Should rectal cancer management be defined/refined based on the location of the tumor (above or below the peritoneal reflection)?

Can you imagine sharing a coffee with an internationally renowned surgeon and having a direct, pleasant and informal conversation?
Thanks to the new "A COFFEE WITH" feature of AIS you will be able to do so!!!
You will have a coffee agenda so you can choose the day and time and enjoy a dose of surgical caffeine of the highest level.
Shall we reserve your stool?

Dr. Robert Chang is a consultant colorectal surgeon in the Section of Colorectal Surgery, Department of surgery, Jose R Reyes Memorial Medical Center. He served as the Director of Colorectal Surgery Fellowship program in the same hospital from 2001-2013, and as Chief of Section of Colorectal Surgery from 2005-2013.

Dr. Chang was President of the Philippine Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons from 2013 to 2014.

His main scientific focus is on rectal cancer surgery. Among his contributions were the introduction of TME, pathologic evaluation of the quality of rectal cancer operations, and lateral pelvic node dissection.

Currently, with a growing interest in inflammatory bowel disease, heconsiders himself a neophyte IBD surgeon.