University of Pennsylvania Dept. of Surgery Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Colon & Rectal Surgery
Dr. Joshua Bleier, MD
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Dr. Joshua Bleier practices Colon & Rectal Surgery. He graduated from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He over the years received 3 awards: "Regional Top Doctor", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FACS)". Doctor Joshua Bleier, MD is also published. He has 28 publications published. The lastest publication: "Regarding: Social media and surgery: An alternative view.' Joshua Bleier accepts Medicare.
Publications
- Regarding: Social media and surgery: An alternative view.
- Parastomal hernia repair and reinforcement: the role of biologic and synthetic materials.
- Management of malignant colon polyps: Current status and controversies.
- Surgical management of fecal incontinence.
- Academic Goals in Surgery.
- Perioperative Fluid Restriction.
- Surgical Treatment of AnoRectal Crohn Disease.
- Outcomes following proctectomy.
- Trimming the Fat: Optimizing Overall Educational Value by Defining Factors Associated with Overall Educational Value and Service-to-Education Ratio.
- The Simulated Ward: Ideal for Training Clinical Clerks in an Era of Patient Safety.
- Metabolic support of the enterocutaneous Fistula patient.
- Current management of cryptoglandular Fistula-in-ano.
- Ligation of the intersphincteric Fistula tract: an effective new technique for complex Fistulas.
- Tumoricidal activity of high-dose tumor necrosis factor-alpha is mediated by macrophage-derived nitric oxide burst and permanent blood flow shutdown.
- Biliary Obstruction selectively expands and activates liver myeloid dendritic cells.
- Conventional liver CD4 T cells are functionally distinct and suppressed by environmental factors.
- Natural killer dendritic cells have both antigen presenting and lytic function and in response to CpG produce IFN-gamma via autocrine IL-12.
- Current surgical opinion of computed tomography for acute appendicitis.
- Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells are insufficient to activate T cells.
- Increased and long-term generation of dendritic cells with reduced function from IL-6-deficient bone marrow.
- Natural killer cell depletion confounds the antitumor mechanism of endogenous IL-12 overexpression.
- Liver dendritic cells are less immunogenic than spleen dendritic cells because of differences in subtype composition.
- Severe crushed chest injury with large flail segment: computed tomographic three-dimensional reconstruction.
- Suction vs water seal after pulmonary resection: a randomized prospective study.
- Initial repair of iatrogenic colon perforation using laparoscopic methods.
- Hand-assisted laparoscopic vertical banded gastroplasty: early results.
- Minimally invasive surgery is safe and effective for urgent and emergent colectomy.
Schools
University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine
Procedures Preformed
- Anoscopy With Removal of Anal Tumor
- Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
- 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
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union WC
- Personal Choice PPO
- Regional Pref Network EPO
- Regional Pref Network HMO
- Regional Pref Network HMO+
- Regional Pref Network POS+
- Regional Pref Network PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- CoreSource
- Coventry Health Care
- GHI PPO
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthPartners
- Advance EPO
- Direct Access
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield POS
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- Keystone Health Plan East HMO
- Medicaid
- Medicare MCR
- Meritain Health
- MultiPlan PPO
- Freedom Plan
- QualCare HMO
- QualCare PPO
- Tricare
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- Oxford Liberty
- United Healthcare
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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University of Minnesota -
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell Campus -
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Hospital
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Pennsylvania Hospital -
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center -
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania -
Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1124292487 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | BLEIER | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | JOSHUA | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 191063500 | |
| NPPES Provider State | PA | |
| Specialty Description | Colorectal Surgery (formerly proctology) | |
| Total Claim Count | 40.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 12.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 30.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1124292487 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | BLEIER |
| First Name Of The Provider | JOSHUA |
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