Professor, Surgery, Tufts Medical Center
Colon & Rectal Surgery
Dr. Thomas E. Read, MD
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Dr. Thomas E. Read practices Colon & Rectal Surgery. He went to medical school at University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. University of California San Francisco School of Medicine is a one of the best medicals schools. University of California San Francisco School of Medicine is ranked 3/3 in Research/PrimaryCare. He has 6 awards "America's Top Doctors", "Boston Magazine", "America's Top Doctors for Cancer", "Pittsburgh Magazine", "Super Doctor" and "Fellow (FACS)". Thomas Read is also published. He has 74 publications published. The lastest publication: "Confirmation that chromosome 18q allelic loss in colon cancer is a prognostic indicator.' He is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.
Publications
- Do patient safety indicators explain increased weekend mortality?
- Can the national surgical quality improvement program provide surgeon-specific outcomes?
- All things not being equal: readmission associated with procedure type.
- Which operative repair is associated with a higher likelihood of reoperation after rectal prolapse repair?
- Outcomes after operations for anal fistula: results of a prospective, multicenter, regional study.
- What Is the Risk of Clinical Anastomotic Leak in the Diverted Colorectal Anastomosis?
- Is patient diagnosis a risk factor for organ space infection after colorectal resections?
- What is the effect of stoma construction on surgical site infection after colorectal surgery?
- Optimizing rectal cancer management: analysis of current evidence.
- What are 30-day postoperative outcomes following splenic flexure mobilization during anterior resection?
- Which Adverse Events are Associated with Mortality and Prolonged Length of Stay Following Colorectal Surgery?
- Complications after rectal prolapse surgery: does approach matter?
- Re: How often do patients return to the operating room after colorectal surgery?
- How often do patients return to the operating room after colorectal resections?
- Who performs proctectomy for rectal cancer in the United States?
- Urinary Tract Infection after Colon and Rectal Resections: More Common than Predicted by Risk-Adjustment Models.
- Perforation after stenting of obstructing sigmoid cancer caused by acute angulation of the colon.
- Has the use of anti-adhesion barriers affected the national rate of bowel obstruction?
- Mortality rate after nonelective hospital admission.
- Cyclical increase in diverticulitis during the summer months.
- Presence of specialty surgeons reduces the likelihood of colostomy after proctectomy for rectal cancer.
- Laparoscopic colectomy using cancer principles is appropriate for colonoscopically unresectable adenomas of the colon.
- Variability in reconstructive procedures following rectal cancer surgery in the United States.
- Colectomy for fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis: predictors of mortality.
- Surgeon involvement in the care of patients deemed to have "preventable" conditions.
- Is the decline in the surgical treatment for diverticulitis associated with an increase in complicated diverticulitis?
- Anastomotic leak testing after colorectal resection: what are the data?
- Laparoscopic vs. open total abdominal colectomy for severe colitis: impact on recovery and subsequent completion restorative proctectomy.
- Hand-assisted laparoscopic vs. laparoscopic colorectal surgery: a multicenter, prospective, randomized trial.
- Laparoscopic proctectomy for rectal adenocarcinoma.
- Occult perineal endometrioma diagnosed by endoanal ultrasound and treated by excision: a report of 3 cases.
- Sentinel node mapping in colorectal cancer.
- Laparoscopic rectal surgery: rectal cancer, pelvic pouch surgery, and rectal prolapse.
- Laparoscopy for rectal cancer: the need for randomized trials.
- Ileal perforation secondary to Clostridium difficile enteritis: report of 2 cases.
- Treatment of rectal cancer without radiotherapy?
- Delayed treatment for rectal cancer.
- Sentinel lymph node mapping for adenocarcinoma of the colon does not improve staging accuracy.
- Neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer: histologic response of the primary tumor predicts nodal status.
- The addition of continuous infusion 5-FU to preoperative radiation therapy increases tumor response, leading to increased sphincter preservation in locally advanced re...
- Supplemental perioperative fluid administration increases tissue oxygen pressure.
- Prospective evaluation of anesthetic technique for anorectal surgery.
- Surgeon specialty is associated with outcome in rectal cancer treatment.
- Locoregional recurrence and survival after curative resection of adenocarcinoma of the colon.
- Early experience with stapled hemorrhoidectomy in the United States.
- "Peek port": a novel approach for avoiding conversion in laparoscopic colectomy.
- Laparoscopic colectomy for apparently benign colorectal neoplasia: A word of caution.
- Neoadjuvant therapy for adenocarcinoma of the rectum: tumor response and acute toxicity.
- A phase I/II trial of three-dimensionally planned concurrent boost radiotherapy and protracted venous infusion of 5-FU chemotherapy for locally advanced rectal carcinoma.
- Proctectomy and coloanal anastomosis for rectal cancer.
- Laparoscopic vs. open abdominoperineal resection for cancer.
- Use of endoanal ultrasound in patients with rectovaginal fistulas.
- Neoadjuvant external beam radiation and proctectomy for adenocarcinoma of the rectum.
- Long-term follow-up after an initial episode of diverticulitis: what are the predictors of recurrence?
- Usefulness of FDG-PET scan in the assessment of suspected metastatic or recurrent adenocarcinoma of the colon and rectum.
- Laparoscopic-assisted ileocolic resections in patients with Crohn's disease: are abscesses, phlegmons, or recurrent disease contraindications?
- Age and type of procedure influence the choice of patients for laparoscopic colectomy.
- Manometric squeeze pressure difference parallels functional outcome after overlapping sphincter reconstruction.
- Predictors of disease-free survival in rectal cancer patients undergoing curative proctectomy.
- Confirmation that chromosome 18q allelic loss in colon cancer is a prognostic indicator.
- Pretreatment clinical findings predict outcome for patients receiving preoperative radiation for rectal cancer.
- Afferent limb obstruction complicating ileal pouch-anal anastomosis.
- Coloenteric fistula from chicken-bone perforation of the sigmoid colon.
- Radiation therapy for epidermoid carcinoma of the anal canal, clinical and treatment factors associated with outcome.
- Treatment of rectal adenocarcinoma with endocavitary and external beam radiotherapy: results for 199 patients with localized tumors.
- Outcome of patients with rectal adenocarcinoma and localized pelvic non-nodal metastatic foci.
- Five fractions of preoperative radiotherapy for selected cases of rectal carcinoma: long-term tumor control and tolerance to treatment.
- Detection of recurrent and metastatic colorectal cancer: comparison of positron emission tomography and computed tomography.
- A practical approach to familial and hereditary colorectal cancer.
- Colorectal cancer: risk factors and recommendations for early detection.
- Importance of adenomas 5 mm or less in diameter that are detected by sigmoidoscopy.
- Colonoscopy for small adenomas.
- Triglyceride-rich lipoproteins improve survival when given after endotoxin in rats.
Schools
University of California At San Francisco
University Of California Med Ctr San Francisco
University Of California Medical Center
Lahey Hospital amp Medical Center
Procedures Preformed
- Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
- Appendectomy, Open
- Colectomy
- Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
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Doctors Specialties
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Boston Magazine
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer
- Pittsburgh Magazine
- Super Doctor
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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UCSF -
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Hospital
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Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington -
Tufts Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1669404042 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | READ | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | THOMAS | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 018050001 | |
| NPPES Provider State | MA | |
| Specialty Description | Colorectal Surgery (formerly proctology) | |
| Total Claim Count | 12.0 | |
| 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] | 1669404042 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | READ |
| First Name Of The Provider | THOMAS |
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