Professor of Surgery
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Dr. Jonathan A. Laryea is a Professor of Surgery in the Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He holds the Nolie & Norma Mumey Endowed Chair in Surgery. He is also the Vice Chair for Quality for the Department of Surgery. Dr. Laryea is the Division Chief of Colorectal Surgery and he is the Medical Director of the Cancer Service Line at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.
He completed his medical training at the University of Ghana Medical School in 1998. He completed an additional semester of research training at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. He completed an internship in internal medicine and general surgery residency at a Yale University Affiliate, Waterbury Hospital Health Center in Waterbury, Connecticut. Before joining UAMS, Dr. Laryea also completed a colon and rectal surgery fellowship at Georgia Colon and Rectal Surgery Clinic in Atlanta.
Dr. Laryea is board certified in General Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, and Clinical Informatics. He also has a Master’s degree in Biomedical Informatics. He is a member of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, Southern Surgical Association, the Society of Black Colon & Rectal Surgeons, and the West African College of Surgeons.
His clinical interests are in minimally invasive surgery including advanced laparoscopic and robotic surgery for colorectal cancer and other colorectal diseases. He is passionate about Global Surgery and has taken multiple trips to Liberia, Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, and other countries in Africa. His research interests include racial disparities, biomedical informatics, and using machine learning/artificial intelligence to predict cancer outcomes.
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