David W. Rattner, M.D.
Chief, Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery
Division of General Surgery
15 Parkman Street, WANG (WACC) 460
Boston, MA 02114
drattner@partners.org
phone: (617) 726-1893
fax: (617) 724-0355
Mass General / North Shore Center for Outpatient Care
104 Endicott St. Suite 200
Danvers, MA 01923
(978) 882-6883 Tel.
(978) 882-6864
Clinical Background:
MD Degree:
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency:
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Surgery
Fellowship:
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Surgery
Board Certifications:
American Board of Surgery
Clinical Interests:
Minimally Invasive (Laparoscopic) Surgery, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, Pancreatic/Biliary Disease, Gastrointestinal Cancers
Professional Societies:
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) - Past President
Society of Surgical Oncology
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
American Surgical Association
American College of Surgeons
Recent Publications:
1. Rattner DW, Brooks DC. Patient satisfaction following laparoscopic and open antireflux surgery. Arch Surg 1995;130:289-294
2. So JBY, Zeitels S, Rattner DW. Outcomes of atypical symptoms in patients undergoing laparoscopic fundoplication. Surgery 1998 ;124:28-32
3. Rattner DW. Measuring Improved Quality of Life Following Laparoscopic Nissen
Fundoplication. Surgery 2000;127:258-63
4.Stylopoulos, N, Gazelle S, Rattner DW. Paraesophageal Hernias: Operation or Observation. Ann Surg 2002;236:492-501
5. Sims, CA, Rattner, DW. Technical Surgical Failures of Fundoplications: Presentation, Etiology, And Evaluation. In Surgery of the Esophagus, Ferguson M ed, Springer Verlag
6. Rattner DW. Physicians choices for their own hernia repair. J Laparoendoscopic & Adv Surg Tech 2000;10:75-77
7. Stylopoulos N, Rattner DW. A cost utility analysis of treatment options for inguinal hernia in 1,513,008 adult patients. Surg Endosc 2003;17:180-189
8. Rattner, DW. Making Patient Safety Automatic. Surgery 2005;137:302-3
9. Sandberg WS, Daily B, Egan M, Stahl JE, Goldman JM, Wiklund RA, Rattner DW.
Deliberate Perioperative Systems Design Improves Operating Room Throughput.
Anesthesiology 2005;406-418
10. Rattner DW. Innovations in minimally invasive surgery. Lancet 1999;353( I):12-15
back to top |
