Colon and Rectal Surgery

Our specialty-trained surgeons are committed to the highest standards for the diagnosis (endoscopy, rigid and flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, and endoscopic polypectomy) as well as the medical and surgical management of the diseases of the colon, rectum, and anus. Our surgeons coordinate their diagnosis and treatment procedures with gastroenterologists, endoscopists, and the cancer experts at the Smilow Cancer Center, and throughout the northeast.  This team approach provieds the greatest continuity and highest standard of care.  When surgery will provide the best outcome for their patients, our surgeons will gladly discuss all surgical options and help you decide what is best for you or your patient.  They specialize in both open and laparoscopic (minimally invasive procedures) procedures for diseases of the colon, rectum, and anus.

Walter Longo, MD, MBA, is a is a board-certified colon and rectal surgeon
who specializes in:

• Screening and management of colon cancer
• Screening and management of rectal cancer
• Sphincter preserving surgery
• Transanal excision of cancer
• Screening and management of anal cancer
• Diverticulitis
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Crohn’s disease
• Perianal Crohn’s disease
• Small or large bowel Crohn’s disease
• Dilations
• Stricturoplasty
• Bowel resection, ostomy
• Ulcerative Colitis
• J-pouch
• Polyposis syndromes and adenomatous polyps
• Anorectal diseases
• Hemorrhoids
• Fissures
• Fistulas
• Abscesses
• Disorders of continence
• Pelvic floor disorders

Vikram Reddy, MD, PhD, is a fellowship-trained colon and rectal surgeon who specializes in:

• Advanced laparoscopic management of colon and rectal diseases
• Screening and laparoscopic management of colon cancer
• Screening and management of rectal cancer
• Laparoscopic sphincter preserving surgery
• Transanal excision of cancer
• Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEMS): is a minimally invasive approach to removal of certain rectal cancers and tumors using specialized laparoscopic equipment through the anus rather than requiring a large incision through the abdomen.  TEMS can also be used to repair certain fistulas (even to the bladder or vagina), or to even excise recurrent tumors at the site of a previous anastomosis.
• Screening and management of anal cancer
• Diverticulitis
• Laparoscopic management of complicated or uncomplicated diverticulitis
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Crohn’s disease
• Perianal Crohn’s disease
• Small or large bowel Crohn’s disease
• Dilations
• Stricturoplasty
• Laparoscopic bowel resection and ostomy
• Ulcerative Colitis
• Laparoscopic proctocolectomy and J-pouch
• Polyposis syndromes and adenomatous polyps
• Anorectal diseases
• Hemorrhoids (inclulding PPH or stapled hemorrhoidectomy)
• Fissures
• Fistulas
• Abscesses
• Disorders of continence
• Pelvic floor disorders