Training & Education

This is an academically oriented program that offers broad experience in continence-preserving colonic procedures. The program offers the breadth of colorectal surgery, and its affiliated institutions consist of a large county hospital, a university referral center hospital and a cancer center.

The program includes an anorectal physiology laboratory, including three-dimensional ultrasound. In addition, there is an AIDS colorectal clinic where patients with HIV-associated anorectal problems are managed.

Aggressive surgical management, including continence-preserving management for recurrent rectal cancer, characterizes the program. It includes integrated research in areas such as health sciences research, gene therapy, colonic physiology, laparoscopic physiology and laparoscopic cancer management.

Training Hospitals

Keck Hospital of USC
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Pasadena – USC Healthcare Center
Citrus Valley Health Partners
Garfield Medical Center
Palmdale Regional Medical Center

Fellowship Programs

Our Colon and Rectal Surgery Residency Program is an academically oriented program that offers broad experience in continence-preserving colonic procedures.