Steven D. Wexner

Steven D. Wexner is an American surgeon and physician who developed clinical scoring systems used in colorectal surgery. He is the Physician Executive Director and System Chair for Colorectal Surgery at MedStar Health, and Professor of Surgery at Georgetown University School of Medicine, having previously served as Director of the Ellen Leifer Shulman and Steven Shulman Digestive Disease Center at Cleveland Clinic Florida from 2022-2025 and as chair of the Department of Colorectal Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Florida from 1993 to 2024, and many other leadership roles at Cleveland Clinic Florida between 1988-2025.

His scoring systems—including the Wexner Incontinence Score, Wexner Constipation Score, and Pikarsky-Wexner Perianal Crohn's Score—are used for patient assessment and treatment planning. Wexner specializes in fecal incontinence and has contributed to surgical techniques and quality of life assessments for this condition. He has received 44 regional, national, and international research awards. Through his academic appointments, Wexner trains 15-20 surgeons annually and participates in medical conferences and lectures. He serves as a referral resource for complex colorectal cases. In 2020, he was elected vice-chair of the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons for a one-year term. Since 1990, he has served as Symposium Director of the Cleveland Clinic Annual International Colorectal Disease Symposium. The Symposium was held in Fort Lauderdale or Boca Raton every year from 1990 to 2019. Since 2020, the Symposium has expanded to include host locations outside of the US with interruptions during the pandemic years of 2021–2022. Wexner was recognized as one of America's Leading Doctors 2025 by Newsweek and Statista. In 2026, he was described by Marc Siegel as the top Colorectal cancer expert in the country. Provided by Wikipedia