Clinical Professor of Surgery, University Minn
Colon & Rectal Surgery
Dr. Ann C. Lowry, MD
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Dr. Ann C. Lowry is an expert in the field of Colon & Rectal Surgery. She studied medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. Tufts University School of Medicine is ranked 49/52 in Research/PrimaryCare. She has 5 awards "America's Top Doctors", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Top MD", "Fellow (FACS)" and "Super Doctor". Lowry is a published physician. She has 47 publications published. The most current publication "Should patients with combined colonic inertia and nonrelaxing pelvic floor undergo subtotal colectomy?" Lowry accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Treatment of Fecal Incontinence: State of the Science Summary for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Workshop.
- Dietary fiber supplementation for fecal incontinence: a randomized clinical trial.
- Conflict Management: Difficult Conversations with Difficult People.
- Sacrocolpopexy with rectopexy for pelvic floor prolapse improves Bowel function and quality of life.
- CEA - a predictor for pathologic complete response after neoadjuvant therapy for Rectal cancer.
- A Novel Approach to Assessing Technical Competence of ColoRectal Surgery Residents: The Development and Evaluation of the ColoRectal Objective Structured Assessment of...
- Long-term outcomes of Anal sphincter repair for fecal incontinence: a systematic review.
- Meta-Analysis of Histopathological Features of Primary Colorectal Cancers that Predict Lymph Node Metastases.
- FECAL INCONTINENCE IN MEN.
- Does infliximab infusion impact results of operative treatment for Crohn's periAnal fistulas?
- Overlapping sphincteroplasty: is it the standard of care?
- Long-term results of anterior sphincteroplasty.
- Measuring fecal incontinence.
- Comparison of the nutritional composition of diets of persons with fecal incontinence and that of age- and gender-matched controls.
- Comparison of subjective classification of stool consistency and stool water content.
- Comparing community and specialty provider-based recruitment in a randomized clinical trial: clinical trial in fecal incontinence.
- Goals of fecal incontinence management identified by community-living incontinent adults.
- Practice parameters for the treatment of sigmoid diverticulitis--supporting documentation. The Standards Task Force. The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
- Practice parameters for antibiotic prophylaxis--supporting documentation. The Standards Task Force. The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
- Practice parameters for detection of coloRectal neoplasms. The Standards Committee, The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
- Practice parameters for the treatment of mucosal Ulcerative colitis--supporting documentation. The Standards Practice Task Force. The American Society of Colon and Rec...
- Practice parameters for the identification and testing of patients at risk for dominantly inherited coloRectal cancer--supporting documentation.
- Internal and overt Rectal procidentia.
- Consensus statement of definitions for anoRectal physiology and Rectal cancer: report of the Tripartite Consensus Conference on Definitions for AnoRectal Physiology an...
- Supplementation with dietary fiber improves fecal incontinence.
- Symptoms associated with dietary fiber supplementation over time in individuals with fecal incontinence.
- Use and evaluation of disposable absorbent products for managing fecal incontinence by community-living people.
- Biofeedback improves functional outcome after sphincteroplasty.
- Repair of simple rectovaginal Fistulas. Influence of previous repairs.
- Complete Rectal prolapse: evolution of management and results.
- Quality of life after subtotal colectomy for slow-transit constipation: both quality and quantity count.
- Effect of delivery on Anal sphincter morphology and function.
- Obesity and bariatric surgery: a systematic review of associations with defecatory dysfunction.
- Fecal Incontinence Quality of Life Scale: quality of life instrument for patients with fecal incontinence.
- Patient and surgeon ranking of the severity of symptoms associated with fecal incontinence: the fecal incontinence severity index.
- Anal sphincter integrity and function influences outcome in rectovaginal fistula repair.
- Standards for Anal sphincter replacement.
- Patient satisfaction after surgical treatment for Fistula-in-ano.
- Clinical rather than laboratory assessment predicts continence after anterior sphincteroplasty.
- Does incontinence severity correlate with quality of life? Prospective Analysis of 502 consecutive patients.
- Anal resting pressures at manometry correlate with the Fecal Incontinence Severity Index and with presence of sphincter defects on ultrasound.
- Should patients with combined colonic inertia and nonrelaxing pelvic floor undergo subtotal colectomy?
- Long-term cost of fecal incontinence Secondary to obstetric injuries.
- Open vs. closed sphincterotomy for chronic Anal fissure: long-term results.
- Results of combined medical and surgical treatment of recto-vaginal Fistula in Crohn''s disease.
- Faecal incontinence in adults.
Schools
Tufts University School Of Medicine
Tufts New Eng Med Center
University Of Minnesota
Procedures Preformed
- Anoscopy With Removal of Anal Tumor
- Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
- Colectomy
- Colon and Rectal Surgery
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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
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Top MD
- Fellow (FACS)
- Super Doctor
Education
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Tufts Medical Center -
Tufts University School of Medicine
Hospital
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Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1174532881 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | LOWRY | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | ANN | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 554352129 | |
| NPPES Provider State | MN | |
| Specialty Description | Colorectal Surgery (formerly proctology) | |
| Total Claim Count | 108.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 14.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 12.96 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1174532881 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | LOWRY |
| First Name Of The Provider | ANN |
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