W. Scott Pennington, Jr. M.D. FACS
“I find surgery a gratifying area of medicine because it often deals with acute life-threatening illnesses that may be cured by a single procedure. But as a child of a family practitioner, I learned that a physician’s work is really a ministry to the whole person and that it is a privilege to be involved in this healing process. As God enables me, my goal is always to provide patients with excellent, minimally invasive, up-to-date surgical care in a compassionate and caring manner.”
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons
- Diplomate, American Board of Surgery
- Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine Chief, Department of General Surgery, Grandview Medical Center Teaching Staff
Affiliations
- Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
- American Society of Bariatric Physicians
- American Society for Bariatric Surgery
- Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
- American Cancer Society
- Southeastern Surgical Congress
- Jefferson County Medical Society
- Grandview Medical Center Teaching Staff
His special interests include minimally invasive or robotic surgery.
- Weight-Loss Surgery – Gastric Sleeve or Bypass
- Heartburn Surgery – Reflux and hiatal hernia repair
- Endocrine Surgery – Thyroid, Parathyroid, Adrenal
- Breast Surgery – Lumpectomy with sentinel node biopsy
- General Surgery – Hernia repair, gallbladder, colon, spleen
- Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry (cum laude), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (June, 1973)
- Doctor of Medicine (cum laude), University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama (June, 1976)
- Internal Medicine Residency, University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama (1976 – 1979)
- General Surgery Residency, Baptist Medical Centers, Birmingham, Alabama (1979 to 1983)
- Tropical Medicine Certificate, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, University of Alabama School of Medicine
- Surgical Residents Teaching Award 2001 – 2002
- Outstanding Physician Award, 1986 and 1987, Baptist Medical Center Montclair
- Hugh Linder Award for Outstanding Resident, Baptist Medical Center Montclair
- Achalasia Surgery
- Appendectomy (Appendix Surgery)
- Bariatric Surgery
- Gastric Band Surgery (Lap Band)
- Gastric Bypass Surgery
- Gastric Sleeve Surgery
- Bile Duct Surgery
- Breast Surgery: Lump/Mass, Breast
- Cancer Surgery
- Crohn’s Disease
- Colon Surgery: Polyps, Colon Cancer
- Colonoscopy
- Colostomy, Colitis,Ileostomy
- Diverticulitis Surgery
- Enodcrine Surgeries
- Adrenalectomy (Adrenal Gland Surgery)
- Thyroid Surgery
- Parathyroid Surgery
- GERD – Gastroesophageal Reflux
- Disease
- Gallbladder Surgery
- Hernia Surgery
- Hiatal Hernia Surgery
- Laparoscopic Surgery
- Robotic Surgery
- Sarcoma Surgery
- Skin Cancer Surgery – Melanoma
- Small Bowel Intestinal Surgery
- Spleen Surgery (Splenectomy)
- Stomach Surgery (Gastrectomy)