Steven D. Wexner, MD, FACS, FRCS, FRCSEd, is Chief Academic Officer at Cleveland Clinic Florida. Dr. Wexner served as Chief of Staff at Cleveland Clinic Florida from 1997 to 2007. He has also been Chairman of the Department of Colorectal Surgery since 1993, Chairman of the Division of Research and Education since 1995, and 21st Century Oncology Chair in Colorectal Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Florida since 2004.

Dr. Wexner holds academic appointments as Professor of Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Foundation Health Sciences Center of The Ohio State University; Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of South Florida, Tampa; Clinical Professor of Biomedical Science at Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University; Professor of Surgery, University of Siena, Siena, Italy; and Visiting Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah Medical Organization, Jerusalem, Israel.

In 1999, Dr. Wexner was awarded an FRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, and in 2000, he was awarded an FRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons in England. In 2008, he was awarded a second FRCS by unanimous election of council of the Royal College of Surgeons in England. In 2003, the American Jewish Committee presented him with the prestigious Maimonides Award. He is the Past President of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. Dr. Wexner was awarded an FRCS by election of council of the Royal College of Surgeons and also honorary membership in the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland in 2008. He is a past Governor of the American College of Surgeons, Past President of the South Florida Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Past President of the Florida Gastroenterologic Society, past Chairman of the Advisory Council on Colon and Rectal Surgery to the American College of Surgeons, past member of the Residency Review Committee for Colon and Rectal Surgery for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, and currently serves as a member of the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery as well as secretary of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and Vice President of the Research Foundation of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.

Dr. Wexner has published over 500 manuscripts, more than 200 textbook chapters, and more than 85 editorial and invited commentaries. He is the editor or co-editor of 25 textbooks or freestanding volumes to date and is a member of 19 editorial boards and a reviewer for an additional 30 journals. He is an active member of 43 learned societies and has held more than 26 appointed or elected offices in these societies. He is an honorary member of the surgical societies of seven other countries and has held over 40 visiting professorships and delivered over 1100 scientific lectures. Dr. Wexner has received 16 national, international, and regional awards for his research. For the last 21 years, he has been the Symposium Director of the Annual International Colorectal Disease Symposium held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This is the largest annual international colorectal course in the United States. In addition, Dr. Wexner trains 15 to 20 surgeons per year in laparoscopic colorectal surgery, surgical oncology, and the surgical management of inflammatory bowel disease. In that capacity, he has been the host educator to thousands of surgeons from around the world.