Transanal Minimally Invasive Proctectomy: taTME

Dr. Justin Maykel is Professor and Chief of Colorectal Surgery at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, MA. Dr. Maykel has a special interest in Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision and will be discussing this very challenging and important topic with us this week!

Short Course, Total Neoadjuvant, Non-operative Management of Rectal Cancer

Dr. Lauren E. Henke, MD is an assistant professor of radiation oncology. Her clinical practice and research interests include motion management in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancers, adaptive radiation therapy, advanced image-guided radiation therapy, MRI-guided radiation therapy, technology development, and clinical trial design. This week, she discusses the multi-disciplinary management of rectal cancer.

Modern Surgical Management of Ulcerative Colitis: Setting the Stage for Success

This week we host Dr. Stefan Holubar, who is a staff Colorectal Surgeon and Director of IBD Multidisciplinary Team Conference and IBD Surgical Research at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Holubar is one of the emerging leaders in surgery in clinical and translational research and is working on breakthroughs in the pathophysiology of rectal cancer and treatment of patients with inflammatory bowel disease.