Dr. Feingold is double board-certified in Colorectal Surgery and General Surgery. He trained in General Surgery at Columbia University and completed a Surgical Oncology Fellowship at the National Cancer Institute as well as a Colorectal Surgery Fellowship at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. After 15 years on faculty at Columbia University, Dr. Feingold has now joined Rutgers University as the Chief of Colorectal Surgery.
With the goal of providing exceptional, comprehensive care, Dr. Feingold’s practice focuses on preserving function while reducing post-operative pain and post-operative complications. Dr. Feingold specializes in minimally invasive colorectal surgery for colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease and diverticulitis and also performs the complete range of anorectal procedures. In addition, Dr. Feingold developed a novel operation to treat patients with chronic anal fissure without using a sphincterotomy to cut the sphincter muscle and has treated over 400 patients using this muscle sparing approach.
A nationally recognized researcher and author, Dr. Feingold has published more than 90 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, edited two colorectal surgery textbooks (Advanced Colonoscopy and Endoluminal Surgery, Colorectal Surgery Consultation: tips and tricks for the management of operative challenges), and lectured extensively. He currently serves as the national committee chair of the Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and has been named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor every year since 2012. Over 200 physicians and nurses have chosen Dr. Feingold to be their surgeon.
Finch University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School
North Chicago,
IL
Fellowship
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Edison,
NJ
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