Neal Walter Wilkinson, MD FACS

I have practiced surgical oncology in a wide variety of settings to include academic teaching facility, fellowship training facility and now cancer program development. Prior to arriving in Montana, I practiced at The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Roswell Park Cancer Institute, both excellent academic training facilities. My team is now starting and establishing cancer care in a previously underserved region of our country which provides new and exciting challenges. My areas of clinical focus include gastrointestinal cancers (stomach, small and large bowel, liver and pancreas). My practice team includes medical and radiation oncologists as well as a team of surgical partners who will participate in the difficult clinical situations that present to our institution. We are actively initiating and maturing surgical oncology and rural surgical training within out facility. My clinical interests include: optimizing the timing and delivery of effective chemotherapy in combination with surgery and executing safe yet complex surgical care in the setting of cancer.

Endocrine (Gland)

• pancreatic endocrine tumors

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

• gastric cancer
• splenectomy

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

• bile duct malignancies
• bile duct surgery
• biliary tract disease
• cholecystectomy
• gallbladder cancer
• hepatobiliary surgery
• laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• liver surgery
• liver/hepatic disease
• pancreatic cancer
• pancreatic cysts
• pancreatitis

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

• skin gland tumors

Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer

• anal cancer
• colectomy
• colon surgery
• colon/rectal cancer
• esophagogastroduodenoscopy
• gastrointestinal bleeding
• gastrointestinal cancer
• laparoscopic colon surgery
• stomach cancer

Minimally Invasive Procedures

• laparoscopic surgery
• tumor ablation

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

• adrenal tumors
• anal cancer/tumors
• biopsy of tumors
• bone and soft tissue cancer/tumors
• colon/rectal cancer
• endocrine cancer
• esophagus cancer/tumors
• gastrointestinal cancer/tumors
• melanoma
• pancreatic cancer/tumors
• pelvic tumors
• skin cancer
• stomach cancer/tumors

Thoracic

• esophageal surgery

Winn Army Community Hospital

Hinesville GA,

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

07/1997—06/1999

Eisenhower Army Medical Center

Agusta GA,

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

07/1999—06/2001

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Iowa City IA,

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

07/2003—01/2010

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Buffalo NY,

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

02/2010—01/2014

Kalispell Regional Medical Center

Kalispell MT,

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

02/2014—Present

University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine

Iowa City, IA

Clinical Associate Professor

07/2003—01/2010

University at Buffalo State University of New York School of Medicine

Buffalo, NY

Clinical Associate Professor

02/2010—01/2014

University of Washington School of Medicine

Seattle, WA

Clinical Instructor

07/2020—Present