3 Digestive Disease Surgeons Elected to Prestigious ASA Membership

At the American Surgical Association’s 135th Annual Meeting in San Diego in April, three surgeons from Cleveland Clinic’s Digestive Disease Institute were elected to membership.

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Matthew Walsh, MD, Chairman of the Department of General Surgery; Feza H. Remzi, MD, Chairman of the Department of Colorectal Surgery; and Raul Rosenthal, MD, Chairman of the Section of General Surgery in Florida joined 20 other distinguished Cleveland Clinic surgeons in the nation’s oldest and most prestigious surgical organization.

A tremendous honor

Election to the American Surgical Association is a great honor awarded to only the most prominent surgeons from the country’s leading academic medical institutions.

Nomination, appraisal and appointment is a minimum 13-month process with strict criteria and high standards of entry. Members must present:

Strong academic credentials as judged by publication record and grants held
Be nationally recognized leaders in major surgical organizations and invited speakers at lectureships and collaborations
Uphold ethical and professional conduct

Our newest members

Feza Remzi, MD	Dr. Remzi has been at Cleveland Clinic since the beginning of his career starting with his internship in 1991, surgical Staff Photograph taken inresidency in 1996 and fellowship in colorectal surgery in 1997. His specialty interests include surgical treatment for mucosal ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, diverticulitis, pelvic pouch procedures for mucosal ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis, sphincter-saving operations, surgery for carcinoma of the colon and rectum reoperative abdominopelvic surgery.
Raul Rosenthal, MD	Dr. Rosenthal completed internships at Provincial Hospital Rosario, Argentina, in 1983 and Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, in 1985. He then completed fellowships at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, and completed his final residency in general surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, New York. Dr. Rosenthal’s specialty interests include bariatric surgery, flexible endoscopy, gastroparesis, metabolic surgery and minimally invasive surgery.
Matthew Walsh, MD	Dr. Walsh has been at Cleveland Clinic since completing a fellowship in general surgery in 1991. His clinical interests include biliary and pancreatic surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, general surgery, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, laparoscopy, surgical endoscopy, surgical oncology and robotic surgery.
Feza Remzi, MD
Raul Rosenthal, MD
Dr. Remzi has been at Cleveland Clinic since the beginning of his career starting with his internship in 1991, surgical Staff Photograph taken inresidency in 1996 and fellowship in colorectal surgery in 1997. His specialty interests include surgical treatment for mucosal ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, diverticulitis, pelvic pouch procedures for mucosal ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis, sphincter-saving operations, surgery for carcinoma of the colon and rectum reoperative abdominopelvic surgery.
Dr. Rosenthal completed internships at Provincial Hospital Rosario, Argentina, in 1983 and Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, in 1985. He then completed fellowships at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, and completed his final residency in general surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, New York. Dr. Rosenthal’s specialty interests include bariatric surgery, flexible endoscopy, gastroparesis, metabolic surgery and minimally invasive surgery.
Matthew Walsh, MD
Dr. Remzi has been at Cleveland Clinic since the beginning of his career starting with his internship in 1991, surgical Staff Photograph taken inresidency in 1996 and fellowship in colorectal surgery in 1997. His specialty interests include surgical treatment for mucosal ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, diverticulitis, pelvic pouch procedures for mucosal ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis, sphincter-saving operations, surgery for carcinoma of the colon and rectum reoperative abdominopelvic surgery.
Dr. Walsh has been at Cleveland Clinic since completing a fellowship in general surgery in 1991. His clinical interests include biliary and pancreatic surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, general surgery, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, laparoscopy, surgical endoscopy, surgical oncology and robotic surgery.

Chairman of Cleveland Clinic’s Digestive Disease Institute John Fung, MD, PhD, is proud to have such distinguished surgeons on his staff. “This acknowledgement of Cleveland Clinic’s staff to the advancement of surgery places the Cleveland Clinic amongst the most elite academic surgery institutions in the country.”