Surgery Welcomes Colorectal Surgeon Dr. Meghan Good

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson Department of Surgery is pleased to welcome Meghan L. Good, MD, as a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Surgery’s Division of Surgical Oncology specializing in colorectal surgery.

Dr. Good earned her medical degree from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine and completed her residency in general surgery at Lehigh Valley Health Network. Following her residency, Dr. Good completed a laparoscopic colon and rectal surgery fellowship at Mayo Clinic Arizona and a colon and rectal surgery fellowship at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. She also completed a surgical oncology research fellowship with the National Cancer Institute.

‘my goals are to utilize a minimally invasive approach whenever feasible, and to treat all of my patients as I would my own family, assuring they are comfortable, well-informed and participating fully in their individualized care, Dr. Good said.

She is board certified in general surgery and board eligible in colorectal surgery. She is currently a member of the American College of Surgeons, the Society of Surgical Oncology and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.

‘dr. Good brings to Banner - University Medical Center Tucson her extensive training in surgery, said James Warneke, MD, FACS, interim division chief of surgical oncology. ’she has done fellowships in surgical oncology, laparoscopic colon surgery and in colorectal, and she can handle a wide range of colorectal diseases.

Her research interests include colorectal cancer in inflammatory bowel diseases, early onset colorectal cancer and stem cell therapies for diseases of the colon and rectum. Her work has been published by Cell Reports, Clinical Cancer Research and World Journal of Surgery, and she was the lead author of a book chapter on rectal prolapse in Ostergard’s Urogynecology and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, 7th Edition.

Outside of medicine, Dr. Good enjoys crafting, painting and outdoor activities such as hiking and camping.