Need To Find A Good Surgeon. Any Suggestions?

My friend is diagnosed rectal cancer. We heard that the Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and the Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital in NYC were among the best in north America. Finding a good surgeon is now a huge decision for my friend. Anybody here has any suggestions? Many thanks in advance.

I also had rectal cancer 2 years ago. I had a wonderful surgeon, his name is Dr. David Shibata, he is at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa FL, I would highly reccomend him to anyone.

I would think you would like to look at national registries of colo-rectal surgeons in your region.  I would also say that the person that I think is the best is Dr. Kirk Ludwig -- he is now at the University of Wisconsin.  If your insurance allows you to go there -- I would contact him in a heartbeat.   Best, stjohn

Thank you.

On 4/3/2008 Sandy... wrote:

I also had rectal cancer 2 years ago. I had a wonderful surgeon, his name is Dr. David Shibata, he is at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa FL, I would highly reccomend him to anyone.

On 3/30/2008 chensong wrote:

My friend is diagnosed rectal cancer. We heard that the Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and the Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital in NYC were among the best in north America. Finding a good surgeon is now a huge decision for my friend. Anybody here has any suggestions? Many thanks in advance.

I would reccommend Dr. joel Goldberg, a colo rectal oncologic surgeon at The Brigham and Womens hospital, which is connected to The Dana Farber Cancer Center in Boston, MA

christopher mantyh duke university, he is a top research and surgeon and duke is one of the top 10 hospitals in the country

I was diagnosed with Rectal Cancer April 2007, I went to Sloan Kettering, my surgeon was Dr. Phillip Paty. He was awesome, he was able to spare me a colostomy when all other doctors said I had no other option.

Your message is from 3 months ago, so I hope your friend has no further need of surgeon recommendations, but for anyone else reading this thread, I had a fist-sized stage III rectal tumor, quite low in my rectum, in September 2005. In January 2006, after chemo and radiation to shrink the tumor, I had laparoscopic (with hand-assist) surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital in Weston, Florida. My surgeon pioneered this particular surgery, and I was saved from a permanent colostomy by his expertise. His name is Dr. Steve Wexner.

I know this is a little bit late but if you are still looking for the Best Dr I have to tell you Dr.John Marks in Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood Pa. His father Pioneered the laproscpic procedure for colorectal cancer patients.My Husband had stage 4 rectal cancer when other Dr told us that he would have to have a permanent Colostomy ..Dr Marks was the only one who said he could reverse him and that he would do it Laproscopically and now it's been 3 years and I can tell you that he is World Known he teaches all over the world of his technique and procedures that not too many Dr can do this type of surgery ..He Is That Good !!!!!!! check him out on the Web !!!!!