PRESENT BUSINESS ADDRESS

Colon and Rectal Specialists, Ltd.
7605 Forest Avenue, Suite 308
Richmond, Virginia 23229

EDUCATION

Undergraduate
Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisana
Bachelor of Science in Biology, 01/1977 to 12/1981

University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisana
Advanced Biology Courses, 01/1982 to 06/1983

Medical School
Louisiana State University Medical School
New Orleans, Louisiana
Medical Doctor Degree, 07/1983 to 05/1987

Postgraduate
Internship &Residency:
General Surgery
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
06/1987 to 06/1992

Fellowship:
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Orlando Regional Medical Center
Orlando, Florida
07/1992 to 06/1993

LICENSURE

Commonwealth of Virginia
Board of Medicine
License No.:0101044052 (active)
Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
1987(inactive)

Florida State Board of Medicine
1992
License No.:ME0061998 (inactive)

BOARD CERTIFICATION

The American Board of Surgery
November 1993 Certificate No.: 38633
The American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery
September 1994

PRESENT HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

Henrico Doctors’ Hospital
Richmond, Virginia
Active Staff
Retreat Hospital
Richmond, Virginia
Active Staff

St. Mary’s Hospital
Richmond, Virginia
Active Staff

Memorial Regional Medical Center
Richmond, Virginia
Active Staff

Johnston Willis Hospital / Chippenham Medical Center
Richmond, Virginia
Active Staff

Hanover Outpatient Surgery Center, LP
Mechanicsville, Virginia
Active Staff

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

Medical College of Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Present

ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American College of Surgeons

Virginia Chapter, American College of Surgeons

American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

Chesapeake Colorectal Society

Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Richmond Academy of Medicine

Humera Surgical Society

American Medical Association

Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America

United Ostomy Association

Medical Society of Virginia

Richmond Academy of Medicine

Virginia Medical Political Action Committee
Honors and Awards

U.N.O. Honor Society

Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical Honor Society

Lange Medical Publications Award for Outstanding Achievement 1987

Founder, President, Captain of L.S.U.M.C. Rugby Club 1984 to 1985

Vice-President, Student Body 1971 to 1972

President, Student Body 1972 to 1973

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

Laparoscopic Bowel Resection

Computerized Manometric Investigation of Functional Bowel Disorders

Biofeedback Therapy for Functional Bowel Disorders

Surgical Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support) Certificate - 2004

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

O’Donovan SC: Burn Injury. In Lee & Dyke (ed.): Surgical Attending Rounds,
Philadelphia, Lea and Febiger 30:357-366, 1992

Larach SW, O’Donovan SC, Ferrara A, Williamson PR, Vayer AJ: Laparoscopic
assisted abdominoperineal resection. Videotape; presented at ASCRS 1993 meeting.

O’Donovan SC, Larach SW, Ferrara A, Salomon MC, Williamson PR: Laparoscopic
anterior resection with intracorporeal stapled anastomosis. Poster presentation at
Tripartite meeting, Sydney, Australia 10/93.

O’Donovan SC, Larach SW: Chronic anal fissures. Oral presentation at International Society of Coloproctology, Greece, 1992.

Vayer AJ Jr., Ferrara A, O’Donovan SC, Williamson PR, Larach SW: Computerized manometry and computerized non invasive electromyography in constipated and incontinent patients. Oral presentation at ASCRS 1993.

O’Donovan SC, Williamson PR, Ferrara A, Larach SW. Intraoperative use of ketorolac facilitates outpatient hemorrhoidectomy. Dis Colon Rectum 1994;37:793-9.

O’Donovan SC, Larach SW: Postoperative herniation of small bowel through a laparoscopy port site. Coloproctology 1994;16:98-100.