William J. Peche
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William J. Peche, MD, MSPH

Languages spoken: English, French, Spanish

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Veterans Administration Medical Center

500 S Foothill Blvd
Salt Lake City , UT 84148
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William Peche, MD, is an assistant professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Utah and the Section Chief for General Surgery at the Salt Lake City VA. He is also a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery.

He completed his undergraduate degree at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and earned a Master of Science degree in Public Health from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Peche earned a medical degree from the University of Iowa, completing an internship at Atlanta Medical Center and a residency at the University of Utah School of Medicine, both in general surgery. He also completed a colorectal surgery fellowship at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Colon & Rectal Surgery
American Board of Surgery

William Peche, MD, is an assistant professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Utah and the Section Chief for General Surgery at the Salt Lake City VA. He is also a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery.

He completed his undergraduate degree at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and earned a Master of Science degree in Public Health from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Peche earned a medical degree from the University of Iowa, completing an internship at Atlanta Medical Center and a residency at the University of Utah School of Medicine, both in general surgery. He also completed a colorectal surgery fellowship at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Surgery -Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions General Surgery
Board Certification
American Board of Colon & Rectal Surgery
American Board of Surgery

Education history

Undergraduate Business Administration - Trinity University B.A.
Graduate Training Tulane University School of Public Health M.S.P.H.
Professional Medical Medicine - University of Iowa M.D.
Internship General Surgery - Atlanta Medical Center Intern
Residency General Surgery - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
Fellowship Colon-Rectal Surgery - UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Martin L, Peche W, Peterson K, Wan Y, Chan S, Morton R, Zhang C, Presson AP, Hotaling J, (2017). Population based paternity rate and partner birth outcomes among Utah men with inflammatory bowel disease. Am J Gastroenterol, 112(11), 1722-1727.
  2. Martin LA, Gross ME, Mone MC, Whiting CK, Hansen H, Mecham EM, Peche WJ, Scaife CL (October 2015). Routine endoscopic surveillance for local recurrence of rectal cancer is futile. Am J Surg.
  3. Martin L, Seton G, Aldred B, Hopkins P, Chan J, Heilbrun ME, Mone M, Scaife C, Peche W (2016). When body mass index fails to measure up: perinephric and periumbilical fat as predictors of operative risk. Am J Surg, 212(6), 1039-1046.
  4. Strong M, Peche W, Scaife (2007). Incidence of fertility counseling of women of child-bearing age before treatment for colorectal cancer. American journal of surgery, 194(6), 765-7; discussion 767-8.
  5. Jackson KL, Glasgow RE, Hill B, Mone M, Sklow B, Scaife C, Sheng X, Peche W (2013). DOES TRAVEL DISTANCE INFLUENCE LENGTH OF STAY IN ELECTIVE COLORECTAL SURGERY?. Diseases of the colon and rectum, 56(3), 367-73.
  6. Martin L, Mullaney S, Peche W, Peterson K, Chan S, Morton R, Wan Y, Zhang C, Presson AP6 Emery B, Aston K, Jenkins T, Carrell D, Hotaling (2017). Population-based semen analysis results and fertility among patients with inflammatory bowel disease: results from subfertility health assisted reproduction and the environment (SHARE) study. . Urology, 107, 114-119.
  7. Josh Bleicher, Jessica N Cohan, Lyen C Huang, William Peche, T Bartley Pickron, Courtney L Scaife, Tawnya L Bowles, John R Hyngstrom, Elliot A Asar (2021). Trends in the management of anorectal melanoma: A multi-institutional retrospective study and review of the world literature. World journal of gastroenterology, 27(3), 267-80.
  8. Patel DP, Southwick AW, Brant WO, Hotaling JM, Peche W, Myers J (2016). Long-Term Surgical Management of Severe Pelvic Injury and Resulting Neurogenic Bladder From an Improvised Explosive Device. Federal practitioner, 33(1), 22-26.

Case Report

  1. Darshan P. Patel, MD, Andrew W. Southwick, MD, William O. Brant, MD, James M. Hotaling, MD, MS, William Peche, MD, MSPH, and Jeremy B. Myers, M (2016). Long-Term Surgical Management of Severe Pelvic Injury and Resulting Neurogenic Bladder From an Improvised Explosive Device. Federal practitioner, 33(01), 22-26.
  2. Smiley K, Malhotra R, Peche W, Langell J (2016). Unresectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Eight Years Later. World journal of oncology, 7(1), 17-20.