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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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ACS
ACS Fellow Since 1992

Gary Timmerman, MD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

  • Western Surg Assn
  • Assn for Surg Ed
  • Southwestern Surg Cong
  • E. Assn, Surg of Trauma
  • Society of Black Academic Surgeons
  • Assn of Women Surgeons
  • Amer Surg Assn

Additional Information

Gender

Male

Type of Practice

Academic medical center

General Surgery

1508 W 22nd St Ste 101

Sioux Falls, SD 57105

United States

Contact Information

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Breast Disease/Cancer

  • axillary dissection
  • benign breast disease
  • breast biopsy
  • breast cancer
  • breast ultrasound
  • core needle biopsy
  • lumpectomy
  • lymph node biopsy
  • mastectomy
  • radical mastectomy
  • sentinel node

Endocrine (Gland)

  • adrenal cancers/tumors
  • adrenal surgery
  • hyperparathyroidism
  • pancreatic endocrine tumors
  • parathyroid cancer
  • parathyroid surgery
  • pheochromocytoma
  • thyroid nodules/cancer
  • thyroid surgery

Head and Neck

  • parathyroid surgery
  • thyroid surgery
  • Zenker's diverticulum

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

  • bile duct surgery
  • biliary tract disease
  • cholecystectomy
  • gallbladder cancer
  • gallstone disease
  • laparoscopic cholecystectomy
  • pancreatic cancer
  • pancreatic cysts
  • pancreatitis

Hernia Procedures

  • abdominal hernia
  • component separation
  • epigastric hernia
  • femoral hernia
  • inguinal hernia
  • laparoscopic hernia repair
  • paraesophageal hernia
  • umbilical hernia
  • ventral hernia

Minimal Access Surgery

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

  • cellulitis
  • component separation
  • skin and soft tissue infections
  • skin biopsy
  • wound infections

Minimally Invasive Procedures

  • laparoscopic surgery
  • robotic surgery

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

  • adrenal tumors
  • biopsy of tumors
  • breast cancer
  • breast masses
  • breast tumors in pregnancy
  • colon cancer screening
  • colon cancer/polyps
  • colon/rectal cancer
  • endocrine cancer
  • esophagus cancer/tumors
  • gastrointestinal cancer/tumors
  • pancreatic cancer/tumors
  • stomach cancer/tumors
  • thyroid cancer/nodules

Thoracic

  • achalasia
  • Barrett's esophagus
  • esophageal surgery
  • hiatal hernia
  • myotomy

Trauma/Injury Procedures

  • abdominal injuries
  • abdominal wall reconstruction
  • blunt trauma
  • chest injuries
  • cricothyroidotomy
  • intestine injuries
  • liver injury
  • liver resection
  • lung resections
  • neck injuries
  • skin grafting
  • stomach injuries
  • tracheotomy
  • vascular injuries
  • wound debridement

Vascular Disorders/Procedures

  • vena cava filter placement

Hospital Appointments

Prairie Lakes Hlth Ctr.-Watertown, Sanford USD Medical Center-Sioux Falls, Avera McKennen Hospital-Sioux Falls, Brookings Hospital-Brookings

Attending

Academic Appointments

University of South Dakota, Sanford School of Medicine

Sioux Falls, SD

Chairman

University of South Dakota, Sanford School of Medicine

Sioux Falls, SD

Professor