Dr. Gary H Hoffman M.D.
Colon and Rectal Surgeon
3831 Hughes Ave 706 Culver City CA, 90232Practice Philosophy
Traditional Medicine
About
Please read Dr. Hoffman's full bio at: http://www.lacolon.com/our-doctors/gary-hoffman-md With over thirty years of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of general surgical and colorectal disorders, ...
Education and Training
Vanderbilt Univ Sch of Med, Nashville Tn 1978
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Venous anomaly of the hemiazygos system.
- A dilated tortuous tributary vein to the hemiazygos vein seen first as an unusual inferior posterior mediastinal mass.
- A gastrointestinal stromal tumor discovered in a resected hemorrhoidal donut after stapled hemorrhoidopexy: report of a case.
- Stapled hemorrhoidopexy: a new device and method of performance without using a pursestring suture.
- Carcinoma of the prostate with aggressive rectal invasion.
- Multiple peptic ulcers after salicylate ingestion.
Treatments
- Hemorrhoidal Treatment And Procedures
- Office Diagnostics
- Colonoscopy
- Laparoscopic Colon Operations
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Operations
Professional Memberships
- Fellow American College of Surgeons 1987
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