Dr. John L Rombeau MD
Colon and Rectal Surgeon
3401 N Broad St 4 Parkinson Pavilion Philadelphia PA, 19140About
Dr. John Rombeau is a colon and rectal surgeon practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Rombeau specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the colon, rectum and anus. As a colon and rectal surgeon, Dr. Rombeau 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
Loma Linda University School of Medicine 1967
Kharkov National Medical University
Board Certification
Colon & Rectal SurgeryAmerican Board of Colon & Rectal SurgeryABCRS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Use of gastrostomy and combined gastrojejunostomy tubes for enteral feeding.
- Cytokines and inflammatory bowel disease: a review.
- Wheat bran decreases aberrant crypt foci, preserves normal proliferation, and increases intraluminal butyrate levels in experimental colon cancer.
- Nutritional and metabolic advances in inflammatory bowel disease.
- Nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease.
- Practical nutritional management in the trauma intensive care unit.
- Proposed association between ileoanal j-pouch perforation and rapid consumption of a high-calorie, high-fiber meal: report of two cases.
- Nutrition.
- Anorectal Crohn's disease.
- Jonathan Evans Rhoads, M.D.: in memoriam 1907-2002.
- Anatomic and functional characteristics of the rat ileal pouch.
- Evaluation of a new intravenous fat emulsion.
- Evaluation of a new intravenous fat emulsion.
- Gastric wall weakening resulting in separate perforations in a patient with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy.
- Recombinant human growth hormone enhances the metabolic efficacy of parenteral nutrition: a double-blind, randomized controlled study.
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