Outpatient Clinic & Surgical Services
General Surgery
Dennis Whitmer, MD
Specialty: General Surgery - the treatment of injury, deformity, and
disease using operative procedures.
Certified by: American Osteopathic
Board of Surgery
Joined Story Medical in: 2003
Affiliated with:
Mercy Surgical Affiliates, Des Moines, Iowa
Education & Accomplishments: Dr. Whitmer is a graduate of the
University of Kansas in 1988 with a degree in Physical Therapy. He
practiced PT for several years prior to attending
Des Moines University Medical School and graduated in 1997. His
internship and residency programs were completed at
Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.
For more information on making an appointment with Dr.
Whitmer, patients should call
the Story Medical Outpatient Clinic & Surgical Services Department at
515-382-7738.
Common Procedures Done at Story Medical:
- Hernia Repair
- Gallbladder (Laparoscopic) surgery
- PICC Line Insertion
- Vascular Access Implants
- Hemorrhoidectomy
- Colonoscopy
- Endoscopy