Steven Schechter, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Clinical Professor of Surgery, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Accepting New Patients
Specialties
Board Certification:
American Board of Surgery
American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Education: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY
Residency: General Surgery - Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI
Fellowship: Colon and Rectal Surgery Program - University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
Memberships in Societies:
Fellow - American College of Surgeons (FACS)
Fellow - American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (FASCRS)
Fellow - New England Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
International Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgeons
New England Surgical Society
Rhode Island Medical Society
Hospital Affiliations:
The Miriam Hospital
Women & Infants Hospital
Research:
Colorectal Surgery Clinical Trial »
Iron & Postsurgical Cognitive Disorder Study »
Publications:
- AV Carr, E Feller, FR Zakka, RC Griffith, S Schechter: A case report of basal cell carcinoma in a non-sun exposed area: sign it where presentation mimicking we coming to perianal abscess November 2018 (2): 1-5, Hindawi Case Reports in Surgery, article ID 9021289 https://foo.org/10.1155/2018/9021289
- SC Hoang, AA Klipfel, LA Roth, MD Vrees, S Schechter, N Shah: Colon and rectal surgery surgical site infection reduction bundle: site to improve is to change. July 2018. The American Journal of Surgery 217(1)
- Cronin B, Bregar A, Luis C; Schechter S; Disilvetro P, Pisharodi, Sung CJ, Raker C. Clark M, Robinson K: Evaluation of anal cytology and dysplasia in women with a history of lower genital tract dysplasia and malignancy. Gynecologic Oncology 141:482-496, 2016
- Robison K, Cronin B; Brogar A, Luis C, DiSilvestro P, Schechter S, Pisharodi L, Raker C, Clark M: Anal Cytology and HPV Genotyping in Women with a History of Lower Genital Tract Neoplasia Compared to Low-Risk Women. Obstetrics and Gynecology 12 (6) 1294-1300 December 2015
- Perez K, Safran H, Sikov W, Vrees M, Klipfel A, Shah N, Schechter S, Oldenburg N, Pricolo V, Rosati K, Dipetrillo T: Complete Neoadjuvant Treatment for Rectal Cancer: The Brown University Oncology Group CONTRE Study. American Journal of Clinical Oncology, Nov 4, 2014 Epub ahead of print. PMID: 25374145
- Gregg, S. Schechter, H. Dao Campi, N. Shah. Paracolostomy hernia repair: Who and when? Journal of the American College of Surgeons 218 (6):1105-12, June 2014
- Dao, H., Schechter, S., Klipfel, A.: “Laparoscopic Colectomy is an Underutilized Procedure for Elective Management of Colovesical Fistulas.” The American Surgeon 80 (4): 412-413, July 2014
- Abodeely, A; Schechter, S.; Vrees M.; Klipfel, A.; Does Alvimopam Enhance Return of Bowel Function in Laparoscopic Right Colectomy? American Surgeon 77:1460-1462, November 2011.
- Elsamra, S., Kelty, P., Schechter, S. Images in Medicine, Prostatic Abscess. Medicine and Health/Rhode Island, Volume 94 (4N) pg. 114., 2011
- Abodeely, A., Tskitis, L., Sciandra, K., Goldstein, L., Lagares, J., Schechter, S., Vrees, M., Klipfel, A. Optimal number of lymph nodes harvested: Should it be location dependent? Diseases of the Colon and Rectum; 51: 5, pg. 798. May 2008
- Fondran, J., Fulton, J. Klipfel, A., Vrees, M., Schechter, S., Lagares-Garcia, J. Epidemiologic Changes in Colorectal Cancer After Increasing Access to Screening Colonoscopy: A Statewide evaluation. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum; 51: 5, pg. 810. May 2008
- Schechter, S., Lagares Garcia, J., Klipfel, A., Vrees, M. Can Internal Anal sphincter Repair Improve Fecal Incontinence? Diseases of the Colon and Rectum; 50: 5, pg 749-750. May 2007
- Lagares, Garcia J.A., Schechter, S., Klipfel, A.A. Isolated internal anal sphincter repair: breaking the rules for surgical repair in fecal incontinence. Dis Colon Rectum, 47 (4): 613. Apr 2004
- Schechter, S., DeOrchis, D., Bass, J., Marcoux, D. Angiographic Selective Methylene Blue Staining of an Occult Small Bowel Atrial Venous Malformation. Am. Surg., 68:15-17, 2002.
- Schechter, S., Mulvey J., Eisenstat T.E. Management of Uncomplicated Acute Diverticulitis: Results of a Survey. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, 42: 470-476, 1999
- Schechter, S., Capalbo, C.J., Bowen, J.R., Perry, T. On the Development of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit: The Rhode Island Experience. Medicine and Health/Rhode Island, 81:10, 318-320, 1998
- Koness, J., King, T., Schechter S., McLean, S., Lodowsky, C., and Wanebo, H. Synchronous Colon Carcinomas: Molecular Genetic Evidence for Multicentricity, Annals of Surgical Oncology, (2): 136-143, 1995
- Schechter S., Feller E. Guest Editors, Colon and Rectal Disease Issue Rhode Island Medicine, 78:6, 1995
- Schechter S. Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Its Association With Colorectal Cancer Rhode Island Medicine, 78:6, 161-162, 1995
- Schechter S., Eisenstat TE, Oliver GC, Rubin RJ, Salvati EP. CT Scan Guided Percutaneous Drainage of Intra-abdominal Abscesses: Pre- and Postoperative Modalities in Colon and Rectal Surgery. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum: 37: 984-988, 1994
- Black H.M., Schechter S., Thornton S. Eisenstat T.E. Simple Method for Polyp Retrieval During Colonoscopy, Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, 37: 994, 1994
- Gillon, J., Schechter, S., Carney, W.I. Horner’s Syndrome: A Complication Following Carotid Endarterectomy – A Case Report, Vascular Surgery, 27:4, 296-302, 1993
- Grigoriev V., Schechter S, Vezeridis M. Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumors and Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy, Contemporary Surgery, for Residents 1:5, 12-15, 1993
- Schechter S., AIDS patients (Letter), Rhode Island Medicine 75 (10):475 1992 October.
- Schechter S., Amaral J. The Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Abdominal Pain, The Rhode Island Medical Journal, 74:3, 113-115, 1991
- Lawton K., Weirowski J., Schechter S., Hilf R., Barbara R. Analysis of the Mechanism f ATP Stimulation of Calf Thymus DNA Alpha-Polymerase, Biochemistry, 23:9294-4300, 1984.
- Lynfield Y.L., Schechter S. Choosing and Using a Vehicle, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 10:56-59, 1984.
- Vambutas V., Schechter S., Chloride Ion Transport and its Inhibition in Thylakoid Membranes, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 224:442-448, 1983.