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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 Fellow Since 2017

Denise Klinkner, MD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery - Pediatric Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery - Surgical Critical Care

Additional Information

Gender

Female

Type of Practice

Academic medical center

Pediatric Surgery

Contact Information

Administrative Assistant
Name:Dawn Laufenburger

Biography

Pediatric surgery with the added position of Trauma Director for the ACS Pediatric Level 1 Trauma Center

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Neonatal Surgery

Pediatric Colon & Rectal

Pediatric Critical Care

Pediatric Endocrine (Glands/Hormones)

Pediatric Abdomen & Digestion

Pediatric Hernia Procedures

Pediatric Cancer/Tumors

Pediatric Gender Orientation

Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Pediatric Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas

Minimally Invasive Procedures

Pediatric Thoracic (lungs,chest,esoph)

Pediatric Trauma

Pediatric Vascular Surgery

Hospital Appointments

SSM Cardinal Glennon

St Louis, MO

Attending

08/2011—06/2012

St Joseph's

Springfield, IL

Attending

10/2011—06/2012

St Joseph's

Marshfield, WI

Attending

08/2012—06/2013

Mayo Clinic St Mary's Hospital

Rochester, MN

Attending

09/2015—Present

Academic Appointments

Saint Louis University School of Medicine

St. Louis, MO

Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor

08/2011—06/2012

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, WI

Assistant Professor

08/2012—06/2013

Mayo Medical School

Rochester, MN

Assistant Professor

03/2016—Present