
Joel Edward Goldberg MD MPH, FACS
Senior Surgeon Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Dana Farber Cancer Institute
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75 Francis St# BrighamBoston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-732-8181
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Summary
- Dr. Joel Goldberg is a colorectal surgeon in Boston, MA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital. He received his MD from Tulane University School of Medicine and his MPH from Harvard School of Public Health. He has been in practice for 22 years. He did a surgical oncology rsearch fellowship at BWH 1995-1997 and a Colorectal surgery fellowship at University of Minnesota 2004-2005. He is experienced in Rectal Cancer, Colon Cancer, ulcerative colitis,
crohn’s disease, familial polyposis, and lynch syndrome (hnpcc). He specializes in minimally invasive sphincter sparing robotic surgery for Rectal cancer.
Education & Training
Harvard School of Public HealthMPH, Clinical Effectiveness, 2012 - 2015
University of MinnesotaResidency, Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2004 - 2005
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1992 - 1999
Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, 1995 - 1997
Tulane University School of MedicineClass of 1992
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 1995 - 2026
LA State Medical License 1993 - 1996
American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery Colon & Rectal Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014-2024
- Boston Top Doctors Boston Magazine, 2014-2024
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Clinical Trials
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 4 citationsThe American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Inherited Adenomatous Polyposis Syndromes.Vitaliy Y Poylin, Virginia O Shaffer, Seth I Felder, Lindsey E Goldstein, Joel E Goldberg
Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. 2024-02-01 - 2 citationsLong-term outcomes analysis of flap-based perineal reconstruction.Jacob R Rinkinen, Seth Fruge, Vanessa M Welten, Sarah Kinsley, Ronald Bleday
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2024-01-01 - Patient Values and Goals Regarding Treatment for Rectal Cancer: a Mixed Methods Study.Vanessa M Welten, Kirsten F A A Dabekaussen, Miquell O Miller, James Yoo, Jennifer L Irani
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2023-12-01
Other
- Acute appendicitis in pregnancyGoldberg JE, Barth WH
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/acute-appendicitis-in-pregnancy
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-10-23 - Rectal foreign bodiesGoldberg JE, Steele SR
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/rectal-foreign-bodies
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-03-28
Press Mentions
More Than 110 Dana-Farber Affiliated Faculty Named as 2021 Top Doctors in Boston MagazineJanuary 5th, 2021
Committees
- Member, ASCRS clinical practice guidelines committee 2020 - Present
- Member, SSAT Health Care Quality and Safety committee 2019 - 2023
- Member, ASCRS Rectal cancer coordinating committee 2016 - 2019
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Member
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