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Thomas Read, MD, Colon & Rectal Surgery, Gainesville, FL, UF Health Shands Hospital

ThomasE.ReadMDFACS, FASCRS

Colon & Rectal Surgery • Gainesville, FL

Professor and Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine

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Summary

  • Dr. Thomas Read is a colorectal surgeon in Gainesville, FL. He received his medical degree from University of California San Francisco School of Medicine and has been in practice 30 years. He is experienced in diverticulitis, ulcerative colitis, hemorrhoids, colonic neoplasms, and laparoscopic colectomy.

Education & Training

  • Lahey Clinic
    Lahey ClinicResidency, Colon and Rectal Surgery, 1995 - 1996
  • University of California (San Francisco)
    University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Surgery, 1988 - 1995
  • University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
    University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 1988, AOA
  • Harvard University
    Harvard UniversityBA, Biology, cum laude, 1979 - 1984
  • Harvard University
    Harvard UniversityB.A., Cum Laude, 1979 - 1984

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1990 - Present
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2018 - 2026
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2008 - 2019
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2001 - 2010
  • American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery Colon & Rectal Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Top Doctors Boston Northshore Magazine, 2017
  • Top Doctors Boston Consumers' Checkbook, 2017
  • Distinguished Alumni University of California, San Francisco, 2016
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • What do Young Colorectal Surgeons Value From Their CRS Residency Training?  
    Saraidaridis JT, Read TE, Marcello PW, Schoetz DJ, Rusin LC, Kleiman DA, Melnitchouk N, Roberts PL, Breen EM, Journal of Surgical Education, 1/17/2018
  • Disease-free Survival and Local Recurrence for Laparoscopic Resection Compared With Open Resection of Stage II to III Rectal Cancer: Follow-up Results of the ACOSOG Z6...  
    Fleshman J, Branda ME, Sargent DJ, Boller AM, George VV, Abbas MA, Peters WR Jr, Maun DC, Chang GJ, Herline A, Fichera A, Mutch MG, Wexner SD, Whiteford MH, Marks J, B..., Annals of Surgery, 1/3/2018
  • Morbidity and Mortality in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Surgery Differs by Surgical Trainee Level  
    Chen L, Schoetz DJ, Marcello PW, Read TE, Hall JF, Roberts PL, Francone TD, Ricciardi R, Journal of Medical Education and Training, 1/28/2017
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Operative Surgery of the Colon, Rectum and Anus 
    Chapter: Total Colectomy-Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery. 
    Page 411 - 416Read TEEditors: O'Connell PR, Madoff RD, Solomon MJ.CRC Press, Boca Raton, FLEdition 6th,2015
  • Operative Surgery of the Colon, Rectum and Anus 
    Chapter: Access to abdominal cavity-hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery. 
    Page 33 - 38Read TEEditors: O'Connell PR, Madoff RD, Solomon MJ.CRC Press, Boca Raton, FLEdition 6th,2015
  • Maingot's Abdominal Operations 
    Chapter: Intestinal Stomas. 
    Page 163 - 196Kodner IJ, Read TE, Loehner DEditors: Zinner MJ, Ashley SW.McGraw Hill Medical, NYEdition 12th,2013
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Should They Stay or Should They Go? The Utility of C Reactive Protein in Predicting Readmission and Anastomotic Leak After Colorectal Resection.
    Pantel HJ, Jasak L, Ricciardi R, Marcello PW, Roberts PL, Schoetz DJ, Read TE, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, 1/20/2018
  • How Should Advanced Neoplastic Polyps Be Managed? An Appeal for an Endoscopic Step Up (ESU) Approach.
    Cohan JN, Donahue C, Pantel HJ, Ricciardi R, Breen EM, Francone TF, Hall JF, Kleiman DA, Read TE, Roberts PL, Rusin LC, Marcello PW, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, 1/20/2018
  • What do Young Colorectal Surgeons Value from their CRS residency training?
    Saraidaridis JT, Read TE, Marcello PW, Schoetz, DJ, Rusin LC, Kleiman DA, Melnitchouk N, Roberts PL, Breen EM, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, 1/20/2018
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Lectures

  • Short Course Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy for Rectal Cancer. 
    Amelia Island, FL - 1/9/2018
  • Anastomotic Leak: Novel Treatments. 
    Amelia Island, FL - 1/9/2018
  • Clostridium Difficile Colitis. 
    Amelia Island, FL - 1/9/2018
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Other

  • Current Controversies in Rectal Cancer Management: Expert Forum. 
    Read TE, General Surgery News, pp. 23-26
    1/1/2007
  • Combined Transabdominal and Transanal Approach to Distal Rectal Cancer. 
    Read TE, Cine Clinic Video Session-American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting
    San Francisco, CA - 1/16/2005
  • Carcinoid Tumors of the Rectum. 
    McNevin MS and Read TE, Chirurgia International, pp. 10-12
    1/1/1998
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Professional Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Thomas Read, Dr. Thomas Read, MD, Dr. T Read, Dr. Thomas E. Read