LaurenceR.SandsMD

Interim-Chair, DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery Professor and Chief, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery University Miami Miller School of Medicine

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Office
1120 NW 14th Street
4th Floor
Miami, FL 33136
Phone+1 305-243-9110

Fax+1 305-243-7438
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Education & Training

Cleveland Clinic (Florida)Fellowship, Colon and Rectal Surgery, 1995 - 1996
Albert Einstein Healthcare NetworkResidency, Surgery, 1990 - 1995
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 1990

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 1995 - 2026
PA State Medical License 1992 - 2022
American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery Colon & Rectal Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2013-2014
America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2012-2013
Top Doctors:South Florida Castle Connolly, 2012
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
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Clinical Trials

Interrogation of Wnt, Notch and Hedgehog Activity in Primary Tumor Samples Start of enrollment: 2010 Jun 16
Terminated

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Effects of Recorded versus Live Teleconference Didactic Lectures on Medical Student Performance in the Surgery Clerkship.
Carlos Theodore Huerta, Rebecca A Saberi, Chad M Thorson, Vanessa W Hui, Steven E Rodgers, Laurence R Sands> ;Journal of Surgical Education. 2023 Feb 1
2 citations
Comparison of procedural outcomes between morning and afternoon colonoscopies performed by colorectal surgeons.
Shrey Modi, Omar Picado, Caroline Fiser, Maya Lubarsky, Bhuwan Giri, Vanessa Hui, Luanne Force, Floriano Marchetti, Nivedh V Paluvoi, Sands, L.> ;Surgical Endoscopy. 2022 Sep 1
1 citations
Implementation of a Surgical Problem-Based Learning Curriculum: A One-Year Single-Center Experience.
Joshua P Kronenfeld, Rebecca A Saberi, Alessia C Cioci, Eva M Urrechaga, Emily L Ryon, Chad M Thorson, Vanessa W Hui, Steven E Rodgers, Laurence R Sands> ;The American Surgeon. 2023 May 1
3 citations
Surgical clerkship: Do examination scores correlate with clinical performance?
Rebecca A. Saberi, Joshua P. Kronenfeld, Vanessa W. Hui, Chad M. Thorson, Steven E. Rodgers, Laurence R. Sands> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2021 Sep 24
19 citations
Medical Student Education During COVID-19: Electronic Education Does Not Decrease Examination Scores.
Joshua P. Kronenfeld, Emily L. Ryon, Daniel S Kronenfeld, Vanessa W. Hui, Steven E. Rodgers, Chad M. Thorson, Laurence R. Sands> ;The American Surgeon. 2020 Dec 29
3 citations
Closure of a giant anterior sacral meningocele with an omental flap in a patient with Marfan syndrome: case report
Gabriella Paisan, Kenneth M. Crandall, Stephanie H Chen, S. Shelby Burks, Laurence R. Sands, Allan D. Levi> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2018 May 25
22 citations
Underestimation of Unplanned Readmission after Colorectal Surgery: A National Analysis
Rishi Rattan, Joshua Parreco, Laurence B. Lindenmaier, D. Dante Yeh, Tanya L. Zakrison, Gerd D. Pust, Laurence R. Sands, Nicholas Namias> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2017 Dec 21
30 citations
Differential abundance of CK1α provides selectivity for pharmacological CK1α activators to target WNT-dependent tumors
Bin Li, Darren Orton, Leif R. Neitzel, Luisana Astudillo, Chen Shen, Jun Long, Xi Chen, Kellye C. Kirkbride, Thomas Doundoulakis, Marcy L. Guerra, Julia Zaias, Dennis ...> ;Science Signaling. 2017 Jun 27
8 citations
Perianal Crohn's disease: a review.
Anna C Juncadella, Amer M Alame, Laurence R. Sands, Amar R. Deshpande> ;Postgraduate Medicine. 2015 Mar 30
35 citations
Liposome Bupivacaine for Postsurgical Analgesia in Adult Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Colectomy: Results from Prospective Phase IV Sequential Cohort Studies Assess...
Keith A. Candiotti, Laurence R. Sands, Edward C. Lee, Sergio D. Bergese, Alan Harzman, Jorge E. Marcet, Anjali S. Kumar, Eric Haas> ;Current Therapeutic Research, Clinical and Experimental. 2014 Dec 1
18 citations
Sacrectomy and adjuvant radiotherapy for the treatment of sacral chordomas: a single-center experience over 27 years.
Arjun A. Dhawale, Joseph P. Gjolaj, Laurens Holmes, Laurence R. Sands, H. Thomas Temple, Frank J. Eismont> ;Spine. 2014 Mar 1
6 citations
Retention cuff pressure study of 3 indwelling stool management systems: randomized study of 10 healthy subjects.
Floriano Marchetti, Joseph P. Corallo, Jaime Ritter, Laurence R. Sands> ;Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing. 2011 Sep 1
58 citations
Does delay of adjuvant chemotherapy impact survival in patients with resected stage II and III colon adenocarcinoma
Ulas Darda Bayraktar, Emerson Y. Chen, Soley Bayraktar, Laurence R. Sands, Floriano Marchetti, Alberto J. Montero, Caio Rocha-Lima> ;Cancer. 2011 Jun 1
Does delay of adjuvant chemotherapy impact survival in patients with resected stage II and III colon adenocarcinoma?
Bayraktar, U.D., Chen, E., Bayraktar, S., Sands, L.R., Marchetti, F., Montero, A.J., Rocha-Lima, C.S.> ;Cancer. 2010 Dec 17
7 citations
0.4% nitroglycerin ointment in the treatment of chronic anal fissure pain : a viewpoint by Laurence R. Sands.
Laurence R. Sands> ;Drugs. 2006 Jan 1
12 citations
T4 rectal cancer: analysis of patient outcome after surgical excision.
Craig E. Amshel, Shmuel Avital, Allison Miller, Laurence R. Sands, Floriano Marchetti, Michael D. Hellinger> ;The American Surgeon. 2005 Nov 1
57 citations
Preventing intra-abdominal adhesions with polylactic acid film: An animal study
Shmuel Avital, Thomas J. Bollinger, James D. Wilkinson, Floriano Marchetti, Michael D. Hellinger, Laurence R. Sands> ;Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. 2005 Jan 1
40 citations
Colorectal malignancies in HIV-positive patients.
José F. Yegüez, Sergio A. Martinez, Dana R. Sands, Laurence R. Sands, Michael D. Hellinger> ;The American Surgeon. 2003 Nov 1
7 citations
Management of perianal sepsis in immunosuppressed patients.
Jose Munoz-Villasmil, Laurence R. Sands, Michael D. Hellinger> ;The American Surgeon. 2001 May 1
55 citations
Prospective randomized trial of two wound management strategies for dirty abdominal wounds.
Stephen M. Cohn, Giovanni Giannotti, Adrian W. Ong, J. Esteban Varela, David V. Shatz, Mark G. McKenney, Danny Sleeman, Enrique Ginzburg, Jeffrey S. Augenstein, Patric...> ;Annals of Surgery. 2001 Mar 1
72 citations
Pelvic actinomycosis presenting as malignant large bowel obstruction: a case report and a review of the literature.
José F. Yegüez, Sergio A. Martinez, Laurence R. Sands, Michael D. Hellinger> ;The American Surgeon. 2000 Jan 1
16 citations
Gasless laparoscopic-assisted intestinal stoma creation through a single incision.
Michael D. Hellinger, Sergio A. Martinez, Eduardo Parra-Davila, José F. Yegüez, Laurence R. Sands> ;Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. 1999 Sep 1
7 citations
Staged laparoscopic resection for complicated sigmoid diverticulitis.
Sergio A. Martinez, Vasana Cheanvechai, Fahad S. Alasfar, Laurence R. Sands, Michael D. Hellinger> ;Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques. 1999 Apr 1
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