Matthew D. Vrees, MD

Specialties

• Colorectal Surgery
• Surgical Oncology

Board Certification: American Board of Surgery

Education: Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI

Residency: General Surgery - Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI

Fellowship:
Colorectal Surgery - Cleveland Clinic
Research - Gastrointestinal Motility Laboratory, Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI

Memberships in Societies:
American College of Surgeons
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
New England Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons

Hospital Affiliations:
The Miriam Hospital
Women & Infants Hospital
Southern New England Surgical Center at St. Anne's Hospital

1. Vrees M, Pricolo VE, Potenti FM, Cao W: Abnormal motility in patients with ulcerative colitis: the role of inflammatory cytokines. Arch Surg 137 (4):439-45, discussion 445-6, April 2002
2. Cao W, Vrees MD, Kirber MT, Flocchi C, Pricolo VE: Hydrogen perioxide contributes to motor dysfunction in ulcerative colitis. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 286 (5)” 0833-43, May 2004
3. Cao WB, Vrees MD, Potenti FM, Harnett KM, Fiocchi C, Pricolo VE: Interleukin 1 beta-induced production of H2O2 contributes to reduced sigmoid colonic smooth muscle contractility in ulcerative colitis. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 311:60-70, October 2004
4. Abodeely A, Lagares-Garcia JA, Duron V, Vrees M: Safety and Learning Curve in Robotic Colorectal Surgery, Journal of Robotic Surgery 4(3): 161-165, September 2010
5. Abodeely A, Schechter S, Klipfel, Vrees MD, Lagares-Garcia J: Does alvimopan enhance return of bowel function after laparoscopic right colectomy? Am Surg 77 (11): 460-2, November 2011
6. DiPitrillo T, Pricolo V, Lagares-Garcia J, Vrees MD, et al. Neoadjuvant bevacizumab, oxaliplatin, 5-Fluorouracil and radiation for rectal cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology 82 (11) 124-9, January 2012
7. Dao HE, Miller PE, Bhattacharya S, Klipfel A, Vrees MD, Schechter S: Laparoscopic colectomy is an underused procedure for the elective management of colovesical fistulas. Am Surg 80 (4):412-3, 2014
8. Perez K; Safra H, Sikov, Vrees MD, Klipfel A, Shan N, Schechter S, Oldenburg N; Rosali K, DiPetrillo T. Complete Neoadjuvant Treatment for Rectal Cancer, The Brown University Oncology Group CONTRE Study, American Journal of Clinical Oncology 40(3):283-287, 2017

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