Contributors

Cary B. Aarons, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery

University of Pennsylvania

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Maher A. Abbas, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Medical Director

Dubai Colorectal and Digestive Institute

Al-Zahra Hospital

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Matthew R. Albert, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Clinical Professor

University of Central Florida College of Medicine

Orlando, Florida

Clinical Professor

Florida State University College of Medicine

Tallahassee, Florida

Medical Director

Florida Hospital Colorectal Fellowship Program

Florida Hospital

Orlando, Florida

Suraj Alva, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Clinical Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Edison, New Jersey

Colorectal Surgeon

Department of Surgery

Overlook Medical Center

Summit, New Jersey

Nasira Amtul, MBChB, MRCS

Specialty Doctor

John Goligher Colorectal Unit

St James’s University Hospital

Leeds, United Kingdom

Sam Atallah, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Associate Professor of Surgery

Central Florida College of Medicine

Clinical Faculty, Florida Hospital General Surgery Residency Program

Clinical Faculty

Florida State University College of Medicine

Tallahassee, Florida

Chairman

Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Florida Hospital

Director, Research and Innovation

Center for Colon and Rectal Surgery

Orlando, Florida

Mitchell A. Bernstein, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

Chief, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery

NYU Langone School of Medicine

New York, New York

Anuradha R. Bhama, MD, FACS

Clinical Associate Staff

Department of Colorectal Surgery

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Joshua I. S. Bleier, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

University of Pennsylvania

Chief, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Department of Surgery

Penn Medicine

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Marylise Boutros, MD, FRCSC

Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

McGill University

Surgeon

Department of Colorectal Surgery

Jewish General Hospital

Montreal, Québec

Neeraja Chandrasekaran, MD

Research Fellow, Urogynecology

Department of Gynecology

Cleveland Clinic Florida

Weston, Florida

Bertram T. Chinn, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Clinical Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Edison, New Jersey

Chief Division of Colorectal

Department of Surgery

Overlook Medical Center

Summit, New Jersey

Carina M. Chwat, MD, MAAC, MSACP

Colorectal Surgeon

Department of Surgery

Hospital Universitario Austral

Buenos Aires, Argentina

William C. Cirocco, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Professor of Clinical Surgery

Department of Surgery, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery

The Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio

Attending

Department of Surgery

University Hospital/The James Cancer Hospital

Columbus, Ohio

C. Richard Cohen, MD, FRCS

Honorary Senior Lecturer

Department of Colorectal Surgery

University College London

Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

Department of Colorectal Surgery

University College London Hospitals

London, United Kingdom

G. Willy Davila, MD, FACOG, FPMRS

Head, Section of Urogynecology

Department of Gynecology

Cleveland Clinic Florida

Weston, Florida

Kurt G. Davis, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

LSU College of Medicine

New Orleans, Louisiana

Nathan Eberle, DDS, MD

Adjunct Faculty

Plastic Surgery

Cleveland Clinic Florida

Weston, Florida

James W. Fleshman, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Helen Buchanan and Stanley Joseph Seeger Professor and Chairman

Department of Surgery

Baylor University Medical Center

Professor of Surgery

Texas A&M Health Sciences

Dallas, Texas

Luanne M. Force, MD

Clinical Associate

Department of Colorectal Surgery

Cleveland Clinic Florida

Weston, Florida

Alice Frontali, MD

Colorectal Surgeon

Department of Colorectal Surgery

Beaujon Hospital

Paris, France

Joseph T. Gallagher, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery

Department of Surgery

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

Program Director

PGY VI Colon and Rectal Surgery Program

Department of General Surgery

Orlando Health

Orlando, Florida

Michael J. Grieco, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery

New York University

Colon and Rectal Surgeon

Department of Surgery

Bellevue Hospital Center

New York, New York

Alexis L. Grucela, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Department of Surgery

NYU Langone School of Medicine

New York, New York

Brooke Gurland, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Clinical Professor of Surgery

Staff Surgeon

Department of Surgery

Stanford University

Stanford, California

Alan E. Harzman, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

The Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio

Dana M. Hayden, MD, MPH, FASCRS

Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

Chief, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Department of General Surgery

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois

Tracy L. Hull, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Professor of Surgery

Department of Colorectal Surgery

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case

Staff Surgeon

Department of Colorectal Surgery

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Steven R. Hunt, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

Washington University in St. Louis

Staff Surgeon

Department of Surgery

Barnes-Jewish Hospital

St. Louis, Missouri

Syed G. Husain, MBBS, FACS, FASCRS

Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

Department of Surgery, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery

The Ohio State University

Attending

Department of Surgery

University Hospital/The James Cancer Hospital

Columbus, Ohio

David G. Jayne, MBBCh, FRCS, MD

Professor of Surgery

Department of Academic Surgery

University of Leeds

Professor of Surgery

Department of Colorectal Surgery

St. James’s University Hospital

Leeds, United Kingdom

Heman M. Joshi, MBChB, BSc, MRCS, DPhil

Registrar

Department of Colorectal Surgery

University College London Hospitals

London, United Kingdom

Deborah S. Keller, MS, MD

Honorary Lecturer

GI Surgery and Interventional Sciences

University College London Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust

London, United Kingdom

Division of Colorectal Surgery

Department of Surgery

Baylor University Medical Center

Dallas, Texas

Justin Kelly, MD, FRCS

Colorectal Surgeon

Center for Colon and Rectal Surgery

Altamonte Springs, Florida

Mia Kim, MD

Priv.-Doz. Dr. med.

Oberärztin der Klinik

Klinik und Poliklinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral-, Gefäß- und Kinderchirurgie Universitätsklinikum

University of Würzburg

Würzburg, Germany

Stephanie L. Koonce, MD

Attending

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department

Cleveland Clinic Florida

Weston, Florida

Julie Ann Van Koughnett, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor

Departments of Surgery and Oncology

Western University

Colorectal Surgeon

Departments of Surgery and Oncology

London Health Sciences Centre

London, Ontario, Canada

Sean J. Langenfeld, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Staff Surgeon

Department of Surgery

Nebraska Medicine

Omaha, Nebraska

Lawrence Lee, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Colon and Rectal Surgery

McGill University Health Centre

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Steven G. Leeds, MD, FACS

Associate Clinical Professor

Department of Surgery

Medical Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery Research and Simulation

Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery

Baylor University Medical Center

Dallas, Texas

Paul A. Lehur, MD, PhD

Professor

Institut des Maladies de l’Appareil Digestif

Nantes University

Consultant

Clinique de chirurgie digestive et endocrinienne

University Hospital of Nantes

Nantes, France

Warren E. Lichliter, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

Texas A&M University

Director of Surgical Education

Program Director CR Surgery

Department of Surgery

Baylor University Medical Center

Dallas, Texas

Amy L. Lightner, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, College of Medicine

Department of Surgery

Senior Associate Consultant

Department of Surgery, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota

Antonio Longo, MD

Chief Consultant

Department of Coloproctology and Pelvic Disease

Cliniche Gavazzeni Spa

Bergamo, Italy

Jennifer K. Lowney, MD, FASCRS

Colon and Rectal Surgeon

Department of Surgery

Baylor Scott & White Medical Centre

Lakeway, Texas

Texas Colorectal Surgery Associates

Dallas, Texas

Kim C. Lu, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

Division of GI and General Surgery

Oregon Health & Science University

Portland, Oregon

Najjia N. Mahmoud, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Professor of Surgery

Chief, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Department of Surgery

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

David J. Maron, MD, MBA, FACS, FASCRS

Vice Chair

Department of Colorectal Surgery

Cleveland Clinic Florida

Weston, Florida

Klaus E. Matzel, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Head Section Coloproctology

Department of Surgery

University Erlangen-Nürnberg

Erlangen, Germany

Miguel A. Medina III, MD

Director of Microsurgery

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Miami Cancer Institute

Miami, Florida

Sthela M. Murad-Regadas, MD, PhD, FASCRS

Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceara

Head, Colorectal Surgery Unit

Clinic Hospital, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceara

Head, Anorectal Physiology and Pelvic Floor Unit

Department of Colorectal Surgery

San Carlos Hospital

Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

Martin I. Newman, MD, FACS, FAAPS

Program Director

Department of Plastic Surgery

Cleveland Clinic Florida

Weston, Florida

Guy R. Orangio, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

Louisiana State Health Science Center

University Medical Center

New Orleans, Louisiana

Marc C. Osborne, MD, FASCRS

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Yves Panis, MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery

Department of Surgery

University Paris VII

Head of the Department of Colorectal Surgery

Beaujon Hospital

Paris, France

Michael Pendola, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery

Baylor University Medical Center

Colorectal Surgeon

North Texas Colon and Rectal Associates

Baylor Scott and White

Dallas, Texas

Rodrigo A. Pinto, MD

Associate Professor of Colorectal Surgery

Service of Colorectal Surgery

Discipline of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Department of Gastroenterology

Hospital das Clínicas of the University of São Paulo, School of Medicine

São Paulo, Brazil

F. Sergio P. Regadas, MD, FASCRS (Hon)

Staff

Department of Colorectal Surgery

Hospital Sao Carlos

Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

F. Sergio P. Regadas Filho, MD

Staff

Department of Colorectal Surgery

Hospital Sao Carlos

Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

Scott E. Regenbogen, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Surgery

Chief, Division of Colorectal Surgery

Department of Surgery

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Bruce W. Robb, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

Indiana University

Indianapolis, Indiana

Guillermo O. Rosato, MD, MAAC, MSACP, HFASCRS, MISUCRS, FASCRS (Hon)

Attending

Department of Colorectal Surgery

Hospital Universitario Austral

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Dana R. Sands, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Staff Surgeon

Department of Colorectal Surgery

Cleveland Clinic Florida

Weston, Florida

Anthony J. Senagore, MD, MS, MBA, FASCRS

Professor and Vice Chair

Department of Surgery

University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston, Texas

Beth A. Shanker, MD

Colorectal Surgeon

St. Joseph’s Hospital Ann Arbor

Ypsilanti, Michigan

Skandan Shanmugan, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery

Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sherief Shawki, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Staff Surgeon

Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Matthew J. Sherman, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Colorectal Surgeon

Department of Surgery

Kaiser Permanente Riverside Hospital

Riverside, California

Chaya Shwaartz, MD

Staff Surgeon

Department of Surgery and Transplantation

Sheba Medical Center

Tel Hashomer, Israel

Sakler School of Medicine

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

Clifford L. Simmang, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Chief Medical Officer

Vice President of Medical Affairs

Department of Colorectal Surgery

Baylor Scott & White Medical Centre

Lakeway, Texas

Texas Colorectal Surgery Associates

Dallas, Texas

Marc A. Singer, MD, FASCRS

Associate Professor of Surgery

Department of Surgery

Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Loyola University

Maywood, Illinois

Michael Solomon, MB BCH (Hons), BAO, MSc (Toronto), DMedSc (Sydney), LRCPI FRACS FRCSI (Hon)

Professor Surgical Research

Central Clinical School

Sydney Medical School

University of Sydney

Academic Head

Department of Colorectal Surgery

Chairman

RPA Institute of Academic Surgery

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

New South Wales, Australia

Shota Takano, MD, PhD

Chief, Department of Anorectal Surgery

Coloproctology Center Takano Hospital

Kumamoto, Japan

H. David Vargas, MD, FASCRS

Staff surgeon & Colon Rectal Surgery

Fellowship Program Director

Colon and Rectal Surgery

Ochsner Clinic Foundation

Staff Surgeon and Medical Director

Endoscopy Services

Colon and Rectal Surgery

Ochsner Medical Center

New Orleans, Louisiana

Mark L. Welton, MD, MHCM, FACS, FASCRS

Chief Medical Officer

Administration

Fairview Health Services

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Steven D. Wexner, MD, PhD (Hon), FACS, FRCS, FRCS (Ed), FRCSI (Hon), FASCRS, FACG

Director, Digestive Disease Center

Chair, Department of Colorectal Surgery

Cleveland Clinic Florida

Weston, Florida

Affiliate Professor

Florida Atlantic University College of Medicine

Boca Raton, Florida

Clinical Professor

Florida International University College of Medicine

Miami, Florida

Affiliate Professor

University of South Florida College of Medicine

Tampa, Florida

Professor of Surgery

Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio

Lauren R. Wilson, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery

Department of Surgery

Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine

Hanover, New Hampshire

Surgeon

Department of Surgery

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Lebanon, New Hampshire

Caroline Wright, MBBS (Lond.), MS, FRACS

RPA Institite of Academic Surgery

Consultant Surgeon

Department of Colorectal Surgery

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

New South Wales, Australia

Oded Zmora, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Sackler School of Medicine

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

Chair

Assaf Harofe Medical Center

Zrifin, Israel

Massarat Zutshi, MD, FACS

Staff Surgeon and Associate Professor of Surgery

Department of Colorectal Surgery

Lerner College of Medicine of Case

Western Reserve University

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio