Posts by Hiroko Kunitake, MD, MPH
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New Multidisciplinary Clinic Aims to Improve Surgical Outcomes in Older Adults
A multidisciplinary team at Massachusetts General Hospital offers specialized geriatric assessments and personalized interventions to optimize surgical outcomes in older adults.
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New Research Further Quantifies Benefits of Preventative Colonoscopy Screening
Patients who had colorectal cancer diagnosed through screening or surveillance had a significantly better prognosis than patients who underwent colonoscopy because of symptoms.
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Converting Laparoscopic Colon Cancer Surgery to Open Surgery Does Not Impair Survival
When laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer must be converted to open surgery, survival is comparable to that with planned laparoscopic surgery and planned open surgery.
Biography
Hiroko Kunitake, MD, MPH, is a board-certified colorectal surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital.
She received her medical degree at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and completed her general surgery residency at Mass General followed by a fellowship in Colorectal Surgery at the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Kunitake’s clinical areas of expertise include Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, colorectal cancer, diverticulitis, anorectal disease, and colonoscopy. Her particular areas of interest are in minimally invasive approaches to the treatment of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis and sphincter preservation techniques for rectal cancer.
Digestive Healthcare at Mass General
The Massachusetts General Hospital Digestive Healthcare Center is a collaborative practice of gastroenterologists, endoscopists, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, hepatologists, oncologists and radiation oncologists dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of digestive diseases.