Associate Professor of Surgery, Associate Professor of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Colon & Rectal Surgery
Dr. Susan L. Gearhart, MD
Susan Gearhart practices Colon & Rectal Surgery. She went to medical school at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. She over the years received 5 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "America's Top Doctors for Cancer", "Top Doctors:Baltimore Area" and "Top Doctors:Washington-Baltimore". Susan L. Gearhart, MD is a published doctor. She published 50 publications, including: 'Predictors of Perineal Wound Complications and Prolonged Time to Perineal Wound Healing After Abdominoperineal Resection.' She accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Predictors of Perineal Wound Complications and Prolonged Time to Perineal Wound Healing After Abdominoperineal Resection.
- Analysis of fiducials implanted during EUS for patients with localized rectal cancer receiving high-dose rate endorectal brachytherapy.
- High-resolution anoRectal manometry and dynamic pelvic magnetic resonance imaging are complementary technologies.
- Optimizing perioperative Crohn's Disease management: role of coordinated medical and surgical care.
- A Novel Means of Assessing Institutional Adherence to Blood Transfusion Guidelines.
- Clinicopathologic Presentation and Natural History of AnoRectal Melanoma: A Case Series of 18 Patients.
- Infection and venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing coloRectal surgery: what is the relationship?
- Perioperative Glucocorticoid Prescribing Habits in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease : A Call for Standardization.
- High-dose-rate intraoperative radiation therapy: the nuts and bolts of starting a program.
- National disparities in laparoscopic coloRectal procedures for colon cancer.
- Hospital readmission by method of data collection.
- Outcomes and costs of elective surgery for diverticular Disease: a comparison with other Diseases requiring colectomy.
- ACGME Core Competency Training, Mentorship, and Research in Surgical Subspecialty Fellowship Programs.
- Is Venous Thromboembolism in ColoRectal Surgery Patients Preventable or Inevitable? One Institution's Experience.
- Biofeedback therapy for defecatory dysfunction: "real life" experience.
- Laparoscopic Rectopexy for Rectal Prolapse to Reduce Surgical-Site Infections and Length of Stay.
- Fistula-in-ano: When to Cut, Tie, Plug, or Sew.
- The Quality-of-Life Effects of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer.
- Clinicopathologic Comparison of High-Dose-Rate EndoRectal Brachytherapy versus Conventional Chemoradiotherapy in the Neoadjuvant Setting for Resectable Stages II and I...
- Teaching and assessing technical proficiency in surgical subspecialty fellowships.
- Pediatric urology fellowship training: Are we teaching what they need to learn?
- Outcomes From IBD-Associated and Non-IBD-Associated ColoRectal Cancer: A Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results Medicare Study.
- Readmission rates and cost following coloRectal surgery.
- Surgical Site Infections and Cost in Obese Patients Undergoing ColoRectal Surgery.
- Variation in lymph node assessment after colon Cancer resection: patient, surgeon, pathologist, or hospital?
- Lumbopelvic reconstruction after combined L5 spondylectomy and total sacrectomy for en bloc resection of a malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
- A case of gastroIntestinal stromal tumor diagnosed on prostate biopsy.
- Effect of race and insurance status on presentation, treatment, and mortality in patients undergoing surgery for diverticulitis.
- Postoperative venous thromboembolism rates vary significantly after different types of major abdominal operations.
- Epigenetic regulation of WNT signaling pathway genes in inflammatory bowel Disease (IBD) associated neoplasia.
- Patterns of recurrence following liver resection for coloRectal metastases: effect of primary Rectal tumor site.
- Efficacy of preoperative combined 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography for assessing primary Rectal cancer response to neoadjuvan...
- Disparities in colon Cancer presentation and in-hospital mortality in Maryland: a ten-year review.
- Preoperative positron emission tomography to evaluate potentially resectable hepatic coloRectal metastases.
- An initial evaluation of pelvic floor function and quality of life of bladder exstrophy patients after ureterosigmoidostomy.
- Improved staging with pretreatment positron emission tomography/computed tomography in low Rectal cancer.
- Sphincter defects are not associated with long-term incontinence following ileal pouch-Anal anastomosis.
- Symptomatic Hemorrhoids.
- Perineal descent and levator ani hernia: a dynamic magnetic resonance imaging study.
- Prospective assessment of the predictive value of alpha-glutathione S-transferase for Intestinal ischemia.
- Vaginal reconstruction utilizing sigmoid colon: Complications and long-term results.
- Teaching hospital status and operative mortality in the United States: tipping point in the volume-outcome relationship following colon resections?
- Anal manometric parameters: predictors of outcome following Anal sphincter repair?
- Focal levator ani eventrations: detection and characterization by magnetic resonance in patients with pelvic floor dysfunction.
- Image of the month--quiz case. Endometriosis.
- Reduction in adhesive small-bowel obstruction by Seprafilm adhesion barrier after Intestinal resection.
- Racial and geographic variations in colectomy rates among hospitalized Ulcerative colitis patients.
- Is fiber beneficial for the treatment of Hemorrhoids?
- Peripheral blood microRNAs distinguish active ulcerative colitis and Crohn's Disease.
Schools
Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Cleveland Clin Fdn
Procedures Preformed
- Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
- Appendectomy, Open
- Colectomy
- Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
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Conditions Treated
- Anal and Rectal Cancer
- Anal Fissure
- Anal Fistula
- AnoRectal Abscess
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Doctors Specialties
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer
- Top Doctors:Baltimore Area
- Top Doctors:Washington-Baltimore
Education
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Cleveland Clinic Foundation
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Johns Hopkins University
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Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Hospital
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Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER |
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1245277029 |
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GEARHART |
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SUSAN |
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212870005 |
| NPPES Provider State |
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MD |
| Specialty Description |
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General Surgery |
| Total Claim Count |
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30.0 |
| Distinct Opioid Count |
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0.0 |
| Opioid Claim Count |
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0.0 |
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0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] |
1245277029 |
| Last Name Of The Provider |
GEARHART |
| First Name Of The Provider |
SUSAN |
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