Sarasota Center for Digestive Disease
3325 S. Tamiami Trail, Suite 200 (Second Floor)
Sarasota, FL 34239
For an appointment
Phone: 941-952-9223
Fax: 941-955-0644
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Dr. Southerland received his undergraduate degree at the University of Victoria, Canada, and his MB, BCH, BAO, LRCP 7 SI (Honors), Royal College of Surgeons, in Ireland. He did a rotating Internship at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Ireland, and was Senior Medical Resident of the Year. He completed a Residency in Internal Medicine (Categorical) at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, and a Fellowship in Gastroenterology at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL
Dr. Southerland is board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology and is a member of the American Gastroenterology Association, American College of Gastroenterology, and the Crohns and Colitis Foundation. ECFMG Certificate
Dr. Southerland was voted Top 10 Physician Role Model of Year-2005 by Sarasota Memorial Hospital.
Publications: William M. Bauer, John Southerland, Aaron Brzezinski, Lisa Rybicki, and Bret A. Lashner. Folic acid is associated with a favorable dukes’ stage in colorectal cancer in ulcerative colitis, Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. Accepted for DDW poster presentation, 1999. Southerland, J.C., Valentine JF: Osteopenia and osteoporosis in gastrointestinal diseases diagnosis and treatment. Curr Gastroenterol Rep.2001: 3(5):399-407
