Dr. Jeffrey W.Milsom

Top surgical oncologist specializing in anal cancer and colorectal cancer.

About

Dr. Jeffrey W. Milsom, MD, is an internationally recognized colorectal surgeon and a pioneer in minimally invasive and robotic surgical techniques. He is the David B. Skinner Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and co-founder of the Center for Advanced Digestive Care at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Milsom earned his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and completed his surgical training at the Roosevelt Hospital and the Lahey Clinic. Board-certified in general surgery, he has dedicated his career to advancing the surgical treatment of complex colorectal diseases, including colorectal cancer, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and diverticular disease.

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Background

Education

Medical school: University of Pittsburgh

Residency: Roosevelt Hospital in New York · University of Virginia Medical Center

Fellowship: Colon and Rectal Surgery at the Ferguson Clinic, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Board certification: General Surgery · Colon and Rectal Surgery

Areas of focus

Colon cancer

Rectal cancer

Stomach cancer

Awards

Laparoscopic Surgery Committee 2000 - 2001 Program Directors Association for the American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons

Emerging Technologies Committee 1999 - 2001 American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons

Senior Member, Medical Motion Picture Committee 1992 - 2001 American College of Surgeons

Jerome J. DeCosse Distinguished Professorship of Surgery

Memberships and affiliations

Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO)

American College of Surgeons (ACS)

American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS)

Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

Selected publications

Fusion of Interventional Radiology with Surgery and Endoscopy to Advance Therapies in Complex Gastrointestinal Disease.

Contemporary Assessment of Adhesiolysis and Resection for Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction in the State of New York.

Creating the Future of (Endoluminal) GI Interventions.

Iterative evaluation of novel access techniques for small bowel obstruction: combining image guided, percutaneous, and endoscopic methods.

Luminal mapping reveals mesenteric predominance of colonic adenomas and adenocarcinomas.

Use of a novel endoscopic overtube with bilateral tool channels for endoscopic resection of experimental lesions and repair of intestinal defects in the right colon: preclinical trial.

A pilot randomized controlled trial comparing THUNDERBEAT to the Maryland LigaSure energy device in laparoscopic left colon surgery.

Use of an endoscopic flexible grasper as a traction tool for excision of polyps: preclinical trial.

Intraluminal gas escape from biopsy valves and endoscopic devices during endoscopy: caution advised during the COVID-19 era.

Complex polypectomy in the sigmoid colon using a double-balloon endolumenal intervention platform.

Endoscopic submucosal dissection of large polyps in the right colon using an endoscopic snare with a double-balloon endolumenal interventional platform: an ex vivo study in a porcine colorectal model.

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