Dr. Jose G Guillem MD
Colon and Rectal Surgeon
101 MANNING DRIVE CHAPEL HILL NC, 27514About
I am a colorectal surgeon at Memorial Sloan-Kettering and Director of the Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Family Registry. I have a long-standing interest in the management of primary and recurrent colon ...
Education and Training
Yale Univ Sch of Med, New Haven Ct 1983
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- 30 Gy may be an adequate dose in patients with anal cancer treated with excisional biopsy followed by combined-modality therapy.
- Gastrointestinal polyposis syndromes.
- Loss of basement membrane type IV collagen is associated with increased expression of metalloproteinases 2 and 9 (MMP-2 and MMP-9) during human colorectal tumorigenesis.
- Major 20th-century advancements in the management of rectal cancer.
- Colorectal cancer recurrence during pregnancy--unique and poorly understood clinical entity: report of a case.
- Conservative management of rectal cancer with local excision and postoperative adjuvant therapy.
- Cumulative risk of developing polyps or malignancy at the ileal pouch-anal anastomosis in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis.
- Current issues in colorectal cancer surgery.
- Metastatic and non-metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) cells induce host metalloproteinase production in vivo.
- Role of laparoscopy in the initial multimodality management of patients with near-obstructing rectal cancer.
- Surgical management of primary colorectal cancer.
- Pancreatic or duodenal resection or both for advanced carcinoma of the right colon: is it justified?
- Abdominal wall recurrence after colorectal resection for cancer.
- Treatment options for mid- and low-rectal cancers.
- Favorable short-term and long-term outcome after elective radical rectal cancer resection in patients 75 years of age or older.
Awards
- New York Super Doctors 2008-2012
Fellowships
- Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
- Lahey Clinic Medical Center (Burlington, Massachusetts)
- Columbia - Presbyterian Medical Center
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