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https://www.med.unc.edu/surgery/gisurgery/directory/jose-gaston-guillem-md-mph-mba/ |
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SPECIALTIES
Boarded in General Surgery and Colorectal Surgery. Performs procedures for malignant and benign diseases of the colon, rectum, and anus including colon, rectal and anal cancer; inflammatory bowel disease; rectal prolapse; diverticulitis; risk-reducing surgery for Lynch Syndrome; Polyposis Syndromes; young-onset and other forms of inherited colorectal cancer with a focus on minimally invasive techniques including laparoscopic, robotic and trans-anal microscopic surgery leading to preservation of anorectal, bladder and sexual function.
RESEARCH
Hereditary (Lynch and Polyposis Syndromes) and early age-of-onset colorectal cancer; cancer health disparities research; assessment of rectal cancer response to preoperative therapy.
Other Research and/or Clinical Interests: Colorectal Cancer, Latinx/Hispanic population
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CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Biomedical Engineering, Cancer Biology, Clinical Trials, Gastrointestinal Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Imaging, Implementation Science, Other, Population-based, Quality of Life, Surgery |