Bryan Weidner, MD, FACS - MCCG General Surgery Residency

Bryan Weidner, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Associate Professor; Chief, Pediatric Surgery
Surgery Clerkship Director
Residency: Duke University
Fellowships: Pediatric Surgery - Seattle Children’s Hospital,
University of Washington
BIOSKETCH
Education
1988 - 1992 University of Pennsylvania - M.D.
1984 - 1988 Dartmouth College - B.A. Psychology
Postdoctoral Training
2000 - 2002 Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery
Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center - University of Washington School of
Medicine
1999 - 2000 Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care
Duke University Medical Center
1992 - 1999 Surgical Resident
Duke University Medical Center
1998 - 1999 Administrative Chief Resident General Surgery
Duke University Medical Center
1994 - 1996 Research Fellow
Duke University Medical Center
Academic Appointments
2010 - Present Associate Professor of Surgery
Chief of Pediatric Surgery
Undergraduate Director of Surgical Education/Clerkship Director
Mercer University School of Medicine/Medical Center of Central Georgia
2008 - 2009 Clinical Instructor-Pediatric Surgery
Florida Hospital General Surgery Program, Orlando, Florida
2006 - 2008 Clinical Instructor, Division of Pediatric Surgery
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

2002 - 2006 Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
2004 - 2006 Director, Surgical Undergraduate Education
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
2002 - 2004 Assistant Director, Surgical Undergraduate Education
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
2002 - 2006 Faculty Advisor for Surgical Interest Group
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
• Best Surgical Attending Award, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2005 and 2006
• Best Guest Lecturer to First Year Class Award, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2006
• Best Clinical Instructor Award Nominee, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2005 and 2006
• Outstanding Fellow Award, given by Pediatrics Residency at the University of Washington, 2002
• Golden Apple Award for Teaching, Duke University School of Medicine, 1994 and 1999
RESEARCH / CLINICAL INTERESTS
MANUSCRIPTS
2003.
1743,
Weidner BC, Waldhausen JH. “Swenson Revisited: A One-Stage, Transanal Pull-Through
Procedure for Hirschsprung’s Disease.” Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 38(8): 1208-1211,
Kim SS, Waldhausen JH, Weidner BC, Grady R, Mitchell M, and Sawin R. “Perineal
Reconstruction of Female Conjoined Twins.” Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 37(12): 1740-
2002.
Lin SS, Weidner BC, Byrne GW, et al. “The Role of Antibodies in Acute Vascular Rejection of Pigto-Baboon
Cardiac Transplants.” Journal for Clinical Investigations, 101(8): 1745-1756,
1998.
McCurry KR, Parker W, Cotterel AH, Weidner BC, et al. “Humoral Responses to Pig-to-Baboon
Cardiac Transplantation: Implications for the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Acute Vascular
Rejection and for Accommodation.” Human Immunology, 58(2): 91-105, 1997.
Lawson JH, Daniels LD, Hoopes CW, Lin SS, Weidner BC, et al. “The Role of Transgenic
Expression of Human Complement Regulatory Proteins in Discordant Xenotransplantation.”
Surgical Forum, Volume XLVIII, 1997.

BOOK CHAPTERS
Weidner BC. Jejunostomy. In Bax NMA, Georgeson KE, Rothenberg SS, Valla JS, Yeung CK,
eds. Endoscopic Surgery in Infants and Children. Springer. 2008.
Weidner BC. Stings, Bites, and Poisonings. In Oldham KT, Colombani PM, and Foglia RP, eds.
Surgery of Infants and Children: Scientific Principles and Practices. Philadelphia:
Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 2005.
Weidner BC, Pediatric Surgery. In Mosca PJ, Clark LA, Lyerly HK, Pappas TN, eds. Pocket
Surgery. Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2002.
Weidner BC, Mahaffey SM. Laparoscopic Procedures in Pediatric Surgery. In Pappas TN, Chekan
EG, Eubanks S, eds. Atlas of Laparoscopic Surgery, Second Edition. Philadelphia:
Current Medicine Inc., 1999.
Weidner BC. Pediatric Surgery. In Milano C and Clary BM, eds. The Handbook of Surgical
Intensive Care: Practices of the Surgical Residents at the Duke University
Medical Center, Fifth Edition, St. Louis: Mosby-Year Book, Inc., 2000.
Weidner BC, Pappas TN. Acute Pancreatitis. In Rakel RE, ed. Conn’s Current Therapy
2000, Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders and Company, 2000.
Weidner BC, Raj G. Procedures. In Gamella LG and Lefor AT eds. Surgery on Call. East
Norwalk, Connecticut: Appleton and Lange, 2000.
Weidner BC, Raj G. Bedside Procedures. In Gomella LG ed. Clinician’s Pocket Reference,
Ninth Edition. Stamford, Connecticut: Appleton and Lange, 2000.
PRESENTATIONS/ABSTRACTS
Weidner, BC “Malrotation: Pediatric Surgery and Pop Music Collide” Presented at the Georgia
Surgical Society 49 th Annual Meeting, Ponte Vedra, Florida, September 17, 2010
Weidner, BC “Vomiting in Infants”. Presented at Pediatric Grand Rounds, Walt Disney Pavilion at
Florida Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL, May 7, 2009
Weidner, BC “Surgical Emergencies in the Newborn.” Presented at the Current concepts in General
Surgery and Trauma Update, University of New Mexico Department of Surgery. Albuquerque, NM,
September 5, 2007.
Weidner, BC “Seeing Green, a Surgeon’s View of Bilious Vomiting.” Presented at the 2007
Presbyterian Hospital Pediatric Update Conference, Albuquerque, NM, April 27, 2007.

Weidner BC. “Bilious Vomiting in the Pediatric Patient”. Presented at the Current concepts in
General Surgery and Trauma Update, University of New Mexico Department of Surgery.
Albuquerque, NM, September 6, 2006
Hardin WD, Weidner BC, Moros L. “Child Abuse and Social Challenges in a Pediatric Burn
Unit: A Single Year’s Experience.” Presented at the 17 th Annual Region IV Burn Conference,
Birmingham, Alabama, November 5, 2004.
Hardin WD, Weidner BC, Roberson S. “The Use of a Bedside PC Tablet for Documentation and
Billing.” Presented at the 17 th Annual Region IV Burn Conference, Birmingham, Alabama,
November 5, 2004.
Hardin WD, Weidner BC, Etheredge D. “HIPAA Compliant Photography in the Burn Unit: A New
Era.” Presented at the 17 th Annual Region IV Burn Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, November
5, 2004.
Weidner BC, Waldhausen JHT. “Swenson Revisited. A One-Stage Pull-Through for Hirschsprung’s
Disease.” Presented at the Washington State Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Annual
Meeting, Lake Chelan, Washington, June 2002.
Kim SS, Waldhausen JHT, Weidner BC, Grady R, Mitchell M, Sawin R. “Perineal Reconstruction of
Female Conjoined Twins.” Presented at the 35 th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Association of
Pediatric Surgeons, La Jolla, California, May 2002.
Weidner BC, Kalady MF, Saadi S, Lawson JH, and Platt JL. “Endothelial Cell Regulation of
Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor Type 1 (PAI-1) in Pig to Primate Xenotransplantation.” Presented at
the 18 th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Chicago,
Illinois, April 18, 1997.
Weidner BC, Lin M, Hickey E, and Vaslef SN. “Compliance to a Streamlined Cervical Spine
Protocol Results in Early Removal of Philadelphia Hard Collars and Decreased Incidence of
Pressure Ulcers.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Committee on Trauma,
Wilmington, North Carolina, September 11, 1999.
Lin SS, Byrne GW, Diamond LE, Weidner BC, et al. “The Role of Antibodies in the Pathogenesis of
Acute Vascular Xenograft Rejection.” Presented at the Fourth International Congress for
Xenotransplantation, Nantes, France, September 9, 1997.
Lawson JH, Daniels LD, Hoopes CW, Lin SS, Weidner BC, et al. “The Role of Transgenic
Expression of Human Complement Regulatory Proteins in Discordant Xenotransplantation.”
Presented at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Chicago, Illinois, 1997.
Lawson JH, Diamond LE, Martin MJ, Hoopes CW, Weidner BC, et al. “Expression of Human
Complement Regulatory Proteins CD59 and Decay Accelerating Factor (DAF) Prolongs Graft
Survival and Physiologic Function in Pig-to-Baboon Kidney Transplantation.” Presented at the
Fourth International Congress for Xenotransplantation, Nantes, France, 1997.

Lin SS, Parker W, McCurry KR, Lawson JH, Diamond LE, Byrne GW, Weidner BC, et al. “The
Contribution of Humoral Immune Response to the Pathogensis of Acute Vascular Rejection.”
Poster presented at the 24 th Annual Scientific Meeting of The American Society of Transplant
Surgeons, May 1998.
Weidner BC. “Malrotation.” Presented at Surgical Grand Rounds, University of Alabama at
Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama. November 11, 2004.
Weidner BC, Lawson JH, Daniels LJ, Lin SS, and Platt JL. “Xenotransplantation-Current Concepts
and Approaches to Overcoming Rejection.” Presented at Surgical Grand Rounds, Duke University
Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, January 26, 1994.
Weidner BC. “A History of Xenotransplantation.” Presented at Surgical Grand Rounds, Duke
University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, May 26, 1999.
Weidner BC, Lawson JH, Diamond LE, Logan JS, and Platt JL. “The Role of Human Complement
Regulatory Proteins CD59 and Decay Accelerating Factor (DAF) in an Orthotopic Model of Swine
to Baboon Kidney Transplantation.” Presented at the XIVth International Congress of Nephrology,
Sydney, Australia, May 28, 1997.
INVITED LECTURES:
Weidner BC. “Preclinical Studies in Xenotransplantation,” given at the XIVth International
Congress of Nephrology, Sydney, Australia, May 29, 1997.
Weidner BC. “Pediatric Surgical Emergencies,” given at Central Washington Medical Center Grand
Rounds, Wenatchee, Washington, March 5, 2004.