Education
MD, The University of Iowa 2003
BS, Michigan State University 1999, in Chemical Engineering and with Highest Honors
Postgraduate Training
Colorectal Surgery Residency, William Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak, MI, 2008 – 2009
General Surgery Residency, Iowa Methodist Hospital Des Moines, IA, 2003-2008
Certification
Board Certified in General Surgery 2008
Board Certified in Colon & Rectal Surgery 2011
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons 2013
Licensure
State of Michigan 2008-present
Hospital Affiliations
Attending Physician, Department of Colon & Rectal Surgery, William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, MI, 2009-Present
Attending Physician, Department of Colon & Rectal Surgery, William Beaumont Hospital
Grosse Pointe, MI, 2010-Present
Appointments
Assistant Professor Oakland University, 2013-present
Awards and Honors
University of Iowa Department of Surgery Medical Student of the Year 2003
Throckmorten Society Basic Science Research Presentation, 1st Place 2006
Hobbies and Interests
Acoustic and electric guitar
Running
Weightlifting
Publications and Research
Adeyemo A, Bannazadeh M, Riggs T, Shellnut J, Barkel D, Wasvary H. “Does Sedation Type Affect Colonoscopy Perforation Rates?” Dis Colon Rectum. 2014 Jan;57(1):110-4.
Peeples C, Shellnut J, Wasvary H, Riggs T, Sacksner J “Predictive factors affecting survival in stage II colorectal cancer: is lymph node harvesting relevant?” Dis Colon Rectum. 2010 Nov;53(11):1517-23
Shellnut, J.K., Wasvary, H.J., Grodsky, M.B., Boura, J.A., Priest, S.G “Evaluating the age distribution of patients with colorectal cancer: are the United States Preventative Services Task Force guidelines for colorectal cancer screening appropriate?” Dis Colon Rectum. 2010 Jan;53(1):5-8
Howe, J, Shellnut J,Wagner B. “Common Deletion of SMAD4 in Juvenile Polyposis Is a Mutational Hotspot” Am J Hum Genet. 2002 May; 70(5):1357-62
Engaged in 3-year basic science melanoma research project from Fall 2003- Spring 2006. Presented as poster at AACR national meeting in Washington D.C. in 2006 and as PowerPoint presentation at Throckmorten Society Annual Meeting in Des Moines 2006.
Co-author of emedicine.com article “Intussusception: Surgical Perspective” http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2972.htm
Presented original research on “Colonoscopic Associated Splenic Injury” at the Michigan Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeon’s Annual meeting, October 2008.
