Colorectal Surgery
Leadership
Name:
Benjamin R. Phillips, MD
Position:
- Chief, Division of Colorectal Surgery
- Gerald J. Marks Professor in Colorectal Surgery
1100 Walnut Street
MOB, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Contact Number(s):
Research
Our faculty members publish in peer-reviewed journals, author book chapters and present frequently at local and national conferences.
Recent Publications
- Remediation for the Forgotten Few: The American Board of Surgery Alternative Pathway II Experience
- Primary anastomosis with diverting loop ileostomy vs. Hartmann’s procedure for acute diverticulitis: what happens after discharge? Results of a nationwide analysis
- Novice User Learning Curve for Handheld Gastric Point of Care Ultrasound Evaluations to Detect Delayed Return of Postoperative Peristalsis
- Major General Carl W. Hughes, MD—Soldier, Surgeon, Innovator
- Joseph Murray: Pioneering Plastic Surgeon and Father of the First Organ Transplant
- Postoperative Handheld Gastric Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Delayed Bowel Function
- Effectiveness of Liposomal Bupivacaine in Ostomy Reversal: A Retrospective Review
- A Role for Gastric Point of Care Ultrasound in Postoperative Delayed Gastrointestinal Functioning
- The Effect of the Commonly Used Local Anesthetic on Bacterial Growth
- Epigenetic drugs induce the potency of classic chemotherapy, suppress post-treatment re-growth of breast cancer, but preserve the wound healing ability of stem cells
- Locally transplanted adipose stem cells reduce anastomotic leaks in ischemic colorectal anastomoses: A rat model
- Mark M. Ravitch: A Staple in Surgical History and Innovation
- The relationship between grit and selected personality measures in medical students
- Epigenetic therapy can inhibit growth of ovarian cancer cells and reverse chemoresistant properties acquired from metastatic omentum
- César roux—the mind behind the roux-en-Y
- Postoperative outcomes of open versus laparoscopic pyloromyotomy for hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
- Role of differentially expressed microRNA-139-5p in the regulation of phenotypic internal anal sphincter smooth muscle tone
- Polyp detection rates among body mass index categories at first screening colonoscopy
- Reducing colorectal surgical site infections: a novel, resident-driven, quality initiative
- Is OM-3 synergistic with GLP-2 in intestinal failure?