Paul C. Shellito, M.D.
Division of General Surgery
15 Parkman Street, WANG (WACC) 460
Boston, MA 02114
pshellito@partners.org
phone: (617) 724 - 0365
fax: (617) 724-3943

Clinical Background:

MD Degree:
Harvard Medical School

Residency:
Resident in Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Fellowship:
Fellow, Nutritional Support, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Fellow, Surgical GI Endoscopy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Fellow, Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Minnesota Affiliated
Hospitals, Minneapolis

Board of Certifications:
American Board of Surgery
American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Clinical Interests:
Colon and Rectal Surgery, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Cancer Surgery

Research Interests:
Colorectal Neoplasia
GI Endoscopy
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Benign Anorectal Disease

Professional Societies:
American College of Surgeons (ASCRS)
American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO)
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT)

Recent Publications:

1. Shellito PC, Clark JW, Willett CG, Caplan AP. Case records of the massachusetts general hospital: a 61 year old man with rectal bleeding and a 2 cm mass in the rectum. N Engl J Med 2004; 350: 2500-9.

2. Willett CG, Boucher Y, di Tomaso E, Duda DG, Munn LL, Tong RT, Chung DC, Sahani DV, Kalva SP, Kozin SV, Mino M, Cohen KS, Scadden DT, Hartford AC, Fischman AJ, Clark JW, Ryan DP, Zhu AX, Blaszkowsky LS, Chen HX, Shellito PC, Lauwers GY, Jain RK. Direct evidence that the vegf- specific antibody bevacizumab has antivascular effects in human rectal cancer. Nature Medicine 2004; 10: 145-7.

3. Lindel K, Willett CG, Shellito PC, Ott MJ, Clark J, Grossbard M, Ryan D,
Ancukiewicz M. Intraoperative radiation therapy for locally advanced recurrent
rectal or rectosigmoid cancer. Radiother Oncol 2001; 58: 83-7.

4. Shellito PC. The ABCs of ileal pouch design. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2001; 7: 81.

5. Willett CG, Badizadegan K, Ancukiewicz M, Shellito PC. Prognostic factors in stage T3N0 rectal cancer: do all patients require postoperative pelvic irradiation and chemotherapy? Dis Colon Rectum 1999; 42: 167-73.

6. Chakravarti A, Compton CC, Shellito PC, Wood, WC, Landry J, Machuta SR, Kaufman D, Ancukiewicz M, Willett CG. Long-term follow-up of patients with rectal cancer managed by local excision with and without adjuvant irradiation. Ann Surg 1999; 230: 49-54.

7. Willett CG, Goldberg S, Shellito PC, Grossbard M, Clark J, Fung C, Proulx G, Kaufman DS. Does postoperative irradiation play a role in the adjuvant therapy of stage T4 colon cancer? Cancer J Sci Am 1999; 5: 242-7.

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