ASCRS Video Mentorship Series: Minimally invasive total abdominal colectomy

 

Lisa Marie Cannon, MD, FASCRS
Dr. Cannon completed her general surgery residency at NYPH-Columbia University Medical Center. After matriculating from her colon and rectal surgery fellowship at the University of Chicago, she stayed on as faculty there for five years. She is now an associate professor of surgery at the University of Rochester Medical Center, her medical school alma mater. Her clinical interests include inflammatory bowel disease and benign colorectal disorders, implementing enhanced recovery pathways, and evidence-based care paradigms.
 

Alessandro Fichera, MD, FASCRS
Dr. Fichera earned his M.D. from the Catholic University of Rome, completed General Surgery Residency at the University of Chicago and two-year fellowship in laparoscopic and colorectal surgery at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He returned to the University of Chicago where he started and became the first Program Director of the Colon and Rectal Surgery Training Program. He moved to the University of Washington in July 2012 as chief of colorectal surgery and was appointed chief of the section of Gastrointestinal Surgery in 2014 and in 2016 the clinical director of Gastrointestinal Oncology at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. In November 2017 he moved to University of North Carolina as the Division Chief of Gastrointestinal Surgery. In September 2019 he became the Division Chief of Colorectal Surgery at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas and the Surgery Safety and Quality Officer since July 2020. His clinical and research interests include colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease.
 
Sang W. Lee, MD, FASCRS
Dr. Lee received his B.S. from Johns Hopkins University and MD from NYU School of Medicine. He completed a general surgery residency at BI/Deaconess Hospital and colon and colon and rectal surgery at NY Presbyterian Medical Center.  He is currently a professor and the chief of colon and rectal surgery at USC Keck School of Medicine. He is the holder of Costello Chair of colon and rectal disease at USC.
 

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