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Alan Hackford, MD, Colon & Rectal Surgery, Boston, MA

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Colon & Rectal Surgery Boston, MA

Professor, Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine

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  • Office

    736 Cambridge St
    Boston, MA 02135
    Phone+1 617-789-3000
    Fax+1 502-479-4140

Summary

  • I am board certified in General Surgery and Colon and Rectal Surgery but have recently retired my clinical practice. I am the DIO for both St. Elizabeth's and Carney Hospital and oversee their graduate medical education programs.

Education & Training

  • Lahey Clinic
    Lahey ClinicResidency, Colon and Rectal Surgery, 1983 - 1984
  • Tufts Medical Center
    Tufts Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1977 - 1983
  • Uconn School Of Medicine
    Uconn School Of MedicineClass of 1977
  • Brown University
    Brown UniversityScB, General Honors, 1973

Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 1982 - 2023
  • ME State Medical License
    ME State Medical License 2004 - 2021
  • American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery Colon & Rectal Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Boston Magazine Castle Connolly, 2007, 2010-2019
  • America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2012-2014
  • Patient’s Choice Award 2012
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Elective Surgery for Hemorrhoidal Complaints: The Decision to Operate  
    Hackford A, Lamb MN, Miller P, Seminars in Colon & Rectal Surgery, 6/1/2013
  • Skeletal Muscle Metastases in a Patient with Neuroendocrine Tumor  
    Wilhelmina delos Santos-Cabalona, MD, Olga N. Kozyreva, MD, Ashley Davidoff MD, Gail Wolfe MD, Alan Hackford, MD, 1/1/2013
  • A Practical Mortality Risk Score for Colectomy in the Critically Ill Patient  
    Reza Kermani MD, Joseph J. Coury Jr. MD, Haisar Dao MD, Justin Lee MD, Peter E. Miller MD, Satyadeep Bhattacharya MD, and Alan Hackford MD, Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, 1/1/2013
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Detection of Human papillomavirus in anal lesions by in situ hybridization and correlation with morphological findings
    Theodoros Kelesidis, MD, Alan Hackford, MD, Leo S. Aish MD, PhD, Irene S. Aish, PhD, 47th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 10/1/2009
  • Outpatient Anorectal Surgery: Is there an Ideal Anesthetic?
    Roman Schumann, Zafar Siddiqui, Alan Hackford, William Denman, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 11/16/2006
  • Hemorrhoids can be a Source of Obscure GI Bleeding that Requires Transfusion
    Ahmer M. Ibrahim, Alan W. Hackford, Young-Mee Lee & David R. Cave, Annual Scientific Meeting American College of Gastroenterology, Orlando, FL, 10/29/2004
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Lectures

  • Surgical Treatment in Crohn’s Disease: Trends 2005-2008 
    Washington, DC - 10/8/2013
  • Predictive Factors of Ureteral Injury in Colorectal Surgery 
    Phoenix, AZ - 4/29/2013
  • Surveillance with Office-based Anoscopy Prevents Progression of Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia to Invasive Cancer in High-Risk Males 
    Chicago, IL - 9/30/2012
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