Dr. Paul Clarke Shellito MD
Surgeon
15 Parkman St Wac 460 Boston MA, 02114About
Dr. Paul Shellito is a general surgeon practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Shellito specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Shellito provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1977
Harvard Medical School 1977
Board Certification
Colon & Rectal SurgeryAmerican Board of Colon & Rectal SurgeryABCRS
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prognostic factors in stage T3N0 rectal cancer: do all patients require postoperative pelvic irradiation and chemotherapy?
- Long-term follow-up of patients with rectal cancer managed by local excision with and without adjuvant irradiation.
- Does postoperative irradiation play a role in the adjuvant therapy of stage T4 colon cancer?
- Intraoperative radiation therapy for locally advanced recurrent rectal or rectosigmoid cancer.
- Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological
- Adjuvant postoperative radiation therapy for rectal adenocarcinoma.
- Pseudomembranous colitis.
- Are there patients with stage I rectal carcinoma at risk for failure after abdominoperineal resection?
- Endoscopic resection of large sessile colorectal polyps.
- Perioperative treatment with infliximab in patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis is not associated with an increased rate of postoperative complications.
- Intraoperative electron beam radiation therapy for recurrent locally advanced rectal or rectosigmoid carcinoma.
- Intraoperative electron beam radiation therapy for primary locally advanced rectal and rectosigmoid carcinoma.
- The freckle sign--an endoscopic feature of the cecum.
- Short-term outcomes in obese patients after colectomy for adenocarcinoma at a bariatric center.
- Wound dehiscence after abdominoperineal resection for low rectal cancer is associated with decreased survival.
Treatments
- Colon Polyps
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