CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Theresa Marie Quinn, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Board Certified General Surgeon

 

  • EDUCATION
    • 1988  Bachelor Science, Biochemistry with Chemistry Minor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst,  MA
    • 1992  Doctor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston,  MA
  • POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION AND FELLOWSHIPS
    • 2005 – 2006  Faculty Leadership Training Program, University of Milwaukee School of Business/Medical College of Wisconsin
    • 2000 – 2001  Fellow, Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
    • 1995 – 1998  Research Fellow, The Fetal Treatment Center, General and Thoracic Surgery, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
    • 1999 – 2000  Chief Resident, Department of Surgery, The University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • 1992 – 1999  Internship and Residency, General Surgery, The University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
  • FACULTY And Hospital APPOINTMENTS
    • 2015 – Present  President, CEO and Medical Director, The Healthy Vein, SC
    • 2013 – 2014  President and Medical Director, Lakeshore Veins, SC
    • 2004 – 2012  Staff Physician & Section Chief,  Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery  Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
    • 2011 – 2013  Staff Physician, Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine Clement J Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
    • 2004 – 2012  Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery  Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
    • 2003 – 2004  Transplant Surgeon, Department of General Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplant Surgery, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
    • 2003 – 2004  Attending Surgeon, Department of General Surgery, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
    • 2001 – 2002  Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of General Surgery
    • Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
    • 2000 – 2001  Clinical Instructor, Department of Surgery                                                         Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
    • 2001 – 2002  Staff Surgeon, Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
  • Speciality boards and Certification                     
    • American Board of Surgery
    • National Board of Medical Examiners
    • Fellow American College of Surgeons
    • American College of Phlebology
  • HONORS and AWARDS
    • 2005  MCW Faculty Medical Student Teaching Award, Distinguished Teacher, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin
    • 2000    The Fourth Annual Azaki – Chessin Prize for Distinguished Patient Care in the Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA
    • 1988    The Henry N. Little Prize for Academic  Excellence to the top graduating student in Department of Biochemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA                   
  • RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS
    • 1996   Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Grant
    • Fetal Gene Therapy for Lethal Metabolic Disease
  • INVITED LECTURES//WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS
    • National
      • Theresa M Quinn, Ann M Hubbard, N Scott Adzick: Prenatal Magnetic Imaging enhances fetal diagnosis. 28th Annual Meeting of The American Pediatric Surgical Association, Naples, Florida, May 17 – 21.
      • Theresa M Quinn, Timothy M Crombleholme, Mark A Morgan, N Scott Adzick: Successful fetal surgery for sacrococcygeal teratoma. The International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society, Girdwood, Alaska, June 1-6, 1997.
      • Theresa M Quinn, Ann M Hubbard, Timothy Crombleholme, N Scott Adzick: Prenatal Magnetic Resonance Imaging enhances fetal diagnosis. The International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society, Girdwood, Alaska, June 1-6, 1997.
      • Theresa M Quinn, Andrew J Kirsch, John W Duckett, Pamela Howard, Alan Flake, N Scott, Stephen A. Zderic, Edward J Macarak: Renal effects of partial bladder outlet obstruction in the fetal lamb. 83rd Clinical Congress of The American College of Surgeons – Urology Section, Chicago, IL, October 12 – 16, 1997.
      • Theresa M Quinn, Karl Sylvester, Yoshihiro Kitano, Yukie Kitano, Kenneth Leichty, N Scott Adzick, Alan W Flake: TGFB2 is up regulated after prenatal tracheal occlusion. American Academy of Pediatrics –Pediatric Surgical Section, San Francisco, CA, October 17, 1998.
      • Theresa M Quinn, Michel Gagner, John de Csepel, Stephen Burpee, Todd Francone, Daniel Herron, William Inabnet, Alfons Pomp: Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is more effective than Laparoscopic gastric banding for weight loss. 2001 Meeting, Ross Resident’s Prize Conference, The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Atlanta, GA, May 20, 2001.
    • Regional
      • Adzick NS, Crombleholme TM, Morgan MA, Quinn TM: A rapidly growing fetal teratoma. The Lancet, 349:538, 1997.
      • Carpentieri DF, Guttenberg M, Quinn TM and Adzick NS: Subdiaphragmatic pulmonary sequestration: a case report with review of the literature. Journal of Perinatology, 20(1):60-2, 2000.
      • Quinn T, Erickson V, Knudson MM: Down’s syndrome, precocious puberty and a transverse vaginal septum: an unusual cause of abdominal pain. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 36(4): 641-643, 2001
      • de Csepel J, Quinn T, Pomp A, Gagner M. Conversion to a laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion with a duodenal switch for failed laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech.
      • Advances in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Esophageal Cancer. Mount Sinai Oncology Rounds, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. October 18, 2002.
      • The Future of Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Liver. Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. April 24, 2002.
      • Paramesh AS, Fairchild RB, Quinn TM, Leya F, George M, Van Thiel DH. Amelioration of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using nonsurgical septal ablation in a cirrhotic patient prior to liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2005 Feb;11(2):236-8.
  • PEER REVIEWED NATIONAL WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS
    • Lecture: Laparosopic Cholangiography . Essentials of Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, June, 2001.
    • Lecture: Late Complications of Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery. Essentials of Bariatric Surgery and Laparoscopic Surgery for Morbid Obesity, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, June 12, 2001.
    • Lecture: Complications of Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery. Essentials of Bariatric Surgery and Laparoscopic Surgery for Morbid Obesity, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, October, 2001.
    • Lecture: Late Complications of Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery. Essentials of Bariatric Surgery and Laparoscopic Surgery for Morbid Obesity, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, December 13, 2001.
    • Lecture: Anastomotic Stricture and Late Complications of Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery. Essentials of Bariatric Surgery and Laparoscopic Surgery for Morbid Obesity, Mount Sinai School of Medicine/SAGES, New York, NY, March 13, 2002.
    • Live Operation: Laparoscopic Roux en Y Gastric Bypass. Essentials of Bariatric Surgery and Laparoscopic Surgery for Morbid Obesity, Mount Sinai School of Medicine/SAGES, New York, NY, March 13, 2002.
  • TELECONFERENCE LECTURES:
    • Advances in Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery. 2nd International Congress on Advanced Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, Gorizia, Italy. December 7, 2001.
    • Advances in Minimally Invasive Liver Surgery. Mount Sinai Hospital Minimally Invasive Surgery Grand Rounds, Tricontinent Conference with Japan and Netherlands, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. January 24, 2002.
  • MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING ACTIVITIES
    • 2005 – 2012  Faculty Mentor and lecturer, animal lab demonstrations for Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Suturing, Patient care.
    • Senior Student Clinical Rotation Coordinator, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin. Coordinated Senior Student Rotations across 5-8 Hospital sites.  Wrote and coordinated Chairman Letters of Recommendation for Senior Students
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
    • REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS/ORIGINAL PAPERS
      • Purcell JP, Quinn TM, Nordin J: Correlation of yolk phosphatase expression with programmed proteolysis of vitelin in Blattella germanica during embryonic development. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 9:237-250, 1988.
      • Xuehai Ye, Michael B Robinson, Carol Pabin, Theresa Quinn, Abbas Jawad, James Wilson and Mark Batshaw: Adenovirus-mediated in vivo gene transfer rapidly protects ornithine transcarbamylase-deficient mice from an ammonium challenge. Pediatric Research, 41(4): 527-534, 1997.
      • Kohl T, Szabo Z, Suda K, Quinn TM, Petrossian E, Harrison MR and Hanley FL: Percutaneous fetal access and uterine closure for fetoscopic surgery-Lessons learned from 16 consecutive procedures in pregnant sheep. Surgical Endoscopy 11(8): 819-824, 1997.
      • Cass DL, Quinn TM, Yang EY, Leichty KW, Crombleholme TM, Flake AW and Adzick NS: Increased cell proliferation and decreased apoptosis characterize congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 33(7):1043-1047, 1998
      • Quinn TM, Hubbard AM and Adzick NS: Prenatal Magnetic Resonance Imaging enhances fetal diagnosis. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 33(4): 553-558, 1998.
      • Yoshihiro Kitano, Edmund Y Yang, Daniel von Allmen, Theresa M Quinn, N Scott Adzick, Alan W Flake: Tracheal occlusion in the fetal rat: a new experimentalmodel for the study of accelerated lung growth. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 33(12): 1741-4, 1998.
      • Theresa M Quinn, Karl Sylvester, Yoshihiro Kitano, Yukie Kitano, Kenneth Leichty, N Scott Adzick, Alan W Flake: TGFB2 is up-regulated after prenatal tracheal occlusion. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 34(5): 701-704, 1999.
      • Kenneth Leichty, Theresa M Quinn, Timothy Cromblehome, Alan W Flake, N Scott Adzick: Elevated production of platelet-derived growth factor-BB by congenital adenomatoid malformations (CCAM) requiring fetal resection. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 34(5): 805-809, 1999.
      • Kitano Y, von Allmen D, Kanai M, Quinn TM, Davies P, Kitano Y and Flake AW: Fetal lung growth induced by tracheal occlusion in the sheep is augmented by airway pressurization. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 35(2): 216-22, 2000.
      • Kitano Y, von Allmen D, Kanai M, Quinn TM, Davies P, Kitano Y and Flake AW: Fetal lung growth after short-term tracheal occlusion is linearly related to intratracheal pressure. J Appl Physiol. 2001 Feb: 90(2): 493-500.
      • De Csepel J, Quinn T, Gagner M. Laparoscopic exclusion of a splenic artery aneurysm using a lateral approach permits preservation of the spleen. Surg Laparosc Endosc 2001;11:221-4.
      • De Csepel J, Quinn T, Pomp A, Gagner M. Conversion to a laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion with a duodenal switch for failed laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2002 Aug; 12(4):237-40.
      • Kim WW, Gagner M, Kini S, Inabnet WB, Quinn T, Herron D, Pomp A. Laparoscopic vs. open biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch: a comparative study. J Gastrointest Surg. 2003 May-Jun;7(4):552-7.
      • Feng JJ, Gagner M, Pomp A, Korgaonkar NM, Jacob BP, Chu CA, Voellinger DC, Quinn T, Herron DM, Inabnet WB. Effect of standard vs extended Roux limb length on weight loss outcomes after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Surg Endosc. 2003 Jul;17(7):1055-60.
      • Comeau E, Gagner M, Inabnet WB, Herron DM, Quinn TM, Pomp A. Symptomatic internal hernias after laparoscopic bariatric surgery. Surg Endosc. 2005 Jan;19(1):34-9. Epub 2004 Nov 11.).
      • Scott A Ames Marina Krol Kartik Nettar, Jeffrey P. Goldman, M.D., Theresa M. Quinn, Daniel M. Herron, Alfons Pomp, Jonathan S. Bromberg. Pre-donation Assessment of                                         Kidneys by Magnetic Resonance Angiography and Venography: Accuracy and Impact on Outcomes (submitted 9/ 04).
      • Inabnet WB, Quinn T, Gagner M, Urban M, Pomp A. Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in patients with BMI <50: a prospective randomized trial comparing short and long limb lengths. Obes Surg. 2005 Jan;15(1):51-7.
    • BOOKS, CHAPTERS & REVIEWS
      • Nercessian N, Quinn TM et al.: A History of the Harvard Medical Alumni Association. Harvard University Press, 1991.
      • Nercessian N, Quinn TM et al.: Handbook for Reproductive Health. The Center for Women’s Reproductive Health, Yerevan, Armenia, Aristocrat, Inc,. Cambridge, MA, 1992.
      • Quinn TM and Adzick NS: Fetal Surgery. Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics ofNorth America, 24(1): 143-157, 1997.
      • Theresa M Quinn and N Scott Adzick: Fetal Surgery. Encyclopedia of Reproduction,
      • Theresa M Quinn and Michel Gagner: Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy. Scientific American Surgery,
    • NON-REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS/ORIGINAL PAPERS
      • Theresa M Quinn, Andrew J Kirsch, John W Duckett, Pamela Howard, Alan W Flake, N Scott, Adzick, Stephen A Zderic, Edward J Macarak: Renal effects of partial bladder outlet obstruction in the fetal lamb. Extended abstract. 83rd Clinical Congress The American College of Surgeons – Urology Section, Chicago, IL, October 12-16, 1997.
      • Cass DL, Yang EY, Liechty KE, Quinn TM, Crombleholme TM, Flake AW, Adzick NS: Increased cell proliferation and decreased apoptosis in congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation: Insights into pathogenesis. Extended abstract. 83rd Clinical Congress The American College of Surgeons-Pediatric Surgery Section, Chicago, IL, October 12-16, 1997.
      • Yoshihiro Kitano, Edmund Y Yang, Daniel von Allmen, Theresa Quinn, Timothy M Crombleholme, N Scott Adzick, Alan W Flake: Prenatal tracheal occlusion enhances lung growth in the rat-a new small animal model. Extended abstract. 84th Clinical Congress The American College of Surgeons- Pediatric Surgery Section, October 17, 1998.
      • Theresa M Quinn, Karl Sylvester, Yoshihiro Kitano, Yukie Kitano, Kenneth Leichty, N Scott Adzick, Alan W Flake: TGFB2 is up related after prenatal tracheal occlusion. Abstract. American Academy of Pediatrics- Pediatric Surgery Section, San Francisco, CA, October 17, 1998.
      • Kenneth Leichty, Theresa M Quinn, Timothy M Crombleholme, Alan W Flake, N Scott Adzick: Elevated production of PDGF BB by congenital cystic adenomatoid malformations (CCAM) that require in utero resection. Abstract. American Academy of Pediatrics- Pediatrics Surgery Section, San Francisco, CA, October 17, 1998.
      • De Csepel J, Gagner M, Gentileschi P, Quinn T, Kini S, Herron D, Patterson E, Pomp A: Laparoscopic reoperative bariatric surgery. 2001 Scientific Session, The American Society of Bariatric Surgery, Washington, DC, June 5, 2001.
      • Gagner M, Quinn T, de Csepel J, Pomp A, Herron D and Inabnet W: A comparison of weight loss results from laparoscopic adjustable banding, laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion with duodenalswitch. 2001 Paper Session, The American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, October, 2001.
      • John Feng, Michel Gagner, David C Voellinger, Christine Chu, Daniel Rosen, Theresa Quinn, William B Inabnet, Daniel Herron, and Alfons Pomp: Effect of common channel length in laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch. 2002 Scientific Session, SAGES, New York, NY March 2002.
      • Christine A. Chu, M.D., Michel Gagner, M.D., Theresa Quinn, M.D., David C. Voellinger, M.D., John J. Feng, M.D., William B. Inabnet, M.D., Daniel Herron, M.D., Alfons Pomp, M.D. Two stage laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch: an alternative approach to super-super morbid obesity. 2002 Scientific Session, SAGES, New York, NY  March 2002.
      • Gentileschi P, de Csepel J, Kini S, Patterson E, Quinn T, Pomp A, Herron D, Burrows L, Bromberg J, Edye M and Gagner M. Hand-Assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy versus laparoscopic donor nephrectomy for living donor renal transplantation – A Case-Control Comparison.  Surgical Endoscopy 2002; 16:S229.
      • David Voellinger, Michel Gagner, William Inabnet, Daniel Herron, Theresa Quinn, Christine Chu, John Feng, Daniel Rosen, and Alfons Pomp: Laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch for morbid obesity: Report on 138 Consecutive Patients. American Society for Bariatric Surgeons, Las Vegas, NV  June  2002
      • John J Feng, Michel Gagner, Brian J Jacobs, Christine A Chu, David Voellinger, Theresa Quinn, William B Inabnet, Daniel M Herron, and Alfons Pomp: Effect Of Standard Versus Extended Roux Limb Length On Weight Loss After Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass. American Society Bariatrics Surgeon, Las Vegas, NV June
    • PEER REVIEWED EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS
      • Videos
        • Theresa M Quinn, John de Csepel, Michel Gagner: Complicated laparoscopic gastric bypass: reoperation after failed open restrictive procedures. 2001 Scientific Session, SAGES, St Louis, MO, April 18, 2001.
        • John de Csepel, Theresa M Quinn, Michel Gagner: Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass with trans-oral circular stapled gastrojejunostomy. 2001 Annual Meeting of The American Society for Bariatric Surgery, Washington, DC, June 5, 2001.
        • Theresa M Quinn, Subhash Kini, Michel Gagner: Management of a delayed leak after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass using fibrin glue. 2001 Scientific Session, SAGES, St. Louis, MO, April 18, 2001.
        • John de Csepel, Theresa M Quinn, Michel Gagner: Laparoscopic exclusion of splenic artery aneurism using a spleen-preserving lateral approach. 2001 Scientific Session, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, October, 2001.
        • Theresa M Quinn, John Ko, Myron Schwartz, Alfons Pomp: Hand-assisted laparoscopic resection of segment 4b liver tumor. 2002 Video Session, SAGES, New York, NY April 18, 2001.
        • Theresa M Quinn and Michel Gagner: Laparoscopic Left Adrenalectomy. 2002 Urology Video Session, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, October, 2002.
        • Theresa M. Quinn, Paolo Gentileschi, Subhash Kini and Michel Gagner: Hand-assisted Left Donor Nephrectomy. 2002 Urology Video Session, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, October, 2002.
        • Comeau E, Gagner M, Quinn TM Laparoscopic Urachal Diverticulectomy, 2003 Urology Video Session, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL, October, 2003.
      • Posters
        • Theresa M. Quinn, Xuehai Ye, Michael B. Robinson, Mark L. Bathshaw, NSAdzick and James M Wilson: Fetal gene therapy techiniques for lethal metabolic diseases, Fifth Annual Gene Therapy Retreat, Absecon, New Jersey, September 1996.
        • Quinn T, Gagner M, Ren C, de Csepel J, Kini S, Gentileschi P, Herron D, Inabnet W, Pomp A: Laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch: the early experince. 2001 Scientific Session, SAGES, St Louis, MO April 2001
        • De Csepel J, Gagner M, Gentileschi P, Quinn T, Kini S, Herron D, Patterson E, Pomp A: Experience from 27 consecutive laparoscopic reoperative bariatric surgeries. Poster of Distinction, 2001 Scientific Session, SAGES, St. Louis MO, April 18, 2001.
        • John de Csepel, Theresa M Quinn, Michel Gagner: A lateral approach to laparoscopic splenic artery aneurism exclusion. 2001 Scientific Session, SAGES, St. Louis, MO, April 18, 2001.
        • Theresa M Quinn, Kenneth Miller, John de Csepel, Todd Francone, Anthony Weiss, James George, Daniel Herron, William Inabnet, Alfons Pomp, Michel Gagner: Early anastomic stricture requiring endoscopic dilation after laparoscopic bariatric operations. 2001 Session, The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Atlantic, GA, May 20, 2001.
        • Theresa M Quinn, Michel Gagner, John de Csepel, Stephen Burpee, Todd Francone, Daniel Herron, William Inabnet, Alfons Pomp: Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is more effective than Laparoscopic gastric banding for weight loss. 2001 Session, Poster of Distinction, The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Atlanta, GA, May 20, 2001.
        • Kenneth Miller, Theresa Quinn, John de Csepel, James George, Michel Gagner, David Jaffe, Anthony Weiss: Endoscopic dilation of anastomic strictures after laparoscopic bariatric surgery. 2001 Session, American Gastroenterological Association, Atlanta, GA, May 20, 2001.
        • de Csepel J. Gagner M, Gentileschi P, Quinn T, Kini S, Herron D, Patterson E, Pomp A: Reoperative bariatric surgery: the role of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and biliopancreatic diversion with a duodenal switch. 2001 Scientific Session, 18th Annual Meeting The American Society of Bariatric Surgery, Washington, DC, June 5, 2001.
        • de Csepel J, Quinn T, Pomp A, Gagner M. Conversion to a laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion with a duodenal switch for failed laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding. 87th Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons, New Orleans, LA, October 2001.
        • David Voellinger MD, Michel Gagner MD, W. Barlow Inabnet,III MD, Christine Chu MD, John Feng MD, Alice Mercado RN, Theresa Quinn MD and Alfons Pomp MD. Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy is a Safe and Effective Primary Procedure for Biliopancreative Diversion with Duodenal Switch. 2002 Scientific Session, SAGES, New York, NY, March, 2002.