Professor of Surgery, Yale University
Colon & Rectal Surgery
Dr. Walter E. Longo, MD
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Walter Longo is an expert in the field of Colon & Rectal Surgery. He studied medicine at New York Medical College. He received awards:"America's Top Doctors", "Top Doctors: New York Metro Area", "New York Magazine: Top Doctors", "America's Top Doctors for Cancer", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Fellow (FACS)" and "Top MD". Walter Longo has written publications. He has 73 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'Senior Surgical Resident Confidence in Performing Flexible Endoscopy: What Can We Do Differently?' Walter Longo accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Senior Surgical Resident Confidence in Performing Flexible Endoscopy: What Can We Do Differently?
- Are Graduating Surgical Residents Confident in Performing Open Vascular Surgery? Results of a National Survey.
- AnoRectal Human Papillomavirus: Current Concepts.
- Sexually transmitted infections of the anus and rectum.
- Graduating general surgery resident operative confidence: perspective from a national survey.
- Operative confidence of graduating surgery residents: a training challenge in a changing environment.
- Non-operative management of acute cholecystitis in the elderly.
- Laparoscopic colectomy for the treatment of Cancer has been widely adopted in the United States.
- Outcomes of small bowel Obstruction in patients with previous gynecologic malignancies.
- Pure transvaginal appendectomy versus traditional laparoscopic appendectomy for acute Appendicitis: a prospective cohort study.
- Functional role of NHE4 as a pH regulator in rat and human colonic crypts.
- Acute cholecystitis in the elderly: use of computed tomography and correlation with ultrasonography.
- Pretraining and posttraining assessment of residents' performance in the fourth accreditation council for graduate medical education competency: patient communication ...
- Ischemic Colitis: risk factors for eventual surgery.
- Cologastric Fistula with a foreign body in a patient with Crohn's disease.
- Factors predicting morbidity and mortality in emergency coloRectal procedures in elderly patients.
- AVAS Best Clinical Resident Award (Tied): fate of non-designated preliminary general surgery residents seeking a categorical residency position.
- Attrition of categoric general surgery residents: results of a 20-year audit.
- Early specialization in surgery: the new frontier.
- Association of VA Surgeons annual resident paper award winners: career paths following completion of postgraduate training.
- Medical comorbidities predict the need for colectomy for complicated and recurrent diverticulitis.
- The etiology and pathogenesis of vascular disorders of the intestine.
- Improving surgical residents' performance on written assessments of cultural competency.
- Defining surgical therapy for pseudomembranous Colitis with toxic megacolon.
- A tale of two cities: the Yale Surgical Society's tribute to Arthur E. Baue, MD.
- Computer-based endoscopy simulation: emerging roles in teaching and professional skills assessment.
- Image of the month. Chilaiditi sign or syndrome.
- Design, management, and critical evaluation of a surgical basic/clinical science curriculum: the role of an educational chief resident.
- Attrition: our biggest continuing challenge.
- Minimizing risk in colon and Rectal surgery.
- Identifying programmatic deficiencies: the hidden value of the mock oral examination.
- Cost-aware care: critical core competency.
- Small-bowel tumors: epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of 1260 cases from the connecticut tumor registry.
- Blunt traumatic rupture of the cervical esophagus.
- Liver resection for metastatic coloRectal cancer in the age of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and bevacizumab.
- Diagnosis and treatment of chronic and recurrent diverticulitis.
- Colonic perforation secondary to diverticular Disease in the setting of ulcerative colitis.
- The postoperative surveillance of patients with colon cancer and Rectal cancer.
- Benign anoRectal disease: an update on diagnosis and management.
- Risk factors for adverse outcomes following surgery for small bowel Obstruction.
- Management of less common tumors of the colon, rectum, and anus.
- Gender differences in quality of life of patients with Rectal cancer. A five-year prospective study.
- The role of the Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in patient care, surgical education, research and faculty development.
- The role of arachidonic acid regulatory enzymes in coloRectal disease.
- Management of disorders of the posterior pelvic floor.
- ColoRectal manifestations of collagen vascular disease.
- The demographics, histopathology and patterns of treatment of Anal cancer in Connecticut: 1980-2000.
- Preoperative assessment of surgical risk in oncogeriatric patients.
- Endovascular treatment of segmental ischemic Colitis.
- Ten-year historic cohort of quality of life and sexuality in patients with Rectal cancer.
- Impact of age on quality of life in patients with Rectal cancer.
- Prospective evaluation of quality of life of patients receiving either abdominoperineal resection or sphincter-preserving procedure for Rectal cancer.
- ColoRectal cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
- Malignant transformation of chronic periAnal Crohn's fistula.
- Spindle cell tumor of the distal rectum.
- Outcome after colectomy for Clostridium difficile Colitis.
- Fulminant Clostridium difficile Colitis in a patient with spinal cord injury: case report.
- Spectrum of Disease and outcome of complicated diverticular Disease.
- Patterns of Disease and surgical treatment among United States veterans more than 50 years of age with ulcerative colitis.
- Ischemic colitis: spectrum of Disease and outcome.
- Risk factors for adverse outcomes after the surgical treatment of Appendicitis in adults.
- Giant submucosal sigmoid colon lipoma.
- Colovaginal Fistulas. Etiology and management.
- Inadvertent transmural India ink tattooing simulating Intestinal infarction.
- The specialty of colon and Rectal surgery: its impact on patient care and role in academic medicine.
- Cholecystectomy in patients with previous spinal cord injury.
- The preoperative assessment and postoperative surveillance of patients with colon and Rectal cancer.
- Acute surgical emergencies in inflammatory bowel Disease.
- Morbidity and mortality of gastrectomy for Cancer in Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers.
- Diagnostic imaging for diverticulitis.
- Bleeding diatheses and preoperative screening.
- A novel technique for perineal hernia repair.
Schools
New York Medical College
Yale University Med Center
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Procedures Preformed
- Colectomy
- Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
- Destruction of Anal Tumor
- Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
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Conditions Treated
- Anal and Rectal Cancer
- Anal Fissure
- Anal Fistula
- AnoRectal Abscess
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Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Top Doctors: New York Metro Area
- New York Magazine: Top Doctors
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FACS)
- Top MD
Education
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Cleveland Clinic Foundation -
Yale-New Haven Hospital -
New York Medical College
Hospital
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Yale-New Haven Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1831160936 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | LONGO | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | WALTER | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 065191369 | |
| NPPES Provider State | CT | |
| Specialty Description | Colorectal Surgery (formerly proctology) | |
| Total Claim Count | 106.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1831160936 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | LONGO |
| First Name Of The Provider | WALTER |
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