Newest Guidelines for Colorectal Screenings: Brown Alpert Medical School Expert LIVE at 4 P.M.
Wednesday, March 04, 2020
Dr. Steven Schechter, a colorectal surgeon at Brown Surgical Associates and a clinical associate professor of surgery at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, will appear on GoLocal LIVE on Wednesday at 4 p.m. to talk about the latest in colorectal cancer research and developments.
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and the American Cancer Society has changed its guidelines for recommended screening age, which used to be 50 — it is now recommended to start at 45 because the cases in younger patients have increased.
Schechter, MD, the interim chief of colorectal surgery for Lifespan, is a board-certified colorectal surgeon with special expertise in laparoscopic, minimally invasive surgery, fecal incontinence, pelvic floor reconstructive surgery, and colon cancer.
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Schechter’s research interests include rectal cancer treatment, and the link between anal cancer and human papilloma virus in women. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, and the New England Surgical Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, and a member of the International Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery.
A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Schechter is the recipient of several awards for his teaching at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, where he is a clinical associate professor.
Since granting its first Doctor of Medicine degrees in 1975, the Warren Alpert Medical School has become a national leader in medical education and biomedical research.
By attracting first-class physicians and researchers to Rhode Island over the past four decades, the Medical School and its seven affiliated teaching hospitals have radically improved the state's health care environment, from health care policy to patient care.
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