Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. José Gaston Guillem presents:” The Surgeon’s Role in the Multidisciplinary Management of Inherited Colorectal Cancer”

José G. Guillem, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCRS joined the Department of Surgery at UNC Chapel Hill in April 2020 as the new Chief and Professor in the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery.

Dr. Guillem is a Board Certified Colorectal Surgeon who obtained his training in General Surgery at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and his training in all aspects of Colorectal Surgery, including inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) at the Lahey Clinic Medical Center.

Prior to joining UNC Health, Dr. Guillem was an Attending Colorectal Surgeon at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York for nearly three decades and participated in the advancement of multidisciplinary management of all forms of primary and recurrent cancers of the colon, rectum, anus and appendix as well as the refinement of surgical techniques for resecting the colon, rectum and anus via open and minimally invasive approaches including Robotic and trans-anal microscopic procedures. These advancements have led to improved oncological outcomes and quality of life via preservation of anorectal, bladder, and sexual function following curative rectal cancer surgery. He also has a keen interest in and has managed many patients afflicted with colorectal cancer at a young age as well as patients with Lynch Syndrome and/or other forms of polyposis syndromes. While at MSKCC, he established along with colleagues in Medicine, Clinical Genetics, Gastroenterology, Pathology, and Behavioral Science the Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Family Registry.