Christopher R. Dwyer, M.D., FACS

Education

• Fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery
  Indiana University Health
  Indianapolis, IN
• Residency in General Surgery
  University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Mercy Hospital
  Pittsburgh, PA
• Medical Doctorate
  The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  San Antonio, TX

Accolades & Memberships

• Albert G. Marrangoni, M.D. Surgical Research Award (2013)
• American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery
• American Board of Surgery
• American College of Surgeons
• American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
• Golden Scalpel Award for Excellence in Resident Teaching (2015)
• Presidential Poster Award, Geriatric Bioscience Category (2009)
• UPMC Mercy Research Day, First Place Oral Presentation (2013)

Primary Hospital Affiliations and Surgical Facilities

• Baylor Scott & White Surgicare Mansfield
• Medical City Arlington
• Medical City Surgery Center Calloway Creek
• Methodist Mansfield Medical Center
• Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital
• Texas Health Surgery Center Bedford
• Trinity Park Surgery Center
• USMD Hospital at Arlington

Conditions

• Anal Cancer
• Anal Fissure
• Anal Fistula
• Anal Warts
• Anorectal Abscess
• Colon Cancer
• Crohn's Disease
• Diverticulitis
• Diverticulosis
• Fecal Incontinence
• Hemorrhoids
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Ostomy
• Pelvic Floor Therapy
• Pilonidal Disease
• Polyps of the Colon and Rectum
• Pruritus Ani
• Rectal Bleeding
• Rectal Cancer
• Rectal Prolapse
• Rectocele
• Ulcerative Colitis

Procedures

• Anal Fissurectomy
• Anal Fistulectomy
• Anorectal Manometry
• Colectomy, Bowel Resection
• Colostomy
• Hemorrhoid, Rubber Band Ligation
• Hemorrhoidectomy
• High Resolution Anoscopy
• Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis (J-Pouch)
• Laparoscopic - Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery
• LIFT
• Open Colorectal Surgery
• Robotic - Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Robotic Colorectal Surgery - Intuitive da Vinci Robotic Surgery (Si and Xi platforms)
• Robotic Rectal Resection
• Sacral Neuromodulation
• Screening, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Colonoscopy
• Sigmoidoscopy
• Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM)
• Transanal Hemorrhoidal Dearterialization (THD)

Other Information

Dr. Dwyer is married to a forensic pathologist and they have three children. In his free time, he enjoys reading Atlantic history and clay shooting.