Weather Alert
EARLY CLOSURE MARCH 4 - Due to the forecast for severe winter weather, Creighton's Omaha campus will close at 7 P.M. this evening.
All in-person classes, clinics, and events, regardless of start time, are asked to end by 7 P.M. For those needing a shuttle, please visit my.creighton.edu for the most up-to-date maps and schedule. Shuttles will run until 8 P.M. this evening. We encourage you to be mindful of other closures or impacted services across the city as well.
Employees, including those classified as responsible for “essential operations” should review Creighton's Weather and Emergency-Related Absence Policy and work with your immediate supervisor on expectations for job functions during this curtailment of campus operations.
Please take proper winter weather precautions throughout the day and contact public safety at 402.280.2911 for any emergencies.
Colon/Rectal Surgery Scholarly Activity & Research
Scholarly Activity and Research
For more information on this program and the five physicians of MPC Colon and Rectal Surgery, please contact our coordinator at Lorettamelichar@creighton.edu.
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of selective use of neoadjuvant chemo radiation in locally advanced rectal cancer. 2022
- Quality and improvement in rectal cancer treatment 2022
- Standardizing Colorectal Adenoma with Invasive Adenocarcinoma Pathological Staging with Submucosal Level Invasion (Sm1-3) in Addition to Standard Colorectal Cancer Synoptic Findings: A Quality Improvement Project. 2019
- Surveillance Intensity Comparison by Risk for T1NX Locally Excised Rectal Adenocarcinoma: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 2019
- Hemorrhoid Banding: A Cost-effectiveness Analysis, 2018
- Composite Anatomical Reconstruction of the Perineum - Improved Perineal Wound Outcomes 2018
- Quality of Life and Cost-effectiveness of Low Anterior Resection, A Comparison of Approaches 2017
- Quality Assessment / Improvement Project Studying Status Changes in Genetic Variances of Unknown Significance in Colorectal Cancer Related Genes 2015-2018
- Quality Assessment / Improvement Project Studying the Quality of Life, Surgical Outcomes and Cost Effectiveness Analysis in Colon and Rectal Cancer Patients as a Function of Treatment 2015-Present
- A Phase II Multicenter, Randomized Trial Evaluating 3-year Disease Free Survival in Patients with Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Treated with Chemoradiation Plus Induction or Consolidation Chemotherapy and Total Mesorectal Excision or Non-Operative Management 2015-Present
- Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Total Neoadjuvant Therapy Versus Standard Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation and Postop Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer 2017-Present
- Timing of Rectal Cancer Response to Chemoradiation 2003-Present
- Quality of life, clinical and oncologic outcomes in a prospective institutional database of colorectal cancer patients 2004-Present
Contact Us
Director
Zachary Torgersen, MD
Program Coordinator
Loretta Melichar
402.354.1821
LorettaMelichar@creighton.edu
Creighton University School of Medicine Colon and Rectal Surgery
9850 Nicholas St.
Suite 100
Omaha, NE 68114
Ph: 402.354.1810
Fax: 402.343.1177
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
