Dean Potter, Jr., M.D.

My approach to care is family-centered. I work closely with our general surgeons and offer surgical consultations to pediatric patients. I am a Rochester-based Mayo Clinic surgeon providing care for patients in Onalaska and Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on an outreach basis. View my Mayo Clinic profile.

Education

• University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine

Residencies

• Clinician Investigator, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education
• Surgery, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education

Fellowships

• Surgery, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education
• Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education
• Children's Hospital Colorado

Certifications

• Diplomate, American Board of Surgery
• General Surgery, American Board of Surgery
• Pediatric Surgery, American Board of Surgery

Memberships

• American Association for Thoracic Surgery
• American College of Surgeons
• American Medical Association
• American Pediatric Surgical Association
• Children's Oncology Group
• Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
• International Pediatric Endosurgery
• Minnesota Medical Association
• Minnesota Surgical Society
• Pediatric Trauma Society
• Priestley Society Member
• Zumbro County Surgical Society

Academic Appointment

• Associate Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

• Pediatric and adolescent thoracic disease and inflammatory bowel disease

Clinical focus:

• Chest wall anomalies, including the Nuss procedure as treatment for pectus excavatum
• Crohn's disease
• Gallstones
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease, also known as GERD
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Pediatric and adolescent medicine and surgery, including minimally invasive, laparoscopic and robotic surgery
• Total proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis, also known as J-pouch surgery, for treatment of ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis
• Umbilical hernia in infants, children and adolescents