Capital Health providers on Friday, July 12, 2024, in Pennington, NJ. (Laurence Kesterson)
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Former army surgeon specializing in minimally invasive colorectal procedures joins Capital Health Surgical Group
Dr. John Smith Berry IV, a double board certified colorectal and general surgeon with a decade of experience in minimally invasive abdominal and transanal techniques, has joined Capital Health Surgical Group. He joins Dr. Ashlee Godshalk Ruggles, medical director of Colorectal Surgery, in providing surgical treatment for the prevention and management of cancer as well as benign diseases of the colon and lower gastrointestinal tract.
Dr. Berry received his undergraduate degree in chemistry at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York and went on to receive military honors as an Armored Cavalry Officer for valor in combat operations. He received his medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Dr. Berry completed his general surgery residency at Brooke Army Medical Center in San
Antonio, Texas and was fellowship trained in colon and rectal surgery at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Before joining Capital Health, Dr. Berry was as a colorectal surgeon in the U.S. Army based at Fort Liberty, North Carolina. During this time, he served multiple deployments to the Middle East where he was Chief of Surgery at combat hospitals in Sinai, Egypt and Doha, Qatar.
Dr. Berry is part of Capital Health Cancer Center and Capital Health Surgical Group, a multi-specialty surgical practice comprised of experienced surgeons who are experts in the surgical fields of acute care, bariatrics, breast, colorectal, general, hepato-pancreato-biliary, thoracic, vascular and surgical critical care.
To make an appointment, call 609.537.6000 or visit www.capitalsurgical.org for more information.
