Dr. Gerald J Marks MD
Colon and Rectal Surgeon
100 E Lancaster Ave Suite 330 Lankenau M Wynnewood PA, 19096About
Dr. Gerald Marks is a colon and rectal surgeon practicing in Wynnewood, PA. Dr. Marks specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the colon, rectum and anus. As a colon and rectal surgeon, Dr. Marks often treats conditions like rectal cancer, colon cancer, hemorrhoids, anal fissures and diverticulitis. Colon and rectal surgeons may be referred to you by your gastroenterologist if your doctor believes you need a surgical procedure.
Education and Training
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 1949
Board Certification
Colon & Rectal SurgeryAmerican Board of Colon & Rectal SurgeryABCRS
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Transanal endoscopic microsurgery in the treatment of select rectal cancers or tumors suspicious for cancer.
- Transanal endoscopic microsurgery for the treatment of rectal cancer: comparison of wound complication rates with and without neoadjuvant radiation therapy.
- Internalization of recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator by isolated rat hepatocytes is via coated pits.
- Quality of life and fecal incontinence after transanal endoscopic microsurgery for benign and malignant rectal lesions.
- Single-port laparoscopic colorectal surgery shows equivalent or better outcomes to standard laparoscopic surgery: results of a 190-patient, 7-criterion case-match study.
- True NOTES TME resection with splenic flexure release, high ligation of IMA, and side-to-end hand-sewn coloanal anastomosis.
- Transanal TATA/TME: a case-matched study of taTME versus laparoscopic TME surgery for rectal cancer.
- Quality of Life and Functional Outcome After Transanal Abdominal Transanal Proctectomy for Low Rectal Cancer.
- Long-term outcomes by a transanal approach to total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer.
- Intraoperative ultrasound of the liver. An important adjunctive tool for decision making in the operating room.
- High dose preoperative radiation and sphincter preservation in the treatment of rectal cancer.
- Transrectal US as an adjunct in the diagnosis of rectal and extrarectal tumors.
- Rectal cancer: extent of disease and radiotherapeutic effects by computed tomography.
- Ruptured inferior gluteal artery aneurysm with exsanguinating rectal hemorrhage controlled by transcatheter coil embolization.
- Radical and local excisional methods of sphincter-sparing surgery after high-dose radiation for cancer of the distal 3 cm of the rectum.
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Practice At 100 E Lancaster Ave Suite 330 Lankenau Mob West
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