Tom Read

For the past several decades, the standard of care for patients with uncomplicated diverticulitis included early elective surgery with the goal of averting the need for an emergency procedure and potential colostomy. Now, with the goal of improving patients’ quality of life, the COSMID (Comparison of Surgery and Medicine on…

Obtaining the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer’s stamp of approval is a group effort that requires the dedication of multidisciplinary teams to their work — and to their patients with rectal cancer. The three-year accreditation is granted only to those programs that are committed to providing the best possible…