisciplinary World-Reply.
    Talwalkar A, Macdonald C, Balentine CJ
    JAMA Surg 2026 Jul 01; 161(7): 752
    [PubMed ID: 42160089]

All Publications on PubMed