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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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ACS Fellow Since 2015

Brook Iams, MD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

  • Assn of Women Surgeons
  • Am Medical Association
  • Assn for Surg Ed

Additional Information

Gender

Female

Type of Practice

Academic medical center

General Surgery

2301 Holmes Road

Dept of Surgery

3rd Floor

Kansas City, MCH 64108

United States

Contact Information

Administrative Assistant
Name:Ashley Bennett

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Breast Disease/Cancer

  • axillary dissection
  • benign breast disease
  • breast cancer
  • Breast Disease/Cancer
  • lumpectomy
  • lymph node biopsy
  • mastectomy
  • sentinel node

Endocrine (Gland)

  • parathyroid surgery
  • thyroid nodules/cancer
  • thyroid surgery

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

  • Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure
  • abdominal pain
  • adhesion removal
  • anti-reflux procedures
  • appendectomy
  • feeding tubes
  • fundoplication
  • fundoplication - laparoscopic
  • gastroesophageal reflux disease
  • peritonitis

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

  • cholecystectomy
  • gallstone disease
  • laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Hernia Procedures

  • Hernia Procedures
  • inguinal hernia
  • laparoscopic hernia repair
  • paraesophageal hernia
  • umbilical hernia
  • ventral hernia

Minimal Access Surgery

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

  • cellulitis
  • epidermal cyst
  • nevi
  • Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures
  • skin and soft tissue infections
  • skin biopsy
  • wound infections

Anal-rectal Disorders/Procedures

  • anal abscess
  • anal fissure
  • anal fistula
  • anal tears
  • anal warts
  • Anal-rectal Disorders/Procedures
  • hemorrhoid problems
  • rectal bleeding
  • rectal prolapse

Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer

  • anal abscess
  • anal cancer
  • biopsy of tumors
  • colectomy
  • Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer
  • colon cancer screening
  • colon surgery
  • colon/rectal cancer
  • colonic polyps
  • colonoscopy
  • colostomy
  • Crohn's disease
  • diverticular disease
  • esophagogastroduodenoscopy
  • gastrointestinal bleeding
  • gastrointestinal cancer
  • hemorrhoidectomy
  • ileostomy
  • intussusception
  • irritable bowel syndrome
  • laparoscopic colon surgery
  • Meckel's diverticulum
  • small bowel syndrome
  • spastic colon
  • stomach cancer
  • ulcerative colitis

Bowel Control

  • bowel incontinence
  • constipation
  • diarrhea

Minimally Invasive Procedures

  • bone marrow aspiration/biopsy
  • fine needle aspiration/biopsy
  • laparoscopic surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Procedures
  • robotic surgery

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

  • anal cancer/tumors
  • basal cell cancer
  • breast cancer
  • breast masses
  • breast tumors in pregnancy
  • colon cancer screening
  • colon cancer/polyps
  • colon/rectal cancer
  • gastrointestinal cancer/tumors
  • melanoma
  • skin cancer
  • stomach cancer/tumors
  • thyroid cancer/nodules

Thoracic

  • hiatal hernia
  • pneumothorax

Trauma/Injury Procedures

  • abdominal injuries
  • blunt trauma
  • chest injuries
  • cricothyroidotomy
  • intestine injuries
  • liver injury
  • stomach injuries
  • thyroidectomy
  • tracheotomy
  • Trauma/Injury Procedures
  • wound debridement

Vascular Disorders/Procedures

  • arteriovenous access

Hospital Appointments

University Health - Truman Medical Center

Kansas City, MO

Surgical Attending

08/2017—Present

University Health - Lakewood

Kansas City, MO

Surgical Attending

08/2017—Present

Academic Appointments

University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Grand Forks, ND

Clinical Instructor

07/2012—07/2017

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Kansas City, MO

Assistant Professor

08/2017—Present

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Kansas City, MO

Program Director

02/2018—Present

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Kansas City, MO

Other

03/2024—Present