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Colon & Rectal Surgery
Dr. James M. Church, MD
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James Church practices Colon & Rectal Surgery. He received awards:"America's Top Doctors", "America's Top Doctors for Cancer", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Fellow (FACS)" and "Fellow (FACG)". Dr. James M. Church is a published MD. He published 98 publications, including: 'Lateral internal sphincterotomy for surgically recurrent chronic anal fissure.'
Publications
- Lateral internal sphincterotomy for surgically recurrent chronic Anal fissure.
- Desmoids and genotype in familial adenomatous polyposis.
- Defining the adenoma burden in lynch syndrome.
- Characteristics of benign and malignant thyroid Disease in familial adenomatous polyposis patients and recommendations for Disease surveillance.
- ACG clinical guideline: Genetic testing and management of hereditary gastrointestinal Cancer syndromes.
- Restorative proctocolectomy with a handsewn IPAA: S-pouch or J-pouch?
- Smoking-associated risks of conventional adenomas and serrated polyps in the colorectum.
- Genotype-defined Cancer risk in juvenile polyposis syndrome.
- Prophylactic colectomy: Rationale, indications, and approach.
- Colonoscopy in patients with Lynch syndrome: no room for error.
- Adenoma and sessile serrated polyp detection rates: variation by patient sex and colonic segment but not specialty of the endoscopist.
- Guidelines on Genetic Evaluation and Management of Lynch Syndrome: A Consensus Statement by the US Multi-Society Task Force on ColoRectal Cancer.
- The impact of mesenteric tension on pouch outcome and quality-of-life in patients undergoing restorative proctocolectomy.
- Guidelines on Genetic Evaluation and Management of Lynch Syndrome: A Consensus Statement by the US Multi-Society Task Force on ColoRectal Cancer.
- Adenoma detection at colonoscopy by polypectomy in withdrawal only versus both insertion and withdrawal: a randomized controlled trial.
- Defining HNPCC and Lynch syndrome: what's in a name?
- Bedside colonoscopy in intensive care units: indications, techniques, and outcomes.
- Achieving a complete colonic evaluation in patients with incomplete colonoscopy is worth the effort.
- Desmoid tumors do not prevent proctectomy following abdominal colectomy and ileoRectal anastomosis in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis.
- The use of ancillary techniques to aid colonoscope insertion.
- Colonoscopy: what are we missing?
- Metachronous serrated neoplasia is uncommon after right colectomy in patients with methylator colon Cancers with a high degree of microsatellite instability.
- Differences in colonoscopy technique impact quality.
- Small bowel obstruction in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis related desmoid Disease.
- Prevalence of occult gynecologic malignancy at the time of risk reducing and nonprophylactic surgery in patients with Lynch syndrome.
- Complications of colonoscopy.
- Should bypass or stoma creation be undertaken for unresectable stage IV coloRectal carcinoma?
- Anal transitional zone neoplasia in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis after restorative proctocolectomy and IPAA: incidence, management, and oncologic and f...
- Results from an American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons survey on the management of young-onset coloRectal cancer.
- Enterocutaneous Fistulas in familial adenomatous polyposis patients with abdominal desmoid disease.
- Importance of serrated polyps in coloRectal carcinogenesis.
- Rectal cancers in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis.
- Snaring large serrated polyps.
- Treating symptomatic adhesions to the sigmoid colon: colectomy improves quality of life.
- A novel nomogram accurately quantifies the risk of mortality in elderly patients undergoing coloRectal surgery.
- Implementation of universal microsatellite instability and immunohistochemistry screening for diagnosing lynch syndrome in a large academic medical center.
- Intraoperative colonoscopy does not worsen the outcomes of laparoscopic coloRectal surgery: a case-matched study.
- Prevalence of Germline PTEN, BMPR1A, SMAD4, STK11, and ENG Mutations in Patients with Moderate-Load ColoRectal Polyps.
- Risk factors for delayed postpolypectomy bleeding: how to minimize your patients' risk.
- Integrated Analysis of genome-wide copy number alterations and gene expression in microsatellite stable, CpG island methylator phenotype-negative colon cancer.
- Key factors associated with postoperative complications in patients undergoing coloRectal surgery.
- Keeping the cecum clean: a randomized, prospective, placebo-controlled trial of loperamide as part of preparation for colonoscopy.
- Detecting and managing hereditary coloRectal cancer syndromes in your practice.
- Serrated polyp detection rate during screening colonoscopy.
- The prevalence of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia in juvenile polyposis syndrome.
- Risk of colonic neoplasia after proctectomy for Rectal cancer in hereditary nonpolyposis coloRectal cancer.
- High-throughput arrays identify distinct genetic profiles associated with lymph node involvement in Rectal cancer.
- Prognostic modeling of preoperative risk factors of pouch failure.
- BRAF Mutations in ColoRectal Cancer Are Associated With Distinct Clinical Characteristics and Worse Prognosis.
- Biological Immunomodulators Improve the Healing Rate in Surgically Treated PeriAnal Crohn's Fistulas.
- Unique DNA methylome profiles in CpG island methylator phenotype colon Cancers.
- The role of primary surgical procedure in maintaining Intestinal continuity for patients with Crohn's colitis.
- Relative role of methylator and tumor suppressor pathways in ulcerative colitis-associated colon Cancer.
- Screening for thyroid Cancer in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis.
- Clinical characteristics and outcomes in familial adenomatous polyposis patients with a long-term treatment of celecoxib: a matched cohort study.
- Defining phenotypes and Cancer risk in hyperplastic polyposis syndrome.
- The PREMM(1,2,6) model predicts risk of MLH1, MSH2, and MSH6 germline mutations based on Cancer history.
- Metachronous coloRectal cancer risk for mismatch repair gene mutation carriers: the advantage of more extensive colon surgery.
- Risk of coloRectal adenoma and carcinoma after colectomy for coloRectal cancer in patients meeting Amsterdam criteria.
- Gene signature is associated with early stage Rectal cancer recurrence.
- ColoRectal cancer complicating inflammatory bowel disease: similarities and differences between Crohn's and ulcerative colitis based on three decades of experience.
- Factors associated with septic complications after restorative proctocolectomy.
- Stage III coloRectal cancer: molecular disparity between primary cancers and lymph node metastases.
- Is the phenotype mixed or mistaken? Hereditary nonpolyposis coloRectal cancer and hyperplastic polyposis syndrome.
- Laparoscopic vs. colonoscopic removal of a large polyp.
- The evolution of prophylactic coloRectal surgery for familial adenomatous polyposis.
- Genetic and molecular diversity of colon Cancer hepatic metastases.
- Divergent oncogenic changes influence survival differences between colon and Rectal adenocarcinomas.
- Perineal Crohn's Disease: an indicator of poor prognosis and potential proctectomy.
- Surgical site infections in a "high outlier" institution: are coloRectal surgeons to blame?
- Measuring sexual and urinary outcomes in women after Rectal cancer excision.
- Identifying Lynch syndrome: we are all responsible.
- Long-term outcomes with ileal pouch-Anal anastomosis and Crohn's disease: pouch retention and implications of delayed diagnosis.
- Use of infliximab within 3 months of ileocolonic resection is associated with adverse postoperative outcomes in Crohn's patients.
- Adenoma detection rate: the real indicator of quality in colonoscopy.
- Classic "outlet" Rectal bleeding does not require full colonoscopy to exclude significant pathology.
- Fundic gland polyp dysplasia is common in familial adenomatous polyposis.
- Enhancing the quality of colonoscopy: the importance of bowel purgatives.
- Clinical outcomes and cost Analysis of a "fast track" postoperative care pathway for ileal pouch-Anal anastomosis: a case control study.
- The outcome after restorative proctocolectomy with or without defunctioning ileostomy.
- Vaginal delivery after ileal pouch-Anal anastomosis: a word of caution.
- Colon Cancer screening update and management of the malignant polyp.
- Laparotomy for acute coloRectal conditions in moribund patients: is it worthwhile?
- A scoring system for the strength of a family history of coloRectal cancer.
- Quality of life, functional outcome, and complications of coloplasty pouch after low anterior resection.
- Evaluation of the learning curve in ileal pouch-Anal anastomosis surgery.
- Loop ileostomy closure after restorative proctocolectomy: outcome in 1,504 patients.
- Colonic surgery in patients with juvenile polyposis syndrome: a case series.
- Flat lesions of the coloRectal mucosa: differences in recognition between Japanese and American endoscopists.
- Clinical significance of small coloRectal polyps.
- Avoiding surgery in patients with coloRectal polyps.
- Anal transitional zone cancer after restorative proctocolectomy and ileoAnal anastomosis in familial adenomatous polyposis: report of two cases.
- Prospective, age-related Analysis of surgical results, functional outcome, and quality of life after ileal pouch-Anal anastomosis.
- Colonic J-pouch-Anal anastomosis for rectal cancer.
- An unusual complication after hyaluronate-based bioresorbable membrane (Seprafilm) application.
- Optimizing the outcome for patients with Rectal cancer.
- Dysplasia of the Anal transitional zone after ileal pouch-Anal anastomosis: results of prospective evaluation after a minimum of ten years.
Schools
University Of Auckland
Cleveland Clinic Fndn
Procedures Preformed
- Anoscopy With Removal of Anal Tumor
- Appendectomy, Open
- Colectomy
- Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
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Conditions Treated
- Anal and Rectal Cancer
- Anal Fissure
- Anal Fistula
- AnoRectal Abscess
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Doctors Specialties
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FACS)
- Fellow (FACG)
Education
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Cleveland Clinic Foundation -
University of Auckland Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Hospital
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Cleveland Clinic
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1487698726 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | CHURCH | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | JAMES | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 441950001 | |
| NPPES Provider State | OH | |
| Specialty Description | Colorectal Surgery (formerly proctology) | |
| Total Claim Count | 491.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 2.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 22.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 4.48 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1487698726 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | CHURCH |
| First Name Of The Provider | JAMES |
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