The Sustainable Surgeon
A webinar featuring Dr. Sharon L. Stein
January 14, 2026
6:00 pm
Sharon L. Stein, MD, FACS, FASCRS, is a colorectal surgeon at MetroHealth Hospitals and Adjunct Professor at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine. She has served as the President of the Association of Women Surgeons, as Chair of the American College of Surgeons Women in Surgery Committee, and on the Executive Council of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. She has worked for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) as a surgeon in both South Sudan and Haiti.
As an academician, Dr. Stein has published over 150 articles, editorials, and chapters on a variety of topics from minimally invasive surgery to diversity in surgery. She has written extensively on minimally invasive surgery, colorectal cancer, and enhanced recovery protocols, as well as gender disparities in surgery, including pay equity, pregnancy in surgery, and intimate partner violence, and is the senior author on a landmark trial on coaching. In recognition of her contributions to scholarship, she has been invited to serve as a reviewer for several prestigious journals, to write several book chapters, and has published a book on laparoscopic colectomy. She has been invited to deliver hundreds of CME lectures and contribute to scientific publications both nationally and internationally. She was the first woman to receive an Honorary Fellowship from the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland.
Additionally, Dr. Stein works as a professional development and leadership coach through her program, The Intentional Surgeon. She speaks on coaching, leadership, and professional development nationally and internationally and regularly works with Societies and Institutions to deliver professional development content to their staff and trainees. You can catch her podcast “The Intentional Surgeon” via her website or podcast portals.
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