Dr. Howard S Kaufman MD
Surgeon
10 Pico St Pasadena CA, 91105About
Dr. Howard Kaufman is a general surgeon practicing in Pasadena, CA. Dr. Kaufman specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Kaufman provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1988
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Radical oophorectomy with primary stapled colorectal anastomosis for resection of locally advanced epithelial ovarian cancer.
- Internet use by colorectal surgery patients: a surgeon's tool for education and marketing.
- Perineal descent and levator ani hernia: a dynamic magnetic resonance imaging study.
- The prevalence of colorectal neoplasia in patients with end-stage renal disease: a case-control study.
- Morbid obesity adversely impacts pelvic floor function in females seeking attention for weight loss surgery.
- Palliation of colorectal cancer.
- Percutaneous gastric drainage as a treatment for small bowel obstruction after gastric bypass.
- Fecal incontinence among morbid obese women seeking for weight loss surgery: an
- Bowel habits after gastric bypass versus the duodenal switch operation.
- Changing concepts in the pathogenesis, evaluation, and management of solitary rectal ulcer syndrome.
- Effect of surgically induced weight loss on pelvic floor disorders in morbidly obese women.
- Prospective assessment of axial back pain symptoms before and after bariatric weight reduction surgery.
- Perineal injuries at a large urban trauma center: injury patterns and outcomes.
- Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in patients with lower gastrointestinal symptoms and a history of previous abdominal surgery.
- Surgical site infection rates in laparoscopic versus open colorectal surgery.
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