• Rectal Cancer: Anatomy, Staging, and Major Resections
  Ronald Bleday, MD
  
  
• Rectal Cancer: Local Excision – When and How
  Peter A. Cataldo, MD
  
  
• Colon Cancer
  Jennifer L. Irani, MD, FACS
  
  
• Ulcerative Colitis
  Stephen R. Gorfine, MD
  
  
• Crohn Disease
  Ronald Bleday, MD
  
  
• Unusual Colitis: Infectious, Ischemic
  Rocco Ricciardi, MD, MPH
  
  
• Medical Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  Joshua R. Korzenik, MD
  
  
• Bowel Obstruction and Ileus
  Walter E. Longo, MD
  
  
• Diverticulitis
  Jason F. Hall, MD, MPH
  
  
• Stomas
  Peter A. Cataldo, MD
  
  
• Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors, Carcinoids, and Other Unusual Intestinal Tumors
  Stanley W. Ashley, MD
  
  
• Functional Disorders of Evacuation and Physiology Testing
  Alan W. Hackford, MD
  
  
• Genetic Disorders of Colon and Polyp Disease
  Joel E. Goldberg, MD
  
  
• Pathology of Colon Polyps and Cancers
  Jason L. Hornick, MD, PhD
  
  
• Colorectal Polyps
  Peter W. Marcello, MD, FACS, FASCRS
  
  
• Fecal Incontinence
  Liliana Bordeianou, MD
  

• Rectal Prolapse
  Justin A. Maykel, MD
  
  
• Hemorrhoids
  Karim S. Alavi, MD, MPH
  
  
• Fissures
  Vitaliy Y. Poylin, MD
  
  
• Fistula Disease
  Mandeep S. Saund, MD
  
  
• Condyloma/Human Papilloma Virus
  Lester Gottesman, MD
  
  
• Pruritus Ani
  Steven Schechter, MD, FACS, FASCRS
  
  
• Colonoscopy
  Paul C. Shellito, MD
  
  
• Quality and Safety Outcomes in Colorectal Surgery
  Neil H. Hyman, MD
  
  
• Anal Cancer
  Harvey J. Mamon, MD, PhD
  
  
• Presacral Tumors
  David J. Schoetz, Jr., MD
  
  
• Perioperative Complications in Colon Surgery
  Stefan D. Holubar, MD, MS, FACS
  
  
• Bowel Preparations for Colon and Rectal Surgery
  Marc S. Rubin, MD
  
  
• Adjuvant Therapy for Colon Cancer
  Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt, MD, MPH
  
  
• Congenital Disorders
  Craig W. Lillehei, MD

COURSE DIRECTORS

Stanley W. Ashley, MD
Chief Medical Officer/Senior Vice President
for Medical Affairs, Brigham and
Women’s Hospital
Frank Sawyer Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

FACULTY

Karim S. Alavi, MD, MPH
Program Director, Colon and Rectal
Surgery Fellowship
University of Massachusetts
Medical School, Worcester, MA

Stanley W. Ashley, MD
Chief Medical Officer/
Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Frank Sawyer Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Ronald Bleday, MD
Chief, Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Liliana Bordeianou, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
and Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Peter A. Cataldo, MD
Surgeon, General and Colon and
Rectal Surgery, Fletcher Allen Health Care
Professor of Surgery, University of Vermont
College of Medicine, Burlington, VT

Joel E. Goldberg, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Gastrointestinal Cancer Center &
Cancer Risk and Prevention Clinic
Boston, MA

Stephen R. Gorfine, MD
Clinical Professor of Surgery
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

Lester Gottesman, MD
Associate Professor, Clinical Surgery
Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

Alan W. Hackford, MD
Professor of Surgery, Tufts University
School of Medicine
Vice Chairman of Surgery
St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
Boston, MA

Jason F. Hall, MD, MPH
Senior Surgeon, Department of Colon
and Rectal Surgery, Lahey Clinic
Burlington, MA
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA

Stefan D. Holubar, MD, MS, FACS
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center,
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
The Dartmouth Institute of Healthcare Policy
and Research, Hanover, NH

Jason L. Hornick, MD, PhD
Associate Director of Surgical Pathology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Neil H. Hyman, MD
Samuel Bard and Michelle D. Labow
Professor of Colorectal Surgery
Co-Director, Digestive Disease Center
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Burlington, VT

Jennifer L. Irani, MD, FACS
Associate Surgeon, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital; Instructor in Surgery
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Joshua R. Korzenik, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Division of Gastroenterology
Hepatology and Endoscopy
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
Boston, MA

Craig W. Lillehei, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Associate in Surgery
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA

Walter E. Longo, MD
Professor of Surgery, Chief,
Section of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Director of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Director of Surgical Education
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Harvey J. Mamon, MD, PhD
Clinical Director,
Department of Radiation Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Justin A. Maykel, MD
Chief, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery
UMass Memorial Medical Center
University of Massachusetts
Medical School, Worcester, MA

Peter W. Marcello, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Vice Chairman, Department of Colon
and Rectal Surgery, Lahey Clinic
Burlington, MA

Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt, MD, MPH
Clinical Director, Center for Gastrointestinal Cancer
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Vitaliy Y. Poylin, MD
Surgeon, Colon and Rectal Surgery
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Rocco Ricciardi, MD, MPH
Chief Scientific Officer, Staff Surgeon
Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA

Marc S. Rubin, MD
Clinical Instructor in Surgery
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
and North Shore Medical Center, Salem, MA

Mandeep S. Saund, MD
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Steven Schechter, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Colorectal Surgery
Warren Alpert School of Medicine
at Brown University, Providence, RI

David J. Schoetz, Jr., MD
Chairman Emeritus
Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Tufts University School of Medicine
Academic Dean at Lahey Clinic
Chief Academic Officer, Lahey Clinic
Burlington, MA
Professor of Surgery
Tufts University
School of Medicine, Boston, MA

Paul C. Shellito, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Associate Visiting Surgeon
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA