Olaf B. Johansen, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Residency Training

Cleveland Clinic
Florida

1991 - 1992 Fellowship, Clinical Fellow
Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Harvard University
Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

1990 - 1991: Senior Chief Resident in Surgery.
1986 - 1990: Resident in Surgery
1985 - 1986: Intern in Surgery


Education
University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester
M.D. Degree, May 1985.

University of Massachusetts, Amherst
B.S. biochemistry with Honors, May 1980.


Societies
  • American Medical Association
  • American College of Surgeons
  • American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
  • Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
  • Indiana Medical Society
  • Indianapolis Medical Society

Appointments

Clinical Professor of Surgery,
Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery

Chief of Surgery, St. Francis, Mooresville

Staff Surgeon, St. Francis Hospital, Beech Grove, Indianapolis

Staff Surgeon, St. Francis Hospital, Mooresville

Staff Surgeon, Community South

Staff Surgeon, Methodist Hospital

Chairman, Cancer Committee, St. Francis, Mooresville

Vice President of Medical Staff, St. Francis, Mooresville

Chairman, Performance Improvement Council, St. Francis, Mooresville

Medical Director of Endoscopy, St. Francis, Mooresville

Treasury/Executive Committee, St. Francis, Mooresville

President Kendrick Regional Center for Colon and Rectal Care

Membership Committee, American Board of
Colon and Rectal Surgeons

President 7th District Medical Society
Marion, Hendricks, Johnson, Morgan County

Board of Managers Vice Chairman,
Mooresville Surgery Center

Board of Directors CCI


Teaching Assignments

Program Director, Indiana University School of Medicine,
Colon and Rectal Residency, 9/19/08 - 2010

Program Director, I.U. / St. Francis Hospital Colon and Rectal Surgical elective for 4th year Surgical Resident, 1995 - 2010
Approximately 100 Residents have completed 6-week rotation. 14 have gone to Colon and Rectal Fellowship.

Faculty for Lecture Series on Colon, Rectal Surgery Topics
St. Vincent's Residency Program, 1995 - 1999


License
Passed Part I, II and III of National Medical Boards.
Licensed in Indiana - 500259

Board Certified, General Surgery (6/92), Re-certified (6/01)
Board Certified, Colon and Rectal Surgery (9/93), Re-Certified (6/02)


Post Graduate Courses
Advanced Laparoscopic Techniques
Kendall Regional Medical Center
Miami, Florida, August 16-17, 1991

Colorectal Diseases in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008
An International Exchange of Medical and Surgical Concepts.

Course Director, "Update in Upper
Gastrointestinal and Colon and Rectal
Problems", Kendrick Memorial Hospital,
10/94 and 11/96, St. Francis, Mooresville
3/2000.

Editor/AD hoc reviewer for Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques.

Question author Colon and Rectal Surgery In-training Examination (CARSITE)


Clinical Honors
Received Hewlett-Packard Top Graduate Award, University of Massachusetts Medical School – Class of 1985.Top Score National Medical Board Class of 1985 (770)

MMidwest Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, William C. Bernstein Award, June 1992.

"Top Doctor Award", Indianapolis Monthly 2002, 2009


Employment Experience (Outside Residency)
Pathology Research Fellowship Autopsy Service,
University of Massachusetts Medical School 7/82 through 6/83.

300 Hours tutoring Anatomy and Pathology to medical students 1982 – 1983.


Presentations
"Stricturoplasty in Crohn's Disease"
Podium presentation.
Florida Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
Orlando, Florida
September 1991.

"Familial Adenomatous Polyposis"
Grand Rounds Presentation.r> Massachusetts General Hospital
BoBoston, Massachusetts
May, 1991

"Etiology and Evaluation of Anorectal Pain"
Course Faculty
Biofeedback for Colorectal Disorders
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
March 13-14, 1992

"Perineal Rectosigmoidectomy"
Podium presentation - Annual Meeting
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
San Francisco, CA
June 7-12, 1992

"Familial Adenomatous Polyposis: Initial Diagnosis in the Sixth Decade of Life"
Poster presentation - Annual Meeting
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
San Francisco, CA
June 7-12, 1992

"Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery: A Prospective Assessment and Current Perspective"
Podium presentation -  Annual Meeting
Southern Medical Association
San Antonio, TX
November 1992

"Update in Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease"
Indianapolis Crohn's and Colitis Foundation
May 1993

Director, Laparoscopic Colon Surgery Course
Ethicon, INC
Northwest Medical Center - Ohio
February and March 1993

Course Directory for Kendrick Memorial Hospital, Seminar of "Evaluation of Colonic and Rectal Problems"
1994, 1996, 2000

Update on Treatment of Rectal Prolapse
Indiana Surgical Society
May 1994

Update on the Treatment of Rectal Cancer
Indiana Surgical Society
June 2002


Publications - Articles
  1. Wexner SD, Johansen, OB, Nogueras JJ, Jagelman DG. Laparoscopic Total Abdominal Colectomy: A prospective trial. Dis Colon Rectum 1992; 35:651-5.
  2. Johansen OB, Wexner SD, Daniel N, Nogueras JJ, Jagelman DG, Perineal Rectosigmoidectomy in the Elderly. Dis Colon Rectum 1993; 36 (8): 767-72.
  3. Wexner SD, Johansen OB. Laparoscopic Bowel Resection; Advantages and Limitations. Annals of Medicine 1992; 24: 105-110.
  4. Falk PM, Beart RW, Wexner SD, Johansen OB, et al. Laparoscopic Colectomy; A Critical Appraisal. Dis colon Rectum 1993; 36 (1)
  5. Johansen OB, Wexner SD, Nogueras JJ, Jagelman DG. Laparoscopic Total Abdominal Colectomy: A Prospective Trial. Soft Med J 1992; 85 (9): p14.
  6. Wexner SD, Jagelman DG, Nogueras JJ, Johansen OB. Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery: A Critical Appraisal. Int J Colorectal Dis 1992; 7 (4): 234-5
  7. Wexner SD, Johansen OB, et al. Loop Ileostomy: A Safe Alternative for Fecal Diversion. Dis Colon Rectum 1993; 36 (4): 349–354.Wexner SD, Cohen SM, Johansen OB. Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery: A Prospective Assessment and Current Perspective. BR 8 Surg. 1993. Vol. 89 Dec. 1602-1605.

Abstracts
  1. Standard use of Alvimopan (Entereg) in Patients Undergoing Colon and Small Bowel Resection Leads to Shorter Postoperative Inpatient Length of Stay in Patients with Significant Comorbities Without Increasing Cardiac Events, a Retrospective, Case-Controlled Review of Over 200 Cases.
    Tsai B, Shih S, Sanders B, Lane F, Johansen, O, et al Abstract submitted to ASCRS 11/2009.
  2. Treatment of Anal Fissure with Botox™Chemical Sphincterotomy, an increasing trend in women.
    Shih S, Goutsouliak K, Sanders B, Johansen, O, et al Abstract submitted to ASCRS, 11/2009.
  3. Treatment of Anal Fissure with Botox™Chemical Sphincterotomy, Changing Practice Paradigm.
    Shih S, Goutsouliak K, Sanders B, Johansen, O, et al. Abstract presented at the American College of Surgeons AWS poster competition, 10/2009
  4. Perineal Rectosigmoidectomy in the Elderly. Dis Colon Rectum
    Johansen OB, Wexner SD, Daniel N, Nogueras JJ, Jagelman DG.1992; 35 (5): p 19.
  5. Rectal cancer in a young woman with associated nephrolithiasis
    Shih S, Lane F, Sanders B, Johansen, O, et al. 10th Annual Perspectives in Colon and Rectal Cancer-Chicago, IL Aug 2009
  6. Loop Ileostomy is a Safe Option for Fecal Diversion. Dis Colon Rectum.
    Wexner SD, Johansen OB, et al. 1993 Vol. 36 No. 4.
  7. Laparoscopic Colectomy: A Critical Appraisal. Dis Colon Rectum.
    Thorson A, Wexner SD, Beart RB Jr., Jagelman DG, Johansen OB, et al. 1992; 35 (5).

Publications - Book Chapters
  1. Johansen OB. Which Clinical Decision cannot be made Without an Anal Physiology Lab? Selected Topics in Colon and Rectal Surgery, 1992.
  2. Johansen OB, Wexner SD. Laparoscopic Colectomy. In: Keighley MR, Williams NS (eos). Textbook of Coloproctology. London: Balliere - Tindall.
  3. Johansen OB, Melbert RB, Sanders BM, Surgery Review Illustrated. McGraw Hill 2004

Active Research
  1. ACOSOG- Z6041- “Neoadjuvant Chemo/XRT/local excision for uT2 rectal cancer”
    2007- current, Local Investigator
    3 patients currently enrolled
  2. NSABP R-O4 - “Preop RT/Xeloda… resectable rectal cancer”
    2007-current
    1 patient currently enrolled
  3. “Efficacy of Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforcement in Colorectal and Coloanal Anastamosis: A Prospective Randomized Study”
    Sponsor-Gore and Associates 1/08 -current -local investigator

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