Photo of Dr. Sherry Wren, Professor of Surgery at Stanford University.
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Dr. Sherry Wren is a board certified general surgeon who specializes in the surgical treatment of gastrointestinal cancer: including stomach, pancreas, intestinal, and colon and rectal cancers. She completed fellowship training in advanced hepatobiliary surgery and performs open, laparoscopic, and robotic approaches to these cancers.

Dr. Wren is also very involved in humanitarian surgery and global surgery. She works and manages educational partnerships in Sub Saharan Africa.

Dr. Wren's group's research interests are primarily in global surgery, quality improvement and surgical oncology, especially gastrointestinal cancers. They have ongoing studies in medical management trials for post operative ileus, robotics, pneumonia prevention, telehealth, and care delivery in low income settings.