Jaime L. Bohl, M.D.

Dr. Jaime L. Bohl is an Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine and a Colon and Rectal Surgeon at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Jaime was born in Rockville, Connecticut. She grew up in the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Bohl graduated from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina and attended medical school at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. She completed her general surgery residency at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee and her colorectal surgery training at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts. After this, she joined the Ochsner Clinic Foundation as a Staff Colon and Rectal Surgeon in the Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 2011, she was recruited to her present position.

Dr. Bohl is a rising star in the area of hereditary colorectal cancer. She conducts research in this area and actively participates in forums and committees on a national level to improve our knowledge and management of these challenging patients. In addition to managing many patients with hereditary colorectal cancer, Dr. Bohl maintains a busy clinical colorectal surgery practice in a university setting; she also teaches and interacts with medical students and residents daily.

In addition to her research efforts, Dr. Bohl has published four book chapters and over four peer-reviewed articles. These include several contributions to Clinics. Dr. Bohl is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She serves on several committees and is a member of multiple specialty societies. She is Board Certified in General Surgery and Colon and Rectal Surgery and is also listed in Best Doctors in America.

Jaime lives in Winston-Salem with her husband Nick. When not working, she enjoys running and participating in international medical missions.

On behalf of the readers of Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery, the Editorial Board thanks Dr. Bohl for serving as Guest Editor and for providing an important issue on hereditary colon and rectal cancer.