- Dr. Steven Schechter, MD
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Dr. Steven Schechter, MD
Colon Surgery & Rectal Surgery
- Rhode Island, Pawtucket
Overview
Dr. Steven Schechter, MD works in Pawtucket, Rhode Island is a specialist in Colon Surgery & Rectal Surgery, General Surgery and graduated Brown University in 1991. Dr. Schechter is affiliated with Kent County Memorial Hospital, Landmark Medical Center, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island and practicing for 38 years
Specialties
- Colon Surgery & Rectal Surgery
- General Surgery
Conditions
• Adult Allergy• Cervical Spine Reconstruction
• Charcot Reconstruction
• Chelation Therapy
• Chronic Renal Insufficiency
• Conjunctivoplasty
• Dystonia 7, Torsion
• Herpes Simplex Virus Antenatal Infection
• Hypnosis (Medical Hypnotherapy)
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS)
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Procedures
• Anoscopy With Removal of Anal Tumor• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
• Colectomy
• Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
• Destruction of Anal Tumor
• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Enterostomy (Laparoscopic or Open)
• Excision of Rectal Tumor
• Fistulectomy or Fistulotomy, Anal
• Hemorrhoidectomy or Excision of Anal Tags
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• Intestinal Transplant (incl. Enterectomy)
• Laparotomy
• Open Incisional and-or Ventral Hernia Repair
• Proctectomy, Open or Laparoscopic (incl. Swenson and Duhamel Procedures)
• Removal of Reproductive Organs (Hysterectomy, Oophorectomy, Salpingectomy, Salpingo-Oophorectomy, Resection of Peritoneal Malignancy)
• Removal or Destruction of Rectal or Intestinal Tumor (incl. Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy and Control of Hemorrhage)
• Repair of Anal and Rectal Defects (Anoplasty, Repair of Imperforate Anus, Sphincteroplasty, Rectal Graft)
• Sphincterotomy
• Transendoscopic Stent Placement
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Colon & Rectal Surgery
Years Since Graduation
- 38
State License
- Rhode Island
Spoken Languages
- Spanish
Education & Training
Residency Hospital
Brown University
Providence, RI, USA
Year completed: 1991
Providence, RI, USA
Year completed: 1991
Fellowship Hospital
Umdnj
Year completed: 1992
Year completed: 1992
Internship Hospital
University Conn
Farmington, CT, USA
Year completed: 1986
Farmington, CT, USA
Year completed: 1986
Medical School
University Of Rochester School Of Medicine And Dentistry
Rochester, NY, United States
Graduated: 1985
Rochester, NY, United States
Graduated: 1985
Awards
1 ACS
2 ASCRS
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Office Locations
Primary location
Rhode Island Colorectal Clinic
334 East Avenue
Rhode Island (RI)
Pawtucket
2860
Phone:(401) 725-4888
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center? No
Office Volume: 60 patients per day
Performs Procedures On Site? Yes
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Map & Directions
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Anthem
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Choice
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care PPO
- Humana
- LocalPlus
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- Pathway X Ind PPO Direct Access CT
- Tufts Health Plan
- Tufts PPO
- UnitedHealthCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
Kent County Memorial Hospital
455 Toll Gate Road
Rhode Island RI,
Warwick,
2886
Kent County Memorial Hospital is a hospital located in Warwick, RI. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 7 of 11 procedures. Length of Stay is shorter than the state average in 2 of 11 procedures.
Landmark Medical Center
115 Cass Avenue
Rhode Island RI,
Woonsocket,
2895
Landmark Medical Center is a hospital located in Woonsocket, RI. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 6 of 8 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 3 of 8 procedures.
Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
111 Brewster Street
Rhode Island RI,
Pawtucket,
2860
Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island is a hospital located in Pawtucket, RI. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 4 of 6 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 2 of 6 procedures.
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